THE Adelaide Strikers have unveiled unique playing shirts designed by Aboriginal artists to be worn during the Big Bash League’s inaugural fixtures in Alice Springs later this month.

Adelaide’s players and coach Jason Gillespie, Australia’s first Indigenous Test cricketer, will wear the shirts during the January 13 clash with the Perth Scorchers at Traeger Park. The Strikers WBBL outfit will also don the kits for their double header at the venue.

“It’s a great initiative,” Gillespie said. “The shirts look brilliant, the artists have done a great job. We will all be very proud to wear them in Alice Springs.”

Adelaide Strikers coach Jason Gillespie models the club's unique playing strip for their clash with the Perth Scorchers in Alice Springs. Source: Supplied

The designs, created by South Australian based artists Mel Agius and Colleen Strangways, represent the Strikers’ journey from Kaurna land to Alice Springs, the place of the Arrernte people.

“This will be a strong visual statement of our commitment to the Alice Springs games and our determination to create a legacy from this event,” Adelaide Strikers General Manager Bronwyn Klei said

“These beautiful shirt designs will be seen by millions of people watching the broadcasts of the games across Australia and the world, focusing extra attention on the first Big Bash games played in the Northern Territory.

An Adelaide Strikers player models the club's unique playing strip for their clash with the Perth Scorchers in Alice Springs. Source: Supplied

“In fact, this will be the biggest sporting event in Alice Springs history with the game being broadcast to over 130 countries.”

The Strikers have committed to taking home BBL and WBBL matches to Alice Springs for two seasons under an agreement with Cricket Australia and the Northern Territory Government.

As part of that agreement, the Strikers will host clinics, conduct hospital visits, open training sessions, a coaches’ forum and autograph sessions, as well as play a special welcome to country video before the match.