MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 02: Alex Keath of the Bushrangers plays a shot during day two of the Sheffield Shield match between the Victorian Bushrangers and the Western Australia Warriors at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on November 2, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Robert Prezioso/Getty Images)
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 02: Alex Keath of the Bushrangers plays a shot during day two of the Sheffield Shield match between the Victorian Bushrangers and the Western Australia Warriors at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on November 2, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Robert Prezioso/Getty Images)
Alex Keath of the Bushrangers plays a shot during day two of the Sheffield Shield match between the Victorian Bushrangers and the Western Australia Warriors at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on November 2, 2012 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Robert Prezioso/Getty Images)

The Adelaide Strikers have continued the BBL’s high and wide search for playing talent, securing AFL-contracted player Alex Keath, for this summer’s T20 tournament.

Keath, who has played seven first-class games with Victoria and turned out for the Melbourne Stars in BBL04, was picked up by the Adelaide Crows in the most recent rookie draft.

The 23-year-old becomes the first player to be contracted to both an AFL outfit and a BBL franchise, and is set to join the Crows for their 2016 season once the Strikers’ campaign finishes up.

A tall right-arm all-rounder, Keath had previously spurned the Gold Coast Suns during their inaugural season in 2010 to take up a full contact with Cricket Victoria while still in high school.

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