{"id":1180782,"date":"2026-09-01T14:38:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1180782\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T14:38:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T14:38:30","slug":"ben-stokes-will-head-to-australia-for-big-bash-cash-with-adelaide-strikers-ben-stokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1180782\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Stokes will head to Australia for Big Bash cash with Adelaide Strikers | Ben Stokes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The former England all-rounder Ben Stokes has joined Australian side Adelaide Strikers \u2060for the 2026-27 season that begins in December, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/big-bash-league\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Big Bash League<\/a> \u2060team announced on \u2060Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Stokes, \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/jun\/28\/england-test-captain-ben-stokes-announces-international-retirement-cricket\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who retired from international cricket in June<\/a>, is poised to become one of the \u2060most expensive players in Australia\u2019s premier Twenty20 competition, with 7News reporting the 35-year-old will earn \u2060A$500,000 (\u00a3264,000).<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cI\u2019m really excited to be joining the Adelaide Strikers \u200bfor BBL|16,\u201d Stokes said \u200cin a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cAdelaide \u200cOval is an incredible place to play cricket, the Big \u200cBash is a fantastic competition and the Strikers have an exciting group, so I\u2019m looking forward to meeting the players, getting stuck in and contributing to a successful season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Once Australia\u2019s Ashes nemesis, Stokes \u200cwill be playing for a team coached by the former Australia captain Tim Paine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cBen is \u200bone of the greatest all-rounders the game has seen, a proven match-winner and a competitor who thrives under pressure,\u201d Paine said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to have a player of his \u2060ability join our squad and can\u2019t wait to see \u200bhim put \u200bon a show in \u200bBBL|16.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">The Strikers have not won the BBL \u200btitle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2018\/feb\/04\/weatherald-century-delivers-adelaides-maiden-big-bash-league-title\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">since \u200cthe 2017-18 season<\/a>, \u200btheir \u200bsole triumph in a competition that has been dominated by the six-times winners Perth Scorchers, the reigning champions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former England all-rounder Ben Stokes has joined Australian side Adelaide Strikers \u2060for the 2026-27 season that begins&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1180783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4101],"tags":[1406,79,16,15],"class_list":["post-1180782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117196299010938731","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1180782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1180783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1180782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1180782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1180782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}