South Australia - Squad and Key Players for Sheffield Shield
Author: Shimit Mahur
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Sheffield Shield is Australia’s premier domestic competition. It is one of the oldest domestic tournaments that came into existence in 1892 for the first time. The focus of the Sheffield Shield is the red-ball cricket. Its inclination is more towards training the Australian cricketers for the red-ball format.
Australia is scheduled to host India for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in the month of November. It is for the same reason it makes the Sheffield Shield is important for Cricket Australia to make sure they have the best squad against the visitors.
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South Australia - Preview
South Australia has been through multiple ups and downs since the start of the Sheffield Shield. They won the trophy in their 2nd attempt in 1893 but it took them 17 years to win their 2nd trophy.
South Australia has won the Sheffield Shield tournament for a total of 13 times but their last winning season was 1995-96. It has been more than two decades since South Australia has not lifted the trophy. They came close to winning the shield in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons by reaching the finals but unfortunately lost the final fixture.
In the previous season of Sheffield Shield, South Australia finished fifth. They scored 3 wins and faced 6 losses in the tournament.
South Australia - Squad
Wes Agar, Jordan Buckingham, Alex Carey*, Harry Conway, Brendan Doggett, Daniel Drew, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mackenzie Harvey, Travis Head*, Henry Hunt, Spencer Johnson, Thomas Kelly, Jake Lehmann, Ben Manenti, Nathan McAndrew, Conor McInerney, Nathan McSweeney, Harry Nielsen, Lloyd Pope, Jason Sangha, Liam Scott, Henry Thornton.
Rookies: Kyle Brazell, Aidan Cahill, Harry Matthias, Campbell Thompson
Ins: Mackenzie Harvey, Conor McInerney, Jason Sangha, Campbell Thompson
Outs: Jake Carder, David Grant, Isaac Higgins, Kelvin Smith
South Australia - Probable Playing XI
Alex Carey, Daniel Drew, Travis Head, Henry Hunt, Nathan McSweeney, Brendan Doggett, Benjamin Manenti, Nathan McAndrew, Lloyd Pope, Jordan Buckingham, Conor McInerney
South Australia - Key Players
1) Nathan McAndrew
Nathan McAndrew is one of the biggest assets for South Australia in the ongoing tournament. He was the 2nd highest wicket-taker in the previous edition and would be expected to continue the same domination in the current season.
Nathan McAndrew - Sheffield Sheild 2023-24 Stats
|
Matches |
Wickets |
Average |
Economy |
|
|
Nathan McAndrew |
9 |
48 |
18.58 |
2.81 |
2) Nathan McSweeney
Cricket Australia has always produced some of the best batters in the world. Nathan McSweeney is one of them and South Australia will be dependent on him for runs. He was the leading run-scorer for the team in the previous edition of the tournament.
Nathan McSweeney - Sheffield Sheild 2023-24 Stats
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Matches |
Runs |
Average |
Strike Rate |
|
|
Nathan McSweeney |
10 |
762 |
40.10 |
40.94 |
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