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South Australia

Personnel
Captain	Nathan McSweeney
Coach	Ryan Harris
Team information
Colours	Red   Gold   Blue
Founded	1887; 137 years ago (1887)
Home ground	Adelaide Oval Karen Rolton Oval
Capacity	53,585 5,000
History
First-class debut	Tasmania in 1887 at Adelaide Oval
Sheffield Shield wins	13: (1894, 1910, 1913, 1927, 1936, 1939, 1953, 1964, 1969, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1996)
One Day Cup wins	3 (1984, 1987, 2012)
Big Bash wins	1 (2011)
Official website	West End Redbacks
First-class One-day

The South Australia men's cricket team is an Australian men's professional first-class cricket team based in Adelaide, South Australia. South Australia play their home matches at Adelaide Oval and Karen Rolton Oval, they are the state cricket team for South Australia representing the state in the Sheffield Shield competition and the limited overs Marsh One-Day Cup. The team is selected and supported by the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA). Their Marsh One-Day Cup uniform features a red body with black sleeves. They were known as the Southern Redbacks from 1995 to 2024, and officially competed under the West End Redbacks moniker from 1996 to 2024 due to a sponsorship agreement with West End. The Redbacks formerly competed in the now-defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, but were succeeded by the Adelaide Strikers in 2011 because this league was replaced with the Big Bash League.

History

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The earliest known first-class match played by South Australia took place against Tasmania on the Adelaide Oval in November 1877. In 1892–93, they joined New South Wales and Victoria and played the inaugural Sheffield Shield season. South Australia won the Shield in just their second attempt. They have won the competition 13 times in total while they have twice won the One Day tournament now known as the Ryobi One Day Cup. They are also the current holders of the KFC 20/20 Big Bash trophy, defeating NSW in the 2010/11 final at Adelaide Oval. They will continue to hold the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash trophy, as the league is now defunct and has been replaced by the Big Bash League.

Over the years, many successful international cricketers have played for South Australia. Clarrie Grimmett played with them during the 1920s and '30s, taking a total of 668 wickets. This remains a state record. In 1934, Sir Donald Bradman moved to South Australia and joined the team after originally playing with New South Wales, and he started with scores of 117, 233 and 357 in his first three innings. Others include the Chappell brothers (Ian and Greg), David Hookes, Darren Lehmann, Gil Langley, Jason Gillespie, and Terry Jenner.

South Australia has also imported cricketers to play for them, with the most famous being Sir Gary Sobers, who appeared in three seasons during the early 1960s, and Barry Richards. Richards played just one season with South Australia but managed to set a state record for most runs in a season, making 1101 runs in the 1970–71 season.

Squad

Squad for the 2024/25 domestic season. Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nat	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
3	Kyle Brazell		(2001-09-20) 20 September 2001 (age 23)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Rookie contract
15	Mackenzie Harvey		(2000-09-18) 18 September 2000 (age 24)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
22	Henry Hunt		(1997-01-07) 7 January 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
23	Jake Fraser-McGurk		(2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin
31	Thomas Kelly		(2000-12-14) 14 December 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	—
33	Jake Lehmann		(1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 32)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
34	Travis Head		(1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 (age 30)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Cricket Australia contract
37	Conor McInerney		(1994-03-30) 30 March 1994 (age 30)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
38	Nathan McSweeney		(1999-03-08) 8 March 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain
47	Daniel Drew		(1996-05-22) 22 May 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right–arm off break
50	Jason Sangha		(1999-09-08) 8 September 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right–arm leg break
All-rounders
6	Liam Scott		(2000-12-12) 12 December 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
46	Ben Manenti		(1997-03-23) 23 March 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
-	Aidan Cahill		(2003-03-20) 20 March 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Rookie contract
Wicket-keepers
4	Harry Nielsen		(1995-05-03) 3 May 1995 (age 29)	Left-handed	—
5	Alex Carey		(1991-08-27) 27 August 1991 (age 33)	Left-handed	—	Cricket Australia contract
-	Harry Matthias		(2003-06-25) 25 June 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	—	Rookie contract
Pace Bowlers
0	Nathan McAndrew		(1993-07-14) 14 July 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
9	Wes Agar		(1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
13	Harry Conway		(1992-09-17) 17 September 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
21	Jordan Buckingham		(2000-03-17) 17 March 2000 (age 24)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
35	Brendan Doggett		(1994-04-03) 3 April 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
45	Spencer Johnson		(1995-12-16) 16 December 1995 (age 29)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast
58	Henry Thornton		(1996-12-13) 13 December 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
-	Campbell Thompson		(2004-01-18) 18 January 2004 (age 20)	-	Left-arm medium-fast	Rookie contract
Spin Bowlers
24	Lloyd Pope		(1999-12-01) 1 December 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break

Honours

Sheffield Shield (13) – 1893–94, 1909–10, 1912–13, 1926–27, 1935–36, 1938–39, 1952–53, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1975–76, 1981–82, 1995–96

One-day Cups (3) – 1983–84, 1986–87, 2011–12

KFC Twenty20 Big Bash/Big Bash League (1) – 2010–11

Records

First-class Records

List A Records

Greatest ever team

In 2024 SACA members voted for and selected a greatest ever South Australian Men's team consisting of 12 players.

See also

• List of South Australian representative cricketers

References

1. "McSweeney Captain of South Australia Men's Cricket Team | South Australian Cricket Association". www.saca.com.au. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
2. "Adelaide Oval". www.austadiums.com. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
3. "Karen Rolton Oval (Park 25) | Austadiums". www.austadiums.com. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
4. "State cricket teams return to historical 'South Australia' name". South Australian Cricket Association. 27 March 2024.
5. "Index of /". bigbashleague.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
6. "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.
7. "Sheffield Shield 1970/71: Batting - Most Runs". static.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
8. Ramsey, Andrew (25 April 2024). "SA turn to local talent to complete men's squad | cricket.com.au". www.cricket.com.au. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
9. "South Australia FC matches batting most runs career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
10. "South Australia FC matches bowling most wickets career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
11. "South Australia LA matches batting most runs career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
12. "South Australia LA matches bowling most wickets career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
13. "South Australia's All Time Best Teams unveiled | South Australian Cricket Association". 12 January 2024.

External links

• West End Redbacks
• A brief history of South Australia

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