The 2025–26 Big Bash League season or BBL|15 was the fifteenth edition of professional men's Twenty20 cricket tournament in Australia and the fifteenth under the Big Bash League (BBL) model. The tournament was played from 14 December 2025, with the final held on 25 January 2026, where the Perth Scorchers defeated the Sydney Sixers by 6 wickets to win their sixth title. The Hobart Hurricanes were the defending champions, but were knocked out by the Sydney Sixers during the Challenger.
Background Sky Sports UK extended its partnership with the Big Bash League for a further four years till 2029. Fox Cricket and Seven Network retained the official broadcasting rights for the 2025–26 BBL – Big Bash League.
Draft The 2025–26 season players draft was held on 19 June 2025.
+ Table of international draft selections Club Round Pick Player National team Notes Adelaide Strikers13Luke Wood210Jamie OvertonPre-signed player323Hasan Ali426colspan=3 Brisbane Heat11Shaheen Afridi29Colin MunroPre-signed player324colspan=3425Tom Alsop Hobart Hurricanes16Chris JordanPre-signed player213Rishad Hossain320colspan=3429Rehan Ahmed Melbourne Renegades14Mohammad Rizwan211Hassan Khan322Tim SeifertPre-signed player427colspan=3 Melbourne Stars12Haris RaufRetention pick215Tom CurranPre-signed player318Joe Clarke431colspan=3 Perth Scorchers15Finn AllenPre-signed player216colspan=3317Laurie Evans428David Payne Sydney Sixers17Sam Curran214Babar AzamPre-signed player319colspan=3430Jafer Chohan Sydney Thunder18Lockie Ferguson212Shadab Khan321Sam BillingsPre-signed player432colspan=3
Squads +Squads contracted for the 2025–26 Big Bash League season Adelaide Strikers Brisbane Heat Hobart Hurricanes Melbourne Renegades Melbourne Stars Perth Scorchers Sydney Sixers Sydney Thunder Matt Short (c) Hassan Ali (PAK) Cameron Boyce Jordan Buckingham Alex Carey Mackenzie Harvey Travis Head Thomas Kelly Chris Lynn Harry Manenti Harry Nielsen Jamie Overton (ENG) Lloyd Pope Alex Ross Jason Sangha Liam Scott Tabraiz Shamsi (SA) Tom Straker Henry Thornton Jerrssis Wadia Luke Wood (ENG) Usman Khawaja (c) Shaheen Afridi (PAK) Tom Alsop (ENG) Thomas Balkin Xavier Bartlett Max Bryant Paddy Dooley Liam Haskett Lachlan Hearne Spencer Johnson Zaman Khan (PAK) Matthew Kuhnemann Marnus Labuschagne Nathan McSweeney Colin Munro (NZL) Michael Neser Oliver Patterson Jimmy Peirson Matt Renshaw Callum Vidler Hugh Weibgen Jack Wildermuth Jack Wood Nathan Ellis (c) Rehan Ahmed (ENG) Marcus Bean Jackson Bird Hugo Burdon Iain Carlisle Nikhil Chaudhary Tim David Rishad Hossain (BAN) Chris Jordan (ENG) Ben McDermott Riley Meredith Mitch Owen Will Prestwidge Billy Stanlake Matthew Wade Charlie Wakim Beau Webster Jake Weatherald Mac Wright Will Sutherland (c) Michael Archer Jason Behrendorff Josh Brown Harry Dixon Brendan Doggett Sam Elliott Jake Fraser-McGurk Caleb Jewell Hassan Khan (PAK) Nathan Lyon Fergus O'Neill Ollie Peake Mohammad Rizwan (PAK) Tom Rogers Tim Seifert (NZL) Matthew Spoors (CAN) Andrew Tye Adam Zampa Marcus Stoinis (c) Austin Anlezark Scott Boland Hilton Cartwright Joe Clarke (ENG) Tom Curran (ENG) Sam Hain (ENG) Sam Harper Liam Hatcher Campbell Kellaway Blake Macdonald Glenn Maxwell Hamish McKenzie Jon Merlo Haris Rauf (PAK) Tom Rogers Aryan Sharma Peter Siddle Mark Steketee Mitchell Swepson Tom Whitney Ashton Turner (c) Ashton Agar Finn Allen (NZL) Mahli Beardman Cooper Connolly Brody Couch Joel Curtis Laurie Evans (ENG) Sam Fanning Aaron Hardie Nick Hobson Luke Holt Josh Inglis Bryce Jackson Matthew Kelly Mitchell Marsh Lance Morris Joel Paris David Payne (ENG) Jhye Richardson Corey Rocchiccioli Moises Henriques (c) Sean Abbott Babar Azam (PAK) Jafer Chohan (ENG) Sam Curran (ENG) Joel Davies Ben Dwarshuis Jack Edwards Josh Hazlewood Daniel Hughes Hayden Kerr Riley Kingsell Ben Manenti Todd Murphy Mitchell Perry Josh Philippe Kane Richardson Lachlan Shaw Jordan Silk Harjas Singh Steve Smith Mitchell Starc Charlie Stobo David Warner (c) Wes Agar Charlie Anderson Tom Andrews Ravichandran Ashwin (IND) Cameron Bancroft Sam Billings (ENG) Pat Cummins Ollie Davies Lockie Ferguson (NZL) Matthew Gilkes Chris Green Ryan Hadley Shadab Khan (PAK) Sam Konstas Nic Maddinson Nathan McAndrew Blake Nikitaras Aidan O'Connor Daniel Sams Tanveer Sangha Reece Topley (ENG) David Willey (ENG) Notes Unless otherwise specified, all players are Australian. Starting from the 2023–24 season, teams were allowed to sign up to two marquee supplementary players who would not count as part of their regular 18-player squad. These players must be signed to the Australia national cricket team.
Venues Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Perth Adelaide Oval The Gabba Docklands Stadium Melbourne Cricket Ground Perth Stadium Capacity: 53,500 Capacity: 36,000 Capacity: 48,000 Capacity: 100,000 Capacity: 60,000 Geelong Coffs Harbour Kardinia Park Coffs Harbour International Stadium Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 10,000 Hobart Sydney Bellerive Oval Sydney Showground Stadium Capacity: 19,500 Capacity: 23,500 Canberra Sydney Manuka Oval Sydney Cricket Ground Capacity: 13,500 Capacity: 48,000
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. TeamLeague stagePlay-offs 12345 678910 AdelaideStrikers (ADS)SYSMLS6 wicketsBRH7 runsBRHPRS33 runsSYT6 runsHBH37 runsPRS32 runsMLS6 wicketsMLRXXXX6th BrisbaneHeat (BRH)MLR14 runsPRSSYT34 runsADSADS7 wicketsMLSSYS3 wicketsSYTHBHSYS5 wicketsXXXX5th HobartHurricanes (HBH)SYTMLS8 wicketsMLRPRS MLR PRSSYTSYSN/RBRH→(DLS)SYS57 runsX3rd() BRH14 runsHBH7 wicketsHBH4 wicketsSYS6 wicketsMLS4 wicketsPRS4 wicketsMLS8 wicketsSYT4 wickets(DLS) PRS50 runs ADS8 wicketsXXXX7th MelbourneStars (MLS)HBHADS6 wicketsSYS7 wicketsSYT9 wicketsBRH4 wicketsMLR4 wicketsSYS6 wicketsMLR8 wicketsPRS6 wickets→HBH3 runs(DLS)XX4th() PerthScorchers (PRS)SYS5 wicketsBRH8 wicketsHBH4 wickets SYT71 runsHBH40 runsADS33 runsMLR4 wicketsADS32 runsMLR50 runsMLS6 wickets→→SYS1st() SydneySixers (SYS)PRS5 wicketsADS3 wicketsSYTMLSMLRBRH3 wicketsMLS6 wicketsHBHN/RSYT5 wicketsBRH5 wickets→HBH2nd() SydneyThunder (SYT)HBH4 wicketsSYS47 runsBRHMLS9 wicketsPRS71 runsHBH6 wicketsADS6 runsBRH7 wickets(DLS)SYSXXXX8th Team's results→ Won Lost
Match summary
League stage
On 3 July 2025, Cricket Australia confirmed the full schedule for the tournament.
Play-offs
Qualifier
Knockout
Challenger
Final
Team of the tournament The official team of the tournament was announced on 22 January 2026. +#PlayerTeamRunsWickets1Finn Allen Perth Scorchers46602Sam Harper (wk) Melbourne Stars38103David Warner (c) Sydney Thunder43304Matt Renshaw Brisbane Heat32455Aaron Hardie Perth Scorchers339116Marcus Stoinis Melbourne Stars273157Jack Edwards Sydney Sixers133198Tom Curran Melbourne Stars60169Haris Rauf Melbourne Stars42010Lloyd Pope Adelaide Strikers71511Peter Siddle Melbourne Stars121612Liam Scott Adelaide Strikers3105
Season statistics Team statistics +Highest team total Score (overs) Team Opponent Result Venue Date 2/258 (19.5) Brisbane HeatPerth ScorchersWonThe Gabba19 December 2025 6/257 (20.0) Perth ScorchersBrisbane HeatLost 4/232 (20.0)Adelaide StrikersWonAdelaide Oval11 January 2026 3/229 (20.0)Hobart HurricanesBellerive Oval1 January 2026 7/219 (20.0)Melbourne RenegadesDocklands Stadium15 January 2026
+Lowest team totals (losing team) Score (overs) Team Opponent Venue Date 83 (19.3) Adelaide StrikersMelbourne StarsMelbourne Cricket Ground13 January 202699 (15) Sydney SixersPerth ScorchersPerth Stadium20 January 2026 99 (16.5) Melbourne RenegadesAdelaide StrikersAdelaide Oval17 January 2026 5/113 (11.0) Sydney SixersPerth ScorchersPerth Stadium14 December 20259/114 (20.0) Brisbane HeatSydney SixersCoffs Harbour International Stadium5 January 2026 Notes Only includes completed matches Only games with more than ten overs batted are listed above. Denotes a match was shortened due to weather.
Batting statistics +Most individual runs Runs Batsmen Team Inns 466Finn Allen Perth Scorchers11 433David Warner Sydney Thunder8 381Sam Harper Melbourne Stars10 360Mitchell Marsh Perth Scorchers12 339Aaron Hardie Perth Scorchers12
+Highest batting average Average Batsmen Team Runs Inns 86.60David Warner Sydney Thunder4338359.80Steve Smith Sydney Sixers29961 58.00Mac Wright Hobart Hurricanes5832 54.60Marcus Stoinis Melbourne Stars27383 54.42Sam Harper Melbourne Stars381103
+Highest individual score High Score Batsmen Team Opposition Balls Venue Date 130*David Warner Sydney ThunderHobart Hurricanes65Sydney Showground Stadium3 January 2026 110*Jack Wildermuth Brisbane HeatPerth Scorchers54The Gabba19 December 2025Sam Harper Melbourne StarsSydney Sixers60Melbourne Cricket Ground26 December 2025David Warner Sydney ThunderSydney Sixers65Sydney Cricket Ground16 January 2026102Tim Seifert Melbourne RenegadesBrisbane Heat51Kardinia Park15 December 2025Matt Renshaw Brisbane HeatPerth Scorchers56The Gabba19 December 2025Mitchell Marsh Perth ScorchersHobart Hurricanes58Bellerive Oval1 January 2026
+Most sixes Sixes Batsmen Team Inns 38Finn Allen Perth Scorchers11 20David Warner Sydney Thunder8Josh Brown Melbourne Renegades10Mitchell Marsh Perth Scorchers1217Nikhil Chaudhary Hobart Hurricanes10Matt Renshaw Brisbane Heat10
Bowling statistics +Most wickets Wickets Player Team Inns 20Haris Rauf Melbourne Stars11 19Jack Edwards Sydney Sixers12 18Gurinder Sandhu Melbourne Renegades9 16Peter Siddle Melbourne Stars11Tom Curran Melbourne Stars10Ben Dwarshuis Sydney Sixers12
+Best bowling figures BB Bowler Team Overs Econ 5/26Jack Edwards Sydney Sixers4.06.50 4/10Tom Curran Melbourne Stars3.52.50 4/13Ben Dwarshuis Sydney Sixers4.03.39 4/15Tabraiz Shamsi Adelaide Strikers3.53.91 4/16Jhye Richardson Perth Scorchers3.24.80
+Best bowling average Average Bowler Team Wkts 10.50Tabraiz Shamsi Adelaide Strikers8 13.00Sam Elliott Melbourne Renegades5 13.35Joel Davies Sydney Sixers14 13.54David Payne Perth Scorchers11 14.93Cooper Connolly Perth Scorchers15
Attendance For the eight consecutive season, the Perth Scorchers topped the league in the highest average attendance, finishing with a club record of 38,947. This season was the fourth highest average attended Big Bash season ever, with a final average of 24,748, the highest since the 2017–18 season. The Grand Final in Perth had record attendance for a Big Bash final, with 55,018 spectators at Perth Stadium. A total of 1,081,484 people attended Big Bash games this season.