2021–22 Big Bash League season

2021–22 Big Bash League

Dates	5 December 2021 – 28 January 2022
Administrator(s)	Cricket Australia
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Double round robin and playoffs
Champions	Perth Scorchers (4th title)
Participants	8
Matches	61
Player of the series	Ben McDermott (Hobart Hurricanes)
Most runs	Ben McDermott (Hobart Hurricanes) (577)
Most wickets	Peter Siddle (Adelaide Strikers) (30)
Official website	bigbash.com.au
← 2020–21

The 2021–22 Big Bash League season or BBL|11 was the eleventh season of the Big Bash League, the professional men's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia.^[1] The tournament was played from 5 December 2021 and finished on 28 January 2022.^[2] The Perth Scorchers defeated the defending champions Sydney Sixers by 79 runs in the final to claim their fourth title.

On 8 November 2021, Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed that the inaugural BBL First Nations round would be played between January 8 and 14, 2022.^[3] The matches were played at the venues in Adelaide, with the players of all teams wearing Indigenous kits designed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders artists, which are portraying unique stories.^[4] The round was played intending to mark the tournament's commitment to deepening education and meaningful connection with Indigenous People of Australia.^[5]

Teams[]

Team	Home Ground	Capacity	Captain[6]	Head coach[6]
Adelaide Strikers	Adelaide Oval	53,583	Travis Head	Jason Gillespie
Brisbane Heat	The Gabba Metricon Stadium	42,000 25,000	Jimmy Peirson	Wade Seccombe
Hobart Hurricanes	Blundstone Arena UTAS Stadium	20,000 21,000	Matthew Wade	Adam Griffith
Melbourne Renegades	Docklands Stadium GMHBA Stadium	48,003 34,000	Nic Maddinson[7]	David Saker
Melbourne Stars	Melbourne Cricket Ground Junction Oval	100,024 7,000	Glenn Maxwell	David Hussey
Perth Scorchers	Perth Stadium	60,000	Ashton Turner	Adam Voges
Sydney Sixers	Sydney Cricket Ground Coffs Harbour International Stadium	48,000 20,000	Moises Henriques	Greg Shipperd
Sydney Thunder	Sydney Showground Stadium Manuka Oval	22,000 16,000	Usman Khawaja	Trevor Bayliss

Visa contracted players[]

Maximum of 3 Overseas players permitted in the Matchday squad.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Additional player(s)	Former player(s)
Adelaide Strikers	Ian Cockbain				George Garton INT Rashid KhanINT
Brisbane Heat	Ben Duckett	Mujeeb Ur Rahman			Fakhar ZamanPER Tom AbellINJ
Hobart Hurricanes	Harry Brook	Sandeep Lamichhane	Jordan Thompson	Jordan Cox[a] Tom Lammonby[b]
Melbourne Renegades	Mohammad Nabi	Zahir Khan	Unmukt Chand		Reece TopleyINT
Melbourne Stars	Joe Clarke	Syed Faridoun	Ahmed Daniyal	Andre Russell [c]	Haris RaufPER Qais AhmadINT
Perth Scorchers	Colin Munro	Laurie Evans			Tymal MillsINT Brydon CarseINJ
Sydney Sixers					James VinceINT Chris JordanINT Carlos BrathwaiteINJ Tom Curran INJ Shadab KhanPER
Sydney Thunder	Alex Hales	Muhammad Hasnain			Sam BillingsINT Saqib MahmoodINT

^INJ Player withdrawn due to injury
^INT Player withdrawn due to international duties
^PER Player withdrawn for personal reasons and other commitments

Venues[]

Fourteen venues have been selected to be used for the tournament, including the return of Geelong and Coffs Harbour,^[11] while a BBL match was played at the Junction Oval in Melbourne for the first time.^[12] Out of Perth Scorchers' seven scheduled home matches, only one match against Brisbane Heat was played at Perth Stadium,^[13] with all the other matches were shifted to different venues.^[14]

Adelaide	Brisbane	Canberra	Geelong	Melbourne
Adelaide Oval	The Gabba	Manuka Oval	GHMBA Stadium	Junction Oval
Capacity: 53,583	Capacity: 42,000	Capacity: 14,000	Capacity: 34,000	Capacity: 7,000
Matches: 7	Matches: 5	Matches: 2	Matches: 2	Matches: 1
Perth	Adelaide Brisbane Canberra Geelong Hobart Launceston Melbourne Perth Sydney Gold Coast Coffs Harbour			Gold Coast
Perth Stadium				Metricon Stadium
Capacity: 60,000				Capacity: 25,000
Matches: 1				Matches: 4
Hobart				Launceston
Blundstone Arena				UTAS Stadium
Capacity: 20,000				Capacity: 21,000
Matches: 6				Matches: 2
Melbourne		Sydney		Coffs Harbour
Docklands Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Sydney Showground Stadium	Sydney Cricket Ground	Coffs Harbour International Stadium
Capacity: 54,003	Capacity: 100,024	Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 48,000	Capacity: 20,000
Matches: 7	Matches: 6	Matches: 6	Matches: 5	Matches: 2

Note: Venues of the matches will be changed at any time by border closures restrictions due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Pre-season[]

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COVID-19 impact[]

On 30 December 2021, the 27th match of the regular season between Perth Scorchers and Melbourne Stars was postponed,^[15] following a COVID-19 positive case in the Stars' camp.^[16] On 5 January 2022, the 36th match of the regular season between Brisbane Heat and Sydney Sixers was postponed,^[17] following COVID-19 positive cases in the Heat's camp.^[18] The 39th match of the regular season between Adelaide Strikers and Melbourne Stars was also postponed.^[19]

Standings[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
1	Perth Scorchers (C)	14	11	3	0	7	40	0.926
2	Sydney Sixers (RU)	14	9	4	1	6	35	1.027
3	Sydney Thunder (4th)	14	9	5	0	8	35	0.725
4	Adelaide Strikers (3rd)	14	6	8	0	10	28	0.237
5	Hobart Hurricanes (5th)	14	7	7	0	6	27	−0.332
6	Melbourne Stars	14	7	7	0	5	26	−0.222
7	Brisbane Heat	14	3	11	0	7	16	−0.910
8	Melbourne Renegades	14	3	10	1	5	16	−1.477

•   The top five teams advanced to play-off phase.

Win-loss table[]

Below is a summary of results for each team's fourteen regular season matches, plus finals where applicable, in chronological order. A team's opponent for any given match is listed above the margin of victory/defeat.

Team vs	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	E	Q	K	C	F	Pos.
Adelaide Strikers (ADS)	MLR 2 runs	MLR 49 runs	PRS 49 runs	SYS 4 wickets	BRH 39 runs	HBH 7 wickets	SYT 22 runs	SYT 28 runs	HBH 7 wickets	MLS 23 runs	MLS 5 wickets	BRH 71 runs	PRS 6 wickets	SYS 8 wickets	HBH 22 runs	→	SYT 6 runs	SYS 4 wickets	X	3rd (C)
Brisbane Heat (BRH)	SYT 7 wickets	PRS 6 runs	MLR 5 wickets	SYT 53 runs	ADS 39 runs	MLS 20 runs	SYS 2 wickets	HBH 14 runs	SYS 27 runs	MLR 5 wickets	HBH 8 wickets	ADS 71 runs	MLS 8 wickets	PRS 6 wickets	X	X	X	X	X	7th
Hobart Hurricanes (HBH)	SYS 14 runs	SYS 44 runs (DLS)	PRS 53 runs	PRS 42 runs	MLS 24 runs	ADS 7 wickets	MLR 85 runs	BRH 14 runs	ADS 7 wickets	BRH 8 wickets	SYT 9 wickets	SYT 9 runs	MLR 6 runs	MLS 106 runs	ADS 22 runs	X	X	X	X	5th (E)
Melbourne Renegades (MLR)	ADS 2 runs	ADS 49 runs	BRH 5 wickets	PRS 21 runs	PRS 8 wickets	HBH 85 runs	SYS No Result	MLS 5 wickets	BRH 5 wickets	SYT 129 runs	SYS 45 runs	MLS 6 wickets	HBH 6 runs	SYT 1 run	X	X	X	X	X	8th
Melbourne Stars (MLS)	SYS 152 runs	SYT 4 runs	SYT 6 wickets	SYS 7 wickets	HBH 24 runs	BRH 20 runs	PRS 47 runs	PRS 50 runs	MLR 5 wickets	ADS 23 runs	ADS 5 wickets	MLR 6 wickets	BRH 8 wickets	HBH 106 runs	X	X	X	X	X	6th
Perth Scorchers (PRS)	BRH 6 runs	ADS 49 runs	HBH 53 runs	HBH 42 runs	MLR 21 runs	MLR 8 wickets	SYT 34 runs	MLS 47 runs	MLS 50 runs	SYS 10 runs	SYT 6 wickets (DLS)	SYS 5 wickets	ADS 6 wickets	BRH 6 wickets	→	SYS 48 runs	→	→	SYS 79 runs	1st (C)
Sydney Sixers (SYS)	MLS 152 runs	HBH 14 runs	HBH 44 runs (DLS)	MLS 7 wickets	ADS 4 wickets	SYT 30 runs (DLS)	BRH 2 wickets	MLR No Result	PRS 10 runs	BRH 27 runs	PRS 5 wickets	MLR 45 runs	SYT 60 runs	ADS 8 wickets	→	PRS 48 runs	→	ADS 4 wickets	PRS 79 runs	2nd (RU)
Sydney Thunder (SYT)	BRH 7 wickets	MLS 4 runs	MLS 6 wickets	BRH 53 runs	SYS 30 runs (DLS)	PRS 34 runs	ADS 22 runs	ADS 28 runs	PRS 6 wickets (DLS)	MLR 129 runs	HBH 9 wickets	HBH 9 runs	SYS 60 runs	MLR 1 run	→	→	ADS 6 runs	X	X	4th (K)

Team's results→	Won	Lost	N/R

Last updated: 28 January 2022

Regular season[]

On 14 July 2021, Cricket Australia confirmed the full schedule for the tournament.^[2] 45 of the 61 games – including all of the finals – will be shown on Channel Seven, while Fox Cricket and Kayo Sports will broadcast all of the matches.

Week 1[]

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Week 3[]

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Play-offs[]

Eliminator

Qualifier

Challenger

Final

1

Perth Scorchers

3/189

2

Sydney Sixers

141

1

Perth Scorchers

6/171

2

Sydney Sixers

92

Knockout

2

Sydney Sixers

6/170

4

Adelaide Strikers

4/167

3

Sydney Thunder

6/178

4

Adelaide Strikers

6/184

4

Adelaide Strikers

6/188

5

Hobart Hurricanes

166

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Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo