The fifth edition of KFC Big Bash League (BBL), which will be started on 17th December 2015, is knocking at the door. This Australian franchise-based T20 league is one of the entertaining and famous T20 league in the world. Total 8 franchise teams will participate in this year just like past four editions. The tournament will run from 17th December 2015 to 24th January 2016. The opening match of 2015/16 BBL will be played between Sydney Thunder and last year’s runners – up Sidney Sixers on 17th December 2015 at Sydney Showground Stadium. Top four teams will qualify for the semi-final while the winner of the two semi-finals will meet each other in the final on 24th January 2016. Perth Scorchers is the defending champion for BBL05. Like other years, many world class domestic and foreign cricketers will be playing in this competition.
The full details of all teams and the fixtures are given below:-
Team Details:-
|
Team’s Name (Short form) |
Home Ground (Short form), City |
Full Squad |
|
Adelaide Strikers (AS) |
Adelaide Oval (AO), Adelaide |
Jono Dean, Travis Head, Kane Richardson, Alex Ross, Craig Simmons, Brad Hodge, Ben Laughlin, Tim Ludeman, Michael Neser, Mahela Jayawardene, Gary Putland, Jon Holland, Billy Stanlake, Hamish Kingston, Kelvin Smith |
|
Brisbane Heat (BH) |
Brisbane Cricket Ground (BCG), Brisbane |
James Hopes (Capt.), Joe Burns, Ben Cutting, Peter Forrest, Mark Steketee, Samuel Badree, Lendl Simmons, Chris Lynn, Jimmy Peirson, Andrew Fekete, Nathan Reardon, Jason Floros, Luke Feldman, Jack Wildermuth, Josh Lalor |
|
Hobart Hurricanes (HH) |
Bellerive Oval (BO), Hobart |
Kumar Sangakkara, Tim Paine (Capt.), Ben Dunk, Cameron Boyce, Beau Webster, George Bailey, Clive Rose, Timm van der Gugten, Michael Hill, Darren Sammy, Jake Reed, Shaun Tait, Daniel Christian, Simon Milenko, Jon Wells, Sam Rainbird |
|
Melbourne Renegades (MR) |
Docklands Stadium (DS), Melbourne |
Cameron White, Aaron Finch (Capt.), Matthew Wade, Peter Siddle, Tom Beaton, Matthew Short, Nick Winter, Xavier Doherty, Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo James Pattinson, Callum Ferguson, Nathan Rimmington, Tom Cooper |
|
Melbourne Stars (MS) |
Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne |
David Hussey (Capt.), Michael Clarke, Adam Zampa, Evan Gulbis, Glenn Maxwell, Kevin Pietersen, Rob Quiney, Marcus Stoinis, Tom Triffitt, Luke Wright, Ben Hilfenhaus, Michael Beer, Scott Boland, Peter Handscomb, John Hastings |
|
Perth Scorchers (PS) |
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground (WACA), Perth |
Adam Voges (Capt.), Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, James Muirhead, Joel Paris, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Sam Whiteman, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Michael Klinger, Mitch Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Simon Mackin, Brad Hogg |
|
Sydney Sixers (SS) |
Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Sydney |
Moises Henriques (Capt.), Sean Abbott, Doug Bollinger, Ryan Carters, Ben Dwarshuis, Nic Maddinson, Stephen O’Keefe, Jordan Silk, Mitchell Starc (Injured), Brad Haddin, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon |
|
Sydney Thunder (ST) |
Sydney Showground Stadium (SSS), Sydney |
Jason Roy, Michael Hussey (Capt.), Ben Rohrer, Fawad Ahmed, Chris Hartley, Jacques Kallis, Andrew McDonald, Shane Watson, Aiden Blizzard, Patrick Cummins, Jake Doran, Usman Khawaja, Jonte Pattison, Kurtis Patterson, Shane Watson, Gurinder Sandhu, |
Group Fixtures:
|
Date |
Day |
Local Time (IST) |
Team 1 |
Team 2 |
Venue |
|
17/12/2015 |
Thursday |
19:40 (14:10) |
ST |
SS |
SSS |
|
18/12/2015 |
Friday |
19:10 (14:10) |
AS |
MS |
AO |
|
19/12/2015 |
Saturday |
18:10 (13:40) |
BH |
MR |
BCG |
|
20/12/2015 |
Sunday |
16:20 (10:50) |
SS |
HH |
SCG |
|
20/12/2015 |
Sunday |
19:25 (13:55) |
MS |
ST |
MCG |
|
21/12/2015 |
Monday |
16:10 (13:40) |
PS |
AS |
WACA |
|
22/12/2015 |
Tuesday |
19:10 (13:40) |
HH |
BH |
BO |
|
23/12/2015 |
Wednesday |
19:10 (13:40) |
MR |
SS |
DS |
|
26/12/2015 |
Saturday |
16:10 (13:40) |
PS |
BH |
WACA |
|
27/12/2015 |
Sunday |
19:10 (13:40) |
SS |
MS |
SCG |
|
28/12/2015 |
Monday |
19:10 (13:40) |
ST |
AS |
SSS |
|
29/12/2015 |
Tuesday |
18:10 (13:40) |
BH |
HH |
BCG |
|
30/12/2015 |
Wednesday |
19:10 (13:40) |
MR |
PS |
DS |
|
31/12/2015 |
Thursday |
18:40 (13:40) |
AS |
SS |
AO |
|
1/1/2016 |
Friday |
19:10 (13:40) |
HH |
ST |
BO |
|
2/1/2016 |
Saturday |
18:10 (12:40) |
MS |
MR |
MCG |
|
2/1/2016 |
Saturday |
18:15 (15:45) |
PS |
SS |
WACA |
|
3/1/2016 |
Sunday |
18:10 (13:40) |
BH |
ST |
BCG |
|
4/1/2016 |
Monday |
19:40 (14:10) |
HH |
MR |
BO |
|
5/1/2016 |
Tuesday |
19:10 (14:10) |
AS |
PS |
AO |
|
6/1/2016 |
Wednesday |
19:40 (14:10) |
MS |
HH |
MCG |
|
7/1/2016 |
Thursday |
19:40 (14:10) |
ST |
PS |
SSS |
|
8/1/2016 |
Friday |
18:40 (14:10) |
BH |
AS |
BCG |
|
9/1/2016 |
Saturday |
19:10 (13:40) |
MR |
MS |
DS |
|
10/1/2016 |
Sunday |
16.20 (10:50) |
HH |
PS |
BO |
|
10/1/2016 |
Sunday |
19:25 (13:55) |
SS |
BH |
SCG |
|
12/1/2016 |
Tuesday |
19:40 (14:10) |
ST |
MR |
SSS |
|
13/1/2016 |
Wednesday |
19:10 (14:10) |
AS |
HH |
AO |
|
14/1/2016 |
Thursday |
19:40 (14:10) |
MS |
BH |
MCG |
|
16/1/2016 |
Saturday |
18:10 (12:40) |
SS |
ST |
SCG |
|
16/1/2016 |
Saturday |
18:15 (15:45) |
PS |
MS |
WACA |
|
18/1/2016 |
Monday |
19:40 (14:10) |
MR |
AS |
DS |
SEMI-FINAL Fixtures
|
Date |
Day |
Local Time (IST) |
Team 1 |
Team 2 |
Venue |
|
21/1/2016 |
Thursday |
TBC (14:10) |
TBC |
TBC |
TBC |
|
22/1/2016 |
Friday |
TBC (14:10) |
TBC |
TBC |
TBC |
FINAL Fixture
|
Date |
Day |
Local Time (IST) |
Team 1 |
Team 2 |
Venue |
|
24/1/2016 |
Sunday |
TBC (13:40) |
TBC |
TBC |
TBC |