Final rematch to begin T20 title defence
Champions Australia will face New Zealand, England and Afghanistan in the Super 12 stage of 2022 T20 World Cup.
Champions Australia will face New Zealand, England and Afghanistan in the Super 12 stage of 2022 T20 World Cup.
Adelaide, Brisbane and the Gold Coast will not host T20 matches between Australia and Sri Lanka with the series instead to be played at three venues.
Grace Harris has been called into Australia's Ashes squad as a replacement for Beth Mooney, in a sign she could open against England in the series opener.
Glenn Maxwell smashed an unbeaten 154 for the highest score in a BBL match as the Melbourne Stars also rewrote the record books with their 2-273 against Hobart.
Chris Lynn could be among those under pressure to keep a contract at the Brisbane Heat as they slumped to a sixth straight loss to end the BBL season.
Cameron Boyce has taken the first double hat-trick in BBL history as part of a five-wicket haul against the Sydney Thunder.
New Zealand's white-ball tour of Australia has been postponed after the Black Caps were unable to avoid a 10-day hard isolation period on return home.
Daniel Hughes top-scored with 59 as the Sydney Sixers managed 6-178 against Brisbane and look to lock up second spot on the BBL ladder.
The first week of the BBL finals series will be based exclusively in Melbourne, with nomadic minor premiers Perth Scorchers set to play at Marvel Stadium.
Nathan Lyon will play for the Sydney Sixers against the Brisbane Heat at the Gabba as the visitors aim to lock in second spot on the BBL ladder.
Sydney Thunder's Mohammad Hasnain, who electrified up the BBL before returning home to Pakistan, has been reported for a suspected illegal bowling action.
Australia's best T20 batter Beth Mooney is expected to miss the women's Ashes and is in doubt for the ODI World Cup after suffering a fractured jaw at training.
BBL minor premiers Perth Scorchers, particularly star allrounder Mitch Marsh, have shown a liking for their chosen BBL finals home venue of Marvel Stadium
The Strikers have booked their place in the BBL finals and are riding a four-game winning streak, proving to everybody they are not a one-man show
Nathan Lyon is set to return to BBL action, while Moises Henriques is begging Steve O'Keefe to reconsider his retirement call.
A swift half-century for the returning Mitch Marsh has powered BBL minor premiers to a six-wicket win over lowly Brisbane Heat in Melbourne
BBL minor premiers Perth Scorchers have been set 156 to beat Brisbane after Heat batter Max Bryant scored a career-best 81 in their score of 7-155.
Alex Carey's place in the XI was questioned this summer but Travis Head believes Australia should take confidence from the keeper's 'exceptional' Ashes series.
Glenn Maxwell took a catch for the ages in the Stars' big win against the Heat, but he wasn't as thrilled with his pouch as everyone else was.
Travis Head has been named player of the series in Hobart after dismantling England's attack in a coming-of-age Ashes summer.
The Melbourne Stars have curbed the Brisbane Heat's batters before dominating their bowlers in a comprehensive BBL victory.
Ben Duckett hit an impressive half-century but it was Glenn Maxwell who lit up the MCG and put the Melbourne Stars in the box seat against Brisbane in the BBL.
BBL champions Sydney Sixers are out to secure a precious top-two finish after brushing aside their local rivals in the SCG derby.
Pat Cummins has snagged four England wickets to help Australia secure a first-innings lead of 115 runs in the fifth Ashes Test.
Australia have been dismissed for 303 on day two of the fifth Ashes Test in Hobart, with Nathan Lyon's brisk 31 doing the late damage for the hosts.
Brisbane Heat will be boosted for their next BBL match by the return of Test squad members Michael Neser and Mitchell Swepson.
Jonathan Wells starred with the bat and Henry Thornton wreaked havoc with the ball as the Adelaide Strikers thumped the Melbourne Stars in the BBL in Adelaide.
Adelaide Strikers skipper Peter Siddle has won the toss and elected to bowl against the ladder-leading Perth Scorchers in Adelaide.
Melbourne Stars captain Glenn Maxwell says he and the team are struggling from the effects of COVID-19 as they stay in the BBL finals hunt.
Matthew Wade's unbeaten 83 has helped Hobart to an important Big Bash League win over the Sydney Thunder to all but secure a finals spot for the Hurricanes.
Brisbane will host the Sydney Sixers at the Gabba on January 19 after organisers rescheduled their BBL clash that had been postponed due to the COVID outbreak.