2015–16 Adelaide Strikers season

Adelaide Strikers
2015–16 season
CoachJason Gillespie (5th season)
Captain(s)Brad Hodge (5th season)
Home groundAdelaide Oval, Adelaide
BBL1st
BBL FinalsSemi Finalist
Leading Run ScorerTravis Head(299)
Leading Wicket TakerAdil Rashid(9)
Highest home attendance49,115 vs Hurricanes
(13 January 2016)
Lowest home attendance27,611 vs Stars
(18 December 2015)
Average home attendance43,689

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Adelaide Strikers 8 7 1 0 14 0.544
2 Melbourne Stars (RU) 8 5 3 0 10 0.366
3 Perth Scorchers 8 5 3 0 10 0.181
4 Sydney Thunder (C) 8 4 4 0 8 0.375
5 Melbourne Renegades 8 3 5 0 6 −0.041
6 Brisbane Heat 8 3 5 0 6 −0.204
7 Hobart Hurricanes 8 3 5 0 6 −0.955
8 Sydney Sixers 8 2 6 0 4 −0.330
Source: [1]
  •   The top four teams qualified for the semi finals.

Ladder progress

Round12345678
GroundHAAHHAHA
ResultWWLWWWWW
Position12321111
Source: Competitive Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Regular season

18 December
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Adelaide Strikers
5/187 (20 overs)
v
Melbourne Stars
7/168 (20 overs)
Alex Ross 65 (31)
Scott Boland 2/55 (4 overs)
Marcus Stoinis 50 (42)
Kane Richardson 3/23 (4 overs)
Adelaide Strikers won by 19 runs
Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 27,611[2]
Umpires: Gerard Abood and Michael Graham-Smith
Player of the match: Alex Ross (Strikers)
  • Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
21 December
16:10
Scorecard
(H) Perth Scorchers
6/151 (20 overs)
v
Adelaide Strikers
6/152 (19.1 overs)
Shaun Marsh 47 (35)
Ben Laughlin 2/20 (3 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 42 (40)
David Willey 2/24 (4 overs)
Adelaide Strikers won by 4 wickets
#TheFurnace
Attendance: 20,553[3]
Umpires: Gerard Abood and Mick Martell
Player of the match: Adil Rashid (Strikers)
  • Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
28 December
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
Adelaide Strikers
9/117 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Thunder (H)
3/121 (16.3 overs)
Brad Hodge 34 (33)
Clint McKay 2/18 (3 overs)
Jacques Kallis 49* (48)
Ben Laughlin 2/22 (2.3 overs)
Sydney Thunder won by 7 wickets
Spotless Stadium
Attendance: 21,500[4]
Umpires: Gerard Abood and Greg Davidson
Player of the match: Andre Russell (Thunder)
  • Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The crowd of 21,500 is the highest attendance for a cricket match at Spotless Stadium and the second highest attendance for any sport at the stadium.
  • Billy Stanlake (Strikers) made his T20 debut.
31 December
18:40 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sydney Sixers
5/176 (20 overs)
v
Adelaide Strikers (H)
5/182 (19.3 overs)
Brad Haddin 54* (35)
Adil Rashid 3/34 (4 overs)
Travis Head 101* (53)
Ben Dwarshuis 3/25 (4 overs)
Adelaide Strikers won by 5 wickets
Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 46,389[5]
Umpires: Simon Fry and Paul Wilson
Player of the match: Travis Head (Strikers)
  • Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
  • Hamish Kingston (Strikers) made his T20 debut.
5 January
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Adelaide Strikers
2/174 (20 overs)
v
Perth Scorchers
138 (17.3 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 57 (37)
Ashton Agar 1/12 (2 overs)
David Willey 31 (17)
Adil Rashid 3/23 (4 overs)
Adelaide Strikers won by 36 runs
Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 46,633[6]
Umpires: Shawn Craig and Greg Davidson
Player of the match: Travis Head (Strikers)
  • Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Jake Lehmann (Strikers) made his T20 debut.
8 January
18:40 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Brisbane Heat
6/175 (20 overs)
v
Adelaide Strikers
2/179 (18.4 overs)
Jimmy Peirson 51 (36)
Adil Rashid 2/17 (4 overs)
Tim Ludeman 57* (49)
Samuel Badree 1/25 (4 overs)
Adelaide Strikers won by 8 wickets
The Gabba
Attendance: 33,783[7]
Umpires: Ashley Barrow and Phillip Gillespie
Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene (Strikers)
  • Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
  • The crowd of 33,783 is the highest crowd at the Gabba for a BBL match.[7]
13 January
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
Hobart Hurricanes
143 (19.3 overs)
v
Adelaide Strikers (H)
4/146 (20 overs)
Tim Paine 45 (39)
Michael Neser 3/26 (3.3 overs)
Tim Ludeman 57* (58)
Simon Milenko 3/25 (4 overs)
Adelaide Strikers won by 6 wickets
Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 49,115[8]
Umpires: Shawn Craig and Paul Wilson
Player of the match: Adil Rashid (Strikers)
  • Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Greg West (Strikers) made his T20 debut.
  • The crowd of 49,115 is the highest at Adelaide Oval for a non-finals BBL match.
18 January
19:40 (D/N)
Scorecard
Adelaide Strikers
5/170 (20 overs)
v
Melbourne Renegades (H)
143 (15.3 overs)
Tim Ludeman 49 (41)
Xavier Doherty 2/30 (4 overs)
Chris Gayle 56 (17)
Travis Head 3/16 (2 overs)
Adelaide Strikers won by 27 runs
Etihad Stadium
Attendance: 25,227[9]
Umpires: Gerard Abood and Shawn Craig
Player of the match: Travis Head (Strikers)
  • Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
  • Chris Gayle (Renegades) equaled the world record for the fastest fifty in a T20 match (12 balls).[10]

Finals

Semifinals Final
      
1 Adelaide Strikers (H) 7/159 (20 ov)
4 Sydney Thunder 2/160 (17.4 ov)
4 Sydney Thunder
TBA
2 Melbourne Stars (H)
3 Perth Scorchers

Semi Finals

The top four teams from the group stage qualified for the semi finals.

21 January
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Adelaide Strikers
7/159 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Thunder
2/160 (17.4 overs)
Alex Ross 47 (38)
Clint McKay 3/44 (4 overs)
Usman Khawaja 104* (59)
Ben Laughlin 1//21 (3 overs)
Sydney Thunder won by 8 wickets
Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 48,699[11]
Umpires: Gerard Abood and Simon Fry
Player of the match: Usman Khawaja (Thunder)
  • Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold. As of BBL05.[12]

S/N Name Nat Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Opener
50 Craig Simmons (1982-12-01) 1 December 1982Left-handedLeft arm orthodox
Middle-order Batsman
17 Brad Hodge (1974-12-29) 29 December 1974Right-handedRight arm off spinAssistant coach and Captain
77 Jono Dean (1984-06-23) 23 June 1984Right-handedRight arm off spin
49 Alex Ross (1992-04-17) 17 April 1992Right-handedRight arm off spin
19 Kelvin Smith (1994-09-05) 5 September 1994Left-handedRight arm off spin
Patrick Page (1998-01-15) 15 January 1998Left-handedRight arm medium fastDevelopment Rookie
33 Jake Lehmann (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992Left-handedLeft arm orthodox
27 Mahela Jayawardene (1977-05-27) 27 May 1977Right-handedRight arm mediumOverseas player (injury replacement for Kieron Pollard)
All-rounder
34 Travis Head (1993-12-29) 29 December 1993Left-handedRight arm off spin
55 Kieron Pollard (1987-05-12) 12 May 1987Right-handedRight arm medium fastOverseas player
20 Michael Neser (1990-03-29) 29 March 1990Right-handedRight arm medium fast
29 Hamish Kingston (1990-12-17) 17 December 1990Right-handedRight arm medium fast
42 Alexander Keath (1992-01-20) 20 January 1992Right-handedRight arm medium
Wicket-Keeper
15 Tim Ludeman (1987-06-23) 23 June 1987Right-handedOpener
Fast Bowler
23 Kane Richardson (1991-02-12) 12 February 1991Right-handedRight arm fast medium
56 Ben Laughlin (1982-10-03) 3 October 1982Right-handedRight arm fast medium
10 Gary Putland (1986-02-10) 10 February 1986Right-handedLeft arm fast medium
3 Billy Stanlake (1994-04-11) 11 April 1994Right-handedRight arm fast medium
Spin Bowler
25 Jon Holland (1987-05-29) 29 May 1987Right-handedLeft arm off spin

Home attendance

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