After lots of waiting and date changes, the KFC BBL (Big Bash League) season will begin tonight, in Hobart, when the Hobart Hurricanes host the defending champion Sydney Sixers from 7.15pm AEDT (Australia Eastern Daylight Time) .
Due to The COVID19 pandemic Cricket seems to be affected but Australia will ensure to take more and precautions so none of the players are affected during BBL and the season moves smoothly.
Apart from the public health issues, there’s plenty of changes would be seen this BBL season. New rules for starters we have explained more about that below – more imports, bigger squads and, for the first time, up to three internationals in the playing XI.
List of number of games that would be played on the Venues:-
Blundstone Arena, Hobart: December 10 – January 4: 8 games
UTAS Stadium, Launceston: December 15-16: 2 games
Manuka Oval, Canberra: December 11-29: 6 games
The Gabba, Brisbane: December 23 – January 4: 5 games
Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast: December 26 – January 10: 6 games
Adelaide Oval: December 28 – January 11: 5 games
Optus Stadium, Perth: January 3-12: 5 games
Sydney Showground Stadium: January 13-25: 4 games
SCG, Sydney: January 16-26: 4 games
Marvel Stadium, Melbourne: January 14-23: 5 games
MCG, Melbourne: January 15-26: 6 games
The NSW and Queensland governments currently did not put any restrictions on crowds at sporting venues, so there should be full houses and plenty of tickets to go around for matches.
Some new rules to be seen this Season of BBL
The BBL has introduced three new rules:-
The ‘Power Surge’ is a two-over period during which the fielding team is allowed only two players outside the inner fielding circle. The batting side can call for this at any point from the 11th over of their innings. The fielding restrictions that was seen earlier during Powerplay at the beginning of an innings, has been shortened to four overs now.
An ‘X-factor Player’, named as either the 12th or 13th player on the team sheet, can come into the game beyond the 10th over of the first innings and replace any player who is yet to bat, or has bowled no more than one over.
And the ‘Bash Boost’ will be a bonus point awarded halfway through the second innings. The team chasing will receive the bonus point if they’re above the equivalent 10-over score of their opposition, while if they’re trailing, the fielding side will receive the point. Teams will also now be awarded three points for winning the match, as earlier it used to be 2 points.
There are plenty of big names, and some new faces in BBL Season 10 as there are more West Indians and New Zealanders.
Under BBL rules, clubs can sign up to SIX internationals for their squad for the season, and now for the first time there would be 3 players in the playing XI.
Some familiar faces like Afghan superstars Rashid Khan (Adelaide Strikers), Mohammed Nabi (Melbourne Renegades), Zahir Khan (Melbourne Stars) and Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Brisbane Heat) have returned and would be a part of the Season.
England Liam Livingstone is back for the Perth Scorchers, and he’s bringing World Cup-winning opener Jason Roy with him, and they’ll be joined by Colin Munro.
The Melbourne Stars have included West Indian Nicholas Pooran and Andre Fletcher to boost their batting.
And the World’s No.1 ranked T20 batsman, England’s Dawid Malan, will be playing for the Hobart Hurricanes.
Adelaide Strikers: Danny Briggs, Rashid Khan, Phil Salt
Brisbane Heat: Lewis Gregory, Dan Lawrence, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Hobart Hurricanes: Sandeep Lamichhane, Dawid Malan, Keemo Paul, Colin Ingram, Will Jacks
Melbourne Renegades: Mohammad Nabi, Rilee Rossouw, Imran Tahir, Noor Ahmad, Imad Wasim, Benny Howell
Melbourne Stars: Andre Fletcher, Zahir Khan, Nicholas Pooran, Dilbar Hussain
Perth Scorchers: Liam Livingstone, Colin Munro, Jason Roy, Joe Clarke
Sydney Sixers: Jake Ball, Carlos Brathwaite, James Vince, Jason Holder
Sydney Thunder: Sam Billings, Alex Hales, Adam Milne.
Hope to see this season more exciting as usual with new rules coming into picture and lot of interesting plays.
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