BBL 2015-16: Teams, Squads, Schedule and Fixtures

BBL 2015-16: Teams, Squads, Schedule and Fixtures: Big Bash League (BBL), Australia’s fast and furious brand of domestic Twenty20 cricket competition is back with its 5th edition. BBL is in its fifth season after the competition’s inception in the year 2011. The 2015/16 Big Bash League season will be contested by eight teams over eight rounds. The tournament begins in late December and will run until the ‘Big Final’ on January 24. In the short history of this league, Perth Scorchers are the most successful team and also the reigning champions. The other teams that have won the title are Sydney Thunders and Brisbane Heats. Cross-town teams such as Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Stars Sydney Thunders and Sydney Sixers have been assigned as ‘rivals’ to each other. This allows BBL to have 2 Melbourne derbies as well as 2 Sydney derbies within a single season. Franchises: Adelaide Strikers, Brisbane Heat, Hobart Hurricanes, Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Stars, Perth Scorchers, Sydney Sixers, Sydney Thunder BBL 2015-16 Squads – Adelaide Strikers squad: Michael Neser, Craig Simmons, Brad Hodge, Ben Laughlin, Travis Head, Kane Richardson, Kieron Pollard, Alex Ross, Gary Putland, Tim Ludeman, Kelvin Smith, Jono Dean. Brisbane Heat squad: Mark Steketee, Samuel Badree, James Peirson, Andrew Fekete, Nathan Reardon, Ben Cutting, Chris Lynn, Nick Buchanan, Peter Forrest, Joe Burns, Brendon McCullum, James Hopes, Jason Floros, Luke Feldman, Alex Doolan, Josh Lalor. Hobart Hurricanes squad: Tim Paine (C), Ben Dunk, Cameron Boyce, Jake Reed, Shaun Tait, Darren Sammy, Kumar Sangakkara, Dan Christian, Simon Milenko, George Bailey, Sam Rainbird, Timm van der Gugten, Clive Rose, Jon Wells, Michael Hill Melbourne Renegades squad: Aaron Finch, Tom Beaton, Nathan Rimmington, Tom Cooper, Matthew Wade, Cameron White, Matthew Short, Nick Winter, Callum Ferguson, James Pattinson, Xavier Doherty, Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo, Peter Siddle. Melbourne Stars squad: David Hussey, Rob Quiney, Marcus Stoinis, Scott Boland, Tom Triffitt, Glenn Maxwell, Luke Wright, John Hastings, Ben Hilfenhaus, Michael Beer, Peter Handscomb, Adam Zampa, Evan Gulbis, Kevin Pietersen, Daniel Worrall, James Faulkner. Perth Scorchers squad: Adam Voges, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Muirhead, Shaun Marsh, Mitch Marsh, Andrew Tye, Simon Mackin, Michael Klinger, Cameron Bancroft, Joel Paris, Ashton Turner, Sam Whiteman, Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Brad Hogg. Sydney Sixers squad: Brad Haddin, Moises Henriques, Doug Bollinger, Nathan Lyon, Ben Dwarshuis, Nic Maddinson, Jackson Bird, Johan Botha, Sean Abbott, Stephen O’Keefe, Josh Hazlewood, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Michael Lumb, Ryan Carters, Jordan Silk. Sydney Thunder squad: Jacques Kallis, Patrick Cummings, Mike Hussey, Aiden Blizzard, Andrew McDonald, Jake Doran, Christopher Green, Ahillen Beadle, Jonte Pattinson, Chris Hartley, Fawad Ahmed, Shane Watson, Usman Khawaja, Kurtis Patterson, Ben Rohrer, Gurinder Sandhu. Also Read – WBBL 2015: Teams, Squads, Schedule and Fixtures BBL 2015-16 Schedule: 17th December 2015, 19:40 local | 14:10 IST 1st Match – Sydney Thunder v Sydney Sixers, Sydney Showground Stadium LIVE D/N 18th December 2015, 19:10 local| 14:10 IST 2nd Match – Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Stars Adelaide Oval D/N 19th December 2015, 18:10 local | 13:40 IST 3rd Match – Brisbane Heat v Melbourne Renegades Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane D/N 20th December 2015, 16:20 local | 10:50 IST 4th Match – Sydney Sixers v Hobart Hurricanes Sydney Cricket Ground 20th December 2015, 19:25 local| 13:55 IST 5th Match – Melbourne Stars v Sydney Thunder Melbourne Cricket Ground D/N 21st December 2015, 16:10 local | 13:40 IST 6th Match – Perth Scorchers v Adelaide Strikers Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth 22nd December 2015, 19:10 local| 13:40 IST 7th Match – Hobart Hurricanes v Brisbane Heat Bellerive Oval, Hobart D/N 23rd December 2015, 19:10 local | 13:40 IST 8th Match – Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Sixers Docklands Stadium, Melbourne D/N 26th December 2015, 16:10 local | 13:40 IST 9th Match – Perth Scorchers v Brisbane Heat Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth 27th December 2015, 19:10 local | 13:40 IST 10th Match – Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Stars Sydney Cricket Ground D/N 28th December 2015, 19:10 local | 13:40 IST 11th Match – Sydney Thunder v Adelaide Strikers Sydney Showground Stadium D/N 29th December 2015, 18:10 local | 13:40 IST 12th Match – Brisbane Heat v Hobart Hurricanes Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane D/N 30th December 2015, 19:10 local | 13:40 IST) 13th Match – Melbourne Renegades v Perth Scorchers Docklands Stadium, Melbourne D/N 31st December 2015, 18:40 local | 13:40 IST 14th Match – Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers Adelaide Oval D/N 1st January 2016, 19:10 local| 13:40 IST 15th Match – Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney Thunder Bellerive Oval, Hobart D/N 2nd January 2016, 18:10 local | 12:40 IST 16th Match – Melbourne Stars v Melbourne Renegades Melbourne Cricket Ground D/N 2nd January 2016, 18:15 local | 15:45 IST 17th Match – Perth Scorchers v Sydney Sixers Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth D/N 3rd January 2016, 18:10 local | 13:40 IST 18th Match – Brisbane Heat v Sydney Thunder Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane D/N 4th January 2016, 19:40 local | 14:10 IST 19th Match – Hobart Hurricanes v Melbourne Renegades Bellerive Oval, Hobart D/N 5th January 2016, 19:10 local | 14:10 IST 20th Match – Adelaide Strikers v Perth Scorchers Adelaide Oval D/N 6th January 2016, 19:40 local | 14:10 IST 21st Match – Melbourne Stars v Hobart Hurricanes Melbourne Cricket Ground D/N 7th January 2016, 19:40 local | 14:10 IST 22nd Match – Sydney Thunder v Perth Scorchers Sydney Showground Stadium LIVE D/N 8th January 2016 18:40 local| 14:10 IST 23rd Match – Brisbane Heat v Adelaide Strikers Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane D/N 9th January 2016, 19:10 local | 13:40 IST 24th Match – Melbourne Renegades v Melbourne Stars Docklands Stadium, Melbourne D/N 10th January 2016, 16:20 local | 10:50 IST 25th Match – Hobart Hurricanes v Perth Scorchers Bellerive Oval, Hobart 10th January 2016 19:25 local | 13:55 IST 26th Match – Sydney Sixers v Brisbane Heat Sydney Cricket Ground D/N 12th January 2016, 19:40 local | 14:10 IST 27th Match – Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Renegades Sydney Showground Stadium D/N 13th January 2015, 19:10 local | 14:10 IST 28th Match – Adelaide Strikers v Hobart Hurricanes Adelaide Oval D/N 14th January 2016, 19:40 local| 14:10 IST 29th Match – Melbourne Stars v Brisbane Heat Melbourne Cricket Ground D/N 16th January 2016, 18:10 local| 12:40 IST 30th Match – Sydney Sixers v Sydney Thunder Sydney Cricket Ground D/N 16th January 2016, 18:15 local | 15:45 IST 31st Match – Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Stars Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth D/N 18th January 2016, 19:40 local | 14:10 IST 32nd Match – Melbourne Renegades v Adelaide Strikers Docklands Stadium, Melbourne D/N 21st January 2016, 08:40 GMT | 14:10 IST 1st Semi-Final – TBC v TBC Venue TBC D/N 22nd January 2016 (08:40 GMT) 2nd Semi-Final – TBC v TBC Venue TBC D/N 24th January 2016 (08:10 GMT) Final – TBC v TBC Venue TBC D/N

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