Big Bash League 2017/18

The Big Bash League 2017/18 was the seventh season of the Australian Twenty20 - Cricket championship. The tournament took place from December 19, 2017 to February 4, 2018. In the final the Adelaide Strikers were able to prevail against the Hobart Hurricanes with 25 runs.

Franchises

Adelaide Strikers

Brisbane Heat

Hobart Hurricans

Melbourne Renegades

Melbourne Stars

Perth Scorchers

Sydney Sixers

Sydney Thunder

Venues with Big Bash Franchises (2017/18)

Eight franchises have participated in the tournament since the league was founded.

franchise	colour	city	Home stadium
Adelaide Strikers	blue	Adelaide	Adelaide oval
Brisbane Heat	turquoise	Brisbane	The gabba
Hobart Hurricanes	purple	Hobart	Bellerive oval
Melbourne Renegades	red	Melbourne	Etihad Stadium
Melbourne Stars	green	Melbourne	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Perth Scorchers	orange	Perth	WACA Ground
Sydney Sixers	pink	Sydney	Sydney Cricket Ground
Sydney Thunder	Electric Green	Sydney	Sydney Showground Stadium

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.

Squad lists

The teams had the following squads.

Twenty20
Adelaide Strikers	Brisbane Heat	Hobart Hurricanes	Melbourne Renegades
Colin Ingram ( K ) Wes Agar Alex Carey Michael Cormack Jonathon Dean Daniel Drew David Grant Travis Head Rashid Khan Ben Laughlin Jake Lehmann Michael Neser Liam O Connor Peter Siddle Billy Stanlake Jake Weatherald Jonathan Wells Nick Winter	Brendon McCullum ( K ) Max Bryant Joe Burns Ben Cutting Brendan Doggett Jason Floros Cameron Gannon Sam Heazlett Shadab Khan Marnus Labuschagne Josh Lalor Chris Lynn Jimmy Peirson Jack Prestwidge Matt Renshaw Alex Ross Yasir Shah Mark Steketee Mitchell Swepson Cameron Valente	George Bailey ( K ) Jofra Archer Cameron Boyce Nathan Reardon Daniel Christian Alex Doolan Hamish Kingston Ben McDermott Riley Meredith Simon Milenko Tymal Mills Tim Paine Sam Rainbird Jake Reed Clive Rose Thomas Rogers D Arcy Short Aaron Summers Matthew Wade	Brad Hodge ( K ) Dwayne Bravo Tom Cooper Marcus Harris Brad Hogg Jon Holland Tim Ludeman Joe Mennie Mohammad Nabi Sunil Narine James Pattinson Kane Richardson Matthew Short Will Sutherland Chris Tremain Guy Walker Beau Webster Jack Wildermuth
Melbourne Stars	Perth Scorchers	Sydney Sixers	Sydney Thunder
John Hastings ( K ) Michael Beer Scott Boland Liam Bowe Jackson Coleman Ben dunk Daniel Fallins James Faulkner Seb Gotch Evan Gulbis Peter Handscomb Sam Harper Ben Hilfenhaus Glenn Maxwell Kevin Pietersen Rob Quiney Marcus Stoinis Daniel Worrall Luke Wright Adam Zampa	Adam Voges ( K ) Ashton agar Cameron Bancroft Jason Behrendorff William Bosisto Tim Bresnan Hilton Cartwright Nathan Coulter-Nile Tim David Cameron Green Josh Inglis Mitchell Johnson Mitchell Marsh Shaun Marsh Hayden Morton Matthew Kelly Michael Klinger James Muirhead Joel Paris Josh Philippe Ashton Turner Sam Whiteman	Moises Henriques ( K ) Sean Abbott Sam Billings Jackson Bird Doug Bollinger Johan Botha Carlos Brathwaite Soumil Chhibber Harry Conway Joe Denly Ben Dwarshuis Mickey Edwards Daniel Hughes Nick Larkin Nathan Lyon Nic Maddinson Peter Nevill Steve O'Keefe Jason Roy Daniel Sams Jordan Silk William Somerville Henry Thornton	Shane Watson ( K ) Fawad Ahmed Aiden Blizzard Jake Doran Andrew Fekete Callum Ferguson Ryan Gibson Chris Green Liam Hatcher Usman Khawaja Jay Lenton Mitchell McClenaghan Alister McDermott Arjun Nair Kurtis Patterson Ben Rohrer Gurinder Sandhu James Vince Kerrod White

Group stage

table

Teams	Sp.	S.	N	P	RR
Perth Scorchers	10	8th	2	16	+0.154
Adelaide Strikers	10	7th	3	14th	+0.801
Melbourne Renegades	10	6th	4th	12	+0.297
Hobart Hurricanes	10	5	5	10	−0.291
Sydney Sixers	10	4th	6th	8th	+0.331
Sydney Thunder	10	4th	6th	8th	−0.039
Brisbane Heat	10	4th	6th	8th	−0.437
Melbourne Stars	10	2	8th	4th	−0.926

Games

December 19 scorecard	Sydney	Sydney Sixers 149-9 (20)	-	Sydney Thunder 150-5 (20)
		Sydney Thunder wins with 5 wickets

December 20 scorecard	Brisbane	Brisbane Heat 206-7 (20)	-	Melbourne Stars 191-6 (20)
		Brisbane Heat wins by 15 runs

December 21 scorecard	Hobart	Hobart Hurricanes 164-8 (20)	-	Melbourne Renegades 165-3 (18.3)
		Melbourne Renegades wins with 7 wickets

December 22nd scorecard	Hobart	Adelaide Strikers 163-6 (20)	-	Sydney Thunder 110 (17.4)
		Adelaide Strikers wins with 53 runs

December 23rd scorecard	Sydney	Sydney Sixers 132 (4/18)	-	Perth Scorchers 136-4 (18.1)
		Perth Scorchers wins with 6 wickets

December 23rd scorecard	Melbourne (DS)	Brisbane Heat 132-8 (20)	-	Melbourne Renegades 137-3 (18.4)
		Melbourne Renegades wins with 7 wickets

December 26th scorecard	Perth	Perth Scorchers 142-6 (20)	-	Melbourne Stars 129-8 (20)
		Perth Scorchers wins by 13 runs

December 27th scorecard	Brisbane	Sydney Thunder 149-4 (17/17)	-	Brisbane Heat 153-4 (17/17)
		Brisbane Heat wins with 6 wickets ( D / L method )

December 28th scorecard	Sydney	Adelaide Strikers 167-3 (20)	-	Sydney Sixers 161-8 (20)
		Adelaide Strikers wins by 6 runs

December 29th scorecard	Melbourne (DS)	Melbourne Renegades 130-9 (20)	-	Perth Scorchers 133-7 (19)
		Perth Scorchers wins with 3 wickets

December 30th scorecard	Launceston	Sydney Thunder 166-5 (20)	-	Hobart Hurricanes 109 (3/19)
		Sydney Thunder wins with 57 runs

December 31 scorecard	Adelaide	Adelaide Strikers 147-7 (20)	-	Brisbane Heat 91 (16.2)
		Adelaide Strikers wins with 56 runs

January 1st scorecard	Sydney	Hobart Hurricanes 189-3 (20)	-	Sydney Thunder 180-8 (20)
		Hobart Hurricanes wins by 9 runs

January 1st scorecard	Perth	Sydney Sixers 167-4 (20)	-	Perth Scorchers 170-4 (19.1)
		Perth Scorchers wins with 6 wickets

January 2nd scorecard	Melbourne	Melbourne Stars 141-7 (20)	-	Brisbane Heat 144-1 (14.4)
		Brisbane Heat wins with 9 wickets

January 3 scorecard	Geelong	Sydney Sixers 111-8 (20)	-	Melbourne Renegades 112-2 (15.3)
		Melbourne Renegades wins with 8 wickets

January 4th scorecard	Hobart	Hobart Hurricanes 183-5 (20)	-	Adelaide Strikers 176-6 (20)
		Hobart Hurricanes wins by 7 runs

January 5th scorecard	Brisbane	Brisbane Heat 191-6 (20)	-	Perth Scorchers 142 (19)
		Brisbane Heat wins with 49 runs

January 6th scorecard	Melbourne	Melbourne Stars 157-4 (20)	-	Melbourne Renegades 159-4 (17.5)
		Melbourne Renegades wins with 6 wickets

January 7th scorecard	Sydney	Adelaide Strikers 158-7 (20)	-	Sydney Thunder 133-9 (20)
		Adelaide Strikers wins by 25 runs

January 8 scorecard	Hobart	Hobart Hurricanes 170-6 (20)	-	Sydney Sixers 165-4 (20)
		Hobart Hurricanes wins by 5 runs

January 8 scorecard	Perth	Melbourne Renegades 185-3 (20)	-	Perth Scorchers 186-5 (19.5)
		Perth Scorchers wins with 5 wickets

January 9 scorecard	Adelaide	Melbourne Stars 151-6 (20)	-	Adelaide Strikers 152-2 (4/18)
		Adelaide Strikers wins with 8 wickets

January 10th scorecard	Brisbane	Hobart Hurricanes 179-4 (20)	-	Brisbane Heat 176-8 (20)
		Hobart Hurricanes wins by 3 runs

January 11th scorecard	Sydney	Sydney Thunder 175-4 (20)	-	Perth Scorchers 172-4 (20)
		Sydney Thunder wins by 3 runs

January 12th scorecard	Melbourne (DS)	Melbourne Stars 167-4 (20)	-	Melbourne Renegades 144-9 (20)
		Melbourne Stars wins with 23 runs

January 13th scorecard	Alice Springs	Adelaide Strikers 112 (19.2)	-	Perth Scorchers 114-4 (18.2)
		Perth Scorchers wins with 6 wickets

January 13th scorecard	Sydney	Sydney Thunder 156-6 (20)	-	Sydney Sixers 157-2 (20)
		Sydney Sixers wins with 8 wickets

January 15 scorecard	Hobart	Brisbane Heat 165-8 (20)	-	Hobart Hurricanes 166-4 (18.2)
		Hobart Hurricanes wins with 6 wickets

January 16 scorecard	Melbourne	Melbourne Stars 128-7 (20)	-	Sydney Sixers 129-2 (15.1)
		Sydney Sixers wins with 8 wickets

January 17th scorecard	Adelaide	Adelaide Strikers 187-4 (20)	-	Hobart Hurricanes 176-4 (20)
		Adelaide Strikers wins by 11 runs

January 18 scorecard	Sydney	Brisbane Heat 73 (16.4)	-	Sydney Sixers 74-1 (10)
		Sydney Sixers wins with 9 wickets

January 20 scorecard	Melbourne	Melbourne Stars 147-6 (20)	-	Sydney Thunder 149-3 (16.1)
		Sydney Thunder wins with 7 wickets

January 20 scorecard	Perth	Hobart Hurricanes 167-5 (20)	-	Perth Scorchers 168-5 (2/19)
		Perth Scorchers wins with 5 wickets

January 22nd scorecard	Melbourne (DS)	Adelaide Strikers 175-5 (20)	-	Melbourne Renegades 147-7 (20)
		Adelaide Strikers wins with 26 runs

January 23 scorecard	Sydney	Melbourne Stars 189-5 (20)	-	Sydney Sixers 190-5 (17.3)
		Sydney Sixers wins with 5 wickets

January 24th scorecard	Canberra	Melbourne Renegades 189-6 (20)	-	Sydney Thunder 180 (20)
		Melbourne Renegades wins by 9 runs

January 25th scorecard	Perth	Adelaide Strikers 137-6 (20)	-	Perth Scorchers 141-6 (3/19)
		Perth Scorchers wins with 4 wickets

January 27th scorecard	Melbourne	Hobart Hurricanes 185-7 (20)	-	Melbourne Stars 186-7 (19.1)
		Melbourne Stars wins with 3 wickets

January 27th scorecard	Brisbane	Melbourne Renegades 187-3 (20)	-	Brisbane Heat 161 (19.5)
		Melbourne Renegades win with 26 runs

Finals

Semifinals

February 1st scorecard	Perth	Hobart Hurricanes 210-4 (20)	-	Perth Scorchers 139 (17.5)
		Hobart Hurricanes wins with 71 runs

February 2nd scorecard	Adelaide	Adelaide Strikers 178-5 (20)	-	Melbourne Renegades 177-4 (20)
		Adelaide Strikers wins by 1 run

final

February 4th scorecard	Adelaide	Adelaide Strikers 202-2 (20)	-	Hobart Hurricanes 177-5 (20)
		Adelaide Strikers wins by 25 runs

Web links

Contest on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

↑ Explanation of the abbreviations: Col. = games; S = victories; N = defeats; U = tie; NR = No Result; P = points; RR = run rate

[Erklärung-1] Explanation of the abbreviations: Col. = games; S = victories; N = defeats; U = tie; NR = No Result; P = points; RR = run rate