The 2023–24 Big Bash League season or BBL|13 (also known as KFC Big Bash League 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth edition of the Big Bash League (BBL), the professional men's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. It started on 7 December 2023 and the final was played on 24 January 2024, with Brisbane Heat defeating Sydney Sixers to win their second BBL title.
The season was shorter than the previous season, with a total of 44 matches. This was in response to concerns that the previous 61 match season was too long.‘Adapt and innovate’: Big Bash chief confirms major change, Fox Sports, May 12, 2023
Draft The 2023–24 season players draft was held on 3 September 2023.
+ Table of international draft selections Club Round Pick Player National team Notes Adelaide Strikers11Retention Pick, Withdrew210323Passed—426 Brisbane Heat17215318431Passed— Hobart Hurricanes14211322427Passed— Melbourne Renegades15212321Passed—428Passed— Melbourne Stars12Withdrew29324Passed—425Usama Mir Perth Scorchers18Passed—216317432Passed— Sydney Sixers13Retention pick214319Passed—430 Sydney Thunder16213320Passed—429Passed—
Squads Adelaide StrikersBrisbane HeatHobart HurricanesMelbourne Renegades Adam Hose (England) Alex Carey Ben Manenti (Italy) Brendan Doggett Cameron Boyce Chris Lynn D'Arcy Short David Payne (England) Harry Nielsen Henry Hunt Henry Thornton Jake Weatherald James Bazley Jamie Overton (England) Josh Kann Matt Short (c) Thomas Kelly Travis Head Wes AgarCallum Vidler Charlie Wakim Colin Munro (New Zealand) Jack Wildermuth Jack Wood Jimmy Peirson Josh Brown Marnus Labuschagne Matthew Kuhnemann Matt Renshaw Max Bryant Michael Neser Mitchell Swepson Nathan McSweeney Paul Walter (England) Sam Billings (England) Spencer Johnson Usman Khawaja (c) Will Prestwidge Xavier BartlettBen McDermott Billy Stanlake Caleb Jewell Chris Jordan (England) Corey Anderson (United States) Iain Carlisle Liam Guthrie Mac Wright Matthew Wade Mitchell Owen Nathan Ellis (c) Nikhil Chaudhary Patrick Dooley Peter Hatzoglou Riley Meredith Sam Hain (England) Sam Heazlett Tim DavidAaron Finch Adam Zampa Fergus O'Neill Harry Dixon Jake Fraser-McGurk Joe Clarke (England) Jon Wells Jordan Cox (England) Kane Richardson Mackenzie Harvey Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afghanistan) Nathan Lyon Nic Maddinson (c) Peter Siddle Quinton de Kock (South Africa) Ruwantha Kellepotha (Sri Lanka) Shaun Marsh Tom Rogers Will SutherlandMelbourne StarsPerth ScorchersSydney SixersSydney ThunderBeau Webster Brody Couch Campbell Kellaway Corey Rocchiccioli Dan Lawrence (England) Glenn Maxwell(c) Haris Rauf (Pakistan) Hilton Cartwright Imad Wasim (Pakistan) Joe Burns Joel Paris Liam Dawson (England) Marcus Stoinis Mark Steketee Nathan Coulter-Nile Nick Larkin Olly Stone (England) Peter Handscomb Sam Harper Scott Boland Tom Rogers Usama Mir (Pakistan)Aaron Hardie(c) Andrew Tye Ashton Agar Cameron Gannon Cooper Connolly Hamish McKenzie Jason Behrendorff Jhye Richardson Josh Inglis Lance Morris Laurie Evans (England) Liam Haskett Matthew Kelly Mitchell Marsh Nick Hobson Sam Whiteman Stephen Eskinazi (England) Zak Crawley(England) Marcus Harris Sam FanningBen Dwarshuis Daniel Hughes Hayden Kerr Izharulhaq Naveed (Afghanistan) Jack Edwards Jackson Bird James Vince (England) Joel Davies Jordan Silk Josh Philippe Kurtis Patterson Mitchell Perry Moises Henriques(c) Ryan Hadley Sean Abbott Steve O'Keefe Steve Smith Todd Murphy Tom Curran (England)Alex Hales (England) Alex Ross Blake Nikitaras Cameron Bancroft Chris Green(c) Daniel Sams David Warner Gurinder Sandhu Jason Sangha Liam Doddrell Liam Hatcher Matt Gilkes Nathan McAndrew Oliver Davies Pat Cummins Sam Konstas Tanveer Sangha Tom Kohler-Cadmore (England) Will Salzmann Zaman Khan (Pakistan)
Venues
AdelaideAlburyBrisbaneCanberraCoffs HarbourAdelaide OvalLavington Sports GroundThe GabbaManuka OvalCoffs Harbour International StadiumCapacity: 53,583Capacity: 12,000Capacity: 42,000Capacity: 14,000Capacity: 10,000Matches: 5Matches: 1Matches: 5Matches: 2Matches: 1Team: Adelaide StrikersTeam: Melbourne StarsTeam: Brisbane HeatTeam: Sydney ThunderTeam: Sydney SixersGeelongGold CoastGMHBA StadiumHeritage Bank StadiumCapacity: 40,000Capacity: 21,000Matches: 1Matches: 2Team: Melbourne RenegadesTeam: Brisbane HeatHobartLauncestonBlundstone ArenaUniversity of Tasmania StadiumCapacity: 19,500Capacity: 16,000Matches: 4Matches: 1Team: Hobart HurricanesTeam: Hobart HurricanesPerthMelbourneSydneyOptus StadiumMarvel StadiumMelbourne Cricket GroundSydney Showground StadiumSydney Cricket GroundCapacity: 60,000Capacity: 53,359Capacity: 100,024Capacity: 22,000Capacity: 48,000Matches: 6Matches: 4Matches: 4Matches: 3Matches: 5Team: Perth ScorchersTeam: Melbourne RenegadesTeam: Melbourne StarsTeam: Sydney ThunderTeam: Sydney Sixers
Teams and Standings Points table
Win–loss table Below is a summary of results for each team's ten 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 →X4th()→1st()XXXX5thXXXX7th XXXX6th→XX3rd()→→2nd() XXXX8th Team's results→ Won Lost
League progression
League stage On 6 July, Cricket Australia confirmed the full schedule for the tournament.
Play-offs
Qualifier
Knockout
Challenger
Final
Season statistics
+Highest team totalsTeamScore (Overs)OpponentResultVenueBrisbane Heat3/214 (20 overs)Melbourne StarsWonThe GabbaBrisbane Heat7/214 (20 overs)Adelaide StrikersWonCarrara StadiumMelbourne Stars3/211 (19 overs)Adelaide StrikersWonAdelaide OvalPerth Scorchers4/211 (20 overs)Adelaide StrikersWonPerth StadiumAdelaide Strikers4/205 (19.4 overs)Sydney ThunderWonAdelaide Oval Last updated: 24 January 2024
+Most individual runsPlayerTeamRunsMatt ShortAdelaide Strikers541Josh BrownBrisbane Heat366Aaron HardiePerth Scorchers334Chris LynnAdelaide Strikers304Laurie EvansPerth Scorchers292 Source: CricInfo
+Highest individual scorePlayerTeamOppositionRuns Josh BrownBrisbane HeatAdelaide Strikers140Colin MunroBrisbane HeatMelbourne Stars99 not outBen McDermottHobart HurricanesAdelaide Strikers95Laurie EvansPerth ScorchersAdelaide Strikers85 not outAaron HardiePerth ScorchersHobart Hurricanes85 not out
+Most wicketsPlayerTeamWktsXavier BartlettBrisbane Heat20Spencer JohnsonBrisbane Heat19Ben DwarshuisSydney Sixers17Paul WalterBrisbane Heat17Jason BehrendorffPerth Scorchers16
+Best bowlingPlayerTeamOppositionFiguresBen DwarshuisSydney SixersBrisbane Heat5/21Lance MorrisPerth ScorchersAdelaide Strikers5/24Daniel SamsSydney ThunderBrisbane Heat5/30Andrew TyePerth ScorchersBrisbane Heat4/14Lloyd PopeAdelaide StrikersSydney Thunder4/22
Attendances +Match attendances in chronological orderMatchTeamsDateVenueLocationAttendanceCapacity %1Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars7 December 2023The GabbaBrisbane20,31548%2Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Renegades8 December 2023Sydney Cricket GroundSydney13,08927%3Adelaide Strikers vs Brisbane Heat9 December 2023Adelaide OvalAdelaide–N/A4Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Renegades10 December 2023Kardinia ParkGeelong6,60118%5Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Sixers11 December 2023York ParkLaunceston6,28933%6Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Thunder12 December 2023Manuka OvalCanberra7,17548%7Melbourne Stars vs Perth Scorchers13 December 2023Melbourne Cricket GroundMelbourne13,52214%8Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder19 December 2023Adelaide OvalAdelaide20,74839%9Perth Scorchers vs Hobart Hurricanes20 December 2023Perth StadiumPerth28,49447%10Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat21 December 2023Docklands StadiumMelbourne14,89326%11Sydney Sixers vs Adelaide Strikers22 December 2023Sydney Cricket GroundSydney18,36838%12Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder23 December 2023Lavington Sports GroundAlbury10,11384%13Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades23 December 2023Bellerive OvalHobart8,18642%14Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars26 December 2023Sydney Cricket GroundSydney16,26934%15Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Renegades26 December 2023Perth StadiumPerth42,22669%16Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Thunder27 December 2023The GabbaBrisbane29,15581%17Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Stars28 December 2023Bellerive OvalHobart7,45537%18Melbourne Renegades vs Adelaide Strikers29 December 2023Docklands StadiumMelbourne15,44929%19Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers30 December 2023Sydney Showground StadiumSydney22,10294%20Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Stars31 December 2023Adelaide OvalAdelaide42,50479%21Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Thunder1 January 2024Bellerive OvalHobart9,13047%22Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Sixers1 January 2024The GabbaBrisbane–N/A23Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades2 January 2024Melbourne Cricket GroundMelbourne27,02427%24Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat3 January 2024Coffs Harbour International StadiumCoffs Harbour10,372100%25Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers3 January 2024Perth StadiumPerth41,57668%26Melbourne Renegades vs Hobart Hurricanes4 January 2024Docklands StadiumMelbourne13,10723%27Adelaide Strikers vs Perth Scorchers5 January 2024Adelaide OvalAdelaide26,18949%28Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers6 January 2024Melbourne Cricket GroundMelbourne30,01130%29Brisbane Heat vs Hobart Hurricanes7 January 2024The GabbaBrisbane27,12465%30Sydney Thunder vs Perth Scorchers8 January 2024Sydney Showground StadiumSydney8,67237%31Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes9 January 2024Adelaide OvalAdelaide25,02447%32Brisbane Heat vs Perth Scorchers10 January 2024The GabbaBrisbane26,46574%33Hobart Hurricanes vs Adelaide Strikers11 January 2024Bellerive OvalHobart8,85245%34Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder12 January 2024Sydney Cricket GroundSydney41,02785%35Perth Scorchers vs Brisbane Heat13 January 2024Perth StadiumPerth32,58353%36Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars13 January 2024Docklands StadiumMelbourne41,20572%37Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers14 January 2024Manuka OvalCanberra11,17374%38Melbourne Stars vs Hobart Hurricanes15 January 2024Melbourne Cricket GroundMelbourne22,78223%39Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Sixers16 January 2024Perth StadiumPerth33,41256%40Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades17 January 2024Sydney Showground StadiumSydney–N/AQualifierBrisbane Heat vs Sydney Sixers19 January 2024Heritage Bank StadiumCarrara20,19190%KnockoutPerth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers20 January 2024Perth StadiumPerth33,11754%ChallengerBrisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers22 January 2024Heritage Bank StadiumCarrara6,56229%FinalSydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat24 January 2024Sydney Cricket GroundSydney43,15390%Total881,704—Average21,505—
See also 2023–24 Women's Big Bash League season
Notes
References
External links
League home at ESPN Cricinfo