2015–16 Adelaide Strikers season

Adelaide Strikers

2015–16 season
Coach	Jason Gillespie (5th season)
Captain(s)	Brad Hodge (5th season)
Home ground	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
BBL	1st
BBL Finals	Semi Finalist
Leading Run Scorer	Travis Head(299)
Leading Wicket Taker	Adil Rashid(9)
Highest home attendance	49,115 vs Hurricanes (13 January 2016)
Lowest home attendance	27,611 vs Stars (18 December 2015)
Average home attendance	43,689

Ladder

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
Adelaide Strikers	8	7	1	0	14	+0.544	Teams qualified for the semi-finals
Melbourne Stars (R)	8	5	3	0	10	+0.366
Perth Scorchers	8	5	3	0	10	+0.181
Sydney Thunder (W)	8	4	4	0	8	+0.375
Melbourne Renegades	8	3	5	0	6	-0.041	Teams eliminated after regular season
Brisbane Heat	8	3	5	0	6	-0.204
Hobart Hurricanes	8	3	5	0	6	-0.955
Sydney Sixers	8	2	6	0	4	-0.330

Point table on ESPN CricInfo

Ladder progress

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	W
Position	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	1

Ground: A = Away; H = Home; B = Bye. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win

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[1] 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[2] 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[3] 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[4] 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[5] 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[6] 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.^[6]

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[7] 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[8] 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).^[9]

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[10] Umpires: Gerard Abood and Simon Fry Player of the match: Usman Khawaja (Thunder)

• Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.

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Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.^[11]

S/N	Name	Nat	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
	Batsmen
17	Brad Hodge		29 December 1974	Right-handed	Right arm off spin	Assistant coach and Captain
50	Craig Simmons		1 December 1982	Left-handed	Left arm orthodox
77	Jono Dean		23 June 1984	Right-handed	Right arm off spin
34	Travis Head		29 December 1993	Left-handed	Right arm off spin
49	Alex Ross		April 17, 1992	Right-handed	Right arm off spin
19	Kelvin Smith		September 5, 1994	Left-handed	Right arm off spin
	Patrick Page		January 15, 1998	Left-handed	Right arm medium fast	Development Rookie
33	Jake Lehmann		July 8, 1992	Left-handed	Left arm orthodox
27	Mahela Jayawardene		27 May 1977	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Overseas player (injury replacement for Kieron Pollard)
	All-rounders
55	Kieron Pollard		12 May 1987	Right-handed	Right arm medium fast	Overseas player
20	Michael Neser		29 March 1990	Right-handed	Right arm medium fast
29	Hamish Kingston		17 December 1990	Right-handed	Right arm medium fast
42	Alexander Keath		20 January 1992	Right-handed	Right arm medium
	Wicketkeepers
15	Tim Ludeman		23 June 1987	Right-handed	—
	Pace bowlers
23	Kane Richardson		12 February 1991	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
56	Ben Laughlin		3 October 1982	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
10	Gary Putland		10 February 1986	Right-handed	Left arm fast medium
3	Billy Stanlake		11 April 1994	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
	Spin bowlers
25	Jon Holland		29 May 1987	Right-handed	Left arm off spin
95	Adil Rashid		17 February 1988	Right-handed	Right arm leg spin	Overseas player

Home attendance

Game Opponent Attendance 2 Melbourne Stars 27,611 14 Sydney Sixers 46,389 20 Perth Scorchers 46,633 28 Hobart Hurricanes 49,115 SF1 Sydney Thunder 48,699 Total Attendance 218,447 Average Attendance 43,689 TV audience Following are the television ratings for 2015–16 BBL season involving Team Adelaide Strikers in Australia.[12] Match No Teams Average TV Ratings National 5 metro cities Session 1 Session 2 Session 1 Session 2 2 Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Stars 999,000 1,270,000 720,000 941,000 6 Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers 898,000 1,200,000 664,000 919,000 11 Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers 797,000 1,030,000 575,000 758,000 14 Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Sixers 729,000 887,000 517,000 629,000 20 Adelaide Strikers vs Perth Scorchers 1,210,000 1,270,000 878,000 983,000 23 Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers 1,180,000 1,040,000 765,000 887,000 28 Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes 1,040,000 1,190,000 788,000 897,000 32 Melbourne Renegades vs Adelaide Strikers 1,110,000 1,360,000 820,000 1,020,000 SF1 Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder 1,070,000 1,220,000 806,000 929,000 Total 9,033,000 10,467,000 6,533,000 7,963,000 Average 1,163,000 884,777 References Strikers sparkle, Stars fade in BBL cricket.com.au. Retrieved on 18 Dec, 2015 Final crowd numbers: 20 553 people! twitter.com/ScorchersBBL. Retrieved on 21 Dec, 2015 IT'S A SELL OUT AT SPOTLESS STADIUM! 21,500 people are in & the full house sign has gone up. #ThunderNation Foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 28 Dec, 2015 Adelaide, you rock! A huge crowd of 46,389 at the Adelaide Oval to watch this New Year's Eve clash! twitter.com/BBL. Retrieved on 31 Dec, 2015 Best fans in the league. Period. #BBL05 #StrikersvScorchers twitter.com/StrikersBBL. Retrieved on 5 January, 2016 Official crowd for tonight is 33,783. A Gabba @BBL record twitter.com/HeatBBL. Retrieved on 8 January 2016 Official attendance, 49,115 - our highest so far of #BBL05. Take a bow #strikeforce! twitter.com/StrikersBBL. Retrieved on 13 January 2016 Official attendance: 25,227. Thanks to all who came out tonight and in #BBL05 to @EtihadStadium; much appreciated! twitter.com/RenegadesBBL. Retrieved on 18 January 2016 "Chris Gayle blasts 12-ball fifty". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2016. Not going all our way on the field at the moment, but another incredible turnout from the #strikeforce! twitter.com/StrikersBBL. Retrieved on 21 January 2016 "Adelaide Strikers Squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2015. Big Bash League TV Ratings Retrieved on 22 Dec, 2015 External links Official website of the Adelaide Strikers Official website of the Big Bash League