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The '''Adelaide Strikers''' are an Australian professional [[Twenty20]] franchise cricket team based in [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]] that compete in the [[Big Bash League]] (BBL).<ref name="bigbash">Cricket Australia (n.d), Teams and Players, Cricket Australia, accessed 1 December 2013, <{{cite web|url=http://www.bigbash.com.au/teams-and-players/teams |title=Teams - Big Bash League |access-date=1 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010415/http://www.bigbash.com.au/teams-and-players/teams |archive-date=3 December 2013 }}></ref> Their home ground is the [[Adelaide Oval]],<ref name="site">Cricket Australia(n.d),Adelaide Strikers,Cricket Australia, accessed 1 December 2013, <http://www.adelaidestrikers.com.au></ref> and they play in a cornflower blue uniform. The Strikers were formed in 2011 to play in the BBL, succeeding the [[Southern Redbacks]], who played in the now-defunct [[KFC Twenty20 Big Bash]] competition.<ref name="about">Jelstad, J (2011), South Australia's Big Bash team to be renamed the Adelaide Strikers, The Advertiser, accessed 1 December 2013,<http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/big-bash-becomes-the-adelaide-strikers/story-e6frea6u-1226024720133></ref> Their sole victory in the BBL came in [[2017–18 Big Bash League season|2017–18]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Big Bash League 2017 Table, Matches, win, loss, points for Big Bash League|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/big-bash-league-2017-18-1114852/points-table-standings|access-date=8 January 2021|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref>
Over their 11-year history in the BBL, they have had many effective and popular players on their team, from all-rounders such as [[Johan Botha (cricketer)|Johan Botha]], [[Michael Neser]], [[Kieron Pollard]], [[Ryan ten Doeschate]] and [[Chris Jordan (cricketer)|Chris Jordan]], to high-scoring batsmen [[Travis Head]], [[Colin Ingram]], [[Chris Lynn]], [[Mahela Jayawardene]], [[Jonathan Wells (cricketer)|Jonathan Wells]], [[Michael Klinger]] and [[Jake Weatherald]], to effective bowlers [[Ben Laughlin (cricketer)|Ben Laughlin]], [[Billy Stanlake]], [[Rashid Khan]], [[Peter Siddle]], [[Adil Rashid]] and [[Kane Richardson]], and finally keepers [[Alex Carey (cricketer)|Alex Carey]] and [[Tim Ludeman]].
The Strikers are currently coached by former Australian cricketer [[Jason Gillespie]] and captained by [[Matthew Short]].
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