The 2021–22 Big Bash League season or BBL|11 was the eleventh season of the Big Bash League, the professional men's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia.[1] The tournament was played from 5 December 2021 and finished on 28 January 2022.[2] The Perth Scorchers defeated the defending champions Sydney Sixers by 79 runs in the final to claim their fourth title.
Dates | 5 December 2021 – 28 January 2022 |
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Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Double round robin and playoffs |
Champions | Perth Scorchers (4th title) |
Participants | 8 |
Matches | 61 |
Attendance | 437,472 (7,172 per match) |
Player of the series | Ben McDermott (Hobart Hurricanes) |
Most runs | Ben McDermott (Hobart Hurricanes) (577) |
Most wickets | Peter Siddle (Adelaide Strikers) (30) |
Official website | bigbash.com.au |
Background
On 8 November 2021, Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed that the inaugural BBL First Nations round would be played between January 8 and 14, 2022.[3] The matches were played at the venues in Adelaide, with the players of all teams wearing Indigenous kits designed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders artists, which are portraying unique stories.[4] The round was played intending to mark the tournament's commitment to deepening education and meaningful connection with Indigenous People of Australia.[5]
On 30 December 2021, the 27th match of the regular season between Perth Scorchers and Melbourne Stars was postponed,[6] following a COVID-19 positive case in the Stars' camp.[7] On 5 January 2022, the 36th match of the regular season between Brisbane Heat and Sydney Sixers was postponed,[8] following COVID-19 positive cases in the Heat's camp.[9]The 39th match of the regular season between Adelaide Strikers and Melbourne Stars was also postponed.[10]
Teams
Summary
Visa contracted players
Maximum of 3 visa players permitted in the matchday squad.
INJ Player withdrawn due to injury
INT Player withdrawn due to international duties
PER Player withdrawn for personal reasons and other commitments
Venues
Fourteen venues have been selected to be used for the tournament, including the return of Geelong and Coffs Harbour,[18] while a BBL match was played at the Junction Oval in Melbourne for the first time.[19] Out of Perth Scorchers' seven scheduled home matches, only one match against Brisbane Heat was played at Perth Stadium,[20] with all the other matches were shifted to different venues.[21]
Adelaide | Brisbane | Canberra | Coffs Harbour | Geelong |
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Adelaide Oval | The Gabba | Manuka Oval | Coffs Harbour International Stadium | GHMBA Stadium |
Capacity: 53,583 | Capacity: 42,000 | Capacity: 14,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 26,000 |
Matches: 7 | Matches: 5 | Matches: 2 | Matches: 2 | Matches: 2 |
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Perth | Gold Coast | |||
Perth Stadium | Metricon Stadium | |||
Capacity: 60,000 | Capacity: 25,000 | |||
Matches: 1 | Matches: 4 | |||
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Hobart | Launceston | |||
Blundstone Arena | UTAS Stadium | |||
Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 21,000 | |||
Matches: 6 | Matches: 2 | |||
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Melbourne | Sydney | |||
Docklands Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Junction Oval | Sydney Showground Stadium | Sydney Cricket Ground |
Capacity: 54,003 | Capacity: 100,024 | Capacity: 7,000 | Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 48,000 |
Matches: 7 | Matches: 6 | Matches: 1 | Matches: 6 | Matches: 5 |
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Note: Venues of the matches will be changed at any time by border closures restrictions due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Pre-season
30 November 2021 Summary |
Melbourne Renegades Academy 7/149 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars Academy 6/152 (19 overs) |
30 November 2021 Summary |
Melbourne Stars Academy 4/175 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades Academy 7/165 (20 overs) |
Regular season
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | BP | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Perth Scorchers (C) | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 40 | 0.926 | Advance to play-off phase |
2 | Sydney Sixers | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 35 | 1.027 | |
3 | Sydney Thunder | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 0.725 | |
4 | Adelaide Strikers | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 28 | 0.237 | |
5 | Hobart Hurricanes | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 27 | −0.332 | |
6 | Melbourne Stars | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 26 | −0.222 | |
7 | Brisbane Heat | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 16 | −0.910 | |
8 | Melbourne Renegades | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 16 | −1.477 |
Summary of results
A summary of results for each team's fourteen 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 or defeat.
Team's results→ | Won | Lost | N/R |
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Last updated: 28 January 2022
Matches
On 14 July 2021, Cricket Australia confirmed the full schedule for the tournament.[2] 45 of the 61 games – including all of the finals – will be shown on Channel Seven, while Fox Cricket and Kayo Sports will broadcast all of the matches.
Week 1
(H) Sydney Sixers 4/213 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 61 (11.1 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
- Brody Couch, Sam Elliott and Syed Faridoun (Melbourne Stars) all made their T20 debuts.
- The Sydney Sixers' winning margin of 152 runs was the largest in a BBL match,[23] bettering the previous record of 145 runs which also was set by the Sixers.[24]
Brisbane Heat 8/140 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder (H) 3/141 (17.1 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
- Liam Guthrie (Brisbane Heat) made his T20 debut.
(H) Melbourne Renegades 9/153 (20 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers 8/151 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat.
- James Seymour (Melbourne Renegades) and Daniel Drew (Adelaide Strikers) both made their T20 debuts.
Sydney Sixers 9/144 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes (H) 8/130 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Perth Scorchers 6/157 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat 151 (19.5 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Adelaide Strikers 149 (19 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 100 (18.4 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Melbourne Stars 4/165 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder 5/161 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
Hobart Hurricanes 2/213 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers (H) 4/151 (18 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sydney Sixers were set a revised target of 196 runs from 18 overs due to rain.
- Josh Kann (Hobart Hurricanes) made his T20 debut.
- X-factor subs: Josh Kann (Hobart Hurricanes) replaced Tom Lammonby.
(H) Perth Scorchers 1/195 (20 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers 146 (17.5 overs) |
Colin Munro 114* (73) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Thomas Kelly (Adelaide Strikers) made his T20 debut.
- X-factor subs: Liam Scott (Adelaide Strikers) replaced Wes Agar.
Week 2
(H) Sydney Thunder 5/151 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 4/155 (17.1 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Melbourne Renegades 6/140 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat (H) 5/141 (16.5 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
Perth Scorchers 5/182 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes (H) 129 (19 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Melbourne Stars 5/177 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers 3/182 (19.4 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
- X-factor subs: Hayden Kerr (Sydney Sixers) replaced Lloyd Pope.
Week 3
Sydney Thunder 7/196 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat (H) 143 (17.3 overs) |
- Brisbane won the toss and elected to field.
- X-factor subs: Tom Cooper (Brisbane Heat) replaced Tom Abell.
Perth Scorchers (H) 7/167 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 9/125 (20 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
- X-factor subs: Jordan Thompson (Hobart Hurricanes) replaced Riley Meredith.
Adelaide Strikers 8/147 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers (H) 6/150 (19.2 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
Perth Scorchers 5/206 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades (H) 5/185 (20 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
Brisbane Heat 7/208 (20 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers (H) 8/169 (20 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Hobart Hurricanes 6/180 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 9/156 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
Week 4
Sydney Sixers 4/168 (16 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder (H) 142 (15.1 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain stopped play during Sydney Sixers innings. Sydney Thunder were set a revised target of 173 runs from 16 overs.
- Todd Murphy (Sydney Sixers) made his T20 debut.
- X-factor subs: Mickey Edwards (Sydney Sixers) replaced Todd Murphy.
Melbourne Renegades 8/151 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers (H) 2/152 (16.5 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and bat.
Adelaide Strikers 5/175 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes (H) 3/176 (18.3 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
Melbourne Stars 9/207 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat (H) 9/187 (20 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Sydney Thunder 7/200 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 8/166 (20 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
- X-factor subs: Lance Morris (Perth Scorchers) replaced Peter Hatzoglou.
Brisbane Heat 105 (19.1 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers (H) 8/106 (20 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
- X-factor subs: Jack Wildermuth (Brisbane Heat) replaced Matthew Kuhnemann.
Hobart Hurricanes 5/206 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades (H) 121 (15.5 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
- Ben McDermott (Hobart Hurricanes) became the first player to score two consecutive 100s in the BBL.[50]
Sydney Thunder 3/187 (20 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers (H) 7/165 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Brisbane Heat 8/150 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes (H) 8/136 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
- X-factor subs: Jack Wildermuth (Brisbane Heat) replaced Liam Guthrie.
v | Sydney Sixers (H) | |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible due to rain.
Week 5
Perth Scorchers 8/180 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars (H) 130 (18.5 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Xavier Crone and Tom Rogers (Melbourne Stars) both made their T20 debuts.
(H) Sydney Thunder 7/172 (20 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers 144 (19.1 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
- Henry Hunt (Adelaide Strikers) made his T20 debut.
(H) Melbourne Stars 126 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 5/129 (18 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
- Patrick Rowe (Melbourne Stars) made his T20 debut.
- X-factor subs: James Seymour (Melbourne Renegades) replaced Will Sutherland.
(H) Perth Scorchers 8/143 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers 8/133 (20 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
Hobart Hurricanes 126 (19.5 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers (H) 3/129 (15.1 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
- X-factor subs: Mac Wright (Hobart Hurricanes) replaced Wil Parker.
Brisbane Heat 6/128 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades (H) 5/129 (15 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
- Jack Clayton, David Grant, Ronan McDonald, Steve McGiffin, Lachlan Pfeffer and Will Prestwidge (Brisbane Heat) all made their T20 debuts.
- X-factor subs: Mohammad Nabi (Melbourne Renegades) replaced James Pattinson.
(H) Perth Scorchers 9/133 (18 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder 4/137 (17 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain stopped play during Perth Scorchers innings. Sydney Thunder were set a revised target of 135 runs from 18 overs due to rain.
- Gurinder Sandhu became the first player to take a hat-trick for the Sydney Thunder.[61]
Sydney Thunder 7/209 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades (H) 80 (14.2 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Brisbane Heat 8/144 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 2/145 (17.2 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
- Paddy Dooley (Brisbane Heat) and Will Sanders (Hobart Hurricanes) both made their T20 debuts.
- X-factor subs: Mac Wright (Hobart Hurricanes) replaced Will Sanders.
Week 6
(H) Sydney Sixers 4/151 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 5/152 (19 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Justin Avendano (Sydney Sixers) became the first player to represent multiple clubs in one BBL season, after previously playing for the Melbourne Stars.[65]
(H) Hobart Hurricanes 6/139 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder 1/140 (17.2 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
Adelaide Strikers 9/139 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars (H) 5/140 (19.1 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Perth Scorchers 3/196 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 9/149 (20 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
- X-factor subs: Clint Hinchliffe (Melbourne Stars) replaced Brody Couch.
Sydney Sixers 6/150 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades (H) 105 (17 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ben Dwarshuis (Sydney Sixers) took his maiden five-wicket haul in T20s.[68]
Adelaide Strikers 4/161 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat (H) 90 (15 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
Hobart Hurricanes 6/177 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder (H) 9/168 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
- X-factor subs: Mitchell Owen (Hobart Hurricanes) replaced Wil Parker.
(H) Melbourne Renegades 7/122 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 4/123 (14.3 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat.
Perth Scorchers 9/127 (20 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers (H) 4/130 (17 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Adelaide Strikers 6/155 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 8/132 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Sydney Sixers 5/197 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder 9/137 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
Week 7
Brisbane Heat 6/149 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars (H) 2/150 (13.5 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
- X-factor subs: Nick Larkin (Melbourne Stars) replaced Brody Couch.
Sydney Sixers 7/161 (20 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers (H) 2/165 (17.3 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ben Dwarshuis (Sydney Sixers) took his 100th BBL wicket, becoming the first player to do so whilst representing one team and fifth player overall.[76]
(H) Brisbane Heat 7/155 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 4/156 (18.4 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Hobart Hurricanes 5/182 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 6/176 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
Sydney Sixers 6/178 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat (H) 8/151 (20 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
- Chris Lynn (Brisbane Heat) became the first player to score 3,000 runs in the BBL.[80]
(H) Sydney Thunder 8/170 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 7/169 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
- Cameron Boyce (Melbourne Renegades) became the first bowler to take four wickets in four consecutive deliveries in the BBL.[82]
(H) Melbourne Stars 2/273 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 6/167 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
- X-factor subs: Jordan Thompson (Hobart Hurricanes) replaced Will Sanders.
- Glenn Maxwell (Melbourne Stars) scored the highest individual score in a BBL match.[83]
- Melbourne Stars scored the highest team total in a BBL match.[83]
Play-offs
Bracket
Eliminator | Qualifier | Challenger | Final | |||||||||||||||
1 | Perth Scorchers | 3/189 | 1 | Perth Scorchers | 6/171 | |||||||||||||
2 | Sydney Sixers | 141 | 2 | Sydney Sixers | 92 | |||||||||||||
2 | Sydney Sixers | 6/170 | ||||||||||||||||
Knockout | 4 | Adelaide Strikers | 4/167 | |||||||||||||||
3 | Sydney Thunder | 6/178 | ||||||||||||||||
4 | Adelaide Strikers | 6/188 | 4 | Adelaide Strikers | 6/184 | |||||||||||||
5 | Hobart Hurricanes | 166 | ||||||||||||||||
Matches
(H) Adelaide Strikers 6/188 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 166 (19.4 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Perth Scorchers 3/189 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers 141 (19.1 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won by the toss and elected to bat.
- Nicholas Bertus (Sydney Sixers) made his T20 debut.
Adelaide Strikers 6/184 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder (H) 6/178 (20 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
Adelaide Strikers 4/167 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers (H) 6/170 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
- Jake Carder (Sydney Sixers) made his T20 debut.
(H) Perth Scorchers 6/171 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers 92 (16.2 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
- X-factor subs: Justin Avendano (Sydney Sixers) replaced Jackson Bird.