The 2024–25 Big Bash League season or BBL|14 was the fourteenth edition of the Big Bash League (BBL), the professional men's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament was played from 15 December 2024, with the final held on 27 January 2025, where the Hobart Hurricanes defeated the Sydney Thunder by seven wickets to win their maiden BBL title. Brisbane Heat were the defending champions but failed to qualify from the league stage.
Background On 10 July 2024, it was announced that Big Bash League would return for a fourteenth season in 2024, being held from 15 December 2024, with the final scheduled to be held on 27 January 2025. The 2025 season clashed with the New Zealand Super Smash, Bangladesh Premier League, SA20 and International League T20.
Draft The 2024–25 season players draft was held on 1 September 2024.
+ Table of international draft selections Club Round Pick Player National team Notes Adelaide Strikers15Jamie Overton211Pre-signed player320429colspan=2 Brisbane Heat16Pre-signed player214319colspan=2430 Hobart Hurricanes14212Pre-signed player321colspan=2428Withdrew Melbourne Renegades12210323Pre-signed player426colspan=2 Melbourne Stars1129Pre-signed player324425colspan=2 Perth Scorchers17Pre-signed player215colspan=2318431 Sydney Sixers18Retention Pick216Pre-signed player317colspan=2432 Sydney Thunder13213Pre-signed player322427colspan=2
Squads Unless otherwise specified, all players are Australian. Adelaide StrikersBrisbane HeatHobart HurricanesMelbourne Renegades Fabian Allen (WIN) James Bazley Cameron Boyce Jordan Buckingham Alex Carey Brendan Doggett Liam Haskett Travis Head Thomas Kelly Chris Lynn Harry Manenti (ITA) Harry Nielsen Jamie Overton (ENG) Lloyd Pope Ollie Pope (ENG) Alex Ross Liam Scott D'Arcy Short Matthew Short (cap) Henry Thornton Jake Weatherald Tom Alsop (ENG) Tom Banton (ENG) Xavier Bartlett Max Bryant Daniel Drew Spencer Johnson Usman Khawaja (cap) Matthew Kuhnemann Marnus Labuschagne Nathan McSweeney Colin Munro (NZ) Michael Neser Jimmy Peirson Will Prestwidge Matthew Renshaw Tom Straker Mitchell Swepson Callum Vidler Paul Walter (ENG) Tom Whitney Jack Wildermuth Jack Wood Marcus Bean Iain Carlisle Nikhil Chaudhary Tim David Paddy Dooley Jake Doran Nathan Ellis (cap) Peter Hatzoglou Shai Hope (WIN) Rishad Hossain (BAN) Caleb Jewell Chris Jordan (ENG) Ben McDermott Riley Meredith Mitch Owen Waqar Salamkheil (AFG) Billy Stanlake Matthew Wade Charlie Wakim Mac Wright Jacob Bethell (ENG) Josh Brown Xavier Crone Harry Dixon Laurie Evans (ENG) Jake Fraser-McGurk Marcus Harris Mackenzie Harvey Hassan Khan (USA) Nathan Lyon Fergus O'Neill Kane Richardson Tom Rogers Gurinder Sandhu Tim Seifert (NZ) Callum Stow Will Sutherland (cap) Jon Wells Adam ZampaMelbourne StarsPerth ScorchersSydney SixersSydney Thunder Austin Anlezark Scott Boland Hilton Cartwright Joe Clarke (ENG) Brody Couch Tom Curran (ENG) Ben Duckett (ENG) Sam Harper Campbell Kellaway Blake Macdonald Glenn Maxwell Hamish McKenzie Jonathan Merlo Adam Milne Usama Mir (PAK) Joel Paris Tom Rogers Peter Siddle Mark Steketee Marcus Stoinis (cap) Doug Warren Beau Webster Ashton Agar Finn Allen (NZ) Mahli Beardman Jason Behrendorff Cooper Connolly Sam Fanning Aaron Hardie Nick Hobson Matthew Hurst (ENG) Josh Inglis Bryce Jackson Keaton Jennings (ENG) Matt Kelly Mitchell Marsh Lance Morris Jhye Richardson Matthew Spoors Ashton Turner (cap) Andrew Tye Sean Abbott Jackson Bird Jafer Chohan (ENG) Joel Davies Ben Dwarshuis Jack Edwards Josh Hazlewood Moises Henriques (cap) Akeal Hosein (WIN) Daniel Hughes Hayden Kerr Ben Manenti (ITA) Todd Murphy Kurtis Patterson Mitchell Perry Josh Philippe Lachlan Shaw Jordan Silk Steve Smith Mitchell Starc James Vince (ENG) Tom Andrews Wes Agar Cameron Bancroft Sam Billings (ENG) Pat Cummins Ollie Davies Lockie Ferguson (NZ) Matthew Gilkes Chris Green Ryan Hadley Liam Hatcher Sam Konstas Nic Maddinson Nathan McAndrew Blake Nikitaras Sherfane Rutherford Will Salzmann Daniel Sams Jason Sangha Tanveer Sangha Hugh Weibgen David Warner (cap)
Venues
AdelaideBrisbaneCanberraCoffs HarbourThe GabbaManuka OvalC.ex Coffs International StadiumCapacity: 53,500Capacity: 36,000Capacity: 13,500Capacity: 10,000Matches: 5Matches: 5Matches: 2Matches: 1Team: Adelaide StrikersTeam: Brisbane HeatTeams: Melbourne Stars, Sydney ThunderTeam: Sydney SixersGeelongGMHBA StadiumCapacity: 40,000Matches: 1Team: Melbourne RenegadesHobartPerthNinja StadiumOptus StadiumCapacity: 19,500Capacity: 60,000Matches: 5Matches: 5Team: Hobart HurricanesTeam: Perth ScorchersMelbourneSydneyMarvel StadiumMelbourne Cricket GroundENGIE StadiumSydney Cricket GroundCapacity: 48,000Capacity: 100,000Capacity: 23,500Capacity: 48,000Matches: 4Matches: 4Matches: 4Matches: 4Team: Melbourne RenegadesTeam: Melbourne StarsTeam: Sydney ThunderTeam: Sydney Sixers
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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 AdelaideStrikers (ADS)SYT2 wicketsMLS15 runs BRH3 wicketsHBH11 runsPRS7 wicketsMLR5 wicketsHBH5 wicketsBRH56 runsSYS3 wicketsPRS5 wicketsXXXX8th BrisbaneHeat (BRH)MLS ADS2 wicketsPRS33 runsSYS8 wicketsMLS5 wicketsSYSN/RSYT5 wickets ADS56 runsHBH5 wicketsMLR3 wicketsXXXX7th HobartHurricanes (HBH)MLR6 wicketsPRSADS11 runsSYS50 runsADSSYTN/RSYT6 wicketsMLRBRH5 wicketsMLS40 runsSYS→→SYT1st() SYS5 wicketsHBH6 wicketsPRS2 wicketsSYT8 runsADS5 wicketsMLS5 wicketsPRSMLS42 runsHBH4 wicketsBRHXXXX6th MelbourneStars (MLS)PRS6 wicketsBRH8 wicketsADS15 runsSYS8 wicketsSYT18 runsBRHMLR5 wicketsSYS16 runsMLR42 runsHBH40 runs→SYT21 runs(DLS)XX4th() PerthScorchers (PRS)MLS6 wickets HBH8 wicketsMLR2 wicketsBRH33 runsADS7 wicketsSYT4 wicketsMLR4 wicketsSYS14 runsSYT61 runsADS5 wicketsXXXX5th SydneySixers (SYS)MLR5 wickets SYT5 wickets MLS BRHHBH50 runsBRHN/RMLS16 runsPRS14 runsADSSYTN/RHBH12 runs→SYT4 wicketsX2nd() SydneyThunder (SYT)ADS2 wickets SYS5 wicketsMLS18 runs MLR8 runs PRS BRH5 wicketsHBHN/RHBH6 wicketsPRS61 runs SYSN/R→MLS(DLS) SYSHBH7 wickets3rd() Team's results→ Won Lost
Match summary
League stage
On 12 July 2024, Cricket Australia confirmed the full schedule for the tournament.
Play-offs
Qualifier
Knockout
Challenger
Final
Team of the tournament The team of the tournament was announced on 23 January.
David Warner (captain), Sydney Thunder Mitchell Owen, Hobart Hurricanes Cooper Connolly, Perth Scorchers Marcus Stoinis, Melbourne Stars Sam Billings (wicket-keeper), Sydney Thunder Glenn Maxwell, Melbourne Stars Tim David, Hobart Hurricanes Ben Dwarshuis, Sydney Sixers Tom Rogers, Melbourne Renegades Jason Behrendorff, Perth Scorchers Lloyd Pope, Adelaide Strikers Jamie Overton (twelfth), Adelaide Strikers
Season statistics
+Highest team totalScore (overs)TeamOpponentResult VenueDate 5/251 (20.0)Adelaide Strikers Brisbane Heat Won Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 11 January 2025 3/220 (20.0) Sydney Sixers Perth Scorchers Won Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 11 January 2025 5/219 (20.0) Melbourne Stars Hobart Hurricanes Won Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 19 January 2025 5/214 (20.0) Hobart Hurricanes Adelaide Strikers Won Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 27 December 2024 5/207 (20.0) Hobart Hurricanes Brisbane Heat Won The Gabba, Brisbane 16 January 2025 Source: ESPNcricinfo
+Lowest team totals (completed matches)Score (overs)TeamOpponentVenueDate 74 (12.4) Hobart Hurricanes Melbourne Renegades Simonds Stadium, Geelong 19 December 2024 97 (17.2) Perth Scorchers Sydney Thunder Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney 13 January 2025 111 (19.3) Sydney Sixers Hobart Hurricanes Bellerive Oval, Hobart 1 January 2025 114 (18.0) Melbourne Stars Sydney Thunder Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney 22 January 2025 123 (19.5) Melbourne Renegades Melbourne Stars Docklands Stadium, Melbourne 12 January 2025 Source: ESPNcricinfo
+Most individual runsRunsPlayerTeam 452 Mitchell Owen Hobart Hurricanes 405 David Warner Sydney Thunder 351Cooper Connolly Perth Scorchers 325Glenn Maxwell Melbourne Stars 311Marcus Stoinis Melbourne Stars Source: ESPNcricinfo
+Highest individual scoreRunsBatsmenTeamOpposition Steve Smith Sydney Sixers Perth Scorchers 109 Matthew Short Adelaide Strikers Brisbane Heat 108 Mitchell Owen Hobart Hurricanes Sydney Thunder 101 not out Mitchell Owen Hobart Hurricanes Perth Scorchers 101 not out James Vince Sydney Sixers Melbourne Stars Source: ESPNcricinfo
+Most wicketsWicketsPlayerTeam17Jason Behrendorff Perth Scorchers16Tom Rogers Melbourne Renegades Riley Meredith Hobart Hurricanes15Mark Steketee Melbourne StarsLance Morris Perth ScorchersLloyd PopeAdelaide Strikers Source: ESPNcricinfo
Attendance