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The Adelaide Strikers have finalised their international roster with the addition of Danny Briggs, the most prolific wicket-taker in the history of England’s domestic Twenty20 competition.
Since his first-class debut in 2009, the 29-year-old has become a mainstay of English cricket, playing almost 400 fixtures across all formats.
In domestic Twenty20 cricket, Briggs has played more than 150 games and taken 172 wickets, the most of any player in the competition’s history. With best bowling figures of 5/19, Briggs is a skilful left-arm spinner with the ability to deceive the batsmen in a variety of ways.
To go with his prolific domestic achievements, Briggs has also represented his country at both one day international and T20 level. In his ODI debut, the left-armer took 2/39 from his ten overs, while his best figures in national T20 colours are 2/25.
Briggs has recently signed to play with Warwickshire in the UK, but in recent years he has been led by Strikers Head Coach Jason Gillespie at Sussex. Gillespie is delighted with the signing and spoke glowingly of Briggs in advance of his BBL debut season.
“Briggsy is a calm head; an experienced campaigner. He can bowl in every phase of a T20 game. He’s very versatile and very adaptable.
“To have Briggsy to complement the leg spin of Rashid Khan, plus we’ve got the off-spin of Trav Head and Matt Short. We feel that Danny will add another dimension to our bowling attack should he get a surface that suits multiple spin options.
“He is a fantastic guy. He’s very calm, a gun fielder but he also has that experienced head and he will crack in and do his job. He will fit in wonderfully well; the boys will enjoy his company.”
Briggs said:
“I’m really excited about joining the Strikers, the BBL is one of the best competitions in world cricket and something I’ve wanted to be a part of for years.
“I really can’t wait to get going.”
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The Adelaide Strikers are an Australian professional Twenty20 cricket team based in Adelaide, South Australia, competing in the Big Bash League (BBL). Established in 2011, they succeeded the Southern Redbacks, who played in the now-defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. The Strikers play their home games at the Adelaide Oval and wear a cornflower blue uniform.
