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The 2015–16 Big Bash League season (BBL|05) was the fifth season of the Big Bash League (BBL), the premier Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The tournament ran from 17 December 2015 to 24 January 2016.
Dates | 17 December 2015 – 24 January 2016[1] |
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Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
Champions | Sydney Thunder (1st title) |
Participants | 8 |
Matches | 35 |
Attendance | 1,030,495 (29,443 per match) |
Player of the series | Chris Lynn (Brisbane Heat) |
Most runs | Chris Lynn (378), (Brisbane Heat) |
Most wickets | Clint McKay (18), (Sydney Thunder) |
Official website | bigbash.com.au |
The BBL title was won by the Sydney Thunder, who defeated the Melbourne Stars by three wickets in the final to claim their first title. The Perth Scorchers, who had been seeking a third successive title, lost to the Stars in the semi-final thus making this the only season to date that the Scorchers failed to make the final. Chris Lynn of the Brisbane Heat was the tournament's leading run-scorer, making 378 runs from eight matches, and was named player of the tournament. The leading wicket-taker was Clint McKay of the Thunder, who took 18 wickets from ten matches. Travis Head of the Adelaide Strikers was named the best player under 25, scoring 299 runs and taking six wickets.[2][3]
Canterbury Kings 210/3 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder 201/6 (20 overs) |
Canterbury Kings won by 9 runs Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Adelaide Strikers | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0.544 | Advance to play-off phase |
2 | Melbourne Stars | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.366 | |
3 | Perth Scorchers | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.181 | |
4 | Sydney Thunder (C) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0.375 | |
5 | Melbourne Renegades | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.041 | |
6 | Brisbane Heat | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.204 | |
7 | Hobart Hurricanes | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.955 | |
8 | Sydney Sixers | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | −0.330 |
Visitor team → | ADS | BRH | HBH | MLR | MLS | PRS | SYS | SYT |
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Home team ↓ | ||||||||
Adelaide Strikers | Strikers 6 wickets | Strikers 19 runs | Strikers 36 runs | Strikers 5 wickets | ||||
Brisbane Heat | Strikers 8 wickets | Hurricanes 15 runs | Renegades 7 wickets | Heat 6 wickets | ||||
Hobart Hurricanes | Hurricanes 20 runs | Renegades 5 wickets | Scorchers 1 run | Hurricanes 11 runs | ||||
Melbourne Renegades | Strikers 27 runs | Stars 8 wickets | Scorchers 10 wickets | Sixers 3 wickets | ||||
Melbourne Stars | Heat 56 runs | Stars 8 wickets | Stars 7 wickets | Thunder 1 run | ||||
Perth Scorchers | Strikers 4 wickets | Scorchers 9 wickets | Stars 52 runs | Scorchers 9 wickets | ||||
Sydney Sixers | Heat 6 runs | Sixers 95 runs | Stars 5 wickets | Thunder 46 runs | ||||
Sydney Thunder | Thunder 7 wickets | Renegades 5 wickets | Scorchers 30 runs | Thunder 36 runs |
Home team won | Visitor team won |
(H) Sydney Thunder 4/158 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers 122 (19.5 overs) |
(H) Adelaide Strikers 5/187 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars 7/168 (20 overs) |
(H) Brisbane Heat 5/180 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades 3/184 (19.3 overs) |
(H) Sydney Sixers 7/186 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes 91 (15.5 overs) |
Sydney Thunder 6/178 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars (H) 5/177 (20 overs) |
(H) Perth Scorchers 6/151 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers 6/152 (19.1 overs) |
(H) Hobart Hurricanes 3/184 (20 overs) |
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Brisbane Heat 8/164 (20 overs) |
(H) Melbourne Renegades 4/172 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers 7/174 (18.5 overs) |
Brisbane Heat 7/117 (20 overs) |
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Perth Scorchers (H) 1/118 (15.1 overs) |
(H) Sydney Sixers 6/139 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars 5/143 (18.4 overs) |
Adelaide Strikers 9/117 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder (H) 3/121 (16.3 overs) |
Hobart Hurricanes 4/194 (20 overs) |
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Brisbane Heat (H) 9/179 (20 overs) |
(H) Melbourne Renegades 4/170 (20 overs) |
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Perth Scorchers 0/171 (18.4 overs) |
Michael Klinger 90* (58) |
Sydney Sixers 5/176 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers (H) 5/182 (19.3 overs) |
(H) Hobart Hurricanes 6/163 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder 9/152 (20 overs) |
Melbourne Renegades 7/161 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars (H) 3/163 (19.1 overs) |
Sydney Sixers 8/112 (20 overs) |
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Perth Scorchers (H) 1/114 (14.3 overs) |
Sydney Thunder 5/186 (20 overs) |
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Brisbane Heat (H) 4/189 (19.3 overs) |
(H) Hobart Hurricanes 5/140 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades 5/144 (14 overs) |
(H) Adelaide Strikers 2/174 (20 overs) |
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Perth Scorchers 138 (17.3 overs) |
Hobart Hurricanes 124 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars (H) 2/126 (15 overs) |
Perth Scorchers 5/175 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder (H) 9/145 (20 overs) |
(H) Brisbane Heat 6/175 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers 2/179 (18.4 overs) |
(H) Melbourne Renegades 6/155 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars 2/156 (18 overs) |
Perth Scorchers 5/173 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes (H) 6/172 (20 overs) |
Brisbane Heat 8/162 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers (H) 8/156 (20 overs) |
(H) Sydney Thunder 5/173 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades 5/176 (19.2 overs) |
Hobart Hurricanes 143 (19.3 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers (H) 4/146 (20 overs) |
Brisbane Heat 7/188 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars (H) 9/132 (20 overs) |
Sydney Thunder 5/202 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers (H) 156 (17.3 overs) |
Melbourne Stars 9/146 (20 overs) |
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Perth Scorchers (H) 94 (19 overs) |
Adelaide Strikers 5/170 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades (H) 143 (15.3 overs) |
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
1 | Adelaide Strikers (H) | 7/159 (20 ov) | |||||||
4 | Sydney Thunder | 2/160 (17.4 ov) | |||||||
2 | Melbourne Stars (H) | 9/176 (20 ov) | |||||||
4 | Sydney Thunder | 7/181 (19.3 ov) | |||||||
3 | Perth Scorchers | 7/139 (20 ov) | |||||||
2 | Melbourne Stars (H) | 3/140 (18.1 ov) |
The top four teams from the group stage qualified for the semi-finals.
(H) Adelaide Strikers 7/159 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder 2/160 (17.4 overs) |
Perth Scorchers 7/139 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars (H) 3/140 (18.1 overs) |
(H) Melbourne Stars 9/176 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder 7/181 (19.3 overs) |
Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
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Chris Lynn | Brisbane Heat | 8 | 8 | 378 | 54.00 | 173.39 | 101 | 1 | 3 |
Usman Khawaja | Sydney Thunder | 4 | 4 | 345 | 172.50 | 163.50 | 109* | 2 | 2 |
Kevin Pietersen | Melbourne Stars | 9 | 9 | 323 | 40.37 | 159.11 | 76 | 0 | 4 |
Michael Hussey | Sydney Thunder | 9 | 9 | 306 | 43.71 | 131.33 | 80* | 0 | 3 |
Travis Head | Adelaide Strikers | 9 | 9 | 299 | 42.71 | 154.92 | 101* | 1 | 2 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 January 2016
Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR |
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Clint McKay | Sydney Thunder | 10 | 10 | 18 | 15.22 | 8.09 | 4/28 | 11.2 |
Adil Rashid | Adelaide Strikers | 9 | 9 | 16 | 14.12 | 6.51 | 3/23 | 13.0 |
Andre Russell | Sydney Thunder | 10 | 10 | 16 | 18.87 | 7.74 | 3/13 | 14.6 |
Andrew Tye | Perth Scorchers | 9 | 9 | 13 | 18.00 | 7.05 | 3/22 | 15.3 |
Ben Laughlin | Adelaide Strikers | 9 | 9 | 12 | 20.16 | 8.06 | 2/20 | 15.0 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 January 2016.
The opening Sydney Derby match was played for the "Batting for Change Trophy" at Spotless Stadium. The match saw both the sides earning money for the Batting for Change charity with every six hit. Players had pledged to donate a total of $775 for each six hit during the match, as part of the Batting for Change cause set up by Sydney Sixers' player Ryan Carters.[46][47]
The January 2 match between Perth Scorchers and Sydney Sixers at The Furnace saw the clubs wearing Batman and Superman playing gear instead of their original gear as a part of BBL's new partnership with Warner Bros. Pictures.[48]
BBL games are currently broadcast in Australia by the free-to-air Network Ten.[49] Network Ten's BBL coverage has become a regular feature of Australian summers and attracted an average audience of 1.13 million for each match in Australia this season, an 18% increase on the previous season. A cumulative audience of 9.65 million watched the BBL matches in Australia, out of which 39% were females.[50][51]
The opening Sydney Derby match attracted more a peak audience of 1.53 million. A peak audience of 1.05 million watched the second innings of the match in the five major capital cities, making it then the highest-rating non-finals match in BBL history.[52] This record was broken in the last match between Renegades and Strikers when Session 2 was watched by an average audience of 1.36 million, which peaked at 1.67 million.[53]
The BBL Final was watched by an average audience of 1.79 million, which peaked at 2.24 million viewers. This was the first time that the ratings for a BBL match crossed the 2 million mark.[54]
Following are the television ratings for 2015–16 BBL season in Australia.[55]
Match No | Teams | Average TV Ratings | |||
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National | 5 metro cities | ||||
Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 1 | Session 2 | ||
1 | Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers | 1,220,000 | 1,250,000 | 856,000 | 917,000 |
2 | Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Stars | 999,000 | 1,270,000 | 720,000 | 941,000 |
3 | Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Renegades | 843,000 | 1,100,000 | 642,000 | 853,000 |
4 | Sydney Sixers vs Hobart Hurricanes | 693,000 | 827,000 | 488,000 | 590,000 |
5 | Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder | 1,170,000 | 1,250,000 | 817,000 | 914,000 |
6 | Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers | 898,000 | 1,200,000 | 664,000 | 919,000 |
7 | Hobart Hurricanes vs Brisbane Heat | 843,000 | 1,170,000 | 597,000 | 831,000 |
8 | Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Sixers | 864,000 | 1,160,000 | 603,000 | 847,000 |
9 | Perth Scorchers vs Brisbane Heat | 708,000 | 857,000 | 511,000 | 614,000 |
10 | Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars | 686,000 | 952,000 | 479,000 | 675,000 |
11 | Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers | 797,000 | 1,030,000 | 575,000 | 758,000 |
12 | Brisbane Heat vs Hobart Hurricanes | 855,000 | 1,130,000 | 608,000 | 790,000 |
13 | Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers | 917,000 | 1,170,000 | 677,000 | 864,000 |
14 | Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Sixers | 729,000 | 887,000 | 517,000 | 629,000 |
15 | Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Thunder | 902,000 | 1,160,000 | 665,000 | 831,000 |
16 | Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades | 852,000 | 1,260,000 | 621,000 | 880,000 |
17 | Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Sixers | 753,000 | 1,060,000 | 577,000 | 759,000 |
18 | Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Thunder | 968,000 | 1,250,000 | 676,000 | 913,000 |
19 | Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades | 1,160,000 | 1,250,000 | 857,000 | 983,000 |
20 | Adelaide Strikers vs Perth Scorchers | 1,210,000 | 1,270,000 | 878,000 | 983,000 |
21 | Melbourne Stars vs Hobart Hurricanes | 1,120,000 | 1,180,000 | 846,000 | 913,000 |
22 | Sydney Thunder vs Perth Scorchers | 1,123,000 | 1,090,000 | 781,000 | 930,000 |
23 | Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers | 1,180,000 | 1,040,000 | 765,000 | 887,000 |
24 | Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars | 841,000 | 1,070,000 | 599,000 | 777,000 |
25 | Hobart Hurricanes vs Perth Scorchers | 653,000 | 848,000 | 465,000 | 636,000 |
26 | Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat | 1,080,000 | 1,180,000 | 803,000 | 859,000 |
27 | Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades | 1,210,000 | 1,240,000 | 868,000 | 904,000 |
28 | Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes | 1,040,000 | 1,190,000 | 788,000 | 897,000 |
29 | Melbourne Stars vs Brisbane Heat | 1,200,000 | 1,230,000 | 868,000 | 910,000 |
30 | Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder | 777,000 | 1,120,000 | 536,000 | 790,000 |
31 | Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Stars | 1,020,000 | 667,000 | 769,000 | 540,000 |
32 | Melbourne Renegades vs Adelaide Strikers | 1,110,000 | 1,360,000 | 820,000 | 1,020,000 |
SF1 | Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder | 1,070,000 | 1,220,000 | 806,000 | 929,000 |
SF2 | Melbourne Stars vs Perth Scorchers | 1,050,000 | 1,180,000 | 774,000 | 900,000 |
Final | Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder | 1,570,000 | 1,790,000 | 1,130,000 | 1,300,000 |
Average | 1,057,414 | 776,129 | |||
Club | Total | Games | Avg. Per Game | Home Total | Home Games | Home Avg. |
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Adelaide Strikers | 319510 | 9 | 35501 | 218447 | 5 | 43689 |
Brisbane Heat | 206325 | 8 | 25791 | 117411 | 4 | 29353 |
Hobart Hurricanes | 199226 | 8 | 24903 | 66560 | 4 | 16640 |
Melbourne Renegades | 258182 | 8 | 32273 | 116040 | 4 | 29010 |
Melbourne Stars | 362551 | 10 | 36255 | 241790 | 6 | 40298 |
Perth Scorchers | 221777 | 9 | 24642 | 81092 | 4 | 20273 |
Sydney Sixers | 217794 | 8 | 27224 | 111824 | 4 | 27956 |
Sydney Thunder | 275625 | 10 | 27563 | 77331 | 4 | 19333 |
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