{"id":756820,"date":"2026-09-01T16:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/756820\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T16:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T16:34:09","slug":"ben-stokes-will-head-to-australia-for-big-bash-cash-with-adelaide-strikers-ben-stokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/756820\/","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 the 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.\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-time winners Perth Scorchers, the reigning champions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former England all-rounder Ben Stokes has joined the Australian side Adelaide Strikers \u2060for the 2026-27 season that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":756821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-756820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/756821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}