# 2015–16 Adelaide Strikers season
## Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| 1 | Adelaide Strikers | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0.544 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 2 | Melbourne Stars | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.366 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 3 | Perth Scorchers | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.181 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 4 | Sydney Thunder (C) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0.375 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 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 | |

### 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 |

### 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
* 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 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 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).

## Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 1 | Adelaide Strikers (H) | 7/159 (20 ov) | | |
| 4 | Sydney Thunder | 2/160 (17.4 ov) | | |
| 4 | Sydney Thunder | 2/160 (17.4 ov) | 4 | Sydney Thunder |
| | | | | TBA |
| 2 | Melbourne Stars (H) | | | TBA |
| 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 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.
* Ages are given as of the first day of the tournament, 17 December 2015.
| S/N | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| | Batsmen | Batsmen | Batsmen | Batsmen | Batsmen | Batsmen |
| 50 | Craig Simmons | Australia | (1982-12-01)1 December 1982 (aged 33) | Left-handed | Left arm orthodox | |
| 17 | Brad Hodge | Australia | (1974-12-29)29 December 1974 (aged 40) | Right-handed | Right arm off spin | Assistant coach and Captain |
| 77 | Jono Dean | Australia | (1984-06-23)23 June 1984 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right arm off spin | |
| 49 | Alex Ross | Australia | (1992-04-17)17 April 1992 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right arm off spin | |
| 19 | Kelvin Smith | Australia | (1994-09-05)5 September 1994 (aged 21) | Left-handed | Right arm off spin | |
| | Patrick Page | Australia | (1998-01-15)15 January 1998 (aged 17) | Left-handed | Right arm medium fast | Development Rookie |
| 33 | Jake Lehmann | Australia | (1992-07-08)8 July 1992 (aged 23) | Left-handed | Left arm orthodox | |
| 27 | Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | (1977-05-27)27 May 1977 (aged 38) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | Overseas player (injury replacement for Kieron Pollard) |
| | All-rounder | All-rounder | All-rounder | All-rounder | All-rounder | All-rounder |
| 34 | Travis Head | Australia | (1993-12-29)29 December 1993 (aged 21) | Left-handed | Right arm off spin | |
| 55 | Kieron Pollard | West Indies | (1987-05-12)12 May 1987 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right arm medium fast | Overseas player |
| 20 | Michael Neser | Australia | (1990-03-29)29 March 1990 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right arm medium fast | |
| 29 | Hamish Kingston | Australia | (1990-12-17)17 December 1990 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right arm medium fast | |
| 42 | Alexander Keath | Australia | (1992-01-20)20 January 1992 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| | Wicket-keeperw | Wicket-keeperw | Wicket-keeperw | Wicket-keeperw | Wicket-keeperw | Wicket-keeperw |
| 15 | Tim Ludeman | Australia | (1987-06-23)23 June 1987 (aged 28) | Right-handed | — | Opener |
| | Fast bowlers | Fast bowlers | Fast bowlers | Fast bowlers | Fast bowlers | Fast bowlers |
| 23 | Kane Richardson | Australia | (1991-02-12)12 February 1991 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | |
| 56 | Ben Laughlin | Australia | (1982-10-03)3 October 1982 (aged 33) | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | |
| 10 | Gary Putland | Australia | (1986-02-10)10 February 1986 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Left arm fast medium | |
| 3 | Billy Stanlake | Australia | (1994-04-11)11 April 1994 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | |
| | Spin bowlers | Spin bowlers | Spin bowlers | Spin bowlers | Spin bowlers | Spin bowlers |
| 25 | Jon Holland | Australia | (1987-05-29)29 May 1987 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Left arm off spin | |

## 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 | Total Attendance | 218,447 |
| Average Attendance | Average Attendance | 43,689 |

## TV audience

Following are the television ratings for 2015–16 BBL season involving Team Adelaide Strikers in Australia.
| Match No | Teams | Average TV Ratings | Average TV Ratings | Average TV Ratings | Average TV Ratings |
| Match No | Teams | National | National | 5 metro cities | 5 metro cities |
| Match No | Teams | 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 | 1,163,000 | 884,777 | 884,777 |