Big Bash League 2022-23: All you need to know

Perth Scorchers won the BBL 2021

To the delight of cricket fans across the globe, Australia's biggest T20 extravaganza, the Big Bash League is set to commence soon. 

Eight top-tier teams are set to battle it out from December 13 to February 4 for the decorated trophy. There will be 61 matches conducted across 17 venues. 

The participating teams are Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Stars, Perth Scorchers, Adelaide Strikers, Hobart Hurricanes, Sydney Sixers, Sydney Thunder and Brisbane Heat. 

Squads

Perth Scorchers: Ashton Turner (C), Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Cooper Connolly, Faf du Plessis, Stephen Eskinazi, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Peter Hatzoglou, Nick Hobson, Josh Inglis, Matt Kelly, Adam Lyth, Hamish McKenzie, Tymal Mills, Lance Morris, Jhye Richardson, Andrew Tye

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

Adelaide Strikers: Travis Head (C), Wes Agar, Cameron Boyce, Alex Carey, Harry Conway, Ryan Gibson, Colin de Grandhomme, Adam Hose, Henry Hunt, Thomas Kelly, Rashid Khan, Chris Lynn, Ben Manenti, Harry Nielsen, Matt Short, Peter Siddle, Henry Thornton, Jake Weatherald

Melbourne Stars: Adam Zampa (C), Trent Boult, Joe Burns, Hilton Cartwright, Joe Clarke, Brody Couch, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Sam Elliott, Liam Hatcher, Clint Hinchliffe, Campbell Kellaway, Nick Larkin, Glenn Maxwell, Tom Rogers, Cam McClure, Tom O'Connell, Marcus Stoinis, Beau Webster, Luke Wood

Sydney Sixers: Moises Henriques (C), Sean Abbott, Jackson Bird, Dan Christian, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Mickey Edwards, Daniel Hughes, Chris Jordan, Hayden Kerr, Nathan Lyon, Todd Murphy, Izharulhaq Naveed, Steve O'Keefe, Kurtis Patterson, Josh Phillippe, Jordan Silk, James Vince

Sydney Thunder: Jason Sangha (C), Ben Cutting, Ollie Davies, Brendan Doggett, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Matthew Gilkes, Chris Green, Alex Hales, Baxter Holt, Nathan McAndrew, Blake Nikitaras, Usman Qadir, Alex Ross, Rilee Rossouw, Daniel Sams, Gurinder Sandhu, Tanveer Sangha, David Warner, Sam Whiteman

Brisbane Heat: Usman Khawaja (C), Xavier Bartlett, James Bazley, Sam Billings, Max Bryant, Sam Hain, Sam Heazlett, Spencer Johnson, Matt Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Colin Munro, Michael Neser, Jimmy Peirson, Will Prestwidge, Matt Renshaw, Mark Stekette, Mitch Swepson, Ross Whiteley, Jack Wildermuth

Melbourne Renegades: Nic Maddinson (C), Zak Evans, Aaron Finch, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Martin Guptill, Peter Handscomb, Sam Harper, Mackenzie Harvey, Akeal Hosein, Ruwantha Kellapotha, Shaun Marsh, David Moody, Jack Prestwidge, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Kane Richardson, Corey Rocchiccioli, Andre Russell, Tom Rogers, Will Sutherland, Jon Wells

Fixtures

There will be a total of 61 matches in the tournament. Sydney Thunder will take on Melbourne Stars in the first encounter on December 13. Click here to know the complete schedule. 

Live Streaming

The showpiece event will be streamed live by the Sony Sports Network in the subcontinent. Meanwhile, Fox Sports and Seven Network will telecast the matches in Australia. 

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