Yorkshire First Team Coach Jason Gillespie is confident that the Adelaide Strikers, the team he will coach in the Australian T20 Big Bash, are capable of winning the tournament for the first time when it gets underway later this week.

The Strikers, who attract the biggest crowds in the competition averaging over 40,000 per game last year, will be looking to reach the final after they finished top of the standings during the regular season before losing to the Sydney Sixers in the semi-finals.

Dizzy has recruited well including the signing of White Rose leggie Adil Rashid. Yorkshire fans will be looking on with interest especially when they go up against the Perth Scorchers, who is represented by new signing David Willey. They meet up at the WACA on Monday December 21.