The time has come tonight! On Tuesday, December 13, Sydney Thunder and Melbourne Stars will kick off the 12th season of the competition at Canberra’s Manuka Oval under the lights. There will be at least one match every day for the following 44 days, excluding Christmas Day.
It’s good news for fans, especially those in the west, who will be able to watch their team play seven home fixtures each after the previous two seasons’ calendar was severely damaged by the pandemic that KFC BBL|12 will feature 56 home-and-away fixtures with each club playing each other twice.
How do I view?
The ideal setting is a nearby stadium, live! BBL|12 will feature matches at smaller stadiums in cities including Canberra, Geelong, St. Kilda, the Gold Coast, Launceston, and Coffs Harbour in addition to games at all the main venues spread over seven states and territories.
This summer, Big Bash cricket will be featured at 17 facilities around the nation, including North Sydney Oval, Cazalys Stadium in Cairns, and Lavington Sports Ground in Albury, where matches will be played for the first time. Get your tickets right away by clicking here Leading Runs Scorer in BBL12.
The next best option, if you can’t get to the ground, is to watch from the comfort of your own living room. 45 games will be shown live on Channel 7 for Australian audiences, and every game will also be broadcast on Foxtel and Kayo Sports. You can register for a free trial of Kayo here if you’re a new user.
This summer, Big Bash cricket will be featured at 17 facilities around the nation, including North Sydney Oval, Cazalys Stadium in Cairns, and Lavington Sports Ground in Albury, where matches will be played for the first time. Get your tickets right away by clicking here.
The next best option, if you can’t get to the ground, is to watch from the comfort of your own living room. 45 games will be shown live on Channel 7 for Australian audiences, and every game will also be broadcast on Foxtel and Kayo Sports. You can register for a free trial of Kayo here if you’re a new user.
Every game of the BBL|12 will feature live scores available on Cricket.com.au and the CA Live app, along with wicket replays in the match centre, longer video highlights, reports, and interviews from our reporters throughout the campaign.
To receive the finest highlights of every match directly in your feed, make sure you follow @cricketcomau and @BBL on social media.
It’s in! In late September, it was confirmed that the men’s and women’s Big Bash events will both use the Decision Review System (DRS), which had been long anticipated.
The equipment will be used in every BBL|12 game. Each side is allowed one unsuccessful review every inning, and the batter or captain of the team that is fielding the ball has 15 seconds to request one. As is customary, if the outcome leads to “Umpire’s Call,” the reviewing team will retain its single unsuccessful review.
In the first game of the Weber WBBL|08 on October 13, Sydney Sixers captain Ellyse Perry requested the Big Bash’s first review, however she was unable to reverse the umpire’s decision to rule her out for being caught behind off her own bowling.
WBBL teams used the DRS with varied degrees of success throughout the competition, with Brisbane Heat opener Georgia Redmayne utilising the tool successfully for the first time to overturn a first-ball lbw judgement two nights later.
All BBL|12 games will start each inning with a four-over Powerplay, and between overs 11 and 20, the batting team may declare a two-over Power Surge. During these moments, a maximum of two fielders may be outside the field restriction circle.
What about the X-Factor subs and the Bash Boost point?
After two seasons, the X-Factor replacement and the Bash Boost point, which provided an extra point to the team ahead at the 10-over mark, were eliminated.
The tournament points system has been changed to once again award two points for a victory, one point for a tie or abandoned game, and zero points for a defeat. Teams will once again name a conventional playing XI, a 12th player, and substitute fielders.