Head coach · Paarl Rocks · Sunrisers Eastern Cape · Rotterdam Dockers
Adrian Birrell
45 first-class matchesCareer coachSouth Africa
- Matches
- 338
- Won
- 59%
- Titles
- 6
- V the odds
- +10.0
Career
IrelandNational side
Paarl RocksMzansi Super League
HampshireCounty Championship · One-Day Cup · T20 Blast
BolandCSA T20 Challenge
Southern BraveThe Hundred
Rotterdam DockersEuropean T20 Premier League
Results by job
| Side | Competition | Years | P | W | L | D | Knockouts | Titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotterdam DockersEuropean T20 Premier League | European T20 Premier League | 2026– | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | – |
| Southern BraveThe Hundred | The Hundred | 2025 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | – | – |
| Sunrisers Eastern CapeSA20 | SA20 | 2023– | 47 | 29 | 17 | 0 | 8–2 | 3 |
| BolandCSA T20 Challenge | CSA T20 Challenge | 2022 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2–1 | 1 |
| HampshireOne-Day Cup | One-Day Cup | 2021–2024 | 36 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2–3 | – |
| HampshireT20 Blast | T20 Blast | 2019–2025 | 97 | 49 | 44 | 0 | 7–3 | 1 |
| HampshireOne-Day Cup | One-Day Cup | 2019 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1–1 | – |
| HampshireCounty Championship | County Championship | 2019–2025 | 85 | 37 | 20 | 28 | – | – |
| Paarl RocksMzansi Super League | Mzansi Super League | 2018– | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1–0 | 1 |
| IrelandInternationals | Internationals | 2002–2007 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | – | – |
21–10in knockout matches
6finals won of 10
Finals
- Won 2025/26 final, Sunrisers Eastern Cape v Pretoria Capitals
- Lost 2025 final, Hampshire v Somerset
- Lost 2024/25 final, Sunrisers Eastern Cape v MI Cape Town
- Won 2023/24 final, Sunrisers Eastern Cape v Durban's Super Giants
- Lost 2023 final, Hampshire v Leicestershire
- Won 2022/23 final, Sunrisers Eastern Cape v Pretoria Capitals
- Won 2022 final, Hampshire v Lancashire
- Won 2021/22 final, Boland v Titans
- Won 2019/20 final, Paarl Rocks v Tshwane Spartans
- Lost 2019 final, Hampshire v Somerset
Against the market
61.5%won, 252 priced matches
51.5%the closing odds expected
+10.0points against the market
3rdof 17 career coach coaches
| Competition | Matches | Won | Market | Points | Likely range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20 Blast | 75 | 56.0% | 50.2% | +5.8 | |
| County Championship | 52 | 65.4% | 53.7% | +11.7 | |
| SA20 | 46 | 63.0% | 49.7% | +13.3 | |
| One-Day Cup | 45 | 68.9% | 54.5% | +14.4 | |
| CSA T20 Challenge | 16 | 62.5% | 48.9% | +13.6 | |
| Mzansi Super League | 10 | 50.0% | 49.4% | +0.6 | |
| The Hundred | 8 | 50.0% | 49.4% | +0.6 | |
| All | 252 | 61.5% | 51.5% | +10.0 |
Year by year
+20−20
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