2019–20 Big Bash League season
Cricket tournament
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The 2019–20 Big Bash League season or BBL|09 was the ninth season of the Big Bash League, the professional men's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia.[1] The tournament started on 17 December 2019 and concluded on 8 February 2020.[2]
Dates17 December 2019 – 8 February 2020
AdministratorCricket Australia
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Double round robin and Playoffs
| Dates | 17 December 2019 – 8 February 2020 |
|---|---|
| Administrator | Cricket Australia |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round robin and Playoffs |
| Champions | Sydney Sixers (2nd title) |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 61 |
| Attendance | 1,119,541 (18,353 per match) |
| Player of the series | Marcus Stoinis (Melbourne Stars) |
| Most runs | Marcus Stoinis (Melbourne Stars) (705) |
| Most wickets | Daniel Sams (Sydney Thunder) (30) |
| Official website | bigbash.com.au |
The length of the season was shortened from the previous season, although the number of matches was increased from 59 to 61. The post-season stage of the tournament was revamped into a play-off system, with the top two teams in the league getting a second chance to advance to the final even if they lost the first match in the play-offs.[3][4]
Melbourne Renegades were the defending champions,[5] but finished last in the group stage. In the final, Sydney Sixers beat Melbourne Stars by 19 runs.[6]
Teams
| Team | Home Ground | Capacity | Captain | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Strikers | Adelaide Oval | 53,583 | Travis Head | Jason Gillespie |
| Brisbane Heat | The Gabba Carrara Stadium |
42,000 25,000 |
Chris Lynn | Darren Lehmann |
| Hobart Hurricanes | Bellerive Oval York Park Traeger Park |
19,500 15,500 7,200 |
Matthew Wade | Adam Griffith |
| Melbourne Renegades | Docklands Stadium Kardinia Park |
48,003 34,000 |
Aaron Finch | Michael Klinger |
| Melbourne Stars | Melbourne Cricket Ground Carrara Stadium Ted Summerton Reserve |
100,024 25,000 7,500 |
Glenn Maxwell | David Hussey |
| Perth Scorchers | Perth Stadium | 60,000 | Mitchell Marsh | Adam Voges |
| Sydney Sixers | Sydney Cricket Ground Coffs Harbour International Stadium |
48,000 20,000 |
Moises Henriques | Greg Shipperd |
| Sydney Thunder | Sydney Showground Stadium Manuka Oval |
22,000 16,000 |
Callum Ferguson | Shane Bond |
Venues
| Adelaide | Alice Springs | Brisbane | Canberra | Coffs Harbour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Oval | Traeger Park | The Gabba | Manuka Oval | Coffs Harbour International Stadium |
| Capacity: 53,583 | Capacity: 7,200 | Capacity: 42,000 | Capacity: 14,000 | Capacity: 20,000 |
| Matches: 7 | Matches: 1 | Matches: 5 | Matches: 2 | Matches: 1 |
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| Geelong | Gold Coast | |||
| Kardinia Park | Carrara Stadium | |||
| Capacity: 34,000 | Capacity: 25,000 | |||
| Matches: 2 | Matches: 3 | |||
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| Hobart | Launceston | |||
| Bellerive Oval | York Park | |||
| Capacity: 19,500 | Capacity: 15,500 | |||
| Matches: 4 | Matches: 2 | |||
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| Perth | Melbourne | Sydney | ||
| Perth Stadium | Docklands Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Sydney Showground Stadium | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Capacity: 60,000 | Capacity: 54,003 | Capacity: 100,024 | Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 48,000 |
| Matches: 7 | Matches: 5 | Matches: 5 | Matches: 5 | Matches: 6 |
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League stage
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne Stars | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.526 | Advanced to play-off phase |
| 2 | Sydney Sixers (C) | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 0.269 | |
| 3 | Adelaide Strikers | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0.564 | |
| 4 | Hobart Hurricanes | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 13 | −0.355 | |
| 5 | Sydney Thunder | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 13 | −0.446 | |
| 6 | Perth Scorchers | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.023 | |
| 7 | Brisbane Heat | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.237 | |
| 8 | Melbourne Renegades | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | −0.348 |
Matches
Sydney Thunder 6/172 (20 overs) |
v |
Brisbane Heat (H) 143 (19.2 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Perth Scorchers 131 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Sixers (H) 2/137 (15 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
- Hayden Kerr (Sydney Sixers) made his T20 debut.
(H) Melbourne Renegades 5/169 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Thunder 4/171 (19.4 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Hobart Hurricanes 9/129 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Sixers 104 (18.5 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
Melbourne Stars 7/167 (20 overs) |
v |
Brisbane Heat (H) 8/145 (20 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
Adelaide Strikers 5/161 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Thunder (H) 1/40 (4.2 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
- Heavy smog from the Australian bushfires during Sydney Thunder's innings prevented any further play.[14]
(H) Perth Scorchers 7/196 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Renegades 6/185 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Melbourne Stars 4/163 (20 overs) |
v |
Hobart Hurricanes 111 (16 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
Brisbane Heat 4/209 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Sixers (H) 7/161 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Adelaide Strikers 4/198 (18 overs) |
v |
Perth Scorchers 7/183 (18 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
Melbourne Renegades 147 (19.1 overs) |
v |
Hobart Hurricanes (H) 3/151 (19.1 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat.
Sydney Sixers 7/174 (20 overs) |
v |
Perth Scorchers (H) 126 (18.1 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
Adelaide Strikers 4/174 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars (H) 6/169 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Thunder 8/149 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Sixers (H) 7/149 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Adelaide Strikers 6/155 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Renegades (H) 8/137 (20 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Hobart Hurricanes 5/69 (11 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars 3/55 (7.3 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 11 overs per side due to rain. No further play was possible due to rain.
Sydney Thunder 5/168 (20 overs) |
v |
Adelaide Strikers (H) 9/165 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Perth Scorchers 6/149 (20 overs) |
v |
Brisbane Heat (H) 109 (18.4 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
- This was the highest attendance for Cricket at this stadium and the Gold Coast
(H) Sydney Thunder 7/142 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars 7/143 (19.4 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Melbourne Renegades 6/153 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Sixers 4/154 (19.5 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat.
Brisbane Heat 3/212 (20 overs) |
v |
Hobart Hurricanes (H) 9/181 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
Melbourne Renegades 9/142 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars (H) 2/143 (18.5 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Adelaide Strikers 6/176 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Sixers (H) 3/180 (19.3 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
Hobart Hurricanes 2/180 (20 overs) |
v |
Perth Scorchers (H) 8/172 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
Brisbane Heat 4/119 (8 overs) |
v |
Sydney Thunder (H) 4/60 (5 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 8 overs per side due to rain. Further rain during the second innings reduced it to 5 overs.
(H) Melbourne Renegades 5/175 (20 overs) |
v |
Perth Scorchers 4/178 (19 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Adelaide Strikers 135 (19.4 overs) |
v |
Sydney Sixers 8/137 (18.4 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
- Rashid Khan (Adelaide Strikers) took the fifth hat-trick in the BBL.[36]
Sydney Thunder 5/145 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars (H) 4/148 (17.5 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
- Haris Rauf (Melbourne Stars) took the sixth hat-trick in the BBL.[38]
Hobart Hurricanes 9/126 (20 overs) |
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Brisbane Heat (H) 5/131 (18.2 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Melbourne Renegades 7/168 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars 3/169 (18.4 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
- Lance Morris (Melbourne Stars) made his T20 debut.
Hobart Hurricanes 6/162 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Thunder (H) 6/166 (19.4 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Perth Scorchers 3/213 (20 overs) |
v |
Brisbane Heat 8/179 (20 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Adelaide Strikers 6/173 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Renegades 110 (17.4 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Melbourne Stars 1/219 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Sixers 7/175 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
- Marcus Stoinis (Melbourne Stars) scored the highest individual score in a BBL match.[45]
Perth Scorchers 7/175 (20 overs) |
v |
Hobart Hurricanes (H) 98 (17.1 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
Adelaide Strikers 110 (19 overs) |
v |
Brisbane Heat (H) 3/114 (15.2 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
Melbourne Renegades 4/172 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Thunder (H) 7/122 (14 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sydney Thunder were given a revised target of 135 runs from 14 overs due to rain.
(H) Perth Scorchers 86 (13.5 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars 2/89 (12 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jaron Morgan (Perth Scorchers) made his T20 debut.
(H) Sydney Sixers 2/45 (6.4 overs) |
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- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain during Sydney Sixers' innings prevented any further play.
Brisbane Heat 100 (17 overs) |
v |
Adelaide Strikers (H) 0/104 (10.5 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Melbourne Stars 6/141 (20 overs) |
v |
Perth Scorchers 9/131 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
Sydney Sixers 76 (15.5 overs) |
v |
Sydney Thunder (H) 2/28 (5.3 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 16 overs per side due to rain. No further play was possible due to rain.
Adelaide Strikers 5/186 (20 overs) |
v |
Hobart Hurricanes (H) 6/176 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
Melbourne Renegades 6/164 (20 overs) |
v |
Brisbane Heat (H) 120 (15 overs) |
(H) Sydney Sixers 4/143 (14 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars 5/125 (14 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 14 overs per side due to rain.
Sydney Thunder 5/153 (20 overs) |
v |
Perth Scorchers (H) 2/154 (15.3 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Hobart Hurricanes 3/190 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Renegades (H) 4/186 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
- As a result of this match, Melbourne Renegades were eliminated.
(H) Adelaide Strikers 4/162 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars 8/151 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Brisbane Heat 8/126 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Sixers 2/127 (15.5 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Hobart Hurricanes 6/185 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Thunder 128 (17.3 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
Adelaide Strikers 5/181 (20 overs) |
v |
Perth Scorchers (H) 7/165 (20 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
Melbourne Renegades 5/175 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Sixers (H) 3/176 (18.4 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
- Nathan McSweeney and Brayden Stepien (Melbourne Renegades) both made their T20 debuts.
Brisbane Heat 5/186 (20 overs) |
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(H) Melbourne Stars 115 (17.4 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
- Dilbar Hussain (Melbourne Stars) made his T20 debut.
Perth Scorchers 4/99 (15 overs) |
v |
Sydney Thunder (H) 3/97 (11.4 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sydney Thunder were set a revised target of 96 runs from 12 overs.
Hobart Hurricanes 1/217 (20 overs) |
v |
Adelaide Strikers (H) 8/207 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
Brisbane Heat 7/154 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Renegades (H) 3/155 (19.2 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
- Zak Evans (Melbourne Renegades) made his T20 debut.
Play-offs
| Eliminator | Qualifier | Challenger | Final | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Melbourne Stars (H) | 99 | 2 | Sydney Sixers (H) | 5/116 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Sydney Sixers | 7/142 | 1 | Melbourne Stars | 6/97 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Melbourne Stars (H) | 2/194 | ||||||||||||||||
| Knockout | 5 | Sydney Thunder | 8/166 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Adelaide Strikers (H) | 9/143 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Hobart Hurricanes (H) | 140 | 5 | Sydney Thunder | 7/151 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Sydney Thunder | 5/197 | ||||||||||||||||
Eliminator
Sydney Thunder 5/197 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes (H) 140 (18.3 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Qualifier
Sydney Sixers 7/142 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars (H) 99 (18 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Knockout
Sydney Thunder 7/151 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers (H) 9/143 (20 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
Challenger
(H) Melbourne Stars 2/194 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Thunder 8/166 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
(H) Sydney Sixers 5/116 (12 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars 6/97 (12 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 12 overs per side due to rain.