2025–26 Big Bash League season

This article is about the men's tournament. For the women's tournament, see 2025–26 Women's Big Bash League season.

2025–26 Big Bash League
Dates14 December 2025 – 25 January 2026
AdministratorCricket Australia
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Group stage and playoffs
Participants8
Matches44
Official websiteBig Bash League

The 2025–26 Big Bash League season or BBL|15 is the twenty-first season of professional men's Twenty20 domestic cricket in Australia and the fifteenth under the Big Bash League (BBL) model. The tournament is being played from 14 December 2025, with the final scheduled to held on 25 January 2026. The Hobart Hurricanes are the defending champions.[1]

Background

Sky Sports UK has extended its partnership with the Big Bash League for a further four years till 2029. Fox Cricket and Seven Network retains the official broadcasting rights for the 2025–26 BBL – Big Bash League.[2]

Draft

The 2025–26 season players draft was held on 19 June 2025.[3][4]

Table of international draft selections[5][6]
Club Round Pick Player National Side Notes
  Adelaide Strikers 1 3 Luke Wood  England
2 10 Jamie Overton  England Pre-signed player
3 23 Hassan Ali  Pakistan
4 26 Passed
  Brisbane Heat 1 1 Shaheen Afridi  Pakistan
2 9 Colin Munro  New Zealand Pre-signed player
3 24 Passed
4 25 Tom Alsop  England
  Hobart Hurricanes 1 6 Chris Jordan  England Pre-signed player
2 13 Rishad Hossain  Bangladesh
3 20 Passed
4 29 Rehan Ahmed  England
  Melbourne Renegades 1 4 Mohammad Rizwan  Pakistan
2 11 Hassan Khan  Pakistan
3 22 Tim Seifert  New Zealand Pre-signed player
4 27 Passed
  Melbourne Stars 1 2 Haris Rauf  Pakistan Retention pick
2 15 Tom Curran  England Pre-signed player
3 18 Joe Clarke  England
4 31 Passed
  Perth Scorchers 1 5 Finn Allen  New Zealand Pre-signed player
2 16 Passed
3 17 Laurie Evans  England
4 28 David Payne  England
  Sydney Sixers 1 7 Sam Curran  England
2 14 Babar Azam  Pakistan Pre-signed player
3 19 Passed
4 30 Jafer Chohan  England
  Sydney Thunder 1 8 Lockie Ferguson  New Zealand
2 12 Shadab Khan  Pakistan
3 21 Sam Billings  England Pre-signed player
4 32 Passed

Squads

As of 20 December 2025
Squads contracted for the 2025–26 Big Bash League season[7]
Adelaide Strikers Brisbane Heat Hobart Hurricanes Melbourne Renegades Melbourne Stars Perth Scorchers Sydney Sixers Sydney Thunder
Notes
  • Unless otherwise specified, all players are Australian.
  • Starting from the 2024–25 season, teams were allowed to sign up to two marquee supplementary players who would not count as part of their regular 18-player squad.[11] These players must be signed to the Australia national cricket team.[12]

Venues

Adelaide Brisbane Canberra Coffs Harbour
Adelaide Oval The Gabba Manuka Oval Coffs Harbour
Capacity: 53,500 Capacity: 36,000 Capacity: 13,500 Capacity: 10,000
Matches: 5 Matches: 5 Matches: 2 Matches: 1
Team: Adelaide Strikers Team: Brisbane Heat Teams: Stars, Thunder Team: Sydney Sixers
Geelong
Kardinia Park
Capacity: 40,000
Matches: 2
Team: Melbourne Renegades
Hobart Perth
Bellerive Oval Perth Stadium
Capacity: 19,500 Capacity: 60,000
Matches: 5 Matches: 5
Team: Hobart Hurricanes Team: Perth Scorchers
Melbourne Sydney
Docklands Stadium Melbourne Cricket Ground Sydney Showground Stadium Sydney Cricket Ground
Capacity: 48,000 Capacity: 100,000 Capacity: 23,500 Capacity: 48,000
Matches: 3 Matches: 4 Matches: 4 Matches: 4
Team: Melbourne Renegades Team: Melbourne Stars Team: Sydney Thunder Team: Sydney Sixers

Standings

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1   Hobart Hurricanes 3 2 1 0 4 0.450
2   Melbourne Stars 1 1 0 0 2 2.038
3   Sydney Sixers 3 1 2 0 2 0.569
4   Perth Scorchers 2 1 1 0 2 0.365
5   Adelaide Strikers 1 1 0 0 2 0.326
6   Sydney Thunder 3 1 2 0 2 −0.258
7   Brisbane Heat 3 1 2 0 2 −0.755
8   Melbourne Renegades 2 1 1 0 2 −1.331
Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo

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 League stage Play-offs Pos.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Q K C F
Adelaide
Strikers (ADS) 		SYS
3 wickets
Brisbane
Heat (BRH) 		MLR
14 runs 		PRS
8 wickets 		SYT
34 runs
Hobart
Hurricanes (HBH) 		SYT
4 wickets 		MLS
8 wickets 		MLR
8 wickets
Melbourne
Renegades (MLR) 		BRH
14 runs 		HBH
7 wickets
Melbourne
Stars (MLS) 		HBH
8 wickets
Perth
Scorchers (PRS) 		SYS
5 wickets 		BRH
8 wickets
Sydney
Sixers (SYS) 		PRS
5 wickets 		ADS
3 wickets 		SYT
47 runs
Sydney
Thunder (SYT) 		HBH
4 wickets 		SYS
47 runs 		BRH
34 runs
Team's results→ Won Lost N/R

Match summary

TeamGroup matchesPlayoffs
12345678910Q/KCF
Adelaide Strikers2?????????
Brisbane Heat022???????
Hobart Hurricanes224???????
Melbourne Renegades22????????
Melbourne Stars2?????????
Perth Scorchers22????????
Sydney Sixers002???????
Sydney Thunder002???????
WinLossNo result
  • Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
  • Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

League stage

All times in Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00)

On 3 July 2025, Cricket Australia confirmed the full schedule for the tournament.[13]

Match 1
14 December 2025
19:15 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sydney Sixers
5/113 (11 overs)
v
Perth Scorchers
5/117 (10.1 overs)
Jack Edwards 46* (21)
Brody Couch 2/12 (2 overs)
Cooper Connolly 59 (31)
Ben Dwarshuis 2/36 (3 overs)
Perth Scorchers won by 5 wickets
Perth Stadium, Perth
Attendance: 26,823[14]
Umpires: Gerard Abood and Donovan Koch
Player of the match: Cooper Connolly (Perth Scorchers)
  • Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 11 overs per side due to rain.
Match 2
15 December 2025
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
Melbourne Renegades
5/212 (20 overs)
v
Brisbane Heat
8/198 (20 overs)
Tim Seifert 102 (56)
Jack Wildermuth 3/34 (4 overs)
Colin Munro 55 (32)
Will Sutherland 3/33 (4 overs)
Melbourne Renegades won by 14 runs
GMHBA Stadium, Geelong
Attendance: 10,043[15]
Umpires: Phillip Gillespie and Sam Nogajski
Player of the match: Tim Seifert (Melbourne Renegades)
  • Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
Match 3
16 December 2025
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
Sydney Thunder
6/180 (20 overs)
v
Hobart Hurricanes
6/181 (19.5 overs)
Cameron Bancroft 61 (44)
Billy Stanlake 3/34 (4 overs)
Nikhil Chaudhary 41 (31)
Shadab Khan 2/36 (4 overs)
Hobart Hurricanes won by 4 wickets
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith and Sharad Patel
Player of the match: Chris Jordan (Hobart Hurricanes)
  • Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
Match 4
17 December 2025
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
Sydney Sixers
9/159 (20 overs)
v
Adelaide Strikers
7/160 (19.2 overs)
Josh Philippe 46 (28)
Luke Wood 3/26 (4 overs)
Liam Scott 51 (32)
Jack Edwards 2/27 (4 overs)
Adelaide Strikers won by 3 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Attendance: 20,110[16]
Umpires: Gerard Abood and Phillip Gillespie
Player of the match: Jamie Overton (Adelaide Strikers)
  • Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
Match 5
18 December 2025
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
Hobart Hurricanes
9/158 (20 overs)
v
Melbourne Stars
2/159 (16 overs)
Ben McDermott 69 (52)
Peter Siddle 3/30 (4 overs)
Marcus Stoinis 62* (31)
Rishad Hossain 2/33 (3 overs)
Melbourne Stars won by 8 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Attendance: 19,034[17]
Umpires: Donovan Koch and Sam Nogajski
Player of the match: Marcus Stoinis (Melbourne Stars)
  • Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Match 6
19 December 2025
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
Perth Scorchers
6/257 (20 overs)
v
Brisbane Heat
2/258 (19.5 overs)
Finn Allen 79 (38)
Xavier Bartlett 2/44 (4 overs)
Jack Wildermuth 110* (54)
Jhye Richardson 1/49 (4 overs)
Brisbane Heat won by 8 wickets
The Gabba, Brisbane
Attendance: 24,277[18]
Umpires: Daryl Brigham and Phillip Gillespie
Player of the match: Matt Renshaw (Brisbane Heat)
Match 7
20 December 2025
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
Sydney Sixers
5/198 (20 overs)
v
Sydney Thunder
151 (19.1 overs)
Josh Philippe 96 (57)
Reece Topley 3/41 (4 overs)
Sam Billings 51 (28)
Jack Edwards 5/26 (4 overs)
Sydney Sixers won by 47 runs
ENGIE Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 20,568[21]
Umpires: Donovan Koch and Sam Nogajski
Player of the match: Josh Philippe (Sydney Sixers)
  • Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
  • Jack Edwards (Sydney Sixers) scored his first five-wicket haul in T20s.[22]
Match 8
21 December 2025
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
Melbourne Renegades
9/145 (20 overs)
v
Hobart Hurricanes
3/149 (13.5 overs)
Tim Seifert 34 (21)
Chris Jordan 4/19 (4 overs)
Nikhil Chaudhary 79 (38)
Jason Behrendorff 2/35 (3 overs)
Hobart Hurricanes won by 7 wickets
GMHBA Stadium, Geelong
Umpires: Gerard Abood and Stephen Dionysius
Player of the match: Chris Jordan (Hobart Hurricanes)
  • Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
  • Tim Ward (Hobart Hurricanes) made his T20 debut.
Match 9
22 December 2025
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
Sydney Thunder
4/193 (20 overs)
v
Brisbane Heat
6/159 (20 overs)
Matthew Gilkes 76 (48)
Jack Wildermuth 2/25 (4 overs)
Matt Renshaw 43 (28)
Shadab Khan 4/24 (4 overs)
Sydney Thunder won by 34 runs
Manuka Oval, Canberra
Umpires: Shawn Craig and Claire Polosak
Player of the match: Matthew Gilkes (Sydney Thunder)
  • Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
Match 10
23 December 2025
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 11
26 December 2025
18:05 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 12
26 December 2025
21:15 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 13
27 December 2025
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 14
28 December 2025
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 15
29 December 2025
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 16
30 December 2025
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 17
31 December 2025
18:45 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 19
1 January 2026
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 20
2 January 2026
18:15 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 21
3 January 2026
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 23
4 January 2026
18:15 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 25
6 January 2026
18:45 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 29
10 January 2026
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 32
11 January 2026
18:45 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 33
12 January 2026
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 35
14 January 2026
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 37
16 January 2026
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
v
Match 39
17 January 2026
17:15 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 40
18 January 2026
18:15 (N)
Scorecard
v

Finals

QualifierChallengerFinal
20 January 202625 January 2026
11st placed teamWinner of Qualifier
22nd placed team23 January 2026Winner of Challenger
Loser of Qualifier
KnockoutWinner of Knockout
21 January 2026
33rd placed team
44th placed team

Qualifier

Qualifier
20 January 2026 (N)
Scorecard
1st placed team
v
2nd placed team
TBC

Knockout

Knockout
21 January 2026 (N)
Scorecard
3rd placed team
v
4th placed team
TBC

Challenger

Challenger
23 January 2026 (N)
Scorecard
Winner of knockout
v
Loser of qualifier
TBC

Final

Main article: 2025–26 Big Bash League final
Final
25 January 2026 (N)
Scorecard
Winner of qualifier
v
Winner of challenger
TBC

Season statistics

Team Statistics

Highest team total[23]
Score (overs) Team Opponent Result Venue Date
2/258 (19.5)   Brisbane Heat Perth Scorchers Won The Gabba 19 December 2025
6/257 (20.0)   Perth Scorchers Brisbane Heat Lost The Gabba 19 December 2025
5/212 (20.0)   Melbourne Renegades Brisbane Heat Won Kardinia Park 15 December 2025
8/198 (20.0)   Brisbane Heat Melbourne Renegades Lost Kardinia Park 15 December 2025
6/181 (19.5)   Sydney Sixers Sydney Thunder Won ENGIE Stadium 20 December 2025

Last Updated: 20 December 2025

Lowest team totals (completed matches)[23]
Score (overs) Team Opponent Result Venue Date
5/113 (11.0)   Sydney Sixers Perth Scorchers Lost Perth Stadium 14 December 2025
5/117 (10.1)   Perth Scorchers Sydney Sixers Won Perth Stadium 14 December 2025
151 (19.1)   Sydney Thunder Sydney Sixers Lost ENGIE Stadium 20 December 2025
9/158 (20.0)   Hobart Hurricanes Melbourne Stars Lost Melbourne Cricket Ground 18 December 2025
2/159 (16.0)   Melbourne Stars Hobart Hurricanes Won Melbourne Cricket Ground 18 December 2025

Last Updated: 20 December 2025

Batting Statistics

Most individual runs[24]
Runs Batsmen Team Inns
170 Josh Philippe   Sydney Sixers 3
136 Cooper Connolly   Perth Scorchers 2
120 Matt Renshaw   Brisbane Heat 2
110 Jack Wildermuth   Brisbane Heat 2
107 Ben McDermott   Hobart Hurricanes 2

Last Updated: 20 December 2025

Highest Batting Average[25]
Average Batsmen Team Runs Inns NO
110.00 Jack Wildermuth   Brisbane Heat 110 2 1
102.00 Tim Seifert   Melbourne Renegades 102 1 0
81.00 Jack Edwards   Sydney Sixers 81 3 2
68.00 Cooper Connolly   Perth Scorchers 136 2 0
60.00 Matt Renshaw   Brisbane Heat 120 2 0

Last Updated: 20 December 2025

Highest individual score[26]
High Score Batsmen Team Opposition Balls Venue Date
110* Jack Wildermuth   Brisbane Heat Perth Scorchers 54 The Gabba 19 December 2025
102 Matt Renshaw   Brisbane Heat Perth Scorchers 56 The Gabba 19 December 2025
Tim Seifert   Melbourne Renegades Brisbane Heat 51 Kardinia Park 15 December 2025
96 Josh Philippe   Sydney Sixers Sydney Thunder 57 ENGIE Stadium 20 December 2025
79 Finn Allen   Perth Scorchers Brisbane Heat 38 The Gabba 19 December 2025

Last Updated: 20 December 2025

Most Sixes[27]
Sixes Batsmen Team Inns
11 Cooper Connolly   Perth Scorchers 2
10 Finn Allen   Perth Scorchers 2
10 Matt Renshaw   Brisbane Heat 2
9 Jack Wildermuth   Brisbane Heat 2
6 Tim Seifert   Melbourne Renegades 1
Josh Philippe   Sydney Sixers 3

Last Updated: 20 December 2025

Bowling Statistics

Most wickets[28]
Wickets Player Team Inns
8 Jack Edwards   Sydney Sixers 3
4 Jack Wildermuth   Brisbane Heat 2
Joel Davies   Sydney Sixers 3
Does not include the 8 players with 3 wickets

Last Updated: 20 December 2025

Best Bowling Figures[29]
BB Bowler Team Overs Econ
5/26 Jack Edwards   Sydney Sixers 4.0 6.50
3/24 Joel Davies   Sydney Sixers 4.0 6.00
3/26 Luke Wood   Adelaide Strikers 4.0 6.50
3/30 Peter Siddle   Melbourne Stars 4.0 7.50
3/33 Will Sutherland   Melbourne Renegades 4.0 8.25

Last Updated: 20 December 2025

Best Bowling Average[30]
Average Bowler Team Wickets
6.75 Joel Davies   Sydney Sixers 4
8.00 Matthew Short   Adelaide Strikers 1
8.66 Luke Wood   Adelaide Strikers 3
9.00 Marcus Stoinis   Melbourne Stars 2
9.37 Jack Edwards   Sydney Sixers 8

Last Updated: 20 December 2025

Attendance

Match attendances in chronological order
Match Teams Date Venue Location Attendance
1 Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Sixers 14 December 2025 Perth Stadium Perth 26,823
2 Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat 15 December 2025 Kardinia Park Geelong 10,043
3 Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Thunder 16 December 2025 Bellerive Oval Hobart TBA
4 Sydney Sixers vs Adelaide Strikers 17 December 2025 Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney 20,110
5 Melbourne Stars vs Hobart Hurricanes 18 December 2025 Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne 19,034
6 Brisbane Heat vs Perth Scorchers 19 December 2025 The Gabba Brisbane 24,227
Total 100,287
Average 20,057

As of 19 December 2025 – Brisbane Heat vs Perth Scorchers @ The Gabba

Home Team Attendances

Team Venue/s Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Match 4 Match 5 Final 1 Final 2 Average
  Adelaide Strikers Adelaide Oval
  Brisbane Heat The Gabba 24,227 24,227
  Hobart Hurricanes Bellerive Oval
  Melbourne Renegades Docklands Stadium, Kardinia Park 10,043*
  Melbourne Stars Melbourne Cricket Ground, Manuka Oval 19,034
  Perth Scorchers Perth Stadium 26,823 26,823
  Sydney Sixers Sydney Cricket Ground, C.ex Int. Stadium 20,110
  Sydney Thunder Sydney Showgrounds, Manuka Oval
Average All 18,992 18,503 19,003

As of 19 December 2025 – Brisbane Heat vs Perth Scorchers @ The Gabba

* Match played at secondary home

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Local replacement player
  2. ^ a b International replacement player
  3. ^ a b Supplementary player
  4. ^ Player withdrew from tournament

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