BBL13 is set to once again be another elite showcase of Australia’s T20 talent and the most eye-watering edition yet.
The Scorchers are the reigning champions and are the team to beat heading into the season.
Meanwhile, Melbourne Stars and Hobart Hurricanes will be hoping to break their drought.
The tournament kicks off with the Stars and Heat facing off at the Gabba on December 7.
The competition will revet back to a 10-game regular season with 40 home-and-away BBL games before a four-team finals series gets underway.
Here’s everything you need to know about BBL13!
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THE ODDS (courtesy of Tab as of December 6)
Perth Scorchers — $3.80
Sydney Sixers — $5.50
Hobart Hurricanes — $7.50
Brisbane Heat — $8.00
Adelaide Strikers — $8.00
Melbourne Renegades — $9.00
Sydney Thunder — $9.00
Melbourne Stars — $11.00
ADELAIDE STRIKERS
Squad: Wes Agar, James Bazley, Cameron Boyce, Alex Carey, Brendan Doggett, Travis Head, Adam Hose (England), Henry Hunt, Thomas Kelly, Chris Lynn, Ben Manenti, Harry Nielsen, Jamie Overton (England), David Payne (England), D’Arcy Short, Matt Short, Henry Thorton, Jake Weatherald
BRISBANE HEAT
Squad: Xavier Bartlett, Sam Billings (England), Josh Brown, Max Bryant, Spencer Johnson, Usman Khawaja, Matthew Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan McSweeney, Colin Munro (New Zealand), Michael Neser, Jimmy Peirson, Will Prestwidge, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Swepson, Jack Wildermuth, Paul Walter (England), Jack Wood
HOBART HURRICANES
Squad: Corey Anderson (USA), Iain Carlisle, Nikhil Chaudhary, Tim David, Paddy Dooley, Nathan Ellis, Liam Guthrie, Sam Hain (England), Peter Hatzoglou, Sam Heazlett, Caleb Jewell, Chris Jordan (England), Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Mitch Owen, Billy Stanlake, Matthew Wade, Mac Wright
MELBOURNE RENEGADES
Squad: Joe Clarke (England), Quinton de Kock (South Africa), Harry Dixon, Aaron Finch, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Mackenzie Harvey, Ruwantha Kellapotha, Nathan Lyon, Nic Maddinson (c), Shaun Marsh, Fergus O’Neill, Kane Richardson, Tom Rogers, Peter Siddle, Will Sutherland, Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afghanistan), Jon Wells, Adam Zampa
MELBOURNE STARS
Squad: Scott Boland, Joe Burns, Hilton Cartwright, Brody Couch, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Liam Dawson (England), Sam Harper, Campbell Kellaway, Nick Larkin, Glenn Maxwell, Usama Mir (Pakistan), Joel Paris, Haris Rauf (Pakistan), Tom Rogers, Mark Steketee, Marcus Stoinis, Imad Wasim (Pakistan), Beau Webster (replaced by Jono Merlo for first game)
PERTH SCORCHERS
Squad: Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Cooper Connolly, Zak Crawley (England), Laurie Evans (England), Stephen Eskinazi (England), Aaron Hardie, Liam Haskett, Nick Hobson, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kelly, Mitch Marsh, Hamish McKenzie, Lance Morris, Jhye Richardson, Sam Whiteman, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye
SYDNEY THUNDER
Squad: Cameron Bancroft, Oliver Davies, Liam Doddrell, Matt Gilkes, Chris Green, Alex Hales (England), Liam Hatcher, Zaman Khan (Pakistan), Nathan McAndrew, Blake Nikitaras, Alex Ross, Will Salzmann, Daniel Sams, Gurinder Sandhu, Tanveer Sangha, Jason Sangha (c), David Warner
SYDNEY SIXERS
Squad: Sean Abbott, Jackson Bird, Tom Curran (England), Joel Davies, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Moises Henriques, Daniel Hughes, Hayden Kerr, Todd Murphy, Izharulhaq Naveed (Afghanistan), Steve O’Keefe, Kurtis Patterson, Mitch Perry, Josh Philippe, Jordan Silk, Steve Smith, James Vince (England)
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FULL FIXTURES (AEDT)
Thursday, December 7: Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars (Gabba, 7:15pm)
Friday, December 8: Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Renegades (SCG, 7:15pm)
Saturday, December 9: Adelaide Strikers vs Brisbane Heat (Adelaide Oval, 7:15pm)
Sunday, December 10: Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers (GMHBA Stadium, 7:15pm)
Monday, December 11: Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Sixers (University of Tasmania Stadium, 7:15pm)
Tuesday, December 12: Sydney Thunder vs Brisbane Heat (Manuka Oval, 7:15pm)
Wednesday, December 13: Melbourne Stars vs Perth Scorchers (MCG, 7:15pm)
Tuesday, December 19: Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder (Adelaide Oval, 7:15pm)
Wednesday, December 20: Perth Scorchers vs Hobart Hurricanes (Optus Stadium, 7:15pm)
Thursday, December 21: Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat (Marvel Stadium, 7:15pm)
Friday, December 22: Sydney Sixers vs Adelaide Strikers (SCG, 7:15pm)
Saturday, December 23: Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder (Lavington Sports Ground, 3:30pm); Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades (Blundstone Arena, 7:15pm)
Tuesday, December 26: Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars (SCG, 6:05pm); Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Renegades (Optus Stadium, 9:15pm)
Wednesday, December 27: Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Thunder (Gabba, 7:15pm)
Thursday, December 28: Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Stars (Blundstone Arena, 7:15pm)
Friday, December 29: Melbourne Renegades vs Adelaide Strikers (Marvel Stadium, 7:15pm)
Saturday, December 30: Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers (Sydney Showground, 7:15pm)
Sunday, December 31: Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Stars, Adelaide Oval (7:15pm)
Monday, January 1: Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Thunder (Blundstone Arena, 4pm); Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Sixers (Gabba, 7:15pm)
Tuesday, January 2: Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades (MCG, 7:15pm)
Wednesday, January 3: Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat (C.ex Coffs International Stadium, 6:05pm); Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers (Optus Stadium, 9:15pm)
Thursday, January 4: Melbourne Renegades vs Hobart Hurricanes (Marvel Stadium, 7:15pm)
Friday, January 5: Adelaide Strikers vs Perth Scorchers (Adelaide Oval, 7:15pm)
Saturday, January 6: Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers (MCG, 7:15pm)
Sunday, January 7: Brisbane Heat vs Hobart Hurricanes (Gabba, 7:15pm)
Monday, January 8: Sydney Thunder vs Perth Scorchers (Sydney Showground, 7:15pm)
Tuesday, January 9: Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes (Adelaide Oval, 7:40pm)
Wednesday, January 10: Brisbane Heat vs Perth Scorchers (Gabba, 7:40pm)
Thursday, January 11: Hobart Hurricanes vs Adelaide Strikers (Blundstone Arena, 7:15pm)
Friday, January 12: Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder (SCG, 7:15pm)
Saturday, January 13: Perth Scorchers vs Brisbane Heat (Optus Stadium, 4:15pm); Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars (Marvel Stadium, 7:30pm)
Sunday, January 14: Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers (Manuka Oval, 7:15pm)
Monday, January 15: Melbourne Stars vs Hobart Hurricanes (MCG, 7:15pm)
Tuesday, January 16: Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Sixers (Optus Stadium, 7:40pm)
Wednesday, January 17: Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades (Sydney Showground, 7:15pm)
Friday, January 19: Qualifier, TBC
Saturday, January 20: Knockout, TBC
Monday, January 22: Challenger, TBC
Wednesday, January 24: Final, TBC
