Big Bash League 2022: guide
BBL returns as Sydney Thunder take on the Melbourne Stars at Manuka Oval.
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The Big Bash League returns to Seven tonight when Sydney Thunder take on the Melbourne Stars at Manuka Oval, Canberra.
Seven’s commentary team is led by Ricky Ponting, with Ian Bishop, Greg Blewett, James Brayshaw, Trent Copeland, Ryan Daniels, Holly Ferling, Damien Fleming, Brad Hodge, Erin Holland, Justin Langer, Andy Maher, Mel McLaughlin, Alister Nicholson, Will Pucovski, Jason Richardson, Lisa Sthalekar and Elyse Villani.
BBL stars Sam Billings, Alex Carey, Alana King, Aaron Finch, Chris Green, Moises Henriques and Glenn Maxwell will all be regulars on Seven’s coverage.
Former Australian women’s captain Lisa Sthalekar said, “Given how difficult it has been the past few years operating with COVID, I expect the players and fans will see a real celebration of BBL this year,” she said.
“With the opportunity for so many of our Aussie stars to be available at the back end of the season, it brings the opportunity for an action-packed lead into Finals.
“The two most successful clubs, the Sixers and Scorchers, have again put together a quality squad and no doubt will be there in the Finals. Their counters are always nail-bitting matches and I wouldn’t expect anything different this year.
“One player that we haven’t seen for a while in BBL is Andre Russell and while he won’t be out for the entire competition, there’s no doubt he will provide plenty of entertainment. The other aspect I am looking forward to is a few of our Aussie stars coming back and playing BBL. It has been a while since we have seen Warner turn out for the Thunder and he will certainly want to show his dominance in this format!”
With a fierce rivalry, bound to ensure BBL|12 starts with a bang, the Thunder will bring enormous firepower to this year’s competition, with international stars David Willey and Rilee Rossouw set to pull on the lime green for the first time, while Alex Hales will return to the Thunder to join the likes of David Warner.
Led by Adam Zampa and Marcus Stoinis, the Melbourne Stars will once again unveil an explosive line-up for the 2022-23 season, headlined by New Zealander Trent Boult.
Tuesday night’s season opener kicks off 45 BBL matches on Seven in 2022-23, including all marquee games and finals. It also headlines a massive opening week that includes:
Wednesday night: Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers
Thursday night: Brisbane Heat v Hobart Hurricanes
Friday double-header: Melbourne Stars v Hobart Hurricanes, followed by Sydney Thunder v Adelaide Strikers
Sunday: Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Thunder
In a massive week for cricket fans, the highly-anticipated Australia v South Africa test will also light up the screens of Seven, opening on Saturday morning at The Gabba from 10.00am AEDT, live and free on Channel 7.
Cricket fans can keep up to date with all this summer’s action by following @7Cricket on Instagram and Twitter, and @7CricketAU on Facebook. With match updates, interviews and features, @7Cricket is the place to get your cricket fix.
Throughout the 2022-23 summer of cricket, 7NEWS.com.au has created a one stop shop 7Cricket match centre.
With fixtures, live ball-by-ball commentary, stats, breaking news and exclusive 7Cricket stories, 7NEWS.com.au has all cricket fans covered for the 2022-23 summer of cricket, including Australia’s Test Series, BBL and WBBL and the Women’s International Series.
Throughout the 2022-23 summer of cricket, fans can tune into 7plus for on demand cricket content, including:
• The Spin: Every week during the BBL season, Seven’s own Lisa Sthalekar, Brad Hodge and Jason Richardson take a deep dive into the wild word of cricket, available live, free and on demand on 7plus.
• The Grade Cricketer: Comedic duo The Grade Cricketer are back on 7plus joined by some of the sport’s biggest names.
• Stumped: Hosted by Seven’s golden team of commentators, the cricket quiz that is so bad, it’s good returns to 7plus for the 2022-23 summer of cricket.
• Stars TV: Stars TV takes you inside the Big Bash League’s greatest club, the Melbourne Stars, with behind-the-scenes access to some of the biggest names and rising stars of world cricket. Available to stream now on 7plus.
• Renegades Recruit: Cricketers from across Victoria come together to compete for a unique high-performance opportunity with the Renegades Academy. The winner of the show receives a unique opportunity to develop their cricket with the Renegades. Available to stream now on 7plus.
Tuesday 13 December
BBL|12 – Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Stars (Manuka Oval)
Sydney 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Melbourne 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Brisbane 6.00pm live on 7mate, 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Adelaide 6.30pm live on 7mate, 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Perth 4.00pm live on 7mate
Wednesday 14 December
BBL|12 – Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers (Adelaide Oval)
Sydney 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Melbourne 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Brisbane 6.00pm live on 7mate, 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Adelaide 6.30pm live on 7mate, 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Perth 4.00pm live on 7mate
Thursday 15 December
BBL|12 – Brisbane Heat v Melbourne Renegades (Cazalys Stadium)
Sydney 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Melbourne 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Brisbane 6.00pm live on 7mate, 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Adelaide 6.30pm live on 7mate, 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Perth 4.00pm live on 7mate
Friday 16 December
BBL|12 – Melbourne Stars v Hobart Hurricanes (MCG)
Sydney 5.00pm live on 7mate, 7.30pm live on Channel 7
Melbourne 5.00pm live on 7mate, 7.30pm live on Channel 7
Brisbane 4.00pm live on 7mate, 7.30pm live on Channel 7
Adelaide 4.30pm live on 7mate, 7.30pm live on Channel 7
Perth 2.00pm live on 7mate
BBL|12 – Sydney Thunder v Adelaide Strikers (Sydney Showground)
Sydney 8.15pm live on Channel 7
Melbourne 8.15pm live on Channel 7
Brisbane 7.15pm live on 7mate, 8.30 live on Channel 7
Adelaide 7.45pm live on Channel 7
Perth 5.15pm live on 7mate
Saturday 17 December
Australia v South Africa Test Day One (Gabba)
Sydney 10.00am live on Channel 7, 6.00pm live on 7mate
Melbourne 10.00am live on Channel 7, 6.00pm live on 7mate
Brisbane 9.00am live on Channel 7, 6.00pm live on 7mate
Adelaide 9.30am live on Channel 7, 6.00pm live on 7mate
Perth 7.00am live on 7mate, 9.00am live on Channel 7
Sunday 18 December
Australia v South Africa Test Day Two (Gabba)
Sydney 10.00am live on Channel 7, 6.00pm live on 7mate
Melbourne 10.00am live on Channel 7, 6.00pm live on 7mate
Brisbane 9.00am live on Channel 7, 6.00pm live on 7mate
Adelaide 9.30am live on Channel 7, 6.00pm live on 7mate
Perth 7.00am live on 7mate, 9.00am live on Channel 7, 4.00pm live on 7mate
BBL|12 – Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Thunder (Marvel)
Sydney 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Melbourne 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Brisbane 6.00pm live on 7mate, 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Adelaide 6.30pm live on 7mate, 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Perth 4.00pm live on 7mate
Monday 19 December
Australia v South Africa Test Day Three (Gabba)
Sydney 10.00am live on Channel 7, 6.00pm live on 7mate
Melbourne 10.00am live on Channel 7, 6.00pm live on 7mate
Brisbane 9.00am live on Channel 7, 6.00pm live on 7mate
Adelaide 9.30am live on Channel 7, 6.00pm live on 7mate
Perth 7.00am live on 7two, 9.00am live on Channel 7, 4.00pm live on 7mate
BBL|12 – Hobart Hurricanes v Perth Scorchers (UTAS)
Sydney 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Melbourne 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Brisbane 6.00pm live on 7mate, 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Adelaide 6.30pm live on 7mate, 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Perth 4.00pm live on 7mate
The Spin
Sydney 11.00pm on Channel 7 and 7plus
Melbourne 11.00pm on Channel 7 and 7plus
Brisbane 10.00pm on Channel 7 and 7plus
Adelaide 10.30pm on Channel 7 and 7plus
Perth 8.00pm on 7mate and 7plus
Tuesday 20 December
Australia v South Africa Test Day Four (Gabba)
Sydney 10.00am live on Channel 7, 6.00pm live on 7mate
Melbourne 10.00am live on Channel 7, 6.00pm live on 7mate
Brisbane 9.00am live on Channel 7, 6.00pm live on 7mate
Adelaide 9.30am live on Channel 7, 6.00pm live on 7mate
Perth 7.00am live on 7two, 9.00am live on Channel 7, 4.00pm live on 7mate
BBL|12 – Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Thunder (Adelaide Oval)
Sydney 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Melbourne 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Brisbane 6.00pm live on 7mate, 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Adelaide 6.30pm live on 7mate, 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Perth 4.00pm live on 7mate
Wednesday 21 December
Australia v South Africa Test Day Five (Gabba)
Sydney 10.00am live on Channel 7, 6.00pm live on 7mate
Melbourne 10.00am live on Channel 7, 6.00pm live on 7mate
Brisbane 9.00am live on Channel 7, 6.00pm live on 7mate
Adelaide 9.30am live on Channel 7, 6.00pm live on 7mate
Perth 7.00am live on 7two, 9.00am live on Channel 7, 4.00pm live on 7mate
BBL|12 – Melbourne Renegades v Brisbane Heat (GMHBA)
Sydney 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Melbourne 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Brisbane 6.00pm live on 7mate, 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Adelaide 6.30pm live on 7mate, 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Perth 4.00pm live on 7mate
Thursday 22 December
BBL|12 – Sydney Sixers v Hobart Hurricanes (SCG)
Sydney 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Melbourne 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Brisbane 6.00pm live on 7mate, 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Adelaide 6.30pm live on 7mate, 7.00pm live on Channel 7
Perth 4.00pm live on 7mate
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6 Responses
BBL used to be a watchable product back several years ago, but now there’s too many games in one season. IN the past 6 years, BBL added major tweaks to the game. I was very annoyed when CA made changes to the Cricket game including POwer Boost, and Bash Boosts.
That is the reason it is failing but CA will swear to their blue in the face that it’s even better than before , although there are rumours it may drop to 40 games ,to me the damage is done and I am watching the first BBL now and I’ve become bored already ,only 60 more games to go 😴
BBL is reasonably interesting cricket but 45 games is just too many in too dense a period for me. The Golden Goose is only just hanging onto life and I don’t think many games will get more than 250,000 five city metro figures.
Considering there’s 3 test matches against South Africa starting Saturday you may be right it’ll be alot of cricket over the next 2 months so like the Jack Nicholson movie Something’s Gotta Give.
There’s an irony here if memory serves…..seven wanted the cricket (because they lost the tennis) primarily for the BBL; foxtel and seven paid through the nose and CA were somehow required to add games to make the $$$ paid worth it; now seven most likely want out of the BBL and the tests have rated quite well. When you combine fox and sevens numbers for BBL, they are not terrible but still lower. Way too many BBL games as others have commented. Foxtel definitely wants to keep the cricket and need an FTA partner; ten most likely won’t want to share with Foxtel. So seven may still be in the mix with loads less (or none) bbl, retain tests and perhaps add ODIs. Weirdly seven could pressure foxtel on content and lower dollars.
BBL was better off being sold as it’s own product separate from the Tests and Internationals. It thrived on Ten when Nine had everything else.