*Official* Big Bash League 14 - 2024/25

[Starfighter]

Apparently this starts tomorrow.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Ahh, that time of the year I always so look forward to, seeing what various newish domestic pacers clock at on the speedgun

If they even get a game that is

 

[Starfighter]

Fixtures:

Date	Fixture	Venue	Time	Broadcast
Sun Dec 15	Scorchers vs Stars	Optus Stadium	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Mon Dec 16	Sixers vs Renegades	SCG	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Tue Dec 17	Thunder vs Strikers	Manuka Oval	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Wed Dec 18	Stars vs Heat	MCG	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Thu Dec 19	Renegades vs Hurricanes	GMHBA Stadium	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Fri Dec 20	Strikers vs Stars	Adelaide Oval	7:15pm	Fox Cricket
Sat Dec 21	Hurricanes vs Scorchers	Ninja Stadium	4pm	Fox Cricket
Sat Dec 21	Thunder vs Sixers	ENGIE Stadium	7:15pm	Fox Cricket
Sun Dec 22	Heat vs Strikers	Gabba	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Mon Dec 23	Renegades vs Scorchers	Marvel Stadium	7:15ppm	Seven/Fox
Thu Dec 26	Sixers vs Stars	SCG	6:05pm	Seven/Fox
Thu Dec 26	Scorchers vs Heat	Optus Stadium	9:15pm	Seven/Fox
Fri Dec 27	Strikers vs Hurricanes	Adelaide Oval	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Sat Dec 28	Stars vs Thunder	Manuka Oval	7:15pm	Fox Cricket
Sun Dec 29	Heat vs Sixers	Gabba	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Mon Dec 30	Thunder vs Renegades	ENGIE Stadium	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Tue Dec 31	Strikers vs Scorchers	Adelaide Oval	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Wed Jan 1	Hurricanes vs Sixers	Ninja Stadium	4pm	Fox Cricket
Wed Jan 1	Heat vs Stars	Gabba	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Thu Jan 2	Renegades vs Strikers	Marvel Stadium	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Fri Jan 3	Sixers vs Heat	C.ex Coffs International Stadium	6:05pm	Seven/Fox
Fri Jan 3	Scorchers vs Thunder	Optus Stadium	9:15pm	Seven/Fox
Sat Jan 4	Stars vs Renegades	MCG	7:15pm	Fox Cricket
Sun Jan 5	Hurricanes vs Strikers	Ninja Stadium	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Mon Jan 6	Heat vs Thunder	Gabba	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Tue Jan 7	Scorchers vs Renegades	Optus Stadium	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Wed Jan 8	Thunder vs Hurricanes	ENGIE Stadium	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Thu Jan 9	Stars vs Sixers	MCG	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Fri Jan 10	Hurricanes vs Thunder	Ninja Stadium	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Sat Jan 11	Sixers vs Scorchers	SCG	4:45pm	Fox Cricket
Sat Jan 11	Strikers vs Heat	Adelaide Oval	7:15pm	Fox Cricket
Sun Jan 12	Renegades vs Stars	Marvel Stadium	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Mon Jan 13	Thunder vs Scorchers	ENGIE Stadium	7:30pm	Seven/Fox
Tue Jan 14	Hurricanes vs Renegades	Ninja Stadium	7:30pm	Seven/Fox
Wed Jan 15	Strikers vs Sixers	Adelaide Oval	7:30pm	Seven/Fox
Thu Jan 16	Heat vs Hurricanes	Gabba	7:30pm	Seven/Fox
Fri Jan 17	Sixers vs Thunder	SCG	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Sat Jan 18	Renegades vs Heat	Marvel Stadium	5pm	Fox Cricket
Sat Jan 18	Scorchers vs Strikers	Optus Stadium	8:15pm	Fox Cricket
Sun Jan 19	Stars vs Hurricanes	MCG	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Tue Jan 21	TBD	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Wed Jan 22	TBD	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Fri Jan 24	TBD	7:15pm	Seven/Fox
Mon Jan 27	TBD	7:15pm	Seven/Fox

 

[_Ed_]

It's become a bit of a staple of my summer evenings - mostly doing work or whatever, but keeping half an eye on the weird happenings of the Big Bash.

Looking forward to it again this year.

 

[morgieb]

It's kinda annoying that the marquee timeslots seems to be Fox only games. Then again I guess during this time of year there's not really such a thing as a school/work night.

 

[Starfighter]

Squads:

Adelaide:
Fabian Allen (West Indies), James Bazley, Cameron Boyce, Jordan Buckingham, Alex Carey, Brendan Doggett, Travis Head, Thomas Kelly, Chris Lynn, Harry Nielsen, Jamie Overton (England), Lloyd Pope, Ollie Pope (England), Alex Ross, D'Arcy Short, Matt Short, Henry Thornton, Jake Weatherald. Signed replacement player: Liam Scott

Ins: Jordan Buckingham, Ollie Pope (England), Alex Ross (Thunder), Fabian Allen (West Indies), Liam Scott
Outs: Wes Agar (Thunder), Ben Manenti (Sixers), Henry Hunt

Brisbane:
Tom Alsop (England), Xavier Bartlett, Max Bryant, Spencer Johnson, Usman Khawaja, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan McSweeney, Colin Munro (New Zealand), Michael Neser, Jimmy Peirson, Will Prestwidge, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Swepson, Callum Vidler, Paul Walter (England), Jack Wildermuth, Jack Wood

Ins: Callum Vidler, Tom Alsop (England)
Outs: Josh Brown (Renegades), Sam Billings (Thunder)

Hobart:
Iain Carlisle, Nikhil Chaudhary, Tim David, Paddy Dooley, Jake Doran, Nathan Ellis, Peter Hatzoglou, Shai Hope (West Indies), Caleb Jewell, Chris Jordan (England), Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Mitch Owen, Waqar Salamkheil (Afghanistan), Billy Stanlake, Matthew Wade, Charlie Wakim, Mac Wright. Signed replacement player: Marcus Bean

Ins: Charlie Wakim, Shai Hope (West Indies), Waqar Salamkheil (Afghanistan), Jake Doran, Marcus Bean
Outs: Liam Guthrie, Sam Heazlett. Withdrawn players: Rishad Hossain (Bangladesh)

Melbourne Renegades:
Jacob Bethell (England), Josh Brown, Xavier Crone, Harry Dixon, Laurie Evans (England), Jake Fraser-McGurk, Marcus Harris, Mackenzie Harvey, Nathan Lyon, Fergus O'Neill, Kane Richardson, Tom Rogers, Gurinder Sandhu, Tim Seifert (New Zealand), Will Sutherland, Jon Wells, Adam Zampa. Signed replacement player: Hassan Khan (USA/Pakistan), Callum Stow

Ins: Josh Brown (Heat), Gurinder Sandhu (Thunder), Tim Seifert (New Zealand), Laurie Evans (Scorchers), Jacob Bethell (England), Xavier Crone, Marcus Harris, Hassan Khan (USA/Pakistan), Callum Stow
Outs: Aaron Finch (retired), Shaun Marsh (retired), Nic Maddinson (Thunder), Akeal Hosein (Sixers), Peter Siddle (Stars), Ruwantha Kellapotha

Melbourne Stars:
Scott Boland, Hilton Cartwright, Brody Couch, Tom Curran (England), Ben Duckett (England), Sam Harper, Campbell Kellaway, Glenn Maxwell, Hamish McKenzie, Jon Merlo, Usama Mir (Pakistan), Joel Paris, Tom Rogers, Peter Siddle, Mark Steketee, Marcus Stoinis, Doug Warren, Beau Webster. Signed replacement players: Joe Clarke (England), Adam Milne (New Zealand), Austin Anlezark

Ins: Joe Clarke (Renegades), Tom Curran (Sixers), Hamish McKenzie (Scorchers), Jon Merlo, Ben Duckett (England), Doug Warren, Peter Siddle (Renegades), Adam Milne (New Zealand), Austin Anlezark
Outs: Nick Larkin (retired), Joe Burns, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Corey Rocchiccioli

Perth Scorchers:
Ashton Agar, Finn Allen (New Zealand), Mahli Beardman, Jason Behrendorff, Cooper Connolly, Sam Fanning, Aaron Hardie, Nick Hobson, Matthew Hurst (England), Josh Inglis, Keaton Jennings (England), Matt Kelly, Mitch Marsh, Lance Morris, Jhye Richardson, Matthew Spoors, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye. Signed replacement player: Bryce Jackson

Ins: Mahli Beardman, Finn Allen (New Zealand), Matthew Hurst (England), Keaton Jennings (England), Matthew Spoors, Bryce Jackson
Outs: Hamish McKenzie (Stars), Laurie Evans (Renegades), Liam Haskett, Sam Whiteman

Sydney Sixers:
Sean Abbott, Jackson Bird, Jafer Chohan (England), Joel Davies, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Moises Henriques, Akeal Hosein (West Indies), Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Ben Manenti, Todd Murphy, Kurtis Patterson, Mitch Perry, Josh Philippe, Jordan Silk, Steve Smith, James Vince (England). Signed replacement player: Lachlan Shaw

Marquee supplementary list: Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc

Ins: Akeal Hosein (Renegades), Jafer Chohan (England), Ben Manenti (Strikers)
Outs: Steve O'Keefe (retired), Tom Curran (Stars)

Sydney Thunder:
Wes Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Sam Billings (England), Ollie Davies, Lockie Ferguson (New Zealand), Matthew Gilkes, Chris Green, Ryan Hadley, Liam Hatcher, Sam Konstas, Nic Maddinson, Nathan McAndrew, Sherfane Rutherford (West Indies), William Salzmann, Daniel Sams, Jason Sangha, Tanveer Sangha, David Warner. Signed replacement player: Blake Nikitaras

Marquee supplementary list: Pat Cummins.

Ins: Wes Agar (Strikers), Sam Billings (Heat), Nic Maddinson (Renegades), Lockie Ferguson (New Zealand), Sherfane Rutherford (West Indies), Ryan Hadley
Outs: Alex Ross (Strikers), Gurinder Sandhu (Renegades), Liam Doddrell, Blake Nikitaras

 

[TheJediBrah]

Ahh, that time of the year I always so look forward to, seeing what various newish domestic pacers clock at on the speedgun

If they even get a game that is

I look forward to seeing half a dozen new English imports that are barely good enough to actually make the team, if they are at all

 

[Starfighter]

I look forward to seeing half a dozen new English imports that are barely good enough to actually make the team, if they are at all

And how teams seem to be obliged to play them.

 

[morgieb]

What's the supplementary list? Does that mean the Triad isn't contracted but might be called in as a replacement?

 

[Starfighter]

What's the supplementary list? Does that mean the Triad isn't contracted but might be called in as a replacement?

Haven't a clue, just like I don't have a clue who Matthew Hurst is.

 

[_Ed_]

Haven't a clue, just like I don't have a clue who Matthew Hurst is.

Unknown English wildcard Matty Hurst ready to scorch the BBL

The 21-year-old has only been playing professional cricket for 16 months but was drafted by Perth Scorchers on the urging of his Manchester Originals coach Simon Katich

www.espncricinfo.com

 

[TheJediBrah]

Haven't a clue, just like I don't have a clue who Matthew Hurst is.

Heh there's the first of them

Probably dozens of Grade cricketers in each state better than him

 

[Spark]

And how teams seem to be obliged to play them.

Keaton Jennings! Now there is a name I did not expect to see.

 

[Starfighter]

Guy playing guitar on the trackway on top the stands. The BBL has started, ladies and gentlemen. Now to await the first dropped catch.

 

[Starfighter]

Channel 7's graphics are hard to read. Lacking contrast.

 

[Starfighter]

A maiden first over. I'm seeing a Scorchers win by eight (or more) wickets here.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Stars think it's a Test match

 

[the big bambino]

Best thing about BBL is seeing Jhye Richardson bowl.

 

[_Ed_]

A nine-ball duck for Joe Clarke. You love to see it.

 

[Starfighter]

This is a good advertisement for Behrendorff and Richardson, not so much for the idea of a fast scoring game.