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With Mitch Marsh and Josh Inglis at the crease Perth would have been hoping to get the job done.
Jake Weatherald smashed a century and took the Hurricanes bowlers to the cleaners.
Sydney Sixers were batting first and were bowled out for just 132.
The new BBL and WBBL rule is inspired by the game of baseball where the fans present in the crowd are allowed to take the ball with them if it comes to them.
Starc has been picked as a supplementary for the Sixers, but with his retirement from the T20I cricket, the fast bowler is likely to be available in BBL 15 in the starting of 2026.
The BBL 2025-26 season will run from December 14 to January 25.
Ravi Ashwin will be the third player from India to show up in BBL.
Which possible BBL teams could possibly target the great off spin legend of the game in the form of Ashwin?
Big Bash League is reportedly targeting second place behind IPL by seeking private investment in its teams.
The 30-year-old is currently nursing a thumb injury sustained during the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 campaign with Rajasthan Royals (RR).
Back in 2016, the right-handed batter Beau Webster kicked off his BBL career with the Hurricanes, which is also his hometown club.
In Michael Hussey’s captaincy, Sydney Thunder emerged as champions of BBL 2015-16 edition after defeating Melbourne Stars in the final.
With this win, the Thunders have made it into two Qualifier 2 and will face Sydney Sixers on January 24.
Hobart Hurricanes will fight for the title at the Marvel Stadium in Bellerive on January 27
For Hurricanes, Caleb Jewell came up with a knock of 76(49) runs as they went on to register their seventh win of the season.
Hobart Hurricanes are currently placed second in the points table after eight games, already securing a playoffs berth. On the other hand, Brisbane Heat are placed fifth in the points table with three wins from eight games and with seven points in their kitty.
After Sydney Thunder posted 153/8 in their 20 overs, their bowlers did the remaining job to secure a convincing win over Perth Scorchers.
Trying to hit Muhammaad Hasnain over mid-off, Agar swinged the bat in an attempt to get a boundary, However, standing near the 30-yard circle, Warner didn’t let the opportunity slide and ended up taking a spectacular catch.
Joining the Sixers’ squad after the recently ended Border-Gavaskar Trophy down under, Smith turned up to his T20 mode and went on to smash a fiery 121*(64) runs as Sydney Sixers defeated Perth Scorchers by 14 runs in a high-scoring encounter at SCG.
During the 16th over of Brisbane Heat’s innings, Nathan McSweeney smashed Adelaide Strikers’ debutant Liam Haskett for a six. After that, Haskett’s father took a catch from the stands which caught the attention of the fans.
Australian batter Tim David came up with a remarkable knock of 68* runs in the Big Bash League clash against Sydney Thunder in BBL 2024-25.
Will Sutherland and Tom Rogers put up a match-winning partnership as Renegades chased the target in 19.4 overs losing six wickets.
Perth Scorchers head coach Adam Voges has also shown excitement in welcoming Mitchell Marsh in the squad, and feels it will help him to free up after a long Test series against India.
With very little time to react to the shot, umpire Sharad Patel quickly moved aside and ended up falling on the ground
Joel Paris successfully hit the stumps at non-striker’s end with a no-look back-hand flip from the striker’s end, but Jacob Bethell was fast enough to survive the run out.
In reply to Renegades’ total of 142/9, Lynn smashed 88(51) runs as the Strikers chased the winning target in 17.1 overs, to get their second win of the season.
Reacting to the mankading attempt by Jamie Overton in BBL 2024-25, R Ashwin wrote “Our vibe shall attract the tribe Jamie” on his social media.
In a close match, Sydney Thunder defeated Melbourne Renegades for eight runs to register their third win of the season and get into the second spot at the points table.
The 32-year-old Jordan Silk took a diving one-handed catch at deep mid-wicket to dismiss Jimmy Peirson on Todd Murphy’s delivery.
Sam Billings almost lost his wicket via run out during his innings for Sydney Thunder, but he surprisingly survived as Melbourne Stars fielders didn’t appeal.
Nathan Ellis pulled off a sensational catch to put an end to Matthew Short’s innings in the Big Bash League.
Ben Duckett smashed six consecutive boundaries against West Indian off spinner Akeal Hosein.
Harvey took a flying catch on Kane Richardson’s delivery to dismiss Matthew Spoors during a crucial moment of the innings.
Melbourne Stars posted a total of 162/6 in their 20 overs. In reply, Brisbane Heat chased the winning target in 18.1 overs losing two wickets.
Daniel Sams turned out to be a hero with his clutch innings of 42*(18) run to seal the deal for Sydney.
Watching the ball going near the boundary, Fabian Allen dived in front of the ball and tried to push the ball away from the boundary.
Ben Dwarshuis smashed Melbourne Renegades bowler Will Sutherland for a huge six as the ball ended up landing into the second tier of the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).
The BBL 2024-25 season will have 44 matches, including the Qualifier, the knockout, the Challenger, and the final, set to be played from December 15 to January 27.
Under Maxwell’s captaincy, the Stars made it to the BBL decider twice, in both 2018-19 and 2019-20, but lost to Melbourne Renegades and Sydney Sixers respectively.
Quinton de Kock opted not to play for South Africa in T20I to focus on his franchise career with Melbourne Renegades in the BBL.
Nikhil made his T20I debut against Punjab during the 2016-17 Inter-State T20 tournament.
However, the Women’s Big Bash League will see no changes as of now but can be shortened in the future like the BBL.
It is worth mentioning that Azam has featured in none of these two aforementioned leagues.
Scorchers were the first team to book a berth in the finals by beating Sydney Sixers, Brisbane Heat defeated Sydney Sixers in the Challengers and Renegades in the Knockouts to advance into the big-stage game.
Both teams have been brilliant so far in the tournament.
Syndey Thunder are high on confidence and have the winning momentum with them.
Stars will be aiming to sign off from the tournament with a win.
On the next ball, Smith once again managed to hit a boundary, bringing a total of 16 runs for his team.
The Strikers are firm at the fourth position in the points table despite losing three games on the trot.
The Aaron Finch-led side is currently on third spot, while Thunder are struggling at 6th in points table.
While the momentum is with Brisbane Heat, Melbourne Stars will be playing on their home ground.
While Sutherland has been quite expensive in the match as he has conceded 25-runs in his two overs, his brilliant catch at the rope will surely be one of the talking points.
If Perth Scorchers win this game over the Brisbane Heat, they can reclaim the top sport in the table.
Perth Scorchers are most likely to win the toss as the luck has favored them pretty well so far in the season.
While Hobart Hurricanes failed to defend 229 against Adelaide Strikers in their last fixture, Melbourne Renegades’ bowler won the game for their side by defending 141 against Melbourne Stars.
While Hurricanes won their previous fixture, Strikers are currently on 4-match losing streak.
Meanwhile, Michael Neser was not sure if it was a legitimate dismissal when he took the catch.
Talking about their head to head record, Scorchers have ruled the Stars in last four games.
The pitch at Sydney Cricket Ground is known to aid batters.
Sydney Thunder is most likely to win the toss as they have won toss in all three games, while the game might go in favour of Heat.
Farooqi was brought out into the team in November as he replaced David Willey who withdrew from the tournament.
The Renegades have emerged to be one of the best teams in the tournament with an undefeated record.
The Bellerive Oval in Hobart will host the BBL game between Melbourne Renegades and Hobart Hurricanes.
Adam Zampa-led Melbourne Stars will be favorites to win the game against Perth Scorchers as they are coming on the back of comprehensive win in their last fixture.
Melbourne Stars have a better chance to win the game as they have in better form so far and won their previous game against Hobart Hurricanes quite comprehensively.
Left-arm quick David Payne will replace Mills in the Scorchers squad.
The Sixers suffered a heavy 38-run defeat against Perth Scorchers, while Hurricanes registered a win in their previous fixtures.
The match will be played at the Aurora Stadium in Launceston
The Adelaide Strikers registered a massive win of 124 runs to get the top spot in BBL 12.
Thornton had figures of the 2.5-1-3-5 as the Thunder failed to get past the powerplay.
Henry Thornton led the charge with the ball as he stunned Sydney Thunder, who got bowled out for just 15 runs.
Perth Scorchers become the most successful BBL franchise, having won the title four times followed by Sydney Sixers.
Both the teams registered wins in their opening game.
The Sydney Thunder defeated the Melbourne Stars in the opening game of the BBL 12.
While it was a masterclass bowling display from Boult, the credit for the first wicket will also be given to the fielder Brody Couch.
Apart from fulfilling national duties, Mandhana has multiple contracts with cricket franchises across the globe.
The BBL 2022-23 draft featured 12 overseas players from the platinum list as clubs took turns to pick the available players.
Lynn’s deal comes after the big-money contract signed by David Warner, who will play for the Sydney Thunder on a two-year deal.
Warner has previously played for the Thunder for two games in the first and third BBL seasons where he scored 102 not out and 50.
The tournament will start with Sydney Thunder taking on the Melbourne Stars in the Manuka Oval on December 13.
Lynn’s Brisbane Heat tie ends with him playing 102 matches and scoring 3005 runs with the highest score of 101.
Perth Scorchers defeated Sydney Sixers by 79 runs in final of BBL 2022 on Friday.
Hayden Kerr lit up the stadium with his blistering knock against Adelaide Strikers in the Challenger. He is expected to carry the burden for his team once again in the finals.
What caught the attention of cricket fans on social media was the reply from AB de Villiers.
The world of cricket witnessed an outrageous sequence of events on Wednesday.
No one would have ever imagined how the Russell-Mahmudullah partnership would eventually come to end.
Parker’s effort has sparked a whole new debate about the rules of the game.
After the game, Chand went on to mention that he was “grateful” as his dream came true of playing at the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
The Melbourne Stars captain scored at a strike-rate of 240.63, hitting 22 fours and 4 sixes.
The right-arm leggie became the first bowler in BBL history to take a double hattrick i.e. 4 wickets in 4 balls.
The right-arm pacer played five games for Sydney Thunder before returning back home for the Pakistan Super League, where he will represent Quetta Gladiators.
After completing the catch, Maxwell put his hand over his mouth as he couldn’t believe that he had pulled it off.
Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman failed to impress on his Big Bash League (BBL) debut, while playing for Brisbane Heat against Melbourne Renegades on Thursday.
Apart from being his 300th T20 appearance, this was also Rashid’s final game of the BBL season.
Unmukt Chand has recently moved to the USA to pursue his cricketing dreams.
The Melbourne Stars pacer celebrated his wicket against Perth Scorchers in a totally different manner, keeping the current situation in mind
The left-arm spinner stunned everyone with his uncanny style of bowling during his Heat’s debut in BBL on Saturday.
The right-arm pacer had bowled only 1.3 overs when he was asked to stop bowling.
Hobarts will be favourites in the game as Renegades have registered just one win this season while suffering four losses.