Big Bash League

The Big Bash League (known as the KFC Big Bash League for sponsorship reasons, often abbreviated to BBL or Big Bash) is an Australian professional men's Twenty20 cricket club league. It was created in 2011 by Cricket Australia.

Big Bash League

Countries	Australia
Administrator	Cricket Australia
Format	Twenty20
First Edition	2011–12
Latest Edition	2023–24
Next Edition	2024–25
Tournament format	Double round-robin and Knockout finals
Number of teams	8
Current champion	Brisbane Heat (2nd title)
Most successful	Perth Scorchers (5 titles)
Most runs	Chris Lynn (3725)
Most wickets	Sean Abbott (165)
TV	Seven Network Fox Cricket
Website	bigbash.com.au

Seasons
2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Teams

Current teams

Scorchers

Strikers

Heat

Hurricanes

Stars

Renegades

Sixers

Thunder

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Location of Big Bash League teams

The competition features eight city-based franchises, instead of the six state-based teams which had previously competed in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. Each state's capital city features one team, with Sydney and Melbourne featuring two. The team names and colours for all teams were officially announced on 6 April 2011. The Melbourne Derby and Sydney Derby matches are some of the most heavily attended matches during the league and are widely anticipated by the fans. The Scorchers and Sixers have also developed a rivalry between them over the years and their matches attract good crowds and TV ratings.

A single city-based franchise can have a maximum of 19 contracted players for a season, with the squad including a minimum of two rookie contracts and a maximum of six overseas players, although only three international players can play in each match from 2020 to 2021 edition. Each team can also have a maximum of two overseas replacement players, in case the original overseas players get injured or withdraw.

Team	Location	Home ground	Coach	Captain
Adelaide Strikers	Adelaide, South Australia	Adelaide Oval	Jason Gillespie	Matt Short
Brisbane Heat	Brisbane, Queensland	Brisbane Cricket Ground	Wade Seccombe	Usman Khawaja
Hobart Hurricanes	Hobart, Tasmania	Blundstone Arena	Adam Griffith	Nathan Ellis
Melbourne Renegades	Melbourne, Victoria	Marvel Stadium	David Saker	Will Sutherland
Melbourne Stars	Melbourne, Victoria	Melbourne Cricket Ground	David Hussey	Glenn Maxwell
Perth Scorchers	Perth, Western Australia	Perth Stadium	Adam Voges	Ashton Turner
Sydney Sixers	Sydney, New South Wales	Sydney Cricket Ground	Greg Shipperd	Moises Henriques
Sydney Thunder	Sydney, New South Wales	Sydney Showground Stadium	Trevor Bayliss	Chris Green