2016–17 Big Bash League season

The 2016–17 Big Bash League season or BBL|06 was the sixth season of the KFC Big Bash League, the professional men's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament ran from 20 December 2016 to 28 January 2017. The format of the tournament was identical to previous seasons with each team played eight group-stage matches, four at home and four away, before the top four ranked teams progressed to the semi-finals.

Perth Scorchers won the title, defeating Sydney Sixers by nine wickets in the final to claim their third title. Chris Lynn of Brisbane Heat was named player of the tournament for the second consecutive season, scoring 309 runs from just five matches. The leading run-scorer was Ben Dunk of Adelaide Strikers, who scored 364 runs over the season. The leading wicket-taker was Sean Abbott of Sydney Sixers, who took 20 wickets from ten matches. He was also named the best player under 25 in the tournament.

Pre-season

League stage A total of 32 matches were played during the group stage.

Points table

Match summary

Matches

Play-offs

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 2

Final

Statistics

+Most runsPlayer Team Runs Ben Dunk Adelaide Strikers 364 Aaron Finch Melbourne Renegades 354 Michael Klinger Perth Scorchers 334 Brendon McCullum Brisbane Heat 323 Chris Lynn Brisbane Heat 309 Source: ESPNcricinfo

+Most wicketsPlayer Team Wickets Sean Abbott Sydney Sixers 20 Mark Steketee Brisbane Heat 15 Scott Boland Melbourne Stars 14 Three players 13 Source: ESPNcricinfo

TV audience BBL games are currently broadcast in Australia by the free-to-air Network Ten.

Following are the television ratings for 2016–17 BBL season in Australia.Mediaweek Australia twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 21 December 2016

The Super Over of the second semi final match drew ratings of 1,720,000 nationally, and 1,250,000 in the 5 metro cities.Wed TV #BBLSemis #TENsport SF 2: Brisbane Heat v Sydney Sixers twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 26 January 2017

Match NoTeamsAverage TV RatingsNational5 metro citiesSession 1Session 2Session 1Session 21Sydney Thunder vs Sydney SixersTue TV #BBL06 #BigBash2016 #TENsport Session 1: National 1.22m twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 21 December 20161,220,0001,150,000834,000805,0002Adelaide Strikers vs Brisbane HeatWed TV #BBL06 #TENsport G2 Adelaide Strikers Vs Brisbane Heat twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 22 December 20161,220,0001,430,000865,0001,040,0003Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney ThunderThu TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 3 Renegades v Thunder twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 23 December 20161,150,0001,180,000759,000798,0004Sydney Sixers vs Hobart HurricanesFri TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game4 Sydney Sixers v Hobart Hurricanes twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 24 December 2016698,0001,100,000475,000717,0005Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide StrikersFri TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 5 Perth Scorchers v Adelaide Strikers twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 24 December 20161,060,000707,000747,000531,0006Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne StarsBoxing Day TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 6 twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 27 December 2016805,0001,040,000542,000709,0007Sydney Sixers vs Perth ScorchersTue TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 7: Sydney Sixers v Perth Scorchers twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 28 December 2016905,0001,130,000638,000803,0008Sydney Thunder vs Brisbane HeatWed TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 8: Sydney Thunder v Brisbane Heat twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 29 December 2016799,0001,160,000542,000796,0009Melbourne Renegades vs Perth ScorchersThu TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 9: Melbourne Renegades v Perth Scorchers twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 30 December 2016932,0001,290,000650,000880,00010Brisbane Heat vs Hobart HurricanesFri TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 10: Brisbane Heat v Hobart Hurricanes twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 31 December 2016803,0001,170,000550,000773,00011Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney SixersSat TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 11: Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 1 January 2017723,000858,000471,000580,00012Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne RenegadesSun TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 12: Melbourne Stars v Melbourne Renegades twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 2 January 2017925,0001,270,000608,000868,00013Perth Scorchers vs Sydney ThunderSun TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 13: Perth Scorchers v Sydney Thunder twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 2 January 20171,030,000613,000686,000449,00014Hobart Hurricanes vs Adelaide StrikersMon TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 14: Hobart Hurricanes v Adelaide Strikers twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 3 January 2017968,0001,130,000636,000754,00015Brisbane Heat vs Sydney SixersTue TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 15: Brisbane Heat v Sydney Sixers twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 4 January 2017972,0001,190,000632,000794,00016Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne StarsWed TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 16: Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Stars twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 5 January 2017943,0001,140,000618,000756,00017Perth Scorchers vs Brisbane HeatThu TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 17: Perth Scorchers v Brisbane Heat twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 6 January 2017896,0001,330,000572,000906,00018Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart HurricanesFri TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 18: Adelaide Strikers v Hobart Hurricanes twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 8 January 2017752,0001,070,000511,000737,00019Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne StarsSat TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 19: Melbourne Renegades v Melbourne Stars twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 8 January 2017947,0001,150,000625,000784,00020Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney ThunderSun TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 20: Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney Thunder twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 9 January 20171,010,0001,200,000665,000806,00021Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne RenegadesMon TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 21: Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Renegades twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 10 January 20171,040,0001,130,000709,000808,00022Melbourne Stars vs Adelaide StrikersTue TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 22: Melbourne Stars v Adelaide Strikers twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 11 January 20171,120,0001,260,000774,000907,00023Brisbane Heat vs Perth ScorchersWed TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 23: Brisbane Heat v Perth Scorchers twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 12 January 20171,230,0001,270,000823,000886,00024Melbourne Renegades vs Hobart HurricanesThu TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 24: Melb Renegades v Hobart Hurricanes twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 13 January 20171,160,0001,280,000794,000907,00025Sydney Sixers vs Sydney ThunderSat TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 25: Sydney Sixers v Sydney Thunder twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 16 January 2017703,0001,000,000476,000662,00026Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne StarsSat TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 26: Perth Scorchers v Melbourne twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 16 January 20171,040,000823,000736,000628,00027Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne RenegadesMon TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 27: Adelaide Strikers Vs Melbourne Renegades twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 17 January 20171,000,0001,100,000692,000768,00028Melbourne Stars vs Brisbane HeatTue TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 28: Melbourne Stars v Brisbane Heat twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 18 January 20171,090,0001,140,000755,000814,00029Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide StrikersTue TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 29: Sydney Thunder Vs Adelaide Strikers twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 19 January 2017901,000946,000617,000674,00030Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne RenegadesFri TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 30: Brisbane Heat Vs Melbourne Renegades twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 21 January 20171,050,0001,290,000716,000906,00031Hobart Hurricanes vs Perth ScorchersSat TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 31: Hobart Hurricanes v Perth Scorchers twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 22 January 2017462,000657,000315,000444,00032Melbourne Stars vs Sydney SixersSat TV #BBL06 #TENsport Game 32: Melbourne Stars v Sydney Sixers twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 22 January 20171,004,0001,110,000683,000788,000SF1Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne StarsTue TV #BBL06 #BBLSemis #TENsport SemiFinal 1: Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Stars twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 25 January 20171,190,0001,290,000821,000913,000SF2Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Sixers1,200,0001,390,000833,000987,000FinalPerth Scorchers vs Sydney SixersSat TV #BBLfinal #TENsport Final: Perth Scorchers v Sydney Sixers twitter/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 29 January 20171,190,0001,480,000834,0001,030,000

References

Further reading

External links Official fixtures Series home at ESPN Cricinfo