Big Bash League 2023-24: Dates, Venues, Full Schedule, Format, Squads, Live Streaming And More

BBL 2023-24: The league stage of the Big Bash League will be held until January 17. The playoffs will be played from January 19.

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With less than 48 hours to go for the start of the highly anticipated 13th season of the Big Bash League, here's all you need to know about Australia's premier T20 cricket tournament.

A total of 44 matches will be played across more than eight venues in Australia.

BBL 2023-24: Dates And Time

The 13th season of the Big Bash League (BBL) will begin with a match between Brisbane Heat and Melbourne Starts on Thursday, December 7 at The Gabba. The match will start at 1:45 pm IST. The league stage will be held until January 17.

The playoffs will be played from January 19. It will comprise four matches — one eliminator, one knockout, one challenger and the final.

BBL 2023-24: Full Schedule And Fixtures

Match No. Match Date Time (IST) Venue
1 Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars "December 7 2023" 1:45 PM "The Gabba Brisbane"
2 Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Renegades "December 8 2023" 1:45 PM "SCG Sydney"
3 Adelaide Strikers vs Brisbane Heat "December 9 2023" 1:45 PM "Adelaide Oval Adelaide"
4 Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers "December 10 2023" 1:45 PM "GMHBA Stadium Geelong"
5 Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Sixers "December 11 2023" 1:45 PM "University of Tasmania Stadium Launceston"
6 Sydney Thunder vs Brisbane Heat "December 12 2023" 1:45 PM "Manuka Oval Canberra"
7 Melbourne Stars vs Perth Scorchers "December 13 2023" 1:45 PM "MCG Melbourne"
8 Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder "December 19 2023" 1:45 PM "Adelaide Oval Adelaide"
9 Perth Scorchers vs Hobart Hurricanes "December 20 2023" 1:45 PM "Optus Stadium Perth"
10 Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat "December 21 2023" 1:45 PM "Marvel Stadium Melbourne"
11 Sydney Sixers vs Adelaide Strikers "December 22 2023" 1:45 PM "SCG Sydney"
12 Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder "December 23 2023" 10:00 AM "Lavington Sports Ground Albury"
13 Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades "December 23 2023" 1:45 PM "Blundstone Arena Hobart"
14 Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars "December 26 2023" 12:35 PM "SCG Sydney"
15 Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Renegades "December 26 2023" 3:45 PM "Optus Stadium Perth"
16 Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Thunder "December 27 2023" 1:45 PM "The Gabba Brisbane"
17 Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Stars "December 28 2023" 1:45 PM "Blundstone Arena Hobart"
18 Melbourne Renegades vs Adelaide Strikers "December 29 2023" 1:45 PM "Marvel Stadium Melbourne"
19 Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers "December 30 2023" 1:45 PM "Sydney Showground Stadium Sydney"
20 Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Stars "December 31 2023" 1:45 PM "Adelaide Oval Adelaide"
21 Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Thunder "January 1 2024" 10:30 AM "Blundstone Arena Hobart"
22 Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Sixers "January 1 2024" 1:45 PM "The Gabba Brisbane"
23 Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades "January 2 2024" 1:45 PM "MCG Melbourne"
24 Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat "January 3 2024" 12:35 PM "C.ex Coffs International Stadium Coffs Harbour"
25 Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers "January 3 2024" 3:45 PM "Optus Stadium Perth"
26 Melbourne Renegades vs Hobart Hurricanes "January 4 2024" 1:45 PM "Marvel Stadium Melbourne"
27 Adelaide Strikers vs Perth Scorchers "January 5 2024" 1:45 PM "Adelaide Oval Adelaide"
28 Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers "January 6 2024" 1:45 PM "MCG Melbourne"
29 Brisbane Heat vs Hobart Hurricanes "January 7 2024" 1:45 PM "The Gabba Brisbane"
30 Sydney Thunder vs Perth Scorchers "January 8 2024" 1:45 PM "Sydney Showground Stadium Sydney"
31 Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes "January 9 2024" 2:10 PM "Adelaide Oval Adelaide"
32 Brisbane Heat vs Perth Scorchers "January 10 2024" 2:10 PM "The Gabba Brisbane"
33 Hobart Hurricanes vs Adelaide Strikers "January 11 2024" 1:45 PM "Blundstone Arena Hobart"
34 Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder "January 12 2024" 1:45 PM "SCG Sydney"
35 Perth Scorchers vs Brisbane Heat "January 13 2024" 10:45 AM "Optus Stadium Perth"
36 Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars "January 13 2024" 2:00 PM "Marvel Stadium Melbourne"
37 Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers "January 14 2024" 1:45 PM "Manuka Oval Canberra"
38 Melbourne Stars vs Hobart Hurricanes "January 15 2024" 1:45 PM "MCG Melbourne"
39 Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Sixers "January 16 2024" 2:10 PM "Perth Stadium Perth"
40 Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades "January 17 2024" 1:45 PM "Sydney Showground Stadium Sydney"
41 Qualifier "January 19 2024" 1:45 PM To be announced
42 Knockout "January 20 2024" 1:45 PM To be announced
43 Challenger "January 22 2024" 1:45 PM To be announced
44 Final "January 24 2024" 1:45 PM To be announced

Big Bash League 2023-24: Teams And Format

The eight teams participating in the Big Bash League 2023-24 are:

  • Adelaide Strikers

  • Brisbane Heat

  • Hobart Hurricanes

  • Melbourne Renegades

  • Melbourne Stars

  • Perth Scorchers

  • Sydney Sixers

  • Sydney Thunder

According to cricket.com.au, the Big Bash League is reverting to a 10-game regular season schedule this year. This means that there will be 40 home and away matches in BBL 13.

The new-look BBL Finals Series will see the top two teams will compete for a spot in the Final via The Qualifier, with the third and fourth placed teams taking part in The Knockout. The winner of the Knockout will progress to the Challenger, alongside the loser of The Qualifier; the winner progressing to the Final. 

Big Bash League 2023-24: Venues

  • The Gabba, Brisbane

  • SCG, Sydney

  • Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

  • GMHBA Stadium, Geelong

  • University of Tasmania Stadium, Launceston

  • Manuka Oval, Canberra

  • MCG, Melbourne

  • Optus Stadium, Perth

  • Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

  • Lavington Sports Ground, Albury

  • Blundstone Arena, Hobart

  • Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney

  • C.ex Coffs International Stadium, Coffs Harbour

  • Perth Stadium, Perth

BBL 2023-24: Live Telecast And Live Streaming In India

The Big Bash League 2023-24 will be broadcast live on the Star Sports Network in India. All the 44 matches will be streamed live on the Disney+ Hotstar app and website.

How To Watch Big Bash League 2023-24 In Australia?

All 44 BBL 13 matches will be broadcast live on Foxtel and Kayo Sports.

BBL 2023-24: Full Squads

Perth Scorchers BBL 13 Squad

Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Cooper Connolly, Zak Crawley, Laurie Evans, Stephen Eskinazi, Aaron Hardie, Liam Haskett, Nick Hobson, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kelly, Mitch Marsh, Hamish McKenzie, Lance Morris, Jhye Richardson, Sam Whiteman, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye.

Adelaide Strikers BBL 13 Squad

Wes Agar, James Bazley, Cameron Boyce, Alex Carey, Brendan Doggett, Travis Head, Adam Hose, Henry Hunt, Thomas Kelly, Chris Lynn, Ben Manenti, Harry Nielsen, Jamie Overton, David Payne, D'Arcy Short, Matt Short, Henry Thorton, Jake Weatherald.

Melbourne Stars BBL 13 Squad

Scott Boland, Joe Burns, Hilton Cartwright, Brody Couch, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Sam Harper, Campbell Kellaway, Nick Larkin, Glenn Maxwell, Joel Paris, Corey Rocchiccioli, Tom Rogers, Mark Steketee, Marcus Stoinis, Beau Webster (temporarily replaced by Jono Merlo), Haris Rauf, Usama Mir, Liam Dawson, Imad Wasim.

Hobart Hurricanes BBL 13 Squad

Corey Anderson, Iain Carlisle, Nikhil Chaudhary, Tim David, Paddy Dooley, Nathan Ellis, Liam Guthrie, Sam Hain, Peter Hatzoglou, Sam Heazlett, Caleb Jewell, Chris Jordan, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Mitch Owen, Billy Stanlake, Matthew Wade, Mac Wright.

Brisbane Heat BBL 13 Squad

Xavier Bartlett, Sam Billings, Josh Brown, Max Bryant, Spencer Johnson, Usman Khawaja, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan McSweeney, Colin Munro, Michael Neser, Jimmy Peirson, Will Prestwidge, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Swepson, Jack Wildermuth, Paul Walter, Jack Wood.

Melbourne Renegades BBL 13 Squad

Joe Clarke, Quinton de Kock, Harry Dixon, Aaron Finch, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mackenzie Harvey, Ruwantha Kellapotha, Nathan Lyon, Nic Maddinson (c), Shaun Marsh, Fergus O'Neill, Kane Richardson, Tom Rogers, Peter Siddle, Will Sutherland, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Jon Wells, Adam Zampa.

Sydney Sixers BBL 13 Squad

Sean Abbott, Jackson Bird, Tom Curran, Joel Davies, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Moises Henriques, Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Todd Murphy, Izharulhaq Naveed, Steve O'Keefe, Kurtis Patterson, Mitch Perry, Josh Philippe, Jordan Silk, Steve Smith, James Vince.

Sydney Thunder BBL 13 Squad

Cameron Bancroft, Oliver Davies, Liam Doddrell, Matt Gilkes, Chris Green, Alex Hales (England), Liam Hatcher, Zaman Khan (Pakistan), Nathan McAndrew, Blake Nikitaras, Alex Ross, Will Salzmann, Daniel Sams, Gurinder Sandhu, Tanveer Sangha, Jason Sangha (c), David Warner.

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