BBL 2023-24 Schedule, Big Bash League 13 Fixtures, Venues, Teams, Squads, Full Details

BBL 2023-24 Schedule: Cricket Australia (CA) has announced the schedule for the thirteenth edition of the Big Bash League, which is slated to begin on December 7 at Brisbane’s Gaba. The eight-team tournament will see the unfolding of a new-look schedule prepared by the Australian officials. The article will revolve around the BBL 2023-24 Schedule, Big Bash League 13 Fixtures, Venues, Teams and Squads.

As per the latest format for the BBL 2023-24, the top two clubs at the end of the 40-match league stage will get double chances to get through to the final.

Earlier, the top five teams used to proceed to the BBL knockouts, however, as per the latest rules, the top four teams will feature in round two. This time BBL will follow the IPL style of knockout fixtures whereby, the top two teams will play out the ‘Qualifier 1’ and the winner will directly make their way to the finals of the tournament. While the losing side will get a second chance in the next few days in ‘Qualifier 2’.

The second knockout game will be held between third and fourth-ranked teams in the BBL 2023-24, which will be called ‘Eliminator’. The winner of Eliminator will then play against the losing club of Qualifier 1 in Qualifier 2.

In another change this season, BBL will have just 10 home and away games for its eight clubs which is a reduction of 4 matches per side. Along with the reduction in the number of games per side, there will be lesser doubleheaders in the season as compared to the last one. Also, there will be no cricket on display on Christmas day as the league intends to prioritise its high-voltage clashes to be held in prime time slots.

The 44-match Australian tournament is set to get underway on December 7 with last year’s runner-up Brisbane Heat locking horns with Melbourne Stars at the Gabba. The knockout fixtures are scheduled to start on January 19, 2024, with Qualifier 1. The Eliminator and Qualifier 2 are scheduled on January 20 and 22. Meanwhile the final of the BBL 2023-24 will be staged on January 24.

BBL 2023-24 Teams and Captains List

Big Bash League 2023-24 Venues Details

BBL 2023-24 Schedule and Fixtures

BBL 2023-24 Squads, Player List

*All squads given below are as per the Big Bash League (BBL) 2022-23 updates. The new squads will be updated in the due time.

Brisbane Heat

Xavier Bartlett, James Bazley, Max Bryant, Sam Hain, Sam Heazlett, Sam Billings, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Colin Munro, Michael Neser, Usman Khawaja, Matthew Renshaw, Mark Steketee, Mitchell Swepson, Jimmy Peirson, Jack Wildermuth, Spencer Johnson, Ross Whiteley, Will Prestwidge, Josh Brown

Sydney Sixers

Sean Abbott, Jackson Bird, Ben Dwarshuis, Moises Henriques, Dan Christian, Hayden Kerr, Nathan Lyon, Izharulhaq Naveed, Daniel Hughes, Steve O’Keefe, Kurtis Patterson, Chris Jordan, Jordan Silk, James Vince, Josh Philippe, Mickey Edwards, Jack Edwards, Todd Murphy, Josh Kann (local replacement player), Steve Smith, Naveen-ul-Haq (partial replacement for Chris Jordan)

Adelaide Strikers

Wes Agar, Alex Carey, Harry Conway, Cameron Boyce, Ryan Gibson, Travis Head, Colin de Grandhomme, Henry Hunt, Thomas Kelly, Rashid Khan, Adam Hose, Harry Nielsen, Matt Short, Jake Weatherald, Henry Thorton, Peter Siddle, Chris Lynn, Ben Manenti, Jordan Buckingham 

Melbourne Renegades

Zak Evans, Aaron Finch, Liam Livingstone (withdrawn), Akeal Hosein, Sam Harper, Mackenzie Harvey, Nic Maddinson (c), Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Kane Richardson, Shaun Marsh, Will Sutherland, Jon Wells, Jack Prestwidge, Tom Rogers, Marcus Harris, Andre Russell (replacing Liam Livingstone, first four matches only), Martin Guptill (replacing Liam Livingstone, 10 group matches and finals), Corey Rocchiccioli, Ruwantha Kellapotha, Peter Handscomb, Fawad Ahmed (injury replacement for Shaun Marsh), Matt Critchley (overseas replacement from January 9)

Melbourne Stars

Trent Boult, Joe Burns (injured), Joe Clarke, Brody Couch, Hilton Cartwright, Liam Hatcher, Clint Hinchliffe, Nick Larkin, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Glenn Maxwell (c), Beau Webster, Luke Wood, Adam Zampa, Marcus Stoinis, Tom O’Connell, Sam Elliott, Campbell Kellaway, Cam McClure, James Seymour (local replacement player)

Perth Scorchers

Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Cooper Connolly, Cameron Bancroft, Laurie Evans (contract terminated), Aaron Hardie, Cameron Green, Nick Hobson, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kelly, Mitch Marsh (injured), Peter Hatzoglou, Lance Morris, Jhye Richardson, Phil Salt (injured), Tymal Mills (withdrawn), Andrew Tye, Faf du Plessis (replacing Laurie Evans, first seven matches only), Adam Lyth (replacing Phil Salt, first half only), Ashton Turner, Stephen Eskinazi, Hamish McKenzie, David Payne (replacement for Tymal Mills for second half of the season)

Hobart Hurricanes

Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Nathan Ellis, Caleb Jewell, Tim David, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Mitch Owen, Shadab Khan, Wil Parker, D’Arcy Short, Matthew Wade, Joel Paris, Paddy Dooley, Chris Tremain, Mac Wright, Billy Stanlake, Zak Crawley (overseas replacement for Shadab Khan), Jimmy Neesham 

Sydney Thunder 

Oliver Davies, Matthew Gilkes, Chris Green, Brendan Doggett, Baxter Holt, Nathan McAndrew, Alex Ross, Alex Hales, Daniel Sams, Jason Sangha (c), Tanveer Sangha, Rilee Rossouw, David Willey (withdrawn), Fazalhaq Farooqi (replacing David Willey, contract terminated on December 23), Ben Cutting, Usman Qadir, David Warner, Gurinder Sandhu, Sam Whiteman, Joel Davies

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For more details head to BBL 2023-24 official website.