The 2015–16 Big Bash League season (BBL|05) was the fifth season of the Big Bash League (BBL), the premier Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The tournament ran from 17 December 2015 to 24 January 2016.
| Dates | 17 December 2015 – 24 January 2016[1] |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
| Champions | Sydney Thunder (1st title) |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 35 |
| Attendance | 1,030,495 (29,443 per match) |
| Player of the series | Chris Lynn (Brisbane Heat) |
| Most runs | Chris Lynn (378), (Brisbane Heat) |
| Most wickets | Clint McKay (18), (Sydney Thunder) |
| Official website | bigbash.com.au |
The BBL title was won by the Sydney Thunder, who defeated the Melbourne Stars by three wickets in the final to claim their first title. The Perth Scorchers, who had been seeking a third successive title, lost to the Stars in the semi-final thus making this the only season to date that the Scorchers failed to make the final. Chris Lynn of the Brisbane Heat was the tournament's leading run-scorer, making 378 runs from eight matches, and was named player of the tournament. The leading wicket-taker was Clint McKay of the Thunder, who took 18 wickets from ten matches. Travis Head of the Adelaide Strikers was named the best player under 25, scoring 299 runs and taking six wickets.[2][3]
Pre-season edit
Warm up matches
Festival of Cricket matches
Squads edit
Points Table edit
Points table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelaide Strikers | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0.544 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 2 | Melbourne Stars | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.366 | |
| 3 | Perth Scorchers | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.181 | |
| 4 | Sydney Thunder (C) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0.375 | |
| 5 | Melbourne Renegades | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.041 | |
| 6 | Brisbane Heat | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.204 | |
| 7 | Hobart Hurricanes | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.955 | |
| 8 | Sydney Sixers | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | −0.330 |
Summary edit
| Visitor team → | ADS | BRH | HBH | MLR | MLS | PRS | SYS | SYT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home team ↓ | ||||||||
| Adelaide Strikers | Strikers 6 wickets | Strikers 19 runs | Strikers 36 runs | Strikers 5 wickets | ||||
| Brisbane Heat | Strikers 8 wickets | Hurricanes 15 runs | Renegades 7 wickets | Heat 6 wickets | ||||
| Hobart Hurricanes | Hurricanes 20 runs | Renegades 5 wickets | Scorchers 1 run | Hurricanes 11 runs | ||||
| Melbourne Renegades | Strikers 27 runs | Stars 8 wickets | Scorchers 10 wickets | Sixers 3 wickets | ||||
| Melbourne Stars | Heat 56 runs | Stars 8 wickets | Stars 7 wickets | Thunder 1 run | ||||
| Perth Scorchers | Strikers 4 wickets | Scorchers 9 wickets | Stars 52 runs | Scorchers 9 wickets | ||||
| Sydney Sixers | Heat 6 runs | Sixers 95 runs | Stars 5 wickets | Thunder 46 runs | ||||
| Sydney Thunder | Thunder 7 wickets | Renegades 5 wickets | Scorchers 30 runs | Thunder 36 runs |
| Home team won | Visitor team won |
- Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
- Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.
Round 1 edit
(H) Sydney Thunder 4/158 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers 122 (19.5 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Adelaide Strikers 5/187 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 7/168 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Brisbane Heat 5/180 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 3/184 (19.3 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
- Guy Walker (Renegades) made his T20 debut.
(H) Sydney Sixers 7/186 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 91 (15.5 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sam Rainbird (Hurricanes) made his T20 debut.
- Phillip Gillespie made his T20 debut as an umpire.[11]
Round 2 edit
Sydney Thunder 6/178 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars (H) 5/177 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Perth Scorchers 6/151 (20 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers 6/152 (19.1 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Hobart Hurricanes 3/184 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat 8/164 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
- The crowd of 14,848 was the highest in Tasmanian domestic cricket history, beating the previous record of 14,744 set in the previous season between the same teams.[14]
(H) Melbourne Renegades 4/172 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers 7/174 (18.5 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
- Cameron Stevenson (Renegades) made his T20 debut.
Round 3 edit
Brisbane Heat 7/117 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers (H) 1/118 (15.1 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Sydney Sixers 6/139 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 5/143 (18.4 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.
- The crowd of 29,104 is the highest crowd at the SCG for a non-derby BBL match.[17]
Adelaide Strikers 9/117 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder (H) 3/121 (16.3 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
- The crowd of 21,500 is the highest attendance for a cricket match at Spotless Stadium and the second highest attendance for any sport at the stadium.
- Billy Stanlake (Strikers) made his T20 debut.
Hobart Hurricanes 4/194 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat (H) 9/179 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sam Heazlett (Heat) made his T20 debut.
Round 4 edit
(H) Melbourne Renegades 4/170 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 0/171 (18.4 overs) |
Michael Klinger 90* (58) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
- This was the first ever 10-wicket win in a BBL match.[21]
- The crowd of 26,787 is the highest crowd at Etihad Stadium for a non-derby BBL match.[21]
- Michael Klinger and Shaun Marsh's unbeaten 171-run partnership is the highest partnership for the Scorchers in their history and the second highest overall.
Sydney Sixers 5/176 (20 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers (H) 5/182 (19.3 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
- Hamish Kingston (Strikers) made his T20 debut.
(H) Hobart Hurricanes 6/163 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder 9/152 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
- The crowd of 17,151 was the highest crowd at Blundstone Arena for a cricket match and the second highest crowd for any sport at the stadium.[23]
Melbourne Renegades 7/161 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars (H) 3/163 (19.1 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
- The crowd of 80,883 is the highest ever recorded attendance for a domestic cricket match.[25]
Round 5 edit
Sydney Sixers 8/112 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers (H) 1/114 (14.3 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.
- William Somerville (Sixers) made his T20 debut.
Sydney Thunder 5/186 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat (H) 4/189 (19.3 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Hobart Hurricanes 5/140 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 5/144 (14 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Adelaide Strikers 2/174 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 138 (17.3 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jake Lehmann (Strikers) made his T20 debut.
Round 6 edit
Hobart Hurricanes 124 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars (H) 2/126 (15 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Perth Scorchers 5/175 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder (H) 9/145 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Brisbane Heat 6/175 (20 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers 2/179 (18.4 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
- The crowd of 33,783 is the highest crowd at the Gabba for a BBL match.[32]
(H) Melbourne Renegades 6/155 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 2/156 (18 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
- Aaron Ayre (Renegades) made his T20 debut.
- The crowd of 43,176 is the highest at Etihad Stadium for a cricket match.
Round 7 edit
Perth Scorchers 5/173 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes (H) 6/172 (20 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
- The crowd of 18,149 is the highest ever crowd for any sport at Blundstone Arena.[34]
Brisbane Heat 8/162 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers (H) 8/156 (20 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
- Nick Larkin (Sixers) and Mitchell Swepson (Heat) both made their T20 debuts.
(H) Sydney Thunder 5/173 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 5/176 (19.2 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Hobart Hurricanes 143 (19.3 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers (H) 4/146 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
- Greg West (Strikers) made his T20 debut.
- The crowd of 49,115 is the highest at Adelaide Oval for a non-finals BBL match.
Round 8 edit
Brisbane Heat 7/188 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars (H) 9/132 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Thunder 5/202 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers (H) 156 (17.3 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
- Nathan McAndrew (Thunder) made his T20 debut.
- The crowd of 38,456 is the highest crowd for a domestic cricket game in New South Wales.[39]
Melbourne Stars 9/146 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers (H) 94 (19 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
- Jhye Richardson (Scorchers) made his T20 debut.
- The crowd of 20,870 is the highest crowd for a BBL match at this ground.[40]
Adelaide Strikers 5/170 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades (H) 143 (15.3 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
- Chris Gayle (Renegades) equaled the world record for the fastest fifty in a T20 match (12 balls, set by Yuvraj Singh during India vs. England in the 2007 World Twenty20) [42]
Knockout phase edit
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Adelaide Strikers (H) | 7/159 (20 ov) | |||||||
| 4 | Sydney Thunder | 2/160 (17.4 ov) | |||||||
| 2 | Melbourne Stars (H) | 9/176 (20 ov) | |||||||
| 4 | Sydney Thunder | 7/181 (19.3 ov) | |||||||
| 3 | Perth Scorchers | 7/139 (20 ov) | |||||||
| 2 | Melbourne Stars (H) | 3/140 (18.1 ov) | |||||||
Semi-finals edit
The top four teams from the group stage qualified for the semi-finals.
(H) Adelaide Strikers 7/159 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder 2/160 (17.4 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
Perth Scorchers 7/139 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars (H) 3/140 (18.1 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Final edit
(H) Melbourne Stars 9/176 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder 7/181 (19.3 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
- The crowd of 47,672 was the highest crowd for a non-derby BBL match at the MCG, and remains the highest crowd for a Big Bash League final to date
Statistics edit
Most runs edit
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Lynn | Brisbane Heat | 8 | 8 | 378 | 54.00 | 173.39 | 101 | 1 | 3 |
| Usman Khawaja | Sydney Thunder | 4 | 4 | 345 | 172.50 | 163.50 | 109* | 2 | 2 |
| Kevin Pietersen | Melbourne Stars | 9 | 9 | 323 | 40.37 | 159.11 | 76 | 0 | 4 |
| Michael Hussey | Sydney Thunder | 9 | 9 | 306 | 43.71 | 131.33 | 80* | 0 | 3 |
| Travis Head | Adelaide Strikers | 9 | 9 | 299 | 42.71 | 154.92 | 101* | 1 | 2 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 January 2016
Most wickets edit
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clint McKay | Sydney Thunder | 10 | 10 | 18 | 15.22 | 8.09 | 4/28 | 11.2 |
| Adil Rashid | Adelaide Strikers | 9 | 9 | 16 | 14.12 | 6.51 | 3/23 | 13.0 |
| Andre Russell | Sydney Thunder | 10 | 10 | 16 | 18.87 | 7.74 | 3/13 | 14.6 |
| Andrew Tye | Perth Scorchers | 9 | 9 | 13 | 18.00 | 7.05 | 3/22 | 15.3 |
| Ben Laughlin | Adelaide Strikers | 9 | 9 | 12 | 20.16 | 8.06 | 2/20 | 15.0 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 January 2016.
Notable events edit
The opening Sydney Derby match was played for the "Batting for Change Trophy" at Spotless Stadium. The match saw both the sides earning money for the Batting for Change charity with every six hit. Players had pledged to donate a total of $775 for each six hit during the match, as part of the Batting for Change cause set up by Sydney Sixers' player Ryan Carters.[46][47]
The January 2 match between Perth Scorchers and Sydney Sixers at The Furnace saw the clubs wearing Batman and Superman playing gear instead of their original gear as a part of BBL's new partnership with Warner Bros. Pictures.[48]
TV audience edit
BBL games are currently broadcast in Australia by the free-to-air Network Ten.[49] Network Ten's BBL coverage has become a regular feature of Australian summers and attracted an average audience of 1.13 million for each match in Australia this season, an 18% increase on the previous season. A cumulative audience of 9.65 million watched the BBL matches in Australia, out of which 39% were females.[50][51]
The opening Sydney Derby match attracted more a peak audience of 1.53 million. A peak audience of 1.05 million watched the second innings of the match in the five major capital cities, making it then the highest-rating non-finals match in BBL history.[52] This record was broken in the last match between Renegades and Strikers when Session 2 was watched by an average audience of 1.36 million, which peaked at 1.67 million.[53]
The BBL Final was watched by an average audience of 1.79 million, which peaked at 2.24 million viewers. This was the first time that the ratings for a BBL match crossed the 2 million mark.[54]
Following are the television ratings for 2015–16 BBL season in Australia.[55]
| Match No | Teams | Average TV Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | 5 metro cities | ||||
| Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 1 | Session 2 | ||
| 1 | Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers | 1,220,000 | 1,250,000 | 856,000 | 917,000 |
| 2 | Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Stars | 999,000 | 1,270,000 | 720,000 | 941,000 |
| 3 | Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Renegades | 843,000 | 1,100,000 | 642,000 | 853,000 |
| 4 | Sydney Sixers vs Hobart Hurricanes | 693,000 | 827,000 | 488,000 | 590,000 |
| 5 | Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder | 1,170,000 | 1,250,000 | 817,000 | 914,000 |
| 6 | Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers | 898,000 | 1,200,000 | 664,000 | 919,000 |
| 7 | Hobart Hurricanes vs Brisbane Heat | 843,000 | 1,170,000 | 597,000 | 831,000 |
| 8 | Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Sixers | 864,000 | 1,160,000 | 603,000 | 847,000 |
| 9 | Perth Scorchers vs Brisbane Heat | 708,000 | 857,000 | 511,000 | 614,000 |
| 10 | Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars | 686,000 | 952,000 | 479,000 | 675,000 |
| 11 | Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers | 797,000 | 1,030,000 | 575,000 | 758,000 |
| 12 | Brisbane Heat vs Hobart Hurricanes | 855,000 | 1,130,000 | 608,000 | 790,000 |
| 13 | Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers | 917,000 | 1,170,000 | 677,000 | 864,000 |
| 14 | Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Sixers | 729,000 | 887,000 | 517,000 | 629,000 |
| 15 | Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Thunder | 902,000 | 1,160,000 | 665,000 | 831,000 |
| 16 | Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades | 852,000 | 1,260,000 | 621,000 | 880,000 |
| 17 | Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Sixers | 753,000 | 1,060,000 | 577,000 | 759,000 |
| 18 | Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Thunder | 968,000 | 1,250,000 | 676,000 | 913,000 |
| 19 | Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades | 1,160,000 | 1,250,000 | 857,000 | 983,000 |
| 20 | Adelaide Strikers vs Perth Scorchers | 1,210,000 | 1,270,000 | 878,000 | 983,000 |
| 21 | Melbourne Stars vs Hobart Hurricanes | 1,120,000 | 1,180,000 | 846,000 | 913,000 |
| 22 | Sydney Thunder vs Perth Scorchers | 1,123,000 | 1,090,000 | 781,000 | 930,000 |
| 23 | Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers | 1,180,000 | 1,040,000 | 765,000 | 887,000 |
| 24 | Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars | 841,000 | 1,070,000 | 599,000 | 777,000 |
| 25 | Hobart Hurricanes vs Perth Scorchers | 653,000 | 848,000 | 465,000 | 636,000 |
| 26 | Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat | 1,080,000 | 1,180,000 | 803,000 | 859,000 |
| 27 | Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades | 1,210,000 | 1,240,000 | 868,000 | 904,000 |
| 28 | Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes | 1,040,000 | 1,190,000 | 788,000 | 897,000 |
| 29 | Melbourne Stars vs Brisbane Heat | 1,200,000 | 1,230,000 | 868,000 | 910,000 |
| 30 | Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder | 777,000 | 1,120,000 | 536,000 | 790,000 |
| 31 | Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Stars | 1,020,000 | 667,000 | 769,000 | 540,000 |
| 32 | Melbourne Renegades vs Adelaide Strikers | 1,110,000 | 1,360,000 | 820,000 | 1,020,000 |
| SF1 | Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder | 1,070,000 | 1,220,000 | 806,000 | 929,000 |
| SF2 | Melbourne Stars vs Perth Scorchers | 1,050,000 | 1,180,000 | 774,000 | 900,000 |
| Final | Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder | 1,570,000 | 1,790,000 | 1,130,000 | 1,300,000 |
| Average | 1,057,414 | 776,129 | |||
Attendances edit
| Club | Total | Games | Avg. Per Game | Home Total | Home Games | Home Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Strikers | 319510 | 9 | 35501 | 218447 | 5 | 43689 |
| Brisbane Heat | 206325 | 8 | 25791 | 117411 | 4 | 29353 |
| Hobart Hurricanes | 199226 | 8 | 24903 | 66560 | 4 | 16640 |
| Melbourne Renegades | 258182 | 8 | 32273 | 116040 | 4 | 29010 |
| Melbourne Stars | 362551 | 10 | 36255 | 241790 | 6 | 40298 |
| Perth Scorchers | 221777 | 9 | 24642 | 81092 | 4 | 20273 |
| Sydney Sixers | 217794 | 8 | 27224 | 111824 | 4 | 27956 |
| Sydney Thunder | 275625 | 10 | 27563 | 77331 | 4 | 19333 |
References edit
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