Australian Big Bash League 2024-25 is ready to begin. It is the 14th edition of the Australian T20 cricket league. This tournament will run between December 15, 2024, and January 27, 2025. Eight teams are set to participate in the BBL 2024-25. These teams are Adelaide Strikers, Brisbane Heat, Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Stars, Hobart Hurricanes, Perth Scorchers, Sydney Sixers, and Sydney Thunder.

Brisbane Heat are set to start the BBL 2024-25 as the defending champions. They won the BBL 2023-24 title, which was their second BBL trophy success after winning the 2012-13 edition.  

See Also: Big Bash League 2024-25: Complete fixtures and timings

BBL 2024-25: Previous records 

Champions

 Runners-up

BBL 2024-25: Timeline and Formats

The 14th edition of the Big Bash League (BBL 2024-25) will run from December 15, 2024, to January 27, 2025. The BBL 2024-25 will start with a round-robin system. Each team will play 10 matches in the league stage, facing three teams twice and four others once. At the end of the league stage, the top four teams will advance to the Finals Series. While the top two teams will face each other in the Qualifier, the next two teams will compete in the Knockout. 

While the winners of the Qualifier will advance to the Final, the losers of the Qualifier will face the winners of the Knockout in the Challenger. The Challenger winners will then face the Qualifier winners in the Final of the tournament on January 27. The winners of the Final will lift the trophy.  

BBL 2024-25: Venues

A total of 11 venues will host the entire BBL 2024-25:

Adelaide Oval (Adelaide)

The Gabba (Brisbane)

Manuka Oval (Canberra)

C.ex Coffs International Stadium (Coffs Harbour)

GMHBA Stadium (Geelong)

Ninja Stadium (Hobart)

Optus Stadium (Perth)

Marvel Stadium (Melbourne)

Melbourne Cricket Ground (Melbourne)

ENGIE Stadium (Sydney)

Sydney Cricket Ground (Sydney)

BBL 2024-25: Head coaches

Adelaide Strikers: Tim Paine

Brisbane Heat: Johan Botha

Hobart Hurricanes: Jeff Vaughan

Melbourne Renegades: Cameron White

Melbourne Stars: Peter Moores

Perth Scorchers: Adam Voges

Sydney Sixers: Greg Shipperd

Sydney Thunder: Trevor Bayliss

BBL 2024-25: Captains

Adelaide Strikers: Matthew Short

Brisbane Heat: Usman Khawaja

Hobart Hurricanes: Matthew Wade

Melbourne Renegades: Will Sutherland

Melbourne Stars: Marcus Stoinis

Perth Scorchers: Ashton Turner

Sydney Sixers: Moises Henriques

Sydney Thunder: David Warner

BBL 2024-25: Squads 

Adelaide Strikers

Fabian Allen, James Bazley, Cameron Boyce, Jordan Buckingham, Alex Carey, Brendan Doggett, Travis Head, Thomas Kelly, Chris Lynn, Harry Nielsen, Jamie Overton, Lloyd Pope, Ollie Pope, Alex Ross, D'Arcy Short, Matt Short, Henry Thornton, Jake Weatherald

Brisbane Heat

Tom Alsop, Xavier Bartlett, Max Bryant, Spencer Johnson, Usman Khawaja, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan McSweeney, Colin Munro, Michael Neser, Jimmy Peirson, Will Prestwidge, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Swepson, Callum Vidler, Paul Walter, Jack Wildermuth, Jack Wood

Hobart Hurricanes

Iain Carlisle, Nikhil Chaudhary, Tim David, Paddy Dooley, Jake Doran, Nathan Ellis, Peter Hatzoglou, Shai Hope, Caleb Jewell, Chris Jordan, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Mitch Owen, Waqar Salamkheil, Billy Stanlake, Matthew Wade, Charlie Wakim, Mac Wright

Melbourne Renegades

Jacob Bethell, Josh Brown, Xavier Crone, Harry Dixon, Laurie Evans, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Marcus Harris, Mackenzie Harvey, Nathan Lyon, Fergus O'Neill, Kane Richardson, Tom Rogers, Gurinder Sandhu, Tim Seifert, Will Sutherland, Jon Wells, Adam Zampa, Hassan Khan

Melbourne Stars

Scott Boland, Hilton Cartwright, Brody Couch, Tom Curran, Ben Duckett, Sam Harper, Campbell Kellaway, Glenn Maxwell, Hamish McKenzie, Jon Merlo, Usama Mir, Joel Paris, Tom Rogers, Peter Siddle, Mark Steketee, Marcus Stoinis, Doug Warren, Beau Webster, Joe Clarke, Adam Milne

Perth Scorchers

Ashton Agar, Finn Allen, Mahli Beardman, Jason Behrendorff, Cooper Connolly, Sam Fanning, Aaron Hardie, Nick Hobson, Matthew Hurst, Josh Inglis, Keaton Jennings, Matt Kelly, Mitch Marsh, Lance Morris, Jhye Richardson, Matthew Spoors, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye

Sydney Sixers

Sean Abbott, Jackson Bird, Jafer Chohan, Joel Davies, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Moises Henriques, Akeal Hosein, Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Ben Manenti, Todd Murphy, Kurtis Patterson, Mitch Perry, Josh Philippe, Jordan Silk, Steve Smith, James Vince

Sydney Thunder

Wes Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Sam Billings, Ollie Davies, Lockie Ferguson, Matthew Gilkes, Chris Green, Ryan Hadley, Liam Hatcher, Sam Konstas, Nic Maddinson, Nathan McAndrew, Sherfane Rutherford, William Salzmann, Daniel Sams, Jason Sangha, Tanveer Sangha, David Warner