South Australia cricket team
The South Australia men's cricket team, officially named the West End Redbacks, is an Australian men's professional first-class cricket team based in Adelaide, South Australia. The Redbacks 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. Their Marsh One-Day Cup uniform features a red body with black sleeves. They are known as the West End Redbacks 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.
| Personnel | |||
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| Captain | Travis Head | ||
| Coach | Jason Gillespie | ||
| Team information | |||
| Colours | Red White & Black | ||
| Founded | 1887 | ||
| Home ground | Adelaide Oval, Karen Rolton Oval | ||
| Capacity | 53,585 | ||
| 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 | ||
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