Dates | 7 December 2023 – 24 January 2024 |
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Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and playoffs |
Host(s) | Australia |
Participants | 8 |
Matches | 44 |
Official website | cricket.com.au/big-bash |
The 2023–24 Big Bash League season or BBL|13 (also known as KFC Big Bash League 2023 for sponsorship reasons) is the thirteenth season of the Big Bash League (BBL), the professional men's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. It begins from 7 December 2023 and final to be played on 24 January 2024.[1][2]
Teams
Team | Home ground/s (capacity) | Captain/s | Head coach |
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Adelaide Strikers | Adelaide Oval (53,583) | Matt Short[3] | Jason Gillespie |
Brisbane Heat | The Gabba (42,000) | Usman Khawaja | Wade Seccombe |
Hobart Hurricanes | Bellerive Oval (20,000) | Nathan Ellis[4] | Jeff Vaughan |
Melbourne Renegades | Docklands Stadium (48,003) | Nic Maddinson | David Saker |
Melbourne Stars | Melbourne Cricket Ground (100,024) | Glenn Maxwell | Peter Moores |
Perth Scorchers | Perth Stadium (60,000) | Ashton Turner | Adam Voges |
Sydney Sixers | Sydney Cricket Ground (48,000) | Moises Henriques | Greg Shipperd |
Sydney Thunder | Sydney Showground Stadium (22,000) |
Chris Green[5] | Trevor Bayliss |
Squads
Adelaide Strikers | Brisbane Heat | Hobart Hurricanes | Melbourne Renegades |
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Melbourne Stars | Perth Scorchers | Sydney Sixers | Sydney Thunder |
Draft
The 2023–24 season players draft was held on 3 September 2023.[6][7][8][9][10]
Club | Round | Pick | Player | National side | Notes |
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Adelaide Strikers | 1 | 1 | Rashid Khan | Afghanistan | Retention Pick, Withdrew[12] |
2 | 10 | Jamie Overton | England | ||
3 | 23 | Passed | — | ||
4 | 26 | Adam Hose | England | ||
Brisbane Heat | 1 | 7 | Colin Munro | New Zealand | |
2 | 15 | Sam Billings | England | ||
3 | 18 | Paul Walter | England | ||
4 | 31 | Passed | — | ||
Hobart Hurricanes | 1 | 4 | Chris Jordan | England | |
2 | 11 | Sam Hain | England | ||
3 | 22 | Corey Anderson | New Zealand | ||
4 | 27 | Passed | — | ||
Melbourne Renegades | 1 | 5 | Quinton de Kock | South Africa | |
2 | 12 | Mujeeb Ur Rahman | Afghanistan | ||
3 | 21 | Passed | — | ||
4 | 28 | Passed | — | ||
Melbourne Stars | 1 | 2 | Harry Brook | England | Withdrew[13] |
2 | 9 | Haris Rauf | Pakistan | ||
3 | 24 | Passed | — | ||
4 | 25 | Usama Mir | Pakistan | ||
Perth Scorchers | 1 | 8 | Passed | — | |
2 | 16 | Zak Crawley | England | ||
3 | 17 | Laurie Evans | England | ||
4 | 32 | Passed | — | ||
Sydney Sixers | 1 | 3 | Tom Curran | England | Retention pick |
2 | 14 | James Vince | England | ||
3 | 19 | Passed | — | ||
4 | 30 | Rehan Ahmed | England | ||
Sydney Thunder | 1 | 6 | Alex Hales | England | |
2 | 13 | Zaman Khan | Pakistan | ||
3 | 20 | Passed | — | ||
4 | 29 | Passed | — |
Venues
Adelaide | Albury | Brisbane | Canberra | Coffs Harbour |
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Adelaide Oval | Lavington Sports Ground | The Gabba | Manuka Oval | Coffs Harbour International Stadium |
Capacity: 53,583 | Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 42,000 | Capacity: 14,000 | Capacity: 10,000 |
Matches: 5 | Matches: 1 | Matches: 5 | Matches: 2 | Matches: 1 |
Team: Adelaide Strikers | Team: Melbourne Stars | Team: Brisbane Heat | Team: Sydney Thunder | Team: Sydney Sixers |
Geelong | Hobart | |||
GMHBA Stadium | Blundstone Arena | |||
Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | |||
Matches: 1 | Matches: 4 | |||
Team: Melbourne Renegades | Team: Hobart Hurricanes | |||
Launceston | Perth | |||
University of Tasmania Stadium | Optus Stadium | |||
Capacity: 16,000 | Capacity: 60,000 | |||
Matches: 1 | Matches: 5 | |||
Team: Hobart Hurricanes | Team: Perth Scorchers | |||
Melbourne | Sydney | |||
Marvel Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Sydney Showground Stadium | Sydney Cricket Ground | |
Capacity: 53,359 | Capacity: 100,024 | Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 48,000 | |
Matches: 4 | Matches: 4 | Matches: 3 | Matches: 4 | |
Team: Melbourne Renegades | Team: Melbourne Stars | Team: Sydney Thunder | Team: Sydney Sixers | |
Regular season
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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1 | Brisbane Heat | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0.972 | Advance to play-off phase |
2 | Perth Scorchers | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 0.837 | |
3 | Sydney Sixers | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0.356 | |
4 | Adelaide Strikers | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0.145 | |
5 | Melbourne Stars | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 8 | −1.138 | |
6 | Hobart Hurricanes | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | −0.344 | |
7 | Melbourne Renegades | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | −0.289 | |
8 | Sydney Thunder | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | −0.507 |
Win–loss table
Below is a summary of results for each team's ten regular season matches, plus finals where applicable, in chronological order. A team's opponent for any given match is listed above the margin of victory/defeat.
Team's results→ | Won | Tied | Lost | N/R |
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Visitor team → | ADS | BRH | HBH | MLR | MLS | PRS | SYS | SYT |
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Home team ↓ | ||||||||
Adelaide Strikers | Match abandoned | Strikers 5 wickets | Stars 7 wickets | Strikers 9 wickets | Strikers 6 wickets | |||
Brisbane Heat | Heat 1 run (D/L) | Heat 103 runs | Heat 23 runs | Match abandoned | Heat 15 runs | |||
Hobart Hurricanes | Strikers 8 wickets | Hurricanes 6 wickets | Stars 7 wickets (D/L) | Sixers 6 wickets | Hurricanes 7 wickets | |||
Melbourne Renegades | Renegades 4 wickets | Heat 6 wickets | Hurricanes 6 wickets | Renegades 6 wickets | Match abandoned | |||
Melbourne Stars | Match 38 | Stars 8 wickets | Scorchers 7 wickets | Sixers 7 wickets | Thunder 5 wickets | |||
Perth Scorchers | Scorchers 42 runs | Scorchers 35 runs | Scorchers 9 wickets | Scorchers 13 runs | Match 39 | |||
Sydney Sixers | Sixers 1 run | Heat 3 runs (D/L) | Sixers 8 runs | Stars 4 wickets | Sixers 19 runs | |||
Sydney Thunder | Match 37 | Heat 20 runs | Match 40 | Scorchers 7 wickets | Match abandoned |
Home team won | Visitor team won |
- Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
- Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.
Fixtures
On 6 July, Cricket Australia confirmed the full schedule for the tournament.[1]
Brisbane Heat 3/214 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars 111 (15.1 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Sixers 6/175 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Renegades 7/167 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
v |
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
Perth Scorchers 2/30 (6.5 overs) |
v |
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- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
- Match abandoned due to unsafe pitch.
- Hamish McKenzie (Perth Scorchers) made his T20 debut.
Hobart Hurricanes 8/135 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Sixers 4/139 (19.2 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
Brisbane Heat 7/151 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Thunder 131 (19 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
Melbourne Stars 101 (19.1 overs) |
v |
Perth Scorchers 3/102 (13.5 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Thunder 7/200 (20 overs) |
v |
Adelaide Strikers 4/205 (19.4 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Hobart Hurricanes 8/172 (20 overs) |
v |
Perth Scorchers 1/173 (16.1 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
Melbourne Renegades 8/162 (20 overs) |
v |
Brisbane Heat 4/163 (18.1 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Sixers 7/155 (20 overs) |
v |
Adelaide Strikers 6/154 (20 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
Melbourne Stars 172 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Thunder 5/176 (18.2 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
Melbourne Renegades 5/183 (20 overs) |
v |
Hobart Hurricanes 4/187 (19 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Sixers 8/154 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars 6/155 (19.3 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Perth Scorchers 162 (19.4 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Renegades 8/149 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
Brisbane Heat 172 (19.4 overs) |
v |
Sydney Thunder 9/157 (20 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
Hobart Hurricanes 155 (19.4 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars 3/67 (6.3 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
- Melbourne Stars were set a revised target of 67 runs from 7 overs due to rain.
Adelaide Strikers 6/177 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Renegades 6/178 (18.4 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
Sydney Thunder 7/151 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Sixers 1/34 (4 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
Adelaide Strikers 4/205 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars 3/211 (19 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Thunder 8/150 (20 overs) |
v |
Hobart Hurricanes 3/151 (18.1 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
v |
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
Melbourne Renegades 7/97 (14 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars 2/98 (12 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
- Match reduced to 14 overs per side due to rain.
Sydney Sixers 8/141 (20 overs) |
v |
Brisbane Heat 4/104 (14.3 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
Perth Scorchers 4/211 (20 overs) |
v |
Adelaide Strikers 169 (19.2 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
Melbourne Renegades 4/147 (20 overs) |
v |
Hobart Hurricanes 4/148 (18.4 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
Perth Scorchers 7/153 (20 overs) |
v |
Adelaide Strikers 1/154 (16.1 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
Melbourne Stars 4/156 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Sixers 3/160 (18.1 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Brisbane Heat 7/132 (20 overs) |
v |
Hobart Hurricanes 9/116 (16 overs) |
Nikhil Chaudhary 55 (38) Xavier Bartlett 3/30 (4 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
- Hobart Hurricanes were set a revised target of 118 runs from 16 overs due to rain.
Sydney Thunder 8/137 (20 overs) |
v |
Perth Scorchers 3/140 (19.1 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
Hobart Hurricanes 7/165 (20 overs) |
v |
Adelaide Strikers 5/168 (19.2 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
Brisbane Heat 6/191 (20 overs) |
v |
Perth Scorchers 9/168 (20 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
Hobart Hurricanes 6/167 (20 overs) |
v |
Adelaide Strikers 2/169 (15.5 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Sixers 7/151 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Thunder 132 (19.5 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
Perth Scorchers 6/136 (20 overs) |
v |
Brisbane Heat 128 (19.5 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
Melbourne Stars 8/137 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Renegades 4/139 (17.2 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
Play-offs
Bracket
Qualifier and Knockout | Challenger | Final | |||||||||||
1 | Brisbane Heat | QW | |||||||||||
2 | CW | ||||||||||||
QL | |||||||||||||
KW | |||||||||||||
3 | |||||||||||||
4 | |||||||||||||
Matches
Season statistics
Team Records
Highest Totals
Team | Score (Overs) | Opponent | Result | Venue |
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Brisbane Heat | 3/214 (20 overs) | Melbourne Stars | Won | The Gabba |
Melbourne Stars | 3/211 (19 overs) | Adelaide Strikers | Won | Adelaide Oval |
Perth Scorchers | 4/211 (20 overs) | Adelaide Strikers | Won | Perth Stadium |
Adelaide Strikers | 4/205 (19.4 overs) | Sydney Thunder | Won | Adelaide Oval |
Adelaide Strikers | 4/205 (20 overs) | Melbourne Stars | Lost | Adelaide Oval |
Last updated: 3 January 2024
Batting Records
Most Runs
Batsmen | Team | Runs | Inns |
---|---|---|---|
Matt Short | Adelaide Strikers | 435 | 8 |
Chris Lynn | Adelaide Strikers | 304 | 7 |
Aaron Hardie | Perth Scorchers | 296 | 9 |
Colin Munro | Brisbane Heat | 224 | 7 |
James Vince | Sydney Sixers | 222 | 8 |
Last updated: 13 January 2024[50]
Highest Scores
Batsmen | Team | Opposition | Runs | Balls | SR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Colin Munro | Brisbane Heat | Melbourne Stars | 99* | 61 | 162.30 |
Ben McDermott | Hobart Hurricanes | Adelaide Strikers | 95 | 61 | 155.74 |
Laurie Evans | Perth Scorchers | Adelaide Strikers | 85* | 28 | 303.57 |
Aaron Hardie | Perth Scorchers | Hobart Hurricanes | 85* | 45 | 188.89 |
Chris Lynn | Adelaide Strikers | Melbourne Stars | 83* | 42 | 197.62 |
Last updated: 13 January 2024
Highest Strike Rate
Batsmen | Team | SR | Runs | Inns |
---|---|---|---|---|
Laurie Evans | Perth Scorchers | 183.33 | 220 | 6 |
Glenn Maxwell | Melbourne Stars | 170.54 | 191 | 7 |
Chris Lynn | Adelaide Strikers | 164.32 | 304 | 7 |
Jake Fraser-McGurk | Melbourne Renegades | 164.12 | 215 | 7 |
Minimum 100 runs. Last updated: 13 January 2024
Highest Batting Average
Batsmen | Team | Inns | Outs | Runs | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Laurie Evans | Perth Scorchers | 7 | 1 | 143 | 71.50 |
Matt Short | Adelaide Strikers | 6 | 5 | 351 | 70.20 |
Chris Lynn | Perth Scorchers | 6 | 3 | 267 | 66.75 |
Steve Smith | Sydney Sixers | 1 | 1 | 61 | 61.00 |
Josh Inglis | Perth Scorchers | 7 | 2 | 175 | 58.83 |
Last updated: 11 January 2024
Most Sixes
Batsmen | Team | 6s | Inns |
---|---|---|---|
Matt Short | Adelaide Strikers | 17 | 6 |
Jake Fraser-McGurk | Melbourne Renegades | 16 | 7 |
Aaron Hardie | Perth Scorchers | 14 | 8 |
Chris Lynn | Adelaide Strikers | 13 | 6 |
Mac Wright | Hobart Hurricanes | 11 | 5 |
Last updated: 8 January 2024
Bowling Records
Most Wickets
Bowler | Team | Inns | Wkts |
---|---|---|---|
Xavier Bartlett | Brisbane Heat | 7 | 15 |
Paul Walter | Brisbane Heat | 7 | 12 |
Daniel Sams | Sydney Thunder | 6 | 11 |
Jason Behrendorff | Perth Scorchers | 6 | 11 |
Lance Morris | Perth Scorchers | 5 | 10 |
Last updated: 8 January 2024
Best Economy Rates
Bowler | Team | Mat | Runs | Overs | Econ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hamish McKenzie | Perth Scorchers | 2 | 12 | 4.0 | 3.00 |
Dan Lawrence | Melbourne Stars | 3 | 16 | 3.0 | 5.33 |
Matthew Kuhnemann | Brisbane Heat | 6 | 116 | 20.0 | 5.80 |
Tim David | Hobart Hurricanes | 7 | 29 | 5.0 | 5.80 |
Corey Anderson | Hobart Hurricanes | 7 | 49 | 8.0 | 6.12 |
Last updated: 7 January 2024
Best Bowling Figures In An Innings
Bowler | Team | Opposition | Overs | Figure |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lance Morris | Perth Scorchers | Adelaide Strikers | 4 | 5/24 |
Daniel Sams | Sydney Thunder | Brisbane Heat | 4 | 5/30 |
Jason Behrendorff | Perth Scorchers | Hobart Hurricanes | 4 | 4/25 |
Beau Webster | Melbourne Stars | Sydney Thunder | 4 | 4/29 |
Daniel Sams | Sydney Thunder | Melbourne Stars | 4 | 4/33 |
Last updated: 3 January 2024
Attendances
- As of 4 January 2024
See also
Notes
References
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