Heat won't appeal McCullum's BBL ban
Brisbane Heat will not appeal skipper Brendon McCullum's one-match suspension for the Big Bash League team's slow over rate.
Brisbane Heat will not appeal skipper Brendon McCullum's one-match suspension for the Big Bash League team's slow over rate.
Follow our live match tracker as Melbourne host Hobart at Etihad Stadium.
Finals are looming in the sixth edition of the Big Bash League. Here's a look at what each team must do to qualify for post-season action.
West Indian superstar Hayley Matthews is in town as the Hobart Hurricanes take on the Sydney Sixers.
Brisbane's Big Bash League title aspirations have been dealt a massive blow, with captain Brendon McCullum facing a potential one-game suspension after their 27-run loss to Perth on Wednesday.
The Melbourne Renegades have made two changes to their 13-man squad ahead of a crucial clash with the Hobart Hurricanes at Etihad Stadium on Thursday night.
A heavy police presence at Moore Park will await fans attending Saturday's A-League and Big Bash double header.
Kevin Pietersen has played down his mid-innings confrontation with Kieron Pollard on Tuesday night.
Melbourne Stars headline act fires up over rival's taped bowling hand on way to nail-biting Big Bash League win.
If you're the Melbourne Stars and you lose your captain - the best female player in the world - on the day of a potentially season defining match, how do you replace her? The answer it turns out, is with her sister.
He earned plaudits from Australian cricket captain Steve Smith, but Melbourne Renegades skipper Aaron Finch is critical of his BBL half-century against the Sydney Sixers.
The Sixers have notched a fourth win of the Big Bash season after another successful run chase.
The Sixers look to go joint-top of the BBL ladder as they host the Melbourne Renegades.
Before making his Big Bash debut West Indies import Carlos Brathwaite had to do a ring-around for some gear, but the borrowed items didn't prevent him helping Sydney Thunder to a six-wicket win.
Pat Cummins believes he's finally put his injury woes behind him ahead of the ODI series against Pakistan.
He's the bespectacled teenage wonder affectionately known as "Wizard" due to his resemblance to Harry Potter, and Liam Bowe could be set for a spell under lights.
Cricket Australia's decision to withdraw Steve O'Keefe from the Big Bash League has brought a terse response from the Sydney Sixers and questions about the spinner's best preparation for next month's Test tour of India.
Barely a week ago Carlos Brathwaite was on holidays in Norway. Now he shapes as a key man for the Thunder.
Steve O'Keefe has been withdrawn from the remainder of the Sydney Sixers' Big Bash season.
Shane Watson has returned to form just in time for the Sydney Thunder, leading them to victory over Hobart.
Teenage star Ashleigh Gardner kept the Sydney Sixers at the top of the WBBL ladder on Sunday, blasting 40 off just 23 balls against Perth to set up a 12-run victory.
Brad Haddin says removing Aaron Finch early will be the key to victory against the Melbourne Renegades.
Sri Lankan all-rounder Thisara Perera is to play for the Melbourne Renegades in Sydney on Monday night.
Melbourne Renegades defend the decision to hang two giant JumboTron screens above the arena for Saturday night's Big Bash League derby.
Follow our live match tracker as Hobart host the Sydney Thunder.
James Pattinson made a successful return from injury but he couldn't prevent a batting masterclass from the Melbourne Stars as they regained their swagger with a 46-run win in the Big Bash League derby on Saturday night.
Carlos Brathwaite has replaced fellow West Indian Andre Russell at the Sydney Thunder.
The Renegades are the stars of Melbourne and could launch what had seemed an impossible bid for the finals after toppling their women's Big Bash League cross-town rivals on Saturday for the second time in a week.
Six weeks ago Kris Britt and Katie Mack were playing in front of a handful of people for the ACT Meteors.
To paraphrase Mark Twain, rumours of Test cricket's death have been greatly exaggerated.
A record crowd is set to descend on the Moore Park sporting precinct next weekend for two Sydney derbies.
Sixers pair Dane van Niekerk and Marizanne Kapp will travel to Bangladesh on Tuesday to represent South Africa.
Could 70,000 fans be wrong? It depends on the question.
WBBL leading wickettaker Molly Strano is wary of an "angry" Melbourne Stars champion Meg Lanning ahead of Saturday's derby re-match against the Melbourne Renegades at Etihad Stadium.
James Pattinson has declared he is ready to banish almost 12 months of frustration as the Melbourne Renegades and Australian pace ace returns to battle in Saturday night's Big Bash League derby.
Kris Britt needn't look any further than a fellow club mate to show a return to the Australian side is possible.
Chris Lynn is the new Mr Big Bash after blasting an astonishing 26 sixes already this season.
Bookmakers have reported heightened interest from punters in the Big Bash League this season, with estimates suggesting at least $50 million will be gambled on Saturday night's derby between the Melbourne Renegades and Stars.
English import James Vince hopes to help the Sydney Thunder's unlikely Big Bash League finals push.
Chris Lynn punished the Perth Scorchers in a batting masterclass that led Brisbane Heat to a nine-wicket win and top spot on the BBL table.
The Melbourne Stars are now desperate to get back on the winner's list, after the team in green lost their third straight match on Thursday.
A year on from the "Don't Blush Baby" controversy, West Indian cricketer Chris Gayle has posted a bizarre video on social media and told Australia to "lighten the ----- up".
With a soaring six off the last ball of the match, Irish batsman Eoin Morgan saved Sydney Thunder's season with a win over the Melbourne Stars.
Eoin Morgan hit a six off the final ball to hand the Sydney Thunder their first BBL win this season.
Erin Osborne isn't looking any further than the Sydney Thunder's WBBL title defence with internationals around the corner.
Sydney Thunder's star import Andre Russell is battling a painful knee injury that is threatening to put an early end to his Big Bash League campaign.
Follow our live coverage as the Sydney Thunder host the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League.
The Sydney Sixers are hopeful three of their Test stars will return for the end of the BBL season.
Former Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin says he has been impressed by Nic Maddinson's response to his Test axing.
Opener Dan Hughes has inspired the Sydney Sixers' three wicket Big Bash League win at a sold out Gabba on Tuesday night, snapping Brisbane Heat's unbeaten season start.
The Melbourne Stars will be aiming to enter the top four on Wednesday night when they face the battling Sydney Thunder at Spotless Stadium.
Eoin Morgan is set to play his final game of this season's Big Bash League for the Sydney Thunder on Wednesday night against the Melbourne Stars.
Follow our live match tracker with stats and commentary as Brisbane host the Sixers at the Gabba.
Adelaide Strikers' eight-wicket Big Bash loss to Hobart Hurricanes has the side questioning a decision to drop batting all-rounder Jake Lehmann.
The Sydney Thunder have surged to the top of the Women's Big Bash League after beating the Brisbane Heat.
Another Melbourne derby, another BBL uptick. Undeterred by the woozy weather, more than 71,000 crammed into the MCG to see the the Renegades upset the Stars, also to see themselves on television. One way or another, they got what they came for. The final margin, seven runs, was deceptively close, but is it not always in Twenty20 cricket?
Defending Big Bash League champions the Sydney Thunder have slumped to a fourth straight loss with the Perth Scorchers cruising to a 50-run win at the WACA Ground.
In the corresponding fixture last year, more than 80,000 fans converged on the MCG. No-one expected such as turn-out. The Stars have usually had the edge over their cross-town rivals - will that pattern continue in this crucial match as part of BBL06?
Plus playing at Manuka Oval will help lure players to any Canberra franchise.
Melbourne Stars captain Meg Lanning fronted the match referee for clarification on cricket's rain rule after her team was upset in Sunday's rain-marred women's Big Bash League derby at the MCG.
Sean Abbott has revealed the secret behind his rapid rise to the top of the Big Bash bowling ranks.
The Strikers' have extended their unbeaten New Year's Eve record at the expense of the Sydney Sixers.
Clint McKay says Shane Watson and Andre Russell can save the Thunder's ailing Big Bash season.
If you build it, they will come. And come they did indeed. In big numbers. Twelve months ago a staggering crowd of 80,883 descended on the MCG for the Big Bash League Melbourne derby.
The team may have already been picked but there was no shortage of advice for national selector Mark Waugh at the Gabba on Friday night.
It was a hard act to follow but master blaster Chris Lynn has done it again.
Former England Test star Kevin Pietersen believes corruption in cricket will never be fully stamped out as fresh reports of bookmakers targeting young Australian cricketers emerge.
Dwayne Bravo needs surgery on his injured hamstring and will miss the rest of the Big Bash League season, leaving the Melbourne Renegades on the hunt for a new import.
The Sixers are hoping to become the first team to beat the Strikers at the Adelaide Oval on new year's eve.
Melbourne Stars fan favourite Kevin Pietersen believes Sunday's BBL derby clash against the Melbourne Renegades can attract a bigger crowd than last year's record mark.
A hamstring injury to Dwayne Bravo soured what became a forgettable night for the Melbourne Renegades after they narrowly lost to the Perth Scorchers in an extraordinary finish under Etihad Stadium's closed roof.
Official agency Ticketmaster is being accused of facilitating ticket scalping with seats to Friday night's sold-out Big Bash match at the Gabba being resold for three times as much.
The roof was closed at Etihad Stadium and the two WBBL teams were isolated from the vicious storm that hit Melbourne and delayed the Test match across town at the MCG.
Canberra has the venue, it meets the BBL's "key criteria" - but is it commercially viable?
Andre Russell and his black bat have again failed to make a decent impression for the Sydney Thunder.
The Sydney Sixers exacted grand final revenge with a big win over the Thunder at Spotless Stadium.
The Thunder look to snap their losing streak as they welcome the Heat to Spotless Stadium.
The black bat is at best a game-changing innovation that brings more people into cricket and makes cricket more entertaining and at worst a ridiculous marketing tool, but could coloured bats could become as regular as coloured boots in rugby league?
The Sydney Sixers have won their second Big Bash game this season, proving too good for the Perth Scorchers.
The Sixers look to bounce back after their defeat to the Hobart Hurricanes on Friday night.
Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland says Canberra is on the cards for a Big Bash League franchise with expansion "a mere formality".
Sydney Thunder all-rounder Andre Russell will be allowed to use his infamous black bat again in the Big Bash League, but his captain Shane Watson is no fan.
Another sickening Big Bash head clash has left two of the women's league's brightest stars in agony on the cricket field.
Sydney Thunder all-rounder Andre Russell is free to use his black bat in the BBL after making modifications to stop damage to the ball.
Fresh off a confidence-building run chase in their opening match of the new Big Bash League season, the Melbourne Stars now have to find the right place for Kevin Pietersen in their in-form top order.
The Melbourne Stars have begun their Big Bash League campaign in outstanding fashion, the team's top three batsmen playing vital roles that enabled them to chase down a daunting target set by the Hobart Hurricanes.
An explosive knock from veteran left-hand batsman Rob Quiney has helped Melbourne Stars cruise to a seven-wicket victory in their first game of the BBL season in Hobart.
It takes something special to upstage Meg Lanning when she is on song, but Sophie Devine managed to do just that.
Nick Winter spends most of his days in Adelaide, but for two months he calls Melbourne home - all the while his family is in Canberra.
Jason Roy still pinches himself every time he walks out onto his new home ground, the Sydney Cricket Ground.
There are no comparisons between Hawthorn's recent premiership record and that of the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League, yet there is one common theme: the BBL outfit will be judged by what they do in their finals campaign this season.
Bowling slower hurt Mitchell Johnson on Friday night - but boy was it effective.
The Hobart Hurricanes proved far too good for the Sydney Sixers on Friday night at the SCG.
The Sydney Sixers opened their campaign with a win over Sydney Thunder. Can they make it 2-0 against the Tasmanian outfit?
Melbourne Stars captain David Hussey has backed teammate Marcus Stoinis to break into the Australian Test line-up sooner rather than later.
Brad Hogg's infectious smile and sunny disposition could add more than just sparkle to the Melbourne Renegades this Big Bash League season.
Melbourne Stars allrounder Evan Gulbis will return home to Australia to prepare for the BBL having been axed by his New Zealand Twenty20 team for a late night out before a match last weekend.
Embattled opener Aaron Finch found his groove with a swashbuckling half-century as the Melbourne Renegades downed the Sydney Thunder by 48 runs.
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