2017–18 Big Bash League season

2017–18 Big Bash League

Dates	19 December 2017 – 4 February 2018
Administrator(s)	Cricket Australia
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Group stage and knockout
Champions	Adelaide Strikers (1st title)
Participants	8
Matches	43
Attendance	1,140,835 (26,531 per match)
Player of the series	D'Arcy Short (Hobart Hurricanes)
Most runs	D'Arcy Short (572), (Hobart Hurricanes)
Most wickets	Rashid Khan (18), (Adelaide Strikers) Dwayne Bravo (18), (Melbourne Renegades)
Official website	bigbash.com.au
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The 2017–18 Big Bash League season or BBL|07 was the seventh season of the KFC Big Bash League, the professional men's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 19 December 2017 and finished on 4 February 2018.^[1][2] Perth Scorchers were the defending champions. The competition was extended to a total of 40 group games for the first time, each team playing ten matches in the group.

The title was won by Adelaide Strikers (their first ever and sole BBL title until now), who defeated Hobart Hurricanes at the Adelaide Oval.

Team	Home Ground	Captain	Coach
Adelaide Strikers	Adelaide Oval	Colin Ingram	Jason Gillespie
Brisbane Heat	The Gabba	Chris Lynn	Daniel Vettori
Hobart Hurricanes	Blundstone Arena	Matthew Wade	Adam Griffiths
Melbourne Renegades	Etihad Stadium	Aaron Finch	Andrew McDonald
Melbourne Stars	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Glenn Maxwell	Stephen Fleming
Perth Scorchers	The WACA/Perth Stadium	Mitchell Marsh	Adam Voges
Sydney Sixers	Sydney Cricket Ground	Moises Henriques	Greg Shipperd
Sydney Thunder	Spotless Stadium	Shane Watson	Shane Bond

Thirteen venues were selected to host the matches with Traeger Park, GMHBA Stadium and University of Tasmania Stadium all holding their first BBL match.^[3] The newly completed Optus Stadium was also added to the list of host grounds after the Perth Scorchers finished top of the table at the end of the main season, earning the right to host the first semi-final at the new stadium.^[4]

Adelaide	Alice Springs	Brisbane	Canberra	Geelong
Adelaide Oval	Traeger Park	The Gabba	Manuka Oval	GMHBA Stadium
Capacity: 53,500	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 42,000	Capacity: 12,000	Capacity: 34,000
Matches: 4 + 2 Finals	Matches: 1	Matches: 5	Matches: 1	Matches: 1
Hobart	Launceston	Melbourne	Melbourne
Blundstone Arena	University of Tasmania Stadium	Etihad Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 21,000	Capacity: 53,359	Capacity: 100,024
Matches: 4	Matches: 1	Matches: 4	Matches: 5
Perth	Perth	Sydney	Sydney
Optus Stadium	The WACA	Spotless Stadium	Sydney Cricket Ground
Capacity: 60,000	Capacity: 24,500	Capacity: 24,000	Capacity: 46,000
Matches: 1	Matches: 5	Matches: 4	Matches: 5
Adelaide Alice Springs Brisbane Canberra Geelong Hobart Launceston Melbourne Perth Sydney

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Perth Scorchers	10	8	2	0	16	0.154	Advance to play-off phase
2	Adelaide Strikers (C)	10	7	3	0	14	0.801
3	Melbourne Renegades	10	6	4	0	12	0.297
4	Hobart Hurricanes	10	5	5	0	10	−0.291
5	Sydney Sixers	10	4	6	0	8	0.331
6	Sydney Thunder	10	4	6	0	8	−0.039
7	Brisbane Heat	10	4	6	0	8	−0.437
8	Melbourne Stars	10	2	8	0	4	−0.926

	Semifinals					Finals
	2	Adelaide Strikers (H)	5/178
	3	Melbourne Renegades	4/177
						2	Adelaide Strikers (H)	2/202
						4	Hobart Hurricanes	5/177
	4	Hobart Hurricanes	4/210
	1	Perth Scorchers (H)	139

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Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	SR	HS	100	50
D'Arcy Short	Hobart Hurricanes	11	11	572	57.32	148.57	122*	1	4
Alex Carey	Adelaide Strikers	11	11	443	49.22	141.53	100	1	2
Jake Weatherald	Adelaide Strikers	12	12	383	31.91	126.82	115	1	3
Travis Head	Adelaide Strikers	9	9	374	53.42	133.09	85*	0	3
Shane Watson	Sydney Thunders	10	10	331	36.77	139.07	77	0	2

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 February 2018

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Wkts	Ave	Econ	BBI	SR
Rashid Khan	Adelaide Strikers	11	11	18	13.83	5.65	3/20	14.6
Dwayne Bravo	Melbourne Renegades	11	11	18	20.86	8.47	5/28	14.2
Andrew Tye	Perth Scorchers	6	6	16	12.00	8.11	5/23	8.8
Ben Laughlin	Adelaide Strikers	12	12	16	23.00	8.36	4/26	16.5
Jofra Archer	Hobart Hurricanes	12	12	16	23.06	7.96	3/15	17.3

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 February 2018

2017–18 BBL Attendances

Club	Total	Games	Avg. Per Game	Home Total	Home Games	Home Avg.
Adelaide Strikers	343329	12	28611	246787	7	35255
Brisbane Heat	306668	10	30667	164900	5	32980
Hobart Hurricanes	293147	12	24429	67680	5	13536
Melbourne Renegades	305307	11	27755	141576	5	28315
Melbourne Stars	309166	10	30917	158142	5	31628
Perth Scorchers	266400	11	22175	160514	6	26752
Sydney Sixers	229257	10	22926	124074	5	24815
Sydney Thunder	228396	10	22840	77162	5	15432

This was the last season BBL games in Australia were broadcast by the free-to-air channel Network Ten.

Following are the television ratings for 2017–18 BBL season in Australia.^[45]

Match No	Teams	Average TV Ratings
		National		5 metro cities
		Session 1	Session 2	Session 1	Session 2
1	Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers[46]	1,180,000	1,160,000	786,000	819,000
2	Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars[47]	1,200,000	1,240,000	826,000	860,000
3	Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades[48]	1,100,000	1,230,000	747,000	856,000
4	Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder[49]	989,000	1,130,000	684,000	779,000
5	Sydney Sixers vs Perth Scorchers[50]	631,000	767,000	429,000	511,000
6	Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat[51]	975,000	1,090,000	660,000	765,000
7	Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Stars[52]	765,000	1,050,000	520,000	731,000
8	Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Thunder[53]	845,000	1,190,000	574,000	827,000
9	Sydney Sixers vs Adelaide Strikers[54]	737,000	1,060,000	507,000	727,000
10	Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers[55]	865,000	1,100,000	600,000	788,000
11	Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Thunder[56]	843,000	950,000	560,000	655,000
12	Adelaide Strikers vs Brisbane Heat[57]	763,000	858,000	544,000	626,000
13	Sydney Thunder vs Hobart Hurricanes[58]	771,000	1,200,000	529,000	800,000
14	Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Sixers[59]	977,000	657,000	687,000	475,000
15	Melbourne Stars vs Brisbane Heat[60]	1,030,000	1,340,000	701,000	945,000
16	Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Sixers[61]	916,000	1,170,000	594,000	771,000
17	Hobart Hurricanes vs Adelaide Strikers[62]	751,000	1,160,000	491,000	785,000
18	Brisbane Heat vs Perth Scorchers[63]	919,000	1,190,000	640,000	823,000
19	Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades[64]	876,000	1,120,000	620,000	789,000
20	Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers[65]	886,000	1,150,000	625,000	798,000
21	Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Sixers[66]	571,000	1,060,000	374,000	714,000
22	Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Renegades[67]	971,000	621,000	687,000	452,000
23	Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Stars[68]	1,130,000	1,170,000	786,000	832,000
24	Brisbane Heat vs Hobart Hurricanes[69]	1,070,000	1,210,000	710,000	830,000
25	Sydney Thunder vs Perth Scorchers[70]	1,070,000	1,120,000	715,000	785,000
26	Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars[71]	1,040,000	1,120,000	670,000	751,000
27	Adelaide Strikers vs Perth Scorchers[72]	618,000	726,000	440,000	513,000
28	Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder[73]	891,000	1,040,000	602,000	714,000
29	Hobart Hurricanes vs Brisbane Heat[74]	1,040,000	1,190,000	667,000	794,000
30	Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers[75]	928,000	982,000	615,000	673,000
31	Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes[76]	980,000	1,160,000	648,000	799,000
32	Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat[77]	778,000	873,000	516,000	587,000
33	Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder[78]	540,000	849,000	329,000	533,000
34	Perth Scorchers vs Hobart Hurricanes[79]	763,000	602,000	514,000	439,000
35	Melbourne Renegades vs Adelaide Strikers[80]	883,000	853,000	603,000	607,000
36	Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars[81]	937,000	868,000	638,000	586,000
37	Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades[82]	808,000	873,000	532,000	597,000
38	Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers[83]	827,000	1,040,000	569,000	738,000
39	Melbourne Stars vs Hobart Hurricanes[84]	564,000	666,000	362,000	431,000
40	Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Renegades[85]	742,000	797,000	481,000	553,000
SF1	Perth Scorchers vs Hobart Hurricanes[86]	1,190,000	1,270,000	788,000	866,000
SF2	Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades[87]	1,050,000	1,340,000	739,000	991,000
Final	Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes[88]	1,190,000	1,520,000	806,000	1,040,000

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