Australian Big Bash League

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Established
2011 (15 years old)

First Recorded Event
2011-12-16

Current Season
2025-2026

Current Round
32

Sport
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Cricket

Location
Australia

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - Willow [2018-2022]

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Upcoming
12 Jan	Sydney Th	8:15am	Melbourne
13 Jan	Melbourne	8:15am	Adelaide
14 Jan	Hobart Hu	8:15am	Brisbane
15 Jan	Melbourne	8:15am	Perth Sco
16 Jan	Sydney Si	8:15am	Sydney Th
17 Jan	Adelaide	6:00am	Melbourne
17 Jan	Perth Sco	9:15am	Melbourne
18 Jan	Brisbane	8:15am	Sydney Si
Results
11 Jan	Adelaide	200 - 232	Perth Sco
11 Jan	Sydney Si	32 -	Hobart Hu
10 Jan	Melbourne	166 - 170	Melbourne
10 Jan	Brisbane	183 - 180	Sydney Th
09 Jan	Hobart Hu	178 - 141	Adelaide
08 Jan	Melbourne	128 - 129	Sydney Si
07 Jan	Perth Sco	127 - 130	Melbourne
06 Jan	Adelaide	165 - 159	Sydney Th
05 Jan	Sydney Si	118 - 114	Brisbane
04 Jan	Perth Sco	153 - 120	Adelaide

Description

The Big Bash League (known as the KFC Big Bash League for sponsorship reasons, often abbreviated to BBL or Big Bash) is an Australian professional franchise Twenty20 cricket league, which was established in 2011 by Cricket Australia. The Big Bash League replaced the previous competition, the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, and features eight city-based franchises instead of the six state teams which had participated previously. The competition has been sponsored by fast food-chicken outlet KFC since its inception. It is one of the two T20 cricket leagues, alongside the Indian Premier League, to feature amongst the top ten domestic sport leagues in average attendance. The winner of BBL 10 (2020/2021) was the Sydney Sixers who beat the Perth Scorchers by 27 runs in the final. The Sydney Sixers successfully defended the title after winning it in the 2019/2020 season, after defeating the Melbourne Stars.

BBL matches are played in Australia during the summer; in December, January and February.

Out of the eight teams in the tournament, six have won the title at least once. The Perth Scorchers and the Sydney Sixers are the most successful teams in the league's short history, both having won the title three times including consecutively for two years. The other four teams which have won the title are the Adelaide Strikers, Melbourne Renegades, Brisbane Heat and Sydney Thunder. The current champions are the Sydney Sixers defeating the Perth Scorchers on 6 February 2021 at the Sydney Cricket Ground by 27 runs.

Before 2014, the top two teams in the tournament used to qualify for the Champions League Twenty20 tournament, which was an annual international Twenty20 competition played between the top domestic teams from various nations; it became defunct after the 2014 tournament.

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