Full coverage of BBL 2022-2023, the Big Bash League Season 12 in 2023 with live scores, match dates, venues, schedule, fixtures and results. The BBL schedule 2023 is set to see 8 major teams in the 12th season.

BBL Schedule 2022 Match Dates, Schedule, Teams, and Venues for Big Bash League

The BBL Schedule 2023 by Cricket Australia is here for all the 60+ T20 matches that is set to begin this month on Tuesday December 13. The  BBL 2023 schedule begins in December on Tuesday 13 and the final will be played on Saturday February 4 2023 at at a venue to be confirmed later. There are total of 61 T20 matches that also include five playoffs and the finals. These matches will be played across various venues at Manuka Oval, Canberra, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Cazaly’s Stadium, Cairns, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney, Perth Stadium, Perth, Docklands Stadium, Melbourne, Aurora Stadium, Launceston, Simonds Stadium, Geelong, Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney and other.

See below for BBL schedule 2023 for each team this year. Total of eight teams including Adelaide Strikers, Brisbane Heat, Hobart Hurricanes, Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Stars, Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder participate in this year BBL schedule. Each team plays the other team twice in the tournament. The final schedule has been finalized by the organizers now and you can find all the info on all venues, dates and time table here. Use the search below to filter BBL schedule for matches by venues, teams or timings. BBL 2023 Schedule times are given in GMT, IST, PKT and EST / Local Time for your convenience.

Latest BBL Schedule 2022 Today

Dec 13, Tue	Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars 1st T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 7:15pm Local Manuka Oval, Canberra
Dec 14, Wed	Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Sixers 2nd T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 6:45pm Local Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Dec 15, Thu	Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Renegades 3rd T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 6:15pm Local Cazaly’s Stadium, Cairns
Dec 16, Fri	Melbourne Stars vs Hobart Hurricanes 4th T20	1:05am EST | 6:05am GMT / 5:05pm Local Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Dec 16, Fri	Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers 5th T20	4:15am EST | 9:15am GMT | 8:15pm Local Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney
Dec 17, Sat	Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Sixers 6th T20	3:05am EST | 8:05am GMT | 4:05pm Local Perth Stadium, Perth
Dec 18, Sun	Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Thunder 7th T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 7:15pm Local Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
Dec 19, Mon	Hobart Hurricanes vs Perth Scorchers 8th T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 7:15pm Local Aurora Stadium, Launceston
Dec 20, Tue	Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder 9th T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 6:45pm Local Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Dec 21, Wed	Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat 10th T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 7:15pm Local Simonds Stadium, Geelong
Dec 22, Thu	Sydney Sixers vs Hobart Hurricanes 11th T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 7:15pm Local Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Dec 23, Fri	Melbourne Stars vs Perth Scorchers 12th T20	11:30pm (-1d) | 4:30am GMT | 3:30pm Local Junction Oval, Melbourne
Dec 23, Fri	Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers 13th T20	3am EST | 8am GMT | 6pm Local The Gabba, Brisbane
Dec 24, Sat	Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades 14th T20	11:30pm (-1d) | 4:30am GMT | 3:30pm Local Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Dec 26, Mon	Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars 15th T20	2:05am | 7:05am GMT | 6:05pm Local Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Dec 26, Mon	Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers 16th T20	5:15am EST | 10:15am GMT | 6:15pm Local Perth Stadium, Perth
Dec 27, Tue	Sydney Thunder vs Brisbane Heat 17th T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 7:15pm Local Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney
Dec 28, Wed	Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Renegades 18th T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 7:15pm Local Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Dec 29, Thu	Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Thunder 19th T20	2:05am EST | 7:05am GMT | 5:05pm Local Carrara Oval, Queensland
Dec 29, Thu	Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Stars 20th T20	5:15am EST | 10:15am GMT | 6:15pm Local Perth Stadium, Perth
Dec 30, Fri	Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Sixers 21st T20	2:30am EST | 7:30am GMT | 06:30pm Local Simonds Stadium, Geelong
Dec 31, Sat	Sydney Thunder vs Hobart Hurricanes 22nd T20	11:30 PM (Dec 30) EST | 4:30am GMT | 3:30pm Local Lavington Sports Oval, Albury
Dec 31, Sat	Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Stars 23rd T20	3am EST | 8am GMT | 6:30pm Local Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Jan 01, Sun	Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers 24th T20	9:40 PM (Dec 31) EST | 2:40am GMT | 1:40pm Local Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
Jan 01, Sun	Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Sixers 25th T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 6:15pm Local The Gabba, Brisbane
Jan 02, Mon	Hobart Hurricanes vs Adelaide Strikers 26th T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 7:15pm Local Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Jan 03, Tue	Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades 27th T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 7:15pm Local Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Jan 04, Wed	Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat 28th T20	2:05am EST | 7:05am GMT | 6:05pm Local North Sydney Oval, Sydney
Jan 04, Wed	Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Thunder 29th T20	5:15am EST | 10:15am GMT | 6:15pm Local Perth Stadium, Perth
Jan 05, Thu	Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes 30th T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 6:45pm Local Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Jan 06, Fri	Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers 31st T20	2:30am EST | 7:30am GMT | 6:30pm Local Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Jan 07, Sat	Melbourne Renegades vs Hobart Hurricanes 32nd T20	2:05am EST | 7:05am GMT | 6:05pm Local Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
Jan 07, Sat	Perth Scorchers vs Brisbane Heat 33rd T20	5:15am EST | 10:15am GMT | 6:15pm Local Perth Stadium, Perth
Jan 08, Sun	Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers 34th T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 7:15pm Local Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney
Jan 09, Mon	Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Stars 35th T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 7:15pm Local Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Jan 10, Tue	Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades 36th T20	3:40am EST | 8:40am GMT | 7:10pm Local Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Jan 11, Wed	Brisbane Heat vs Perth Scorchers 37th T20	3:40am EST | 8:40am GMT | 6:40pm Local The Gabba, Brisbane
Jan 12, Thu	Melbourne Stars vs Adelaide Strikers 38th T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 7:15pm Local Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Jan 13, Fri	TEAM1 vs Perth Scorchers 39th T20	2:30am EST | 7:30am GMT | 6:30pm Local Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney
Jan 14, Sat	Adelaide Strikers vs Brisbane Heat 40th T20	12am EST | 5am GMT | 3:30pm Local Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Jan 14, Sat	Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars 41st T20	3:30 AM EST | 8:30am GMT | 7:30pm Local Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
Jan 15, Sun	Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Thunder 42nd T20	9:40pm (-1d) EST | 2:40am GMT | 1:40pm Local Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Jan 15, Sun	Sydney Sixers vs Perth Scorchers 43rd T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 7:15pm Local Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Jan 16, Mon	Melbourne Stars vs Brisbane Heat 44th T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 7:15pm Local Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Jan 17, Tue	Sydney Sixers vs Adelaide Strikers 45th T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 7:15pm Local International Sports Stadium, Coffs Harbour
Jan 18, Wed	Perth Scorchers vs Hobart Hurricanes 46th T20	3:40am EST | 8:40am GMT | 4:40pm Local Perth Stadium, Perth
Jan 19, Thu	Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades 47th T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 7:15pm Local Manuka Oval, Canberra
Jan 20, Fri	Adelaide Strikers vs Perth Scorchers 48th T20	12:30am EST | 5:30am GMT | 4pm Local Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Jan 20, Fri	Brisbane Heat vs Hobart Hurricanes 49th T20	4am EST | 9am GMT | 7pm Local The Gabba, Brisbane
Jan 21, Sat	Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder 50th T20	3:05am EST | 8:05am GMT | 7:05pm Local Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Jan 22, Sun	Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars 51st T20	9:40pm (-1d) EST | 2:40am GMT | 12:40pm Local The Gabba, Brisbane
Jan 22, Sun	Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Renegades 52nd T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 4:15pm Local Perth Stadium, Perth
Jan 23, Mon	Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Sixers 53rd T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 7:15pm Local Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Jan 24, Tue	Melbourne Renegades vs Adelaide Strikers 54th T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 7:15pm Local Docklands Stadium, Melbourne
Jan 25, Wed	Hobart Hurricanes vs Brisbane Heat 55th T20	9:40pm (-1d) EST | 2:40am GMT | 1:40pm Local Aurora Stadium, Launceston
Jan 25, Wed	Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder 56th T20	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 7:15pm Local Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Jan 27, Fri	TBC vs TBC Eliminator	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 1:45pm Local TBC, TBC
Jan 28, Sat	TBC vs TBC Qualifier	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 1:45pm Local TBC, TBC
Jan 29, Sun	TBC vs TBC Knockout	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 1:45pm Local TBC, TBC
Feb 02, Thu	TBC  vs TBC Challenger	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 1:45pm Local TBC, TBC
Feb 04, Sat	TBC  vs TBC Final	3:15am EST | 8:15am GMT | 1:45pm Local TBC, TBC

Please note that BBL Schedule may be subject to change for any reason as may be required in the sole discretion of Cricket Australia.

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There are several options to get PDF version or download PDF file for BBL Schedule. These options will be available as soon as the Schedule for 12th edition of BBL (Big Bash League) in 2022/2023 is announced by Cricket Australia. CricketSchedule.com provides different options including Calendar export (iCal, Google Calendar, PDF Download or Excel file options).

Big Bash League (BBL) Australia – Coverage

The big bash league is an Australian-based cricket franchise T20 league that is held every year in the window of December-February months. BBL schedule is one of the top branded T20 leagues along with IPL to have a large amount of crowd and viewership on television.

In 2011, the defunct tournament KFC Twenty20 Big Bash (which consisted of six state teams) was replaced with KFC Big Bash League (eight franchise teams) by Cricket Australia. KFC is the official title sponsor of the BBL tournament. To date, Cricket Australia (CA) has conducted 10 successful editions of BBL schedule.

 The main reason for changing the state league to a franchise league was to extend cricket in regional areas which are not supported by International cricket. CA was also planning to include New Zealand’s domestic teams to make BBL a trans-Tasman competition. However, New Zealand had its own franchise league called the Super Smash League.

One demerit point of this league is that a lot of Australian international players miss this league due to national duty. The BBL schedule calendar is in the middle of the Australian summer where the Australian side plays international cricket. Not many leagues around the world play a bilateral series during the time of an ongoing franchise league. 

Only two foreign players are allowed in the playing 11 as Cricket Australia wants more local talent in the teams than a star-studded side.

Fox Cricket and Channel 7 are the local channel broadcasters for the BBL schedule.

BBL schedule has also extended its subgroups by including the Women’s Big Bash League. 

BBL Schedule: Teams Participating in this League

There are a total of 8 teams in this league. Some of the teams have the same city names like Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunders but these two teams have their home grounds in different areas of the city as per latest BBL schedule.

1. Adelaide Strikers –

The Adelaide Strikers is one of the most popular teams led by Travis Head. They are the successors of the Southern Redbacks which was a part of the defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. Adelaide Oval is the primary home venue of Adelaide Strikers according to BBL schedule announcement.

Every year on 31st December, the Adelaide Strikers play a home match called the New Year’s Eve match (NYE). The specialty of this NYE match is that we see more than 40,000 crowds (almost full) on the stand. The players wear limited edition new era caps during the match. There are a lot of fireworks and celebrations in the stadium during the NYE.

2. Sydney Sixers –

Sydney Sixers are one part the successor of New South Wales Blues which was a part of defunct KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. New South Wales was divided into two franchises Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunders. Sydney Sixers play their home matches in the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)

Steve Smith has been a core member of the Sydney Sixers from the start of this league. Currently, Moises Henriques is the captain of the side. Sydney Sixers after winning their third title in 2020-21 edition are the current defending champions of BBL schedule. 

3. Sydney Thunders –

Sydney Thunders along with Sydney Sixers are the successors of New South Wales. Shane Bond is the coach of this team, while they are still in search of the captain for the upcoming season (last captained by Callum Ferguson). Sydney Thunders play their home games in the outskirts of the main city in the Sydney Showground Stadium.

Sydney Smash

In the BBL, there is another league within the league called the Sydney Smash. It is a Sydney Derby played between two rivals of BBL – the Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunders. For the first three years, the Sixers had won all the 6 matches played during the period. Later the Thunders started winning their matches. Overall, out of the 20 matches played so far Sixers have won 12 while Thunders have won 7 matches.

4. Melbourne Renegades –

Melbourne Renegades are successors of the Australian domestic team- Victoria. Melbourne Renegades is led by Aaron Finch who is also the national captain in white-ball cricket. Melbourne Renegades play their home matches at the Marvel Stadium / Etihad Stadium.

After winning their first and only title in BBL- 8 (2018-19) Melbourne Renegades have dropped in their performances for the past two years. They had finished 8th in the points table in both 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons of BBL schedule.

5. Melbourne Stars –

Melbourne Stars is one of the strongest teams in BBL schedule history. They have qualified for the playoffs most of the time but never managed to win a single title. Despite having star players and performing brilliantly in the league stages, Melbourne Stars have always choked at big stages (semi-finals and finals). Melbourne Stars home ground is at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)

Melbourne Derby

Just like Sydney Derby, Melbourne has also its own Derby which is played between Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades. This Derby is very famous as the people wait for this rivalry with huge anticipation and excitement. In BBL-5, MCG recorded a large number of spectators (80,883 to be precise) which is the most in any of the domestic matches played so far.

6. Perth Scorchers

Perth Scorchers are one of the most successful teams in the history of IPL alongside Sydney Sixers. They have also played the most number of seasons (3) in the Champions League (currently defunct) beside BBL schedule.

Ashton Turner is the current captain of the side. Scorchers are so consistent every year as they have qualified for the semi-finals 8 out of 10 times they played, which is the most by any side of BBL. Scorchers play their home matches in Optus Stadium, Western Australia.

7. Brisbane Heat

Brisbane Heat is a franchise of Queensland which is a part of BBL schedule. Chris Lynn who is also the captain has been the top performer of the team.

Brisbane Heat plays all their home matches at the Gabba, Brisbane.

8. Hobart Hurricanes

Hobart Hurricanes are a franchise-team based in Tasmania state.  Hobart Hurricanes have had a mixed performance in the 10 years of BBL, sometimes qualified for the knockouts and sometimes performed below par in the season.

Matthew Wade is the current captain of the teams. This is one of the teams which has not won a BBL title yet despite reaching the final twice. The Hurricanes’ home ground is the Bellerive Oval University of Tasmania Stadium.

Team Records:

Sydney Sixers and Perth Scorchers are the most successful teams of BBL schedule with three wins each. Hobart Hurricanes and Melbourne Stars are the only two teams that have never won a BBL title.

Perth Scorchers being the most successful team has won the most number of matches (64 in total) in BBL history

Sydney Thunder have lost the most number of matches (61) in the 10 seasons of BBL schedule.

Big Bash League BBL Winners List [Year-wise]

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Result
2022-23	–	–	–
2021–22	Perth Scorchers	Sydney Sixers	Won by 79 runs
2020–21	Sydney Sixers	Perth Scorchers	Won by 27 runs
2019–20	Sydney Sixers	Melbourne Stars	Won by 19 runs
2018–19	Melbourne Renegades	Melbourne Stars	Won by 13 runs
2017–18	Adelaide Strikers	Hobart Hurricanes	Won by 25 runs
2016–17	Perth Scorchers	Sydney Sixers	Won by 9 wickets
2015–16	Sydney Thunder	Melbourne Stars	Won by 3 wickets
2014–15	Perth Scorchers	Sydney Sixers	Won by 4 wickets
2013–14	Perth Scorchers	Hobart Hurricanes	Won by 39 runs
2012–13	Brisbane Heat	Perth Scorchers	Won by 34 runs
2011–12	Sydney Sixers	Perth Scorchers	Won by 7 wickets

The inaugural edition of the Big Bash T20 League had Sydney Sixers as the winners by playing against Perth Scorchers in 2011.

Then, the team Brisbane Heat won the title in the year 2012 by playing against Perth Scorchers; the team Perth Scorchers obtained the winning title consequently in the years 2013 and 2014 by playing against Hobart Hurricanes and Sydney Sixers, respectively. 

Bringing a great twist to the tale and proving their potential to be at the top, Sydney Thunder joined the winning tribe by clashing against Melbourne Stars in 2015. 

Creating a bang with a comeback, Perth Scorchers won the trophy again in 2016 by clashing tight against Sydney Sixers. 

In the next two years, i.e., in 2017 and 2018, Adelaide Strikers and Melbourne Renegades won the title by playing against the Hobart Hurricanes and Melbourne Stars, respectively.

The two time consecutive champions, Sydney Sixers retained their title position in the years 2019 and 2020 by playing against Melbourne Stars and Perth Scorchers, respectively.

Setting the tournament again with an absolute thriller, Perth Scorchers returned to the top position by winning the title in BBL schedule 2021. 

Expectations have been going up much higher and higher every year. We need to wait and watch this year’s T20 tournament of the BBL schedule to know which team will win the trophy among the eight most competitive and powerful teams.

BBL Schedule Format:

The matches are played in round-robin format where a team plays 7 other teams twice during BBL schedule (one at home and other away). A total of 56 matches are played in the group stages. After playing the group stages the top-5 placed teams qualify for the final series.

BBL Schedule Final Series

A total of five matches are played in the final series as per BBL schedule announced.

1. The Eliminator – Team that has finished 4th and 5th in the points table, plays the eliminator. The winner of eliminator moves further to play the Knock-out while the loser is knocked out of the tournament as per latest BBL schedule.

• The Qualifier – The team placed in the top-2 position plays the qualifier and the winner moves straight to the final. The loser will get another chance to play the final by winning the challenger.

• The Knock-out – The third placed team in the points table will play the winner of eliminator. The winner of the knock-out will move further to the challenger, whereas the loser will get knocked out of the tournament.

• The Challenger – The loser of the qualifier will play the winner of the Knock-out. The winner of this match will play the final.

• Final – The winner of Challenger and Qualifier will play the final. The winner of this match will finally win the title.

New Changes in BBL

In order to glorify the tournament and add more interest in the audience Cricket Australia has made few changes in the cricket’s gameplay for BBL schedule.

1. Power Surge – Usually in T20 games the first 6 overs are powerplay overs, where only 2 fielders are allowed inside the 30-yard circle. A

According to this new change, each team will get the first 4 overs of powerplay and in the remaining 2 overs of powerplay, the batting team can decide to enforce anytime from 11th overs onwards.

2.   Bash Boost – Each match will have 4 available standing points.

1. For a win – 3 points
2. For a loss – 0 points
3. Bonus – 1 point

The bonus is achieved if a team batting second scores more runs in the half-way stage (after 10 overs) than the team batting first. If the team batting second fails to do so, the bonus point will go to the fielding team according to BBL schedule.

3. X-Factor – Halfway through the innings the captain can opt for a 12th man in the playing-11. He can come inplace of a player who was initially part of the line-up, provided if he has bowled not more than one over or batted in the innings.

“The Power Surge, X-Factor and Bash Boost prioritise high scoring, exciting cricket, introduce new strategic angles and ensure there’s always something to play for throughout the entire match,” –  says Head of BBL, Alistair Dobson

These new rules have many flaws and glitches that need to be addressed.

Despite having a lot of advanced technologies, facilities and investing a lot on advertisement and sponsorship, the quality of cricket’s gameplay in Big Bash matches is not upto the mark in comparison to other leagues around the world.

Former Australian Shane Watson says that – “The one thing that IPL and PSL do is make the quality of the cricket, the product, the number one priority, This is where the BBL has really lost its way. The quality of the cricket has been put on the back burner in the Big Bash and the entertainment gimmicks have been brought to the forefront”

Big Bash League (BBL Schedule) FAQs:

Learn more about Big Bash League (BBL Schedule):

BBL schedule Information on Wikipedia
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