2024–25 Big Bash League season

The 2024-25 Big Bash League season or BBL|14 will be the fourteenth season of the Big Bash League (BBL), the professional men's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament will be played from 15 December 2024, with the final scheduled to be held on 27 January 2025.[1][2] Brisbane Heat are the defending champions.[3]

2024–25 Big Bash League
Dates15 December 2024 – 27 January 2025
Administrator(s)Cricket Australia
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Group stage and playoffs
Host(s) Australia
Participants8
Matches44
Official websiteBig Bash League

Background

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On 10 July 2024, it was announced that Big Bash League would return for a fourteenth season in 2024, being held from 15 December 2024, with the final scheduled to be held on 27 January 2025.[4]

The 2025 season will clash with the Super Smash, Bangladesh Premier League, SA20 and International League T20.

On 1 September 2024, the players draft was held to determine the lineups of the eight clubs for the 2024 season.

Teams and squads

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Franchises
Team Captain/s Head coach
  Adelaide Strikers Matthew Short Tim Paine
  Brisbane Heat Usman Khawaja Johan Botha
  Hobart Hurricanes Matthew Wade Jeff Vaughan
  Melbourne Renegades Will Sutherland Cameron White
  Melbourne Stars Peter Moores
  Perth Scorchers Ashton Turner Adam Voges
  Sydney Sixers Moises Henriques Greg Shipperd
  Sydney Thunder David Warner Trevor Bayliss

Squads

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Squads for the 2024–25 Big Bash League[5][6]
Teams Squads
Adelaide Strikers
Brisbane Heat
Hobart Hurricanes
Melbourne Renegades
Melbourne Stars
Perth Scorchers
Sydney Sixers
Sydney Thunder

Draft

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The 2024–25 season players draft was held on 1 September 2024.[7][8][9][10]

Table of international draft selections
Club Round Pick Player National side Notes
  Adelaide Strikers 1 5 Jamie Overton   England
2 11 Ollie Pope   England Pre-signed player
3 20 Fabian Allen   West Indies
4 29 Passed
  Brisbane Heat 1 6 Colin Munro   New Zealand Pre-signed player
2 14 Paul Walter   England
3 19 Passed
4 30 Tom Alsop   England
  Hobart Hurricanes 1 4 Shai Hope   West Indies
2 12 Chris Jordan   England Pre-signed player
3 21 Passed
4 28 Rishad Hossain*   Bangladesh
  Melbourne Renegades 1 2 Laurie Evans   England
2 10 Jacob Bethell   England
3 23 Tim Seifert   New Zealand Pre-signed player
4 26 Passed
  Melbourne Stars 1 1 Ben Duckett   England
2 9 Tom Curran   England Pre-signed player
3 24 Usama Mir   Pakistan
4 25 Passed
  Perth Scorchers 1 7 Finn Allen   New Zealand Pre-signed player
2 15 Passed
3 18 Matthew Hurst   England
4 31 Keaton Jennings   England
  Sydney Sixers 1 8 James Vince   England Retention Pick
2 16 Akeal Hosein   West Indies Pre-signed player
3 17 Passed
4 32 Jafer Chohan   England
  Sydney Thunder 1 3 Lockie Ferguson   New Zealand
2 13 Sam Billings   England Pre-signed player
3 22 Sherfane Rutherford   West Indies
4 27 Passed
  • Rishad Hossain has decided to skip BBL for BPL. [11]

Venues

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Adelaide Brisbane Canberra Coffs Harbour
Adelaide Oval The Gabba Manuka Oval C.ex Coffs International Stadium
Capacity: 53,500 Capacity: 42,000 Capacity: 13,500 Capacity: 10,000
Matches: 5 Matches: 5 Matches: 2 Matches: 1
Team: Adelaide Strikers Team: Brisbane Heat Teams: Melbourne Stars, Sydney Thunder Team: Sydney Sixers
     
Geelong
GMHBA Stadium
Capacity: 40,000
Matches: 1
Team: Melbourne Renegades
 
Hobart Perth
Ninja Stadium Optus Stadium
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 60,000
Matches: 5 Matches: 5
Team: Hobart Hurricanes Team: Perth Scorchers
   
Melbourne Sydney
Marvel Stadium Melbourne Cricket Ground ENGIE Stadium Sydney Cricket Ground
Capacity: 53,300 Capacity: 100,000 Capacity: 23,500 Capacity: 48,000
Matches: 4 Matches: 4 Matches: 4 Matches: 4
Team: Melbourne Renegades Team: Melbourne Stars Team: Sydney Thunder Team: Sydney Sixers
       

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Adelaide Strikers 0 0 0 0 0
2 Brisbane Heat 0 0 0 0 0
3 Hobart Hurricanes 0 0 0 0 0
4 Melbourne Renegades 0 0 0 0 0
5 Melbourne Stars 0 0 0 0 0
6 Perth Scorchers 0 0 0 0 0
7 Sydney Sixers 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sydney Thunder 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 15 December 2024. Source: ESPNcricinfo

Win–loss table

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Below is a summary of results for each team's fourteen 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Q K C F Pos.
Adelaide
Strikers (ADS)
Brisbane
Heat (BRH)
Hobart
Hurricanes (HBH)
Melbourne
Renegades (MLR)
Melbourne
Stars (MLS)
Perth
Scorchers (PRS)
Sydney
Sixers (SYS)
Sydney
Thunder (SYT)
Team's results→ Won Tied Lost N/R

Fixtures

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On 12 July 2024, Cricket Australia confirmed the full schedule for the tournament.[2]

Match 1
15 December 2024
19:15 (D/N)
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Match 3
17 December 2024
19:15 (N)
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Match 6
20 December 2024
19:15 (N)
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Match 7
21 December 2024
16:00 (D/N)
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Match 8
21 December 2024
19:15 (N)
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Match 9
22 December 2024
19:15 (N)
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Match 11
26 December 2024
18:05 (N)
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Match 12
26 December 2024
21:15 (N)
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Match 13
27 December 2024
19:15 (N)
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Match 14
28 December 2024
19:15 (N)
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Match 15
29 December 2024
19:15 (N)
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Match 16
30 December 2024
19:15 (N)
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Match 17
31 December 2024
19:15 (N)
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Match 18
1 January 2025
16:00 (D/N)
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Match 19
1 January 2025
19:15 (N)
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Match 22
3 January 2025
21:15 (N)
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Match 25
6 January 2025
19:15 (N)
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Match 27
8 January 2025
19:15 (N)
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Match 29
10 January 2025
19:15 (N)
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Match 31
11 January 2025
20:00 (N)
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Match 33
13 January 2025
19:30 (N)
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Match 35
15 January 2025
19:30 (N)
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Match 36
16 January 2025
19:30 (N)
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Match 37
17 January 2025
19:15 (N)
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Match 39
18 January 2025
20:15 (D/N)
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Finals Series

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Bracket

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QualifierChallengerFinal
21 January 202527 January 2025
11st placed teamQWWinner of Qualifier
22nd placed team24 January 2025CWWinner of Challenger
QLLoser of Qualifier
KnockoutKWWinner of Knockout
22 January 2025
33rd placed team
44th placed team

Matches

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Qualifier
21 January 2025
19:15 (N)
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1st placed team
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2nd placed team

Knockout
22 January 2025
19:15 (N)
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3rd placed team
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4th placed team

Challenger
24 January 2025
19:15 (N)
Scorecard
Loser of Qualifier
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Winner of Knockout

Grand Final

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Final
27 January 2025
19:15 (N)
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Winner of Qualifier
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Winner of Challenger

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Replaced Rishad Hossain due to availability issues
  2. ^ International Replacement Player


References

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  1. ^ "BBL window for Australia Test players after India series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Opening week extravaganza as BBL 14 schedule revealed". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Spencer Johnson, Josh Brown lead Brisbane Heat to second BBL title". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Cricket Australia reveals fixtures for 2024/25 Big Bash League". foxsports.com.au. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Full squads: Every club's list (so far) for BBL14". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  6. ^ "All the BBL squads for 2024-25 season". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Melbourne Stars get first pick in BBL overseas draft". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  8. ^ "The #BBL14Draft & #WBBL10Draft are coming to your screens September 1! 🤝".
  9. ^ "Full nominations lists for BBL and WBBL draft". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  10. ^ "WBBL and BBL drafts - all you need to know". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Rishad decides to skip BBL for BPL". The Daily Sun. 29 October 2024.
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