What are the Big Bash League squads for 2025-26? Full line-ups for all eight teams in BBL|15

With the festive season fast approaching, so is the KFC Big Bash League for another Australian summer.

2025-26 marks the 15th edition of the domestic T20 competition and with 44 matches to be played in six action-packed weeks it promises to be another huge hit with cricket fans across Australia.

BBL|15 begins on Sunday December 14 when the Perth Scorchers host the Sydney Sixers at Optus Stadium in Perth and ends with the BBL|15 final on January 25.

As always there’s been plenty of player movement across the BBL franchises with some exciting new international stars also ready to make an impact.

The Sporting News explains everything you need to know about who’s playing for all eight teams in BBL|15.

Adelaide Strikers squad for BBL|15

• Hasan Ali*
• Cameron Boyce
• Jordan Buckingham
• Alex Carey
• Mackenzie Harvey
• Travis Head
• Thomas Kelly
• Chris Lynn
• Harry Nielsen
• Jamie Overton*
• Lloyd Pope 
• Alex Ross
• Jason Sangha
• Liam Scott
• Matt Short
• Tom Straker
• Henry Thorton
• Luke Wood*

Ins: Jason Sangha (Thunder), Mackenzie Harvey (Renegades), Tom Straker (Heat)

Outs: Brendan Doggett (Renegades), Jake Weatherald (Hurricanes)

Uncontracted: James Bazley, Liam Haskett, Harry Manenti, Ollie Pope, D’Arcy Short

Head coach: Tim Paine 

BBL|14 Finish: 8th

Brisbane Heat squad for BBL|15

• Shaheen Shah Afridi*
• Tom Alsop*
• Xavier Bartlett
• Max Bryant
• Lachlan Hearne
• Spencer Johnson (injured)
• Usman Khawaja
• Matt Kuhnemann
• Marnus Labuschagne
• Nathan McSweeney
• Colin Munro*
• Michael Neser
• Oli Patterson
• Jimmy Peirson
• Matthew Renshaw
• Callum Vidler
• Hugh Weibgen
• Jack Wildermuth

Ins: Lachlan Hearne (Sixers), Hugh Weibgen (Thunder), Oli Patterson

Outs: Mitch Swepson (Stars), Tom Whitney (Stars), Tom Straker (Strikers)

Uncontracted: Daniel Drew, Will Prestwidge, Jack Wood

Head coach: Johan Botha

BBL|14 Finish: 7th

Hobart Hurricanes squad for BBL|15

• Rehan Ahmed*
• Marcus Bean
• Jackson Bird
• Iain Carlisle
• Nikhil Chaudhary
• Tim David
• Nathan Ellis
• Rishad Hossain*
• Chris Jordan*
• Ben McDermott
• Riley Meredith
• Mitch Owen
• Billy Stanlake
• Matthew Wade
• Tim Ward 
• Jake Weatherald
• Beau Webster
• Mac Wright

Ins: Jake Weatherald (Strikers), Beau Webster (Stars), Jackson Bird (Sixers)

Out: Caleb Jewell (Renegades)

Uncontracted: Paddy Dooley, Jake Doran, Cameron Gannon, Peter Hatzoglou, Charlie Wakim

Head coach: Jeff Vaughan

BBL|14 Finish: Champions

Melbourne Renegades squad for BBL|15

• Jason Behrendorff
• Josh Brown
• Harry Dixon
• Brendan Doggett
• Jake Fraser-McGurk
• Caleb Jewell
• Hassan Khan*
• Nathan Lyon
• Fergus O’Neill
• Ollie Peake
• Muhammad Rizwan*
• Tom Rogers
• Will Salzmann
• Gurinder Sandhu
• Tim Seifert*
• Callum Stow
• Will Sutherland
• Adam Zampa

Ins: Jason Behrendorff (Scorchers), Brendan Doggett (Strikers), Caleb Jewell (Hurricanes), Will Salzmann (Thunder)

Outs: Mackenzie Harvey (Strikers), Kane Richardson (Sixers)

Uncontracted: Xavier Crone, Sam Elliott, Marcus Harris, Jon Wells

Head coach: Cameron White

BBL|14 Finish: 6th

Melbourne Stars squad for BBL|15

• Austin Anlezark
• Scott Boland
• Hilton Cartwright
• Joe Clarke*
• Tom Curran*
• Sam Harper
• Liam Hatcher
• Campbell Kellaway
• Glenn Maxwell
• Hamish McKenzie
• Jon Merlo
• Haris Rauf*
• Tom Rogers
• Peter Siddle
• Mark Steketee
• Marcus Stoinis
• Mitch Swepson
• Tom Whitney

Ins: Liam Hatcher (Thunder), Mitch Swepson (Heat), Tom Whitney (Heat)

Outs: Beau Webster (Hurricanes), Joel Paris (Scorchers), Brody Couch (Scorchers)

Uncontracted: Peter Handscomb, Blake Macdonald, Doug Warren

Head coach: Peter Moores

BBL|14 Finish: 4th

Perth Scorchers squad for BBL|15

• Ashton Agar
• Finn Allen*
• Mahli Beardman
• Cooper Connolly
• Brody Couch
• Laurie Evans*
• Sam Fanning
• Aaron Hardie
• Nick Hobson
• Josh Inglis
• Bryce Jackson
• Matthew Kelly
• Mitchell Marsh
• Lance Morris
• Joel Paris
• David Payne* 
• Jhye Richardson
• Ashton Turner

 Ins: Brody Couch (Stars), Joel Paris (Stars), Bryce Jackson

Outs: Jason Behrendorff (Renegades)

Uncontracted: Matthew Spoors, Andrew Tye

Head coach: Adam Voges

BBL|14 Finish: 5th

Sydney Sixers squad for BBL|15

• Sean Abbott
• Babar Azam*
• Jafer Chohan*
• Sam Curran*
• Joel Davies
• Ben Dwarshuis
• Jack Edwards
• Moises Henriques
• Daniel Hughes
• Hayden Kerr
• Ben Manenti
• Todd Murphy
• Mitch Perry
• Josh Philippe
• Kane Richardson
• Lachlan Shaw 
• Jordan Silk
• Steve Smith

Marquee supplementary list: Mitchell Starc

Ins: Lachlan Shaw, Kane Richardson (Renegades)

Outs: Lachlan Hearne (Heat), Jackson Bird (Hurricanes)

Uncontracted: Josh Hazlewood, Hanno Jacobs, Kurtis Patterson

Head coach: Greg Shipperd

BBL|14 Finish: 3rd

Sydney Thunder squad for BBL|15

• Tom Andrews
• Wes Agar
• Cameron Bancroft
• Sam Billings*
• Ollie Davies
• Lockie Ferguson*
• Matt Gilkes
• Chris Green
• Ryan Hadley
• Shadab Khan*
• Sam Konstas
• Nic Maddinson
• Nathan McAndrew
• Blake Nikitaras
• Aidan O’Connor
• Daniel Sams
• Tanveer Sangha
• Reece Topley*
• David Warner

Ins: Aidan O’Connor

Outs: Liam Hatcher (Stars), Jason Sangha (Strikers)

Uncontracted: Dan Christian, Pat Cummins, Toby Gray

Withdrawn: Rachivandran Ashwin (India)

Head coach: Trevor Bayliss

BBL|14 Finish: Runner up

 

* International players

 

BBL|15 fixture list 2025-26

Date

Fixture

Venue

Time (AEDT)

Broadcast

Sun Dec 14

Scorchers vs Sixers

Optus Stadium

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Mon Dec 15

Renegades vs Heat

GMHBA Stadium

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Tue Dec 16

Hurricanes vs Thunder

Ninja Stadium

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Wed Dec 17

Sixers vs Strikers

SCG

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Thu Dec 18

Stars vs Hurricanes

MCG

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Fri Dec 19

Heat vs Scorchers

Gabba

7:15pm

Fox Cricket

Sat Dec 20

Thunder vs Sixers

ENGIE Stadium

7:15pm

Fox Cricket

Sun Dec 21

Renegades vs Hurricanes

GMHBA Stadium

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Mon Dec 22

Thunder vs Heat

Manuka Oval

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Tue Dec 23

Strikers vs Stars

Adelaide Oval

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Fri Dec 26

Sixers vs Stars

SCG

6:05pm

Seven/Fox

Fri Dec 26

Scorchers vs Hurricanes

Optus Stadium

9:15pm

Seven/Fox

Sat Dec 27

Heat vs Strikers

Gabba

7:15pm

Fox Cricket

Sun Dec 28

Stars vs Thunder

Manuka Oval

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Mon Dec 29

Hurricanes vs Renegades

Ninja Stadium

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Tue Dec 30

Thunder vs Scorchers

ENGIE Stadium

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Wed Dec 31

Strikers vs Heat

Adelaide Oval

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Thu Jan 1

Renegades vs Sixers

Marvel Stadium

4:00pm

Fox Cricket

Thu Jan 1

Hurricanes vs Scorchers

Ninja Stadium

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Fri Jan 2

Heat vs Stars

Gabba

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Sat Jan 3

Thunder vs Hurricanes

ENGIE Stadium

7:15pm

Fox Cricket

Sun Jan 4

Stars vs Renegades

MCG

6:05pm

Seven/Fox

Sun Jan 4

Scorchers vs Strikers

Optus Stadium

9:15pm

Seven/Fox

Mon Jan 5

Sixers vs Heat

C.ex Coffs International Stadium

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Tue Jan 6

Strikers vs Thunder

Adelaide Oval

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Wed Jan 7

Scorchers vs Renegades

Optus Stadium

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Thu Jan 8

Stars vs Sixers

MCG

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Fri Jan 9

Hurricanes vs Strikers

Ninja Stadium

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Sat Jan 10

Heat vs Thunder

Gabba

4:00pm

Fox Cricket

Sat Jan 10

Renegades vs Stars

Marvel Stadium

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Sun Jan 11

Sixers vs Hurricanes

SCG

2:05pm

Seven/Fox

Sun Jan 11

Strikers vs Scorchers

Adelaide Oval

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Mon Jan 12

Thunder vs Renegades

ENGIE Stadium

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Tue Jan 13

Stars vs Strikers

MCG

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Wed Jan 14

Hurricanes vs Heat

Ninja Stadium

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Thu Jan 15

Renegades vs Scorchers

Marvel Stadium

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Fri Jan 16

Sixers vs Thunder

SCG

7:15pm

Seven/Fox

Sat Jan 17

Strikers vs Renegades

Adelaide Oval

5:00pm

Fox Cricket

Sat Jan 17

Scorchers vs Stars

Optus Stadium

8:15pm

Fox Cricket

Sun Jan 18

Heat vs Sixers

Gabba

7:15pm

Seven/Fox