Big Bash League 2022–23 - Perth Scorchers Champions

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Facts

Dates13 December 2022 – 4 February 2023

AdministratorCricket Australia

Cricket formatTwenty20

Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and playoffs

ChampionsPerth Scorchers (5th title)

Participants8

Matches61

Attendance1,019,891 (16,720 per match)

Player of the seriesMatt Short (Adelaide Strikers)

Most runsAaron Hardie (Perth Scorchers) (460)

Most wicketsSean Abbott (Sydney Sixers) (29)

Official websitecricket.com.au/big-bash

The 2022–23 Big Bash League season or BBL|12 was the twelfth edition of the Big Bash League (BBL), the professional men's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The round-robin phase of the tournament ran from 13 December 2022 to 4 February 2023 with Perth Scorchers dominating the standings. Perth won their fifth BBL title, beating Brisbane Heat in the final by five wickets.

2022–23 Big Bash League season is located in Australia

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Background

Perth Scorchers were the defending champions, having won their fourth title in the 2021–22 Big Bash League season. The season saw the implementation of the international draft system, and removal of the Bash Boost point and X-Factor from the tournament. The Decision Review System was also implemented for the first time, with each team having one review available per innings, retaining the review if successful.

Visa-contracted players

Maximum of 3 visa-contracted players permitted in the matchday squad.

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Replacement players
Adelaide Strikers	Rashid Khan	Colin de Grandhomme	Adam Hose	—
Brisbane Heat	Sam Billings	Colin Munro	Ross Whiteley	Sam Hain
Hobart Hurricanes	Shadab Khan	Asif Ali	Faheem Ashraf	Zak CrawleyJimmy Neesham
Melbourne Renegades	Liam Livingstone	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	Akeal Hosein	Ruwantha KellapothaAndre RussellMartin Guptill
Melbourne Stars	Trent Boult	Joe Clarke	Luke Wood	—
Perth Scorchers	Laurie Evans	Phil Salt	Tymal Mills	Faf du PlessisAdam LythDavid Payne
Sydney Sixers	Chris Jordan	James Vince	Izharulhaq Naveed	—
Sydney Thunder	David Willey	Alex Hales	Rilee Rossouw	Fazalhaq Farooqi Usman Qadir

Draft

The 2022–23 season saw the inaugural international draft for the Big Bash League. It was held on 29 August 2022.

Round	Pick	Player	Club	National team	Notes
1	1	Liam Livingstone	Melbourne Renegades	England	Withdrew from tournament due to international commitments on 22 November.
2	Trent Boult	Melbourne Stars	New Zealand
3	Sam Billings	Brisbane Heat	England
4	Chris Jordan	Sydney Sixers	England
5	Rashid Khan	Adelaide Strikers	Afghanistan	Retention pick.
6	Passed	Perth Scorchers	—
7	David Willey	Sydney Thunder	England	Withdrew from tournament for personal reasons on 15 November.
8	Shadab Khan	Hobart Hurricanes	Pakistan
2	9	Mujeeb Ur Rahman	Melbourne Renegades	Afghanistan
10	Joe Clarke	Melbourne Stars	England
11	Colin Munro	Brisbane Heat	New Zealand
12	Laurie Evans	Perth Scorchers	England	Retention pick; contract terminated on 22 November.
13	James Vince	Sydney Sixers	England
14	Colin de Grandhomme	Adelaide Strikers	New Zealand
15	Alex Hales	Sydney Thunder	England
16	Asif Ali	Hobart Hurricanes	Pakistan
3	17	Faheem Ashraf	Hobart Hurricanes	Pakistan
18	Rilee Rossouw	Sydney Thunder	South Africa
19	Phil Salt	Perth Scorchers	England	Withdrew from tournament due to injury on 2 December.
20	Adam Hose	Adelaide Strikers	England
21	Passed	Sydney Sixers	—
22	Passed	Brisbane Heat	—
23	Luke Wood	Melbourne Stars	England
24	Passed	Melbourne Renegades	—
4	25	Akeal Hosein	Melbourne Renegades	West Indies
26	Passed	Melbourne Stars	—
27	Ross Whiteley	Brisbane Heat	England
28	Izharulhaq Naveed	Sydney Sixers	Afghanistan
29	Passed	Adelaide Strikers	—
30	Tymal Mills	Perth Scorchers	England	Withdrew from tournament for personal reasons on 15 December.
31	Passed	Sydney Thunder	—
32	Passed	Hobart Hurricanes	—

Venues

A total of seventeen venues have been selected to be used for the tournament, with North Sydney Oval No. 1, Lavington Sports Ground in Albury, and Cazalys Stadium in Cairns each hosting their first BBL match.

Adelaide	Albury	Brisbane	Cairns	Canberra
Adelaide Oval	Lavington Sports Ground	The Gabba	Cazalys Stadium	Manuka Oval
Capacity: 53,583	Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 42,000	Capacity: 13,500	Capacity: 14,000
Matches: 7	Matches: 1	Matches: 5	Matches: 1	Matches: 2
Team: Adelaide Strikers	Team: Sydney Thunder	Team: Brisbane Heat	Team: Brisbane Heat	Team: Sydney Thunder
Coffs Harbour	AdelaideAlburyBrisbaneCairnsCanberraCoffs HarbourGeelongGold CoastHobartLauncestonMelbournePerthSydney	Geelong
Coffs Harbour International Stadium	Kardinia Park
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 26,000
Matches: 1	Matches: 2
Team: Sydney Sixers	Team: Melbourne Renegades
Gold Coast	Hobart
Carrara Stadium	Bellerive Oval
Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 19,500
Matches: 1	Matches: 5
Team: Brisbane Heat	Team: Hobart Hurricanes
Launceston	Melbourne	Perth
York Park	Docklands Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Junction Oval	Perth Stadium
Capacity: 16,000	Capacity: 53,359	Capacity: 100,024	Capacity: 7,000	Capacity: 60,000
Matches: 2	Matches: 5	Matches: 6	Matches: 1	Matches: 7
Team: Hobart Hurricanes	Team: Melbourne Renegades	Team: Melbourne Stars	Team: Melbourne Stars	Team: Perth Scorchers
Sydney
North Sydney Oval	Sydney Showground Stadium	Sydney Cricket Ground
Capacity: 19,000	Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 48,000
Matches: 1	Matches: 4	Matches: 5
Team: Sydney Sixers	Team: Sydney Thunder	Team: Sydney Sixers

Win–loss table

A summary of results for each team's fourteen 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 or defeat.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	E	Q	K	C	F	Pos.
Adelaide Strikers (ADS)	SYS51 runs	SYT124 runs	SYT6 wickets	BRH6 runs	PRS3 wickets	MLS8 runs	HBH7 wickets	HBH7 wickets	MLR20 Runs	MLS9 wickets	BRH17 runs	SYS59 runs	PRS7 wickets	MLR6 wickets	X	X	X	X	X	7th(DNQ)
Brisbane Heat (BRH)	MLR22 runs	MLR4 wickets	ADS6 runs	SYT10 wickets	SYT11 runs	SYS15 runs	SYSNo Result	PRS7 wickets	PRS8 wickets	ADS17 runs	MLS3 wickets	HBH12 runs	MLS4 runs	HBH2 runs	SYT8 runs	→	MLR7 wickets	SYS4 wickets	PRS5 wickets	2nd(RU)
Hobart Hurricanes (HBH)	MLS38 runs	PRS8 runs	SYS6 runs	MLR8 runs	SYT62 runs	ADS7 wickets	ADS7 wickets	MLR6 wickets	MLS2 wickets	SYT5 wickets	PRS7 wickets	BRH12 runs	SYS24 runs	BRH2 runs	X	X	X	X	X	6th(DNQ)
Melbourne Renegades (MLR)	BRH22 runs	SYT4 wickets	BRH4 wickets	HBH8 runs	SYS34 runs	SYS6 wickets	PRS5 wickets	MLS33 runs	HBH6 wickets	ADS20 runs	MLS6 runs	SYT8 wickets	PRS10 runs	ADS6 wickets	→	→	BRH7 wickets	X	X	4th(KM)
Melbourne Stars (MLS)	SYT1 wicket	HBH38 runs	PRS61 runs	SYS7 wickets	PRS6 wickets	ADS8 runs	MLR33 runs	SYS6 wickets	HBH2 wickets	ADS9 wickets	MLR6 runs	BRH3 wickets	BRH4 runs	SYT3 wickets	X	X	X	X	X	8th(DNQ)
Perth Scorchers (PRS)	SYS38 runs	HBH8 runs	MLS61 runs	ADS3 wickets	MLS6 wickets	MLR5 wickets	SYT6 wickets	BRH7 wickets	BRH8 wickets	SYT9 wickets	SYS6 runs	HBH7 wickets	ADS7 wickets	MLR10 runs	→	SYS7 wickets	→	→	BRH5 wickets	1st(C)
Sydney Sixers (SYS)	ADS51 runs	PRS38 runs	HBH6 runs	MLS7 wickets	MLR34 runs	MLR6 wickets	BRH15 runs	BRHNo Result	MLS6 wickets	SYT7 wickets	PRS6 runs	ADS59 runs	SYT125 runs	HBH24 runs	→	PRS7 wickets	→	BRH4 wickets	X	3rd(CM)
Sydney Thunder (SYT)	MLS1 wicket	ADS124 runs	MLR4 wickets	ADS6 wickets	BRH10 wickets	BRH11 runs	HBH62 runs	PRS6 wickets	SYS7 wickets	PRS9 wickets	HBH5 wickets	MLR8 wickets	SYS125 runs	MLS3 wickets	BRH8 runs	X	X	X	X	5th(EM)

Team's results→	Won	Lost	N/R

League progression

Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed., Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

Team	Group matches	Playoffs
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Q/K	C	F
Adelaide Strikers	2	4	6	6	6	6	6	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Brisbane Heat	0	0	2	2	2	4	5	5	5	7	9	11	13	13	W	W	W
Hobart Hurricanes	0	2	2	4	4	6	6	6	8	10	10	10	10	12
Melbourne Renegades	2	4	6	6	6	6	6	8	10	10	12	12	12	14	L
Melbourne Stars	0	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	6
Perth Scorchers	2	2	4	6	8	10	10	12	14	16	16	18	20	22	W
Sydney Sixers	0	0	2	4	6	8	8	9	11	13	15	17	19	21	L	L
Sydney Thunder	2	2	2	2	4	6	8	10	10	10	10	12	12	14	L

Win	Loss	No result

Match summary

Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams., Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.

Visitor team →	ADS	BRH	HBH	MLR	MLS	PRS	SYS	SYT
Home team ↓
Adelaide Strikers	Heat17 runs	Strikers7 wickets	Strikers20 runs	Stars8 runs	Scorchers7 wickets	Strikers51 runs	Strikers6 wickets
Brisbane Heat	Heat6 runs	Heat12 runs	Renegades22 runs	Heat4 runs	Scorchers8 wickets	Heat15 runs	Thunder11 runs
Hobart Hurricanes	Hurricanes7 wickets	Hurricanes2 runs	Hurricanes8 runs	Hurricanes2 wickets	Hurricanes8 runs	Sixers24 runs	Hurricanes5 wickets
Melbourne Renegades	Renegades6 wickets	Renegades4 wickets	Renegades6 wickets	Renegades6 runs	Scorchers5 wickets	Sixers6 wickets	Renegades4 wickets
Melbourne Stars	Stars9 wickets	Heat3 wickets	Stars38 runs	Renegades33 runs	Scorchers61 runs	Sixers6 wickets	Thunder3 wickets
Perth Scorchers	Scorchers3 wickets	Scorchers7 wickets	Scorchers7 wickets	Scorchers10 runs	Scorchers6 wickets	Scorchers38 runs	Thunder6 wickets
Sydney Sixers	Sixers59 runs	Matchabandoned	Sixers6 runs	Sixers34 runs	Sixers7 wickets	Sixers6 runs	Sixers125 runs
Sydney Thunder	Strikers124 runs	Thunder10 wickets	Thunder62 runs	Thunder8 wickets	Thunder1 wicket	Scorchers9 wickets	Sixers7 wickets

Home team won	Visitor team won

League stage

On 14 July 2022, Cricket Australia confirmed the full schedule for the tournament.

Week 1

Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field. Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat. Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field. , Josh Brown (Brisbane Heat) made his T20 debut. Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field. , Campbell Kellaway (Melbourne Stars) made his T20 debut. Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat. , Thunder's 15 all out is the lowest score in a completed innings in a men's professional T20 until it was surpassed by the Isle of Man being bowled out for 10 against Spain in February 2023. At 35 balls, it was also the shortest completed innings in all men's professional T20s. Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat. Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 1 13 December 2022 19:15 (N) Scorecard

Melbourne Stars8/122 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Thunder (H)9/123 (20 overs)
Nick Larkin 25 (26) Fazalhaq Farooqi 2/20 (4 overs)	Alex Ross 28 (27) Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/19 (4 overs)

Sydney Thunder won by 1 wicket Manuka Oval, Canberra Attendance: 6,221 Umpires: Gerard Abood and Paul Wilson Player of the match: Gurinder Sandhu (Sydney Thunder)

Match 2 14 December 2022 18:45 (N) Scorecard

(H) Adelaide Strikers6/184 (20 overs)	v	Sydney Sixers7/133 (20 overs)
Matthew Short 84 (53) Sean Abbott 3/37 (4 overs)	Jordan Silk 36 (25) Henry Thornton 4/20 (4 overs)

Adelaide Strikers won by 51 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Attendance: 12,621 Umpires: Bruce Oxenford and Eloise Sheridan Player of the match: Matthew Short (Adelaide Strikers)

Match 3 15 December 2022 18:15 (N) Scorecard

Melbourne Renegades7/166 (20 overs)	v	Brisbane Heat (H)6/144 (20 overs)
Nic Maddinson 87 (49) Matthew Kuhnemann 3/32 (4 overs)	Jimmy Peirson 43 (30) Akeal Hosein 3/15 (4 overs)

Melbourne Renegades won by 22 runs Cazalys Stadium, Cairns Attendance: 6,708 Umpires: Phillip Gillespie and Donovan Koch Player of the match: Nic Maddinson (Melbourne Renegades)

Match 4 16 December 2022 17:05 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Melbourne Stars5/183 (20 overs)	v	Hobart Hurricanes9/145 (20 overs)
Joe Clarke 101* (66) Riley Meredith 2/38 (4 overs)	Matthew Wade 35 (35) Luke Wood 3/25 (4 overs)

Melbourne Stars won by 38 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneAttendance: 9,142 Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith and Nathan Johnstone Player of the match: Joe Clarke (Melbourne Stars)

Week 2

Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat. Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat. , Michael Neser (Brisbane Heat) took the 9th BBL hatrick. Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat. , The match was reduced to 14 overs per side due to rain. Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat. Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat. Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat. Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field. Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.

Week 3

Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat. Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field. Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field. Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat. Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field. Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat. Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat. Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat. Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.

Week 4

Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field. Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field. , The match was reduced to 13 overs per side due to rain. , No further play was possible due to rain. Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat. , Joel Davies (Sydney Thunder) made his T20 debut. Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field. Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field. Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field. Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field , Cooper Connolly (Perth Scorchers) made his T20 debut. Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field

Week 5

Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field , Ruwantha Kellepotha (Melbourne Renegades) made his T20 debut. Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field. , Spencer Johnson (Brisbane Heat) made his T20 debut. Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field. Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field. Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field. Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field. Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat. Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field. Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.

Week 6

Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field. Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat. Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat. Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat. Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field. Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat. , The match was reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain. Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat. Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field. Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.

Week 7

Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field. Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field. Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.

Eliminator

Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field. , Sydney Thunder innings curtailed at 6.5 overs due to rain; DLS par score was 60. , Ross Pawson (Sydney Thunder) made his T20 debut.

Qualifier

Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.

Knockout

Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.

Challenger

Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.

Source: Wikipedia