Former Australia Test captain Tim Paine has joined the Adelaide Strikers within the BBL as an assistant coach.

"Tim has all the skills to be a fantastic coach," Gillespie stated in a press release on Friday.

"The experience he will bring is sure to help our players in all facets of the game and bring more positive elements to the way we play."

"I have had a fair bit to do with Tim over the journey and I'm really excited for him to start to dip his toe into coaching post-career and looking forward to him being around the group," Voges stated.

"To have a former Australian captain in amongst it and to be able to lean on him and for him to provide that experience to a couple of the younger players I think will be great."

Tasmanian-born Paine, who captained Australia in 23 of his 35 Tests, performed for the Hobart Hurricanes 44 instances, captaining them 25 instances.