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The 2021–22 Big Bash League season or BBL|11 was the eleventh season of the Big Bash League, the professional men's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament was played from 5 December 2021 and finished on 28 January 2022. The Perth Scorchers defeated the defending champions Sydney Sixers by 79 runs in the final to claim their fourth title.

Background

On 8 November 2021, Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed that the inaugural BBL First Nations round would be played between January 8 and 14, 2022. The matches were played at the venues in Adelaide, with the players of all teams wearing Indigenous kits designed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders artists, which are portraying unique stories. The round was played intending to mark the tournament's commitment to deepening education and meaningful connection with Indigenous People of Australia.

On 30 December 2021, the 27th match of the regular season between Perth Scorchers and Melbourne Stars was postponed, following a COVID-19 positive case in the Stars' camp. On 5 January 2022, the 36th match of the regular season between Brisbane Heat and Sydney Sixers was postponed, following COVID-19 positive cases in the Heat's camp. The 39th match of the regular season between Adelaide Strikers and Melbourne Stars was also postponed.

Teams

Summary

Visa contracted players

Maximum of 3 visa players permitted in the matchday squad.

Player withdrawn due to injury
Player withdrawn due to international duties
Player withdrawn for personal reasons and other commitments

Venues

Fourteen venues have been selected to be used for the tournament, including the return of Geelong and Coffs Harbour, while a BBL match was played at the Junction Oval in Melbourne for the first time. Out of Perth Scorchers' seven scheduled home matches, only one match against Brisbane Heat was played at Perth Stadium, with all the other matches were shifted to different venues.

Adelaide	Brisbane	Canberra	Coffs Harbour	Geelong
Adelaide Oval	The Gabba	Manuka Oval	Coffs Harbour International Stadium	GHMBA Stadium
Capacity: 53,583	Capacity: 42,000	Capacity: 14,000	Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 26,000
Matches: 7	Matches: 5	Matches: 2	Matches: 2	Matches: 2
Perth	AdelaideBrisbane Canberra Geelong Hobart Launceston Melbourne Perth Sydney Gold CoastCoffs Harbour			Gold Coast
Perth Stadium				Metricon Stadium
Capacity: 60,000				Capacity: 25,000
Matches: 1				Matches: 4
Hobart				Launceston
Blundstone Arena				UTAS Stadium
Capacity: 20,000				Capacity: 21,000
Matches: 6				Matches: 2
Melbourne			Sydney
Docklands Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Junction Oval	Sydney Showground Stadium	Sydney Cricket Ground
Capacity: 54,003	Capacity: 100,024	Capacity: 7,000	Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 48,000
Matches: 7	Matches: 6	Matches: 1	Matches: 6	Matches: 5

Note: Venues of the matches will be changed at any time by border closures restrictions due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Pre-season

Teams and Standings

Points table

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.

Last updated: 28 January 2022

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 14 July 2021, Cricket Australia confirmed the full schedule for the tournament. 45 of the 61 games – including all of the finals – will be shown on Channel Seven, while Fox Cricket and Kayo Sports will broadcast all of the matches.

Week 1

• Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
• Brody Couch, Sam Elliott and Syed Faridoun (Melbourne Stars) all made their T20 debuts.
• The Sydney Sixers' winning margin of 152 runs was the largest in a BBL match, bettering the previous record of 145 runs which also was set by the Sixers.

• Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
• Liam Guthrie (Brisbane Heat) made his T20 debut.

• Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat.
• James Seymour (Melbourne Renegades) and Daniel Drew (Adelaide Strikers) both made their T20 debuts.

• Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.

• Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.

• Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.

• Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.

• Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sydney Sixers were set a revised target of 196 runs from 18 overs due to rain.
• Josh Kann (Hobart Hurricanes) made his T20 debut.
• X-factor subs: Josh Kann (Hobart Hurricanes) replaced Tom Lammonby.

• Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
• Thomas Kelly (Adelaide Strikers) made his T20 debut.
• X-factor subs: Liam Scott (Adelaide Strikers) replaced Wes Agar.

Week 2

• Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.

• Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.

• Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.

• Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
• X-factor subs: Hayden Kerr (Sydney Sixers) replaced Lloyd Pope.

Week 3

• Brisbane won the toss and elected to field.
• X-factor subs: Tom Cooper (Brisbane Heat) replaced Tom Abell.

• Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
• X-factor subs: Jordan Thompson (Hobart Hurricanes) replaced Riley Meredith.

• Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.

• 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.

Week 4

• Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain stopped play during Sydney Sixers innings. Sydney Thunder were set a revised target of 173 runs from 16 overs.
• Todd Murphy (Sydney Sixers) made his T20 debut.
• X-factor subs: Mickey Edwards (Sydney Sixers) replaced Todd Murphy.

• Melbourne Renegades won the toss and bat.

• Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.

• Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.

• Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
• X-factor subs: Lance Morris (Perth Scorchers) replaced Peter Hatzoglou.

• Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
• X-factor subs: Jack Wildermuth (Brisbane Heat) replaced Matthew Kuhnemann.

• Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
• Ben McDermott (Hobart Hurricanes) became the first player to score two consecutive 100s in the BBL.

• Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.

• Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
• X-factor subs: Jack Wildermuth (Brisbane Heat) replaced Liam Guthrie.

• Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
• No play was possible due to rain.

Week 5

• Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
• Xavier Crone and Tom Rogers (Melbourne Stars) both made their T20 debuts.

• Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
• Henry Hunt (Adelaide Strikers) made his T20 debut.

• Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
• Patrick Rowe (Melbourne Stars) made his T20 debut.
• X-factor subs: James Seymour (Melbourne Renegades) replaced Will Sutherland.

• Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.

• Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
• X-factor subs: Mac Wright (Hobart Hurricanes) replaced Wil Parker.

• Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
• Jack Clayton, David Grant, Ronan McDonald, Steve McGiffin, Lachlan Pfeffer and Will Prestwidge (Brisbane Heat) all made their T20 debuts.
• X-factor subs: Mohammad Nabi (Melbourne Renegades) replaced James Pattinson.

• Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rain stopped play during Perth Scorchers innings. Sydney Thunder were set a revised target of 135 runs from 18 overs due to rain.
• Gurinder Sandhu became the first player to take a hat-trick for the Sydney Thunder.

• Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.

• Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
• Paddy Dooley (Brisbane Heat) and Will Sanders (Hobart Hurricanes) both made their T20 debuts.
• X-factor subs: Mac Wright (Hobart Hurricanes) replaced Will Sanders.

Week 6

• Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.
• Justin Avendano (Sydney Sixers) became the first player to represent multiple clubs in one BBL season, after previously playing for the Melbourne Stars.

• Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.

• Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.

• Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
• X-factor subs: Clint Hinchliffe (Melbourne Stars) replaced Brody Couch.

• Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ben Dwarshuis (Sydney Sixers) took his maiden five-wicket haul in T20s.

• Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.

• Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
• X-factor subs: Mitchell Owen (Hobart Hurricanes) replaced Wil Parker.

• Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat.

• 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 field.

Week 7

• Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
• X-factor subs: Nick Larkin (Melbourne Stars) replaced Brody Couch.

• Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ben Dwarshuis (Sydney Sixers) took his 100th BBL wicket, becoming the first player to do so whilst representing one team and fifth player overall.

• Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.

• Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.

• Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
• Chris Lynn (Brisbane Heat) became the first player to score 3,000 runs in the BBL.

• Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
• Cameron Boyce (Melbourne Renegades) became the first bowler to take four wickets in four consecutive deliveries in the BBL.

• Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
• X-factor subs: Jordan Thompson (Hobart Hurricanes) replaced Will Sanders.
• Glenn Maxwell (Melbourne Stars) scored the highest individual score in a BBL match.
• Melbourne Stars scored the highest team total in a BBL match.

Play-offs

Eliminator

• Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.

Qualifier

• Perth Scorchers won by the toss and elected to bat.
• Nicholas Bertus (Sydney Sixers) made his T20 debut.

Knockout

• Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.

Challenger

• Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
• Jake Carder (Sydney Sixers) made his T20 debut.

Final

• Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
• X-factor subs: Justin Avendano (Sydney Sixers) replaced Jackson Bird.

Notes

1. During the season, the stadium was undergoing construction, which had reduced the stadium's capacity to around 26,000. The stadium will have a capacity of 40,000 once construction is complete.
2. Only for matches Jordan Thompson is unavailable for.
3. Only for matches Harry Brook is unavailable for.
4. Only for matches up to 27th December, 2021

1. Originally the match was scheduled to be played on 30 December 2021 but was postponed due to COVID-19 cases in Melbourne Stars' squad.
2. Originally the match was scheduled to be played on 7 January 2022 but was postponed due to COVID-19 cases in Melbourne Stars' squad.
3. Originally the match was scheduled to be played on 5 January 2022 but was postponed due to COVID-19 cases in Brisbane Heat's squad.

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External links

• Official website
• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

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