Adelaide Strikers Sign England Spinner Danny Briggs For Upcoming Big Bash League | Cricket News

Adelaide Strikers have accomplished their worldwide signings with the addition of England spinner Danny Briggs for the upcoming Big Bash League. Briggs is the main wicket-taker within the historical past of the T20 Blast. Since his first-class debut in 2009, the 29-year-old has change into a mainstay of English cricket, enjoying virtually 400 fixtures throughout all codecs.

In home Twenty20 cricket, Briggs has performed greater than 150 video games and brought 172 wickets, essentially the most by any participant within the competitors’s historical past. With greatest bowling figures of 5/19, Briggs is a skillful left-arm spinner with the power to deceive the batsmen in a wide range of methods.

“I’m actually enthusiastic about becoming a member of the Strikers, the BBL is likely one of the greatest competitions in world cricket and one thing I’ve wished to be part of for years. I actually cannot wait to get going,” the spinner stated in a press release.

Briggs has additionally represented his nation at each one-day worldwide and T20I. In his ODI debut, the left-arm spinner took 2/39 from his 10 overs, whereas his greatest figures in T20I are 2/25.

Briggs has just lately signed to play with Warwickshire within the UK, however in recent times he has been led by Strikers head coach Jason Gillespie at Sussex. Gillespie is delighted with the signing and spoke glowingly of Briggs upfront of his BBL debut season.

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“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,” Gillespie stated.

“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,” he added.