Big Bash League 2015/16

The 2015/16 Big Bash League was the fifth season of this Australian Twenty20 Championship. The winners were the Sydney Thunder , who beat the Melbourne Stars with 3 wickets in the final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground .

format

The eight franchises play in a group against each other team once, and against another team once more. The first four of this group qualify for the playoffs, in which the winner is determined in the semifinals and finals.

Group stage

table

Teams	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	RR
Adelaide Strikers	8th	7th	1	0	14th	+0.544
Melbourne Stars	8th	5	3	0	10	+0.366
Perth Scorchers	8th	5	3	0	10	+0.181
Sydney Thunder	8th	4th	4th	0	8th	+0.375
Melbourne Renegades	8th	3	5	0	6th	-0.041
Brisbane Heat	8th	3	5	0	6th	–0.204
Hobart Hurricanes	8th	3	5	0	6th	-0.955
Sydney Sixers	8th	2	6th	0	4th	-0.330

Games

Round 1

December 17th scorecard	Sydney (SSS)	Sydney Thunder 158-4 (20)	-	Sydney Sixers 122 (19.5)
		Sydney Thunder wins with 36 runs

December 18 scorecard	Adelaide	Adelaide Strikers 187-5 (20)	-	Melbourne Stars 168-7 (20)
		Adelaide wins with 19 runs

December 19 scorecard	Brisbane	Brisbane Heat 180-5 (20)	-	Melbourne Renegades 184-3 (3/19)
		Melbourne Renegades wins with 7 wickets

December 20 scorecard	Sydney (SCG)	Sydney Sixers 186-7 (20)	-	Hobart Hurricanes 91 (15.5)
		Sydney Sixers wins with 95 runs

round 2

December 20 scorecard	Melbourne (MCG)	Sydney Thunder 178-6 (20)	-	Melbourne Stars 177-5 (20)
		Sydney Thunder wins by 1 run

December 21 scorecard	Perth	Perth Scorchers 151-6 (20)	-	Adelaide Strikers 152-6 (19.1)
		Adelaide Strikers wins with 4 wickets

December 22nd scorecard	Hobart	Hobart Hurricanes 184-3 (20)	-	Brisbane Heat 164-8 (20)
		Hobart Hurricanes wins by 20 runs

December 23rd scorecard	Melbourne (ES)	Melbourne Renegades 172-4 (20)	-	Sydney Sixers 174-7 (18.5)
		Sydney Sixers wins with 3 wickets

Round 3

December 26th scorecard	Perth	Brisbane Heat 117-7 (20)	-	Perth Scorchers 118-1 (15.1)
		Perth Scorchers wins with 9 wickets

December 27th scorecard	Sydney (SCG)	Sydney Sixers 139-6 (20)	-	Melbourne Stars 143-5 (18.4)
		Melbourne Stars wins with 5 wickets

December 28th scorecard	Sydney (SSS)	Adelaide Strikers 117-9 (20)	-	Sydney Thunder 121-3 (16.3)
		Sydney Thunder wins with 7 wickets

December 29th scorecard	Brisbane	Hobart Hurricanes 194-4 (20)	-	Brisbane Heat 179-9 (20)
		Hobart Hurricanes wins by 15 runs

Round 4

December 30th scorecard	Melbourne (ES)	Melbourne Renegades 170-4 (20)	-	Perth Scorchers 171-0 (4/18)
		Perth Scorchers wins with 10 wickets

December 31 scorecard	Adelaide	Sydney Sixers 176-5 (20)	-	Adelaide Strikers 182-5 (3/19)
		Adelaide Strikers wins with 5 wickets

January 1st scorecard	Hobart	Hobart Hurricanes 163-6 (20)	-	Sydney Thunder 152-9 (20)
		Hobart Hurricanes wins by 11 runs

January 2nd scorecard	Melbourne (MCG)	Melbourne Renegades 161-7 (20)	-	Melbourne Stars 163-3 (19.1)
		Melbourne Stars wins with 7 wickets

Round 5

January 2nd scorecard	Perth	Sydney Sixers 112-8 (20)	-	Perth Scorchers 114-1 (14.3)
		Perth Scorchers wins with 9 wickets

January 3 scorecard	Brisbane	Sydney Thunder 186-5 (20)	-	Brisbane Heat 189-4 (19.3)
		Brisbane Heat wins with 6 wickets

January 4th scorecard	Hobart	Hobart Hurricanes 140-5 (20)	-	Melbourne Renegades 144-5 (14)
		Melbourne Renegades wins with 5 wickets

Chris Gayle , who plays for the Melbourne Renegades, was fined by his team for improper behavior towards a reporter during an interview on the sidelines.

January 5th scorecard	Adelaide	Adelaide Strikers 174-2 (20)	-	Perth Scorchers 138 (17.3)
		Adelaide Strikers wins with 36 runs

Round 6

January 6th scorecard	Melbourne (MCG)	Melbourne Stars 124 (20)	-	Hobart Hurricanes 126-2 (15)
		Melbourne Stars wins with 8 wickets

January 7th scorecard	Sydney (SSS)	Perth Scorchers 175-5 (20)	-	Sydney Thunder 145-9 (20)
		Perth Scorchers wins by 30 runs

January 8 scorecard	Brisbane	Brisbane Heat 175-6 (20)	-	Adelaide Strikers 179-2 (4/18)
		Adelaide Strikers wins with 8 wickets

January 9 scorecard	Melbourne (ES)	Melbourne Renegades 155-6 (20)	-	Melbourne Stars 156-2 (18)
		Melbourne Stars wins with 8 wickets

Round 7

January 10th scorecard	Hobart	Perth Scorchers 173-5 (20)	-	Hobart Hurricanes 172-6 (20)
		Perth Scorchers wins by 1 run

January 10th scorecard	Sydney (SCG)	Brisbane Heat 162-8 (20)	-	Sydney Sixers 156-8 (20)
		Brisbane Heat wins by 6 runs

January 11th scorecard	Sydney (SSS)	Sydney Thunder 173-5 (20)	-	Melbourne Renegades 176-5 (19.2)
		Melbourne Renegauds wins with 5 wickets

January 13th scorecard	Adelaide	Hobart Hurricanes 143 (3/19)	-	Adelaide Strikers 146-4 (20)
		Adelaide Strikers wins with 6 wickets

Round 8

January 14th scorecard	Melbourne (MCG)	Brisbane Heat 188-7 (20)	-	Melbourne Stars 132-9 (20)
		Brisbane Heat wins with 56 runs

January 16 scorecard	Sydney (SCG)	Sydney Thunder 202-5 (20)	-	Sydney Sixers 156 (17.3)
		Sydney Thunder wins with 46 runs

January 16 scorecard	Perth	Melbourne Stars 146-9 (20)	-	Perth Scorchers 94 (19)
		Melbourne Stars wins with 52 runs

January 18 scorecard	Melbourne (ES)	Adelaide Strikers 170-5 (20)	-	Melbourne Renegades 143 (15.3)
		Adelaide Strikers wins with 27 runs

Semifinals

January 21 scorecard	Adelaide	Adelaide Strikers 159-7 (20)	-	Sydney Thunder 160-2 (17.4)
		Sydney Thunder wins with 8 wickets

January 22nd scorecard	Melbourne (MCG)	Perth Scorchers 139-7 (20)	-	Melbourne Stars 140-3 (18.1)
		Melbourne Stars wins with 7 wickets

final

January 24th scorecard		Melbourne Stars 176-9 (20)	-	Sydney Thunder 181-7 (19.3)
		Sydney Thunder wins with 3 wickets

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Explanation of the abbreviations: Col. = games; S = victories; N = defeats; U = tie; NR = No Result; P = points; RR = run rate
2. ↑ Chris Gayle fined in Big Bash League reporter 'sexism' row . BBC. January 5, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
3. ↑ Cricket Star vs. TV reporter: "Don't blush now, baby" . Mirror online. January 5, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2016.