2018–19 Big Bash League season

The 2018–19 Big Bash League season or BBL|08 was the eighth season of the KFC Big Bash League, the professional men's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 19 December 2018. Adelaide Strikers were the defending champions. The competition was extended to a full home and away season for the first time, with each team playing each other twice at both a home venue and away venue. For this season of the tournament, the toss was replaced by a bat flip, with "roofs and flats" used instead of heads or tails.

The season saw Cameron Bancroft's return to professional cricket, following his involvement in the ball-tampering scandal in March 2018.

The title was won by Melbourne Renegades, who defeated Melbourne Stars at the Marvel Stadium.

Teams +TeamHome GroundCapacityCaptainCoachAdelaide StrikersAdelaide OvalTraeger Park53,58310,000 Travis Head Jason GillespieBrisbane HeatThe GabbaMetricon Stadium42,00025,000 Chris Lynn Daniel VettoriHobart HurricanesBlundstone ArenaUTAS Stadium19,50015,500 Matthew Wade Adam GriffithMelbourne RenegadesMarvel StadiumGMHBA Stadium48,00334,000 Aaron Finch Andrew McDonaldMelbourne StarsMelbourne Cricket GroundMetricon StadiumTed Summerton Reserve100,02425,0007,500 Glenn Maxwell Stephen FlemingPerth ScorchersOptus Stadium60,000 Mitchell Marsh Adam VogesSydney SixersSydney Cricket Ground48,000 Moises Henriques Greg ShipperdSydney ThunderSpotless StadiumManuka Oval22,00012,000 Shane Watson Shane Bond

Venues AdelaideAlice SpringsBrisbaneCanberraGeelongAdelaide OvalTraeger ParkThe GabbaManuka OvalGMHBA StadiumCapacity: 53,583Capacity: 7,200Capacity: 42,000Capacity: 12,000Capacity: 34,000Matches: 7Matches: 1Matches: 5Matches: 2Matches: 2HobartGold CoastBlundstone ArenaMetricon StadiumCapacity: 19,500Capacity: 25,000Matches: 5 + 1 finalMatches: 3PerthLauncestonOptus StadiumUniversity of Tasmania StadiumCapacity: 60,000Capacity: 15,500Matches: 7Matches: 2MoeMelbourneSydneyTed Summerton ReserveMarvel StadiumMelbourne Cricket GroundSpotless StadiumSydney Cricket GroundCapacity: 7,500Capacity: 48,003Capacity: 100,024Capacity: 22,000Capacity: 48,000Matches: 1Matches: 5 + 2 finalMatches: 5Matches: 5Matches: 7

League stage Points table

Matches

Play-offs

Semi-final 1

Semi-final 2

Final

Statistics

+Most runsPlayerTeamRuns D'Arcy ShortHobart Hurricanes637 Matthew WadeHobart Hurricanes592 Marcus StoinisMelbourne Stars533 Callum FergusonSydney Thunder442 Daniel HughesSydney Sixers399

+Most wicketsPlayerTeamWickets Kane RichardsonMelbourne Renegades24 James FaulknerHobart Hurricanes18 Sean AbbottSydney Sixers18 Steve O'KeefeSydney Sixers17 Tom CurranSydney Sixers16

TV audience This was the first BBL season featuring the new cricket broadcasting rights deal made between Cricket Australia, Fox Sports Australia and Seven Network. Fox Sports broadcast all 59 matches from the BBL season on their new Fox Cricket channel, with 16 of those broadcast exclusively. Channel Seven will be broadcasting 43 matches, including all finals fixtures. For these 43 matches Channel Seven were the “Host Broadcaster” and did the toss and player of the match.

Match NoTeamsAverage TV RatingsNational (Channel Seven)5 Metro Cities (Channel Seven)National (Fox Cricket)National Total (Seven + Fox)Session 1Session 2Session 1Session 2Session 1Session 2Session 1Session 21Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers#TVratings Wednesday #BBL08 #Seven Game 1: Heat v Strikers twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 19 December 2018#TVratings Wednesday #BBL08 #FoxCricket Game 1: Heat v Strikers twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 19 December 2018879,000920,000594,000614,000267,000286,0001,146,0001,206,0002Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers#TVratings Thursday #BBL08 #Seven Game 2: Scorchers v Renegades twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 20 December 2018#TVratings Thursday STV #BBL08 #FoxCricket Game 2: Scorchers v Renegades twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 20 December 2018808,000839,000528,000555,000220,000270,0001,028,0001,109,0003Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars#TVratings Friday #BBL08 #Seven Thunder v Stars twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 21 December 2018#TVratings Friday #BBL08 #FoxCricket Thunder v Stars twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 21 December 2018777,000623,000529,000422,000197,000168,000974,000791,0004Sydney Sixers vs Perth Scorchers#TVratings Saturday STV #BBL08 #FoxCricket Sixers v Scorchers twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 23 December 2018 - - - -188,000229,000188,000229,0005Brisbane Heat vs Hobart Hurricanes#TVratings Saturday STV #BBL08 #FoxCricket Heat v Hurricanes twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 23 December 2018 - - - -286,000315,000286,000315,0006Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades#TVratings Sunday #BBL08 #Seven Strikers v Renegades twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 23 December 2018749,000807,000510,000555,0007Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Stars - - - -8Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers#TVratings Monday #BBL08 #Seven Thunder v Sixers twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 28 December 2018642,000584,000399,000374,0009Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers#TVratings Wednesday #BoxingDay #cricket #Seven #BBL08 Strikers v Scorchers twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 28 December 2018983,000864,000667,000579,00010Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars#TVratings Thursday #cricket #Seven #BBL08 Stars v Sixers twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 28 December 2018830,000785,000543,000528,00011Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Thunder#TVratings Friday #cricket #Seven #BBL08 Hurricanes v Thunder twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 30 December 2018#TVratings #CatchUp STV Friday #FoxCricket twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 30 December 2018834,000870,000574,000582,000216,000241,0001,050,0001,111,00012Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Sixers#TVratings STV Saturday #FoxCricket twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 30 December 2018 - - - -292,000286,000292,000286,00013Hobart Hurricanes vs Perth Scorchers#TVratings Sunday #cricket #Seven #BBL08 Hurricanes v Scorchers twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 31 December 2018876,000795,000581,000523,00014Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder#TVratings #NewYearsEve #BBL08 #Seven Strikers v Thunder twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 31 December 2018636,000610,000435,000416,00015Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Sixers#TVratings Tuesday #NewYearsDay Seven #1 20.1% twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 5 January 2017311,000402,00016Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades#TVratings Tuesday #NewYearsDay Seven #1 20.1% twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 5 January 2017530,000518,00017Sydney Thunder vs Perth Scorchers#TVratings Wednesday #cricket #BBL08 #Seven #BigBashLeague Sydney Thunder v Perth Scorchers twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 5 January 2017#TVratings Wednesday STV #cricket #FoxCricket #BBL08 Thunder v Scorchers twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 5 January 2017829,000885,000560,000611,000233,000230,0001,062,0001,115,00018Melbourne Renegades vs Adelaide Strikers#TVratings Thursday #cricket #Seven #BBL08 Melbourne Renegades v Adelaide Strikers twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 5 January 2017#TVratings Thursday STV #cricket #FoxCricket twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 5 January 2017835,000827,000563,000570,000211,000189,0001,046,0001,016,00019Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Sixers#TVratings Friday #cricket #Seven #BBL08 Sydney Sixers v Hobart Hurricanes twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 5 January 2017746,000818,000454,000514,00020Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder#TVratings Saturday STV #cricket #FoxCricket #BBL08 Stars v Thunder twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 6 January 2017 - - - -195,000287,000195,000287,00021Perth Scorchers vs Brisbane Heat#TVratings Saturday STV #cricket #FoxCricket #BBL08 Scorchers v Heat twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 6 January 2017 - - - -242,000149,000242,000149,00022Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney SixersSF1Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Stars458,000460,000 - -254,000270,000712,000730,000SF2Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Sixers458,000533,000 - -223,000266,000681,000799,000Final Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars475,000600,000 - -287,000342,000762,000942,000 League matches broadcast by both Fox Cricket and Channel Seven. League matches broadcast exclusively by Fox Cricket. Semi-finals and final broadcast by both Fox Cricket and Channel Seven.

2018–19 Big Bash League season

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