BBL 2021-22 Schedule: Big Bash League 2021-22 Fixtures, Squad, Players, Matches

BBL 2021-22 Schedule: Cricket Australia (CA) recently announced the much-awaited schedule for the upcoming 11th season of Men’s Big Bash League (BBL) 2021-22. The elite T20 tournament is all set to commence on 5th December while the final is slated to be held on January 28th.

Reining champions Sydney Sixers will face Melbourne Stars in the opening encounter in Sydney’s home ground Sydney Cricket Ground on December 5.

A total of 61 matches are scheduled in the tournament with initial 19 matches set to be played before Christmas and the remaining 37 matches will be held after Christmas. The doubleheaders and a tripleheader are also included in the tight schedule following Christmas.

January 2021 will mark the beginning of the playoff of the Big Bash League. The venues for the playoff matches are yet not decided.

CA has used 14 cricket venues across Australia for the BBL season 11. Melbourne’s Junction Oval is scheduled to host its first BBL match.

Big Bash League, Winners & Runner-ups:

BBL 2021-22 Teams & its Captain:

BBL 2021-22 Schedule and Fixture:

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Big Bash League 2021-22 Squad and Players:

Perth Scorchers

Ashton Agar, Colin Munro, Cameron Bancroft, Lance Morris, Jason Behrendorff, Aaron Hardie,  Kurtis Patterson, Peter Hatzoglou, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kelly, Mitch Marsh, Jhye Richardson, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Brydon Carse, Laurie Evans

Melbourne Renegades

Cameron Boyce, Zak Evans, Reece Topley, Sam Harper, Marcus Harris, Mackenzie Harvey, Jack Prestwidge, Josh Lalor, Shaun Marsh, Aaron Finch, James Pattinson, Mitch Perry, Kane Richardson, Will Sutherland, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Nic Maddinson (c), Unmukt Chand, Mohammad Nabi, Zahir Khan

Sydney Sixers

Sean Abbott, Josh Philippe, Jackson Bird, Tom Curran, Ben Dwarshuis, James Vince, Carlos Brathwaite, Jack Edwards, Mickey Edwards, Moises Henriques (c), Daniel Hughes, Dan Christian, Hayden Kerr, Nathan Lyon, Ben Manenti, Lloyd Pope, Jordan Silk, Steve O’Keefe

Melbourne Stars

Hilton Cartwright, Seb Gotch, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Liam Hatcher, Nick Larkin, Glenn Maxwell (c), Tom O’Connell, Qais Ahmad, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Clint Hinchliffe, Adam Zampa, Joe Burns, Sam Rainbird, Joe Clarke, Sam Elliot, Beau Webster

Sydney Thunder

Jonathan Cook, Usman Khawaja, Ben Cutting, Brendan Doggett, Ollie Davies, Chris Tremain, Matt Gilkes, Chris Green, Baxter Holt, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Tanveer Sangha, Alex Hales, Sam Billings, Baxter Holt, Saqib Mahmood, Nathan McAndrew, Jason Sangha

Brisbane Heat

Xavier Bartlett, Tom Cooper, Chris Lynn, Sam Heazlett, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Matthew Willans, Jimmy Peirson (c), Matt Kuhnemann, Mark Steketee, Mitchell Swepson, Marnus Labuschagne, Michael Neser, Tom Abell, Jack Wildermuth, James Bazley, Ben Duckett, Max Bryant, Connor Sully

Hobart Hurricanes

Scott Boland, Tim David, Riley Meredith, Wil Parker, D’Arcy Short, Matthew Wade (c), Nathan Ellis, Mac Wright, Sandeep Lamichhane, Peter Handscomb, Caleb Jewell, Joel Paris, Harry Brook, Josh Kann, Ben McDermott, Mitch Owen, Tom Rogers, Jordan Thompson.

Adelaide Strikers

Wes Agar, Peter Siddle, Alex Carey, Travis Head (c), Spencer Johnson, Ryan Gibson, Harry Conway, Harry Nielsen, Liam O’Connor, Liam Scott, Jon Wells, Daniel Worrall, George Garton, Fawad Ahmad, Rashid Khan, Matt Short, Matthew Renshaw, Jake Weatherald

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