Big Bash League 2014 Squads and Schedule

Big Bash League 2014 Squads and Schedule: The Big Bash League Australia’s very own domestic T20 league teams have announced their respective squads of 18 players for the 2014-15 season of the BBL. This will be a shortened season a week shorter than it has been for the past few years.
The Big Bash is all set to start from the 18th of December and the final match is scheduled on the 28th of January 2015.

This time around there are quite a few international players from around the world included in the teams. Players like Dwyane Bravo, Andrew Flintoff, Dan Vittori, Kieron Pollard will star in this years BBL.

Big Bash League 2014-15 Schedule:

Dec 18: Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Stars, Adelaide Oval

Dec 19: Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Renegades, SCG

Dec 20: Melbourne Stars vs Hobart Hurricanes, MCG

Dec 21: Sydney Thunder vs Brisbane Heat, ANZ Stadium

Dec 22: Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers, WACA

Dec 23: Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Sixers, Bellerive Oval

Dec 26: Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Renegades, WACA

Dec 27: Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers, ANZ Stadium

Dec 28: Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars, Gabba

Dec 29: Sydney Sixers vs PerthScorchers, SCG

Dec 30: Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Thunder, Etihad Stadium

Dec 31: Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes, Adelaide Oval

Jan 1: Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Thunder, WACA

Jan 2: Hobart Hurricanes vs Brisbane Heat, Bellerive Oval

Jan 3: Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars, Etihad Stadium

Jan 4: Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers, Gabba

Jan 5: Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers, MCG

Jan 6: Adelaide Strikers vs PerthScorchers, Adelaide Oval

Jan 7: Sydney Thunder vs Hobart Hurricanes, Spotless Stadium

Jan 8: Perth Scorchers vs Brisbane Heat, WACA

Jan 9: Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder, SCG

Jan 10: Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades, MCG

Jan 11: Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Sixers, Gabba

Jan 11: Hobart Hurricanes vs PerthScorchers, Bellerive Oval

Jan 12: Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder, Adelaide Oval

Jan 13: Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat, Etihad Stadium

Jan 14: Sydney Sixers vs Adelaide Strikers, SCG

Jan 15: Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades, Bellerive Oval

Jan 17: Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars, Spotless Stadium

Jan 19: Melbourne Renegades vs Adelaide Strikers, Etihad Stadium

Jan 21: Melbourne Stars vs PerthScorchers, MCG

Jan 22: Brisbane Heat vs Hobart Hurricanes, Gabba

Jan 24: Semi-final, TBC

Jan 25: Semi-final, TBC

Jan 28: Final, TBC

The squad list of 18 players:

Adelaide Strikers:
Johan Botha, Jonathon Dean, Travis Head, Brad Hodge, Jon Holland, Michael Neser, CraigSimmons, Ben Laughlin, Trent Lawford, Tim Ludeman, Kieron Pollard, Gary Putland, Kane Richardson, Alex Ross, Chadd Sayers, Shaun Tait, Adam Zampa

*The Adelaide Strikers team has been given an extension to contract and name the 18th player of their team following the tragic demise of Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes.

Brisbane Heat:
SamuelBadree, NickBuchanan, Joe Burns, DanielChristian, Ben Cutting, Ryan Duffield, Peter Forrest, Cameron Gannon, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Chris Lynn, Alister McDermott, Simon Milenko, James Peirson, Nathan Reardon, Mark Steketee, Dan Vettori, Shane Watson.

The overseas replacement player is: Andrew Flintoff

Hobart Hurricanes:
George Bailey, Travis Birt, Cameron Boyce, Xavier Doherty, Ben Dunk, Evan Gulbis, Alex Hales, Ben Hilfenhaus, Joe Mennie, DominicMichael,Tim Paine, Sam Rainbird, Jake Reed, Darren Sammy, Timm van der Gugten, Jonathan Wells.

Two players are yet to be announced.

Melbourne Renegades:
Fawad Ahmed, Thomas Beaton, Dwayne Bravo, Tom Cooper, Alex Doolan, Callum Ferguson, Aaron Finch, Jayde Herrick, Peter Nevill, AaronO’Brien, James Pattinson, Nathan Rimmington, Ben Rohrer, Andre Russell, Matthew Short, Peter Siddle, Matthew Wade, Nicholas Winter.

The overseas replacement player is: Jesse Ryder

Melbourne Stars:
Michael Beer, Jackson Bird, Scott Boland, James Faulkner,Luke Feldman, Peter Handscomb, John Hastings, David Hussey, Alexander Keath, Glenn Maxwell, ClintMcKay, Kevin Pietersen, Rob Quiney, Clive Rose, Marcus Stoinis, Cameron White, Daniel Worrall, Luke Wright

Perth Scorchers:
Ashton Agar, Yasir Arafat, Jason Behrendorff, Michael Carberry,Hilton Cartwright, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Brad Hogg, MichaelKlinger, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, James Muirhead, Joel Paris, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Adam Voges, Sam Whiteman.

Sydney Sixers:
Sean Abbott, Doug Bollinger, Ryan Carters, Trent Copeland, Benjamin Dwarshuis, BradHaddin,Josh Hazelwood, Moises Henriques, Brett Lee, Michael Lumb, Nathan Lyon, Nic Maddinson, Stephen O’Keefe, Jordan Silk,Dwayne Smith, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc.
One player still to be announced

Sydney Thunder:
Ahillen Beadle, Aiden Blizzard, Patrick Cummins, Jake Doran, Christopher Green, Chris Hartley,NathanHauritz, Daniel Hughes, Michael Hussey, Jacques Kallis, UsmanKhawaja, Josh Lalor, Andrew McDonald, Eoin Morgan, DirkNannes, KurtisPatterson, GurinderSandhu, Christopher Tremain. Overseas replacementplayer: CraigKieswetter