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

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.

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.

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. 

• 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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.