The 2025–26 Big Bash League season or BBL|15 was the fifteenth edition of professional men's Twenty20 cricket tournament in Australia and the fifteenth under the Big Bash League (BBL) model. The tournament was played from 14 December 2025, with the final held on 25 January 2026, where the Perth Scorchers defeated the Sydney Sixers by 6 wickets to win their sixth title. The Hobart Hurricanes were the defending champions, but were knocked out by the Sydney Sixers during the Challenger.
Background
Sky Sports UK extended its partnership with the Big Bash League for a further four years till 2029. Fox Cricket and Seven Network retained the official broadcasting rights for the 2025–26 BBL – Big Bash League.
Draft
The 2025–26 season players draft was held on 19 June 2025.
Squads
Unless otherwise specified, all players are Australian. , Starting from the 2023–24 season, teams were allowed to sign up to two marquee supplementary players who would not count as part of their regular 18-player squad. These players must be signed to the Australia national cricket team.
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.
Match summary
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.
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.
League stage
On 3 July 2025, Cricket Australia confirmed the full schedule for the tournament.
Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field. , The match was reduced to 11 overs per side due to rain.
Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
Hobart Hurricanes 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.
Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field. , Matt Renshaw (Brisbane Heat) and Jack Wildermuth (Brisbane Heat) scored their maiden centuries in T20s. , This was the highest successful run chase in BBL history.
Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field. , Jack Edwards (Sydney Sixers) scored his first five-wicket haul in T20s.
Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field. , Tim Ward (Hobart Hurricanes) made his T20 debut.
Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field. , Jerrssis Wadia (Adelaide Strikers) made his T20 debut.
Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field. , Sam Harper (Melbourne Stars) scored his maiden century in T20s.
Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field. , Thomas Balkin (Brisbane Heat) made his T20 debut.
Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field. , Ryan Hadley (Sydney Thunder) made his T20 debut. , Cameron Bancroft (Sydney Thunder) scored his 2,000th BBL run.
Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field. , Lachlan Hearne and Oliver Patterson (Brisbane Heat) both made their T20 debuts. , Chris Lynn (Adelaide Strikers) became the first player to score 4,000 career runs in the BBL.
Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field. , Joel Curtis (Perth Scorchers) made his T20 debut.
Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat. , Sydney Thunder were eliminated from finals contention as a result of this match.
Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field. , No further play was possible due to rain. , Hobart Hurricanes secured their finals spot as a result of this match.
Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field. , Luke Holt (Perth Scorchers) made his T20 debut. , Mitchell Marsh hit his 100th six in the BBL.
Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field. , Sydney Thunder were set a revised target of 140 runs from 16 overs due to rain.
Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field. , Melbourne Stars secured a spot in the finals, while Adelaide Strikers were eliminated from finals contention as a result of this match.
Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field. , Perth Scorchers secured a spot in the finals, while Melbourne Renegades were eliminated from finals contention as a result of this match. , This was the last BBL match at Docklands Stadium.
Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field. , Aidan O'Connor (Sydney Thunder) made his T20 debut.
Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field. , Michael Archer (Melbourne Renegades) made his T20 debut. , This was the last match for the Melbourne Renegades before their merger with the Melbourne Stars.
Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field. , Sydney Sixers secured a spot in the finals, while Brisbane Heat were eliminated from finals contention as a result of this match.
Qualifier
Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Knockout
Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field. , The match was reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain. , Melbourne Stars were set a revised target of 85 runs from 7 overs due to rain. , This was the last match for the Melbourne Stars before their merger with the Melbourne Renegades.
Challenger
Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
Final
Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
Team of the tournament
The official team of the tournament was announced on 22 January 2026.
Team statistics
Only includes completed matches , Only games with more than ten overs batted are listed above.
† Denotes a match was shortened due to weather.
Attendance
For the eight consecutive season, the Perth Scorchers topped the league in the highest average attendance, finishing with a club record of 38,947.[citation needed] This season was the fourth highest average attended Big Bash season ever, with a final average of 24,748, the highest since the 2017–18 season.[citation needed] The Grand Final in Perth had record attendance for a Big Bash final, with 55,018 spectators at Perth Stadium. A total of 1,081,484 people attended Big Bash games this season.
Home team attendances
Teams are ranked in order of highest home attendance to lowest.
Italics* denotes a match played at a team's secondary home venue
