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Melbourne Renegades v Melbourne Stars
Big Bash Final
Renegades pull off stunning turnaround to take BBL
Melbourne Stars suffered a collapse of 7 for 25 after the opening stand had put on 93 in a chase of 146
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We needed to kill the game earlier - Maxwell on where it all went wrong
The Renegades captain Aaron Finch admitted he was an over away from throwing in the towel before the game suddenly changed
Renegade Boyce atones for unceremonious Hurricanes exit
Dropped by his previous team for last season's BBL knockouts, the legspinne's role in the Renegades triumph has put him back in the spotlight
Post-season
Big Bash news
'Special player' Philippe set to ignite BBL bidding war
The 21-year-old made a late move to Sydney for this year's BBL on a one-year contract and now the Sixers are desperate to keep him
Marginally shorter BBL window as CA resists major changes
Next season the one-day tournament is set to be played in two blocks but bowler workload concerns are likely to mean no extra Sheffield Shield before Christmas
Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Sixers
BBL semi-final
Renegades make it an all-Melbourne final with a thriller
In a match of many twists, turns and subplots the experience of Dan Christian proved the decisive factor amid tension and umpiring controversy
Big Bash League
Semi-finals
Farrell: Frankie's four overs of chaos
Dan Worrall believes he can fool batsmen into thinking he's going to do something different, when he's actually planning to bowl the same ball
The curse of finishing top in the Big Bash
In six out of the eight editions of the BBL, the team finishing top of the table as fallen at the semi-final
Big Bash League
Stats and News
Wade-Short show the bright spot for BBL batting
The Hobart Hurricanes openers, and Marcus Stoinis, stood out for their efforts in a season that has otherwise been low-key for batsmen
Coulter-Nile to undergo tests after suffering vertigo
After spending time in the dressing room he was sent to hospital as a precaution before being well enough to travel back to Perth with the team
Stars v Sixers
Big Bash League
Maxwell's brilliance carries Stars into the knockouts
Sydney Sixers collapsed spectacularly, losing their chance to host their semi-final
Sydney Thunder v Hobart Hurricanes
Big Bash League
Thunder win not enough as Heat keep chances alive
They needed to chase 166 in 11.3 overs to keep their semi-final hopes alive but it was too steep a challenge
Adelaide Strikers v Perth Scorchers
Big Bash League
Strikers sign off with win, Scorchers end with wooden spoon
Jon Wells and Harry Nielsen took the lead in pulling off a 175 chase
Perth Scorchers' BBL to forget: what went wrong?
Nothing has gone right for the Scorchers in a spiral few saw coming for a BBL powerhouse who had never previously missed finals
Brisbane Heat
Big Bash League
Vettori steps down as Brisbane Heat coach
Vettori, the former New Zealand captain, informed the Heat management earlier this season he would not seek a new contract
Brisbane Heat v Melbourne Stars
Big Bash League
Bryant, Cutting keep Heat alive by chasing 157 in 10 overs
The Brisbane Heat openers amassed a record-breaking 94 for no loss in the Powerplay, before powering on to seal the victory in commanding fashion
Lyon sees Big Bash return as World Cup springboard
Lyon is available for Sydney Sixers as they target a place in the BBL then he will be straight off to India
Race for last semi-final
Big Bash knockouts
Wade, Archer secure home semi-final for Hurricanes
The captain struck a 30-ball 58 while the quick claimed 2 for 19 to consign Melbourne Renegades to a 16-run loss
Lamichhane return boosts Stars semi-final bid
Lamichhane claimed eight wickets in four matches at the start of tournament with an economy rate of 6.81
Career winding down
Big Bash League
McCullum calls time on his Big Bash career
The former New Zealand captain said he will continue to play T20 cricket elsewhere in 2019 before heading into coaching
Big Bash League 2018-19
Live scores
Maxwell fumes at 'extraordinary decision' over Dunk dismissal
Cameron Bancroft asked the umpires to check the catch and they gave the soft signal as out despite the fielder indicating he didn't think the ball carried
Big Bash League 2018-19
Strikers v Heat, Adelaide
Renshaw blitz keeps Brisbane Heat's semi-final hopes alive
Adelaide Strikers crash out of the Big Bash League after sliding to six-wicket defeat
Sixers v Thunder
Big Bash
Curran, Abbott secure Sixers' semi-final spot
Their nine-wicket win in a rain-hit clash all but knocked Sydney Thunder out of contention
Michael Klinger announces BBL retirement
The 38-year-old is committed to play another T20 Blast season with Gloucestershire in the UK this year
Race to the semi-finals
Big Bash League 2018-19
Heat stay alive after Lynn fifty, Lalor hat-trick
The fancied Heat have disappointed this season but crushed an inexperienced Scorchers XI in a clash of the bottom two teams to keep their faint finals hopes alive
Sam Perry: Melbourne rivalry spurs on Kane Richardson to flex his muscles
He has drifted out of the Australia set-up, but the Renegades pacer is the leading wicket-taker in the Big Bash and happy to do things his way
Hobart Hurricanes v Adelaide Strikers
BBL 2018-19
Weatherald, Carey topple Hobart Hurricanes
The win kept the Strikers' slim finals hopes alive, while the Hurricanes lost for the third time batting first this season season
Can he do the job?
Australia news
Cameron Boyce talks up his World Cup claims
The legspinner thinks he's a better bowler now than when he last played for Australia, and says his improved batting also furthers his case
Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Thunder
Big Bash League 2018-19
Cameron Boyce's whirwind fifty downs the Thunder
On a slow pitch where hardly anyone else got going, the allrounder smashed an unbeaten 51 off 22 to infuse life into the Renegades innings
Globetrotting Fawad Ahmed dips into fountain of youth
The legspinner is again in the spotlight with his impressive show for Sydney Thunder in the Big Bash League 2018-19
Dwarshuis, Henriques, Hughes power Sixers to victory
Sixers booked their place in the semi-finals and kept themselves firmly in the hunt for a home tie as they dispatched defending champions Strikers in thumping fashion
D'Arcy Short leads the way as Hobart Hurricanes consolidate top spot
Brisbane Heat go down by nine wickets, sink to their seventh defeat of the season
Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Renegades
BBL 2018-19
Tremain blows Scorchers away in big win for Renegades
The fast bowler took 3 for 9 in four overs as Renegades romped to a 78-run win while defending a seemingly under-par 157 for 5
Stars v Heat
BBL 2018-19
All-round Stoinis takes Melbourne Stars closer to semi-final spot
Chasing 135, Brisbane Heat could manage only 129 against the variations of Stoinis and Bravo
Types of T20 teams
Tim Wigmore
The Cricket Monthly
What if your side's batting order is fluid?
Sides like Islamabad United and Chennai Super Kings seek fluidity, stressing on how their players play, rather than where in the order
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The Cricket Monthly
Can you win a T20 by starting cautiously? Perth Scorchers can
Big Bash League
Australia domestic cricket
How Hobart Hurricanes became Perth Scorchers 2.0
They have been the standout side in the group stage of the Big Bash having largely trusted their own talent
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Bits and pieces allrounder to finisher - the rise of Ashton Turner
Across the last two BBL seasons, nobody has scored more runs in overs 15-20 than his 257, nor at a quicker strike-rate in that period than his 194.69
BBL 2018-19
Australia T20
CA issues warning after 'It's ok to be white' banner in Perth
The controversial slogan associated with white supremacist groups was briefly unfurled on one of the stands
Callum Ferguson century trumps Shaun Marsh's 96*
Ferguson's 113 not out off 53 balls helped Sydney Thunder chase down Perth Scorchers' 181 with four balls to spare
Sydney Sixers v Hobart Hurricanes
BBL 2018-19
Josh Philippe, James Vince topple Hobart Hurricanes
They added an unbroken 167 - the highest for the second wicket in the BBL - to power Sydney Sixers to second place
Melbourne Stars v Adelaide Strikers
BBL 2018-19
Dunk, Stoinis, bowlers flatten inept Strikers
Stars impressively adjusted to slower conditions with a well-crafted batting performance followed by disciplined bowling to outplay Strikers
BBL 2018-19
Newsfile
Finch, Gurney bolster Renegades in top four
Melbourne Renegades completed a defence of 152 to defeat the Sydney Thunder - one of their nearest rivals on the competition table - by 12 runs
'No result' in Gabba Big Bash League match to stand
Power outage not in officials' control, says Cricket Australia, dismisses Sydney Thunder's appeal for maximum points
CA considers changes to BBL, domestic one-dayers schedules
Next summer's ninth edition of the Big Bash League may be pushed back to start as late as Boxing Day
Strikers v Hurricanes
BBL 2018-19, Adelaide
Wade, Short lead Hurricanes' 10-wicket rout of Strikers
They put on an unbroken 158 for the opening stand to consolidate the Hurricanes' position at the top of the table
Sixers v Heat
BBL 2018-19, Sydney
Vince, Silk destroy Heat to lift Sixers to second
The duo shared a 94-run stand for the fourth wicket to lift Sixers to 177 before Abbott and Curran sent Heat packing for 98
Melbourne Derby
BBL 2018-19
Unstoppable Stoinis gives Stars crucial win
Australian allrounder hits an unbeaten 70 and picked up a three-for in the Melbourne derby
Perth Scorchers v Hobart Hurricanes
BBL 2018-19
Hurricanes inch closer to semis after Faulkner smashes 16 off final over
Perth Scorchers face an early exit from the BBL as they lost their sixth game in nine matches
Max Bryant and Jack Edwards give us a glimpse of the future of Australian batting
They are batsmen who easily mix classic red-ball technique with modern white-ball brute force
Heat v Thunder
BBL 2018-19, Brisbane
Thunder make formal protest against Gabba blackout
Lee Germon, Cricket NSW's chief-executive elect, has sent a formal appeal in writing to CA on the matter
Ferguson eyes full points after BBL power cut
He said Sydney Thunder had dominated all through at the Gabba, so he hoped that 'at the end of it all we'll get full points out of the game'
Max Bryant and Jack Edwards give us a glimpse of the future of Australian batting
They are batsmen who easily mix classic red-ball technique with modern white-ball brute force
Richardson and Nabi brush aside Sixers
The two shared seven wickets before Tom Cooper and Sam Harper led Renegades' breezy chase
Short fires again as Hurricanes consolidate top spot
They opened up a four-point lead after Melbourne Stars were rolled over for 126 in pursuit of 186
Scorchers v Sixers
BBL 2018-19, Perth
Bancroft, Turner flatten Sixers with powerful display
The duo's 98-run third-wicket stand helped the Scorchers mow down a 178-run target with seven balls to spare
Klinger dismissed after umpires miscount seven-ball over
Facing Ben Dwarshuis in the second over Perth Scorchers' chase, Klinger fell to the seventh legal delivery of the over
BBL 2018-19
Heat v Renegades
Bryant, McCullum stud Heat's emphatic win
The opening pair added 70 in just 6.4 overs to set up a tall score and eventually their first win over Renegades in six years
Thunder v Strikers
BBL 2018-19
Strikers fall in a heap after Watson's thunderous fifty
It turned into a one-side encounter at Spotless Stadium with Sydney Thunder's attack sharing the success
Anton Devcich - an allrounder in the truest sense
He gave up a contract with Northern Districts to become a freelancer, a decision that could give his international career a second wind
Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Stars
BBL 2018-19
Ingram, Laughlin render Stars shineless
Ingram combined with Travis Head to stabilise a slow start, before a late-order flurry from Jonathan Wells closed the Strikers innings at 178
Sam Perry: What Seb Gotch's short sleeves tell us about the Big Bash
Australian cricket is an awfully serious place at the moment but the BBL can provide relief - for everyone
Heat v Renegades
BBL 2018-19, Brisbane
Harper, bowlers help Renegades gallop to fourth win
After Harris' rapidfire start, Harper and Cooper needed only to keep their heads, something they did with the help of dropped catches by the Heat'
Sydney Thunder v Brisbane Heat
BBL 2018-19
Joe Root's BBL squib reawakens T20 doubts
England's Test captain misses chance to prove point in shortest format, as thoughts turn back to seismic 2019 summer
Brisbane Heat win despite losing 6 for 11
They collapsed in the middle, but much of the good work done by McCullum and Lynn didn't go to waste in a truncated contest
Melbourne Renegades v Hobart Hurricanes
BBL 2018-19
Incisive Renegades end Hurricanes' unbeaten run
Kane Richardson's early wickets left Hurricanes with an early headache, one from which they couldn't recover effectively
Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers
BBL 2018-19
Denly's calm and Philippe's dash lift Sixers to second
The batsman capitalised on a disciplined bowling effort that restricted Adelaide Strikers to just 150 for 5
Perth Scorchers v Brisbane Heat
BBL 2018-19
Mujeeb's 2 for 10 gives Heat their first win
On a pitch made for fast bowling, the offspinner foxed Perth Scorchers before Burns and Cutting powered through the chase
Melbourne Stars v Sydney Thunder
BBL 2018-19
Maxwell, Larkin and Stoinis lift Stars to second
After their bowlers limited Thunder to 135, Stars' top-order polished the chase off in 17.2 overs
BBL 2018-19
Short and Botha lead Hobart Hurricanes to fifth successive win
The opener hit 64 off 42 balls while the offspinner claimed three wickets to sink Sydney Sixers
Rashid determined to play remainder of BBL despite father's death
He also revealed he had turned down the chance to play in the BPL in order to remain in Australia
Renegades v Strikers
BBL 2018-19, Geelong
Weatherald's 44-ball 71 lifts Strikers to third
The Strikers opener lifted his team to 158, before the bowlers chipped away relentlessly to choke Renegades' chase
#BBL08 chatter: Scorchers lose David Willey to shoulder injury
Keep up to date with all the news from on and off the field during the Big Bash
Thunder v Scorchers
BBL 2018-19, Sydney
Thunder survive Turner's 36-ball 60* for nailbiting win
After Jos Buttler and Callum Ferguson gave them 142 on a slow surface, Thunder had Scorchers on the mat, before Turner nearly snatched victory
New year's day highlights
BBL 2018-19
Maxwell hits a brilliant six
Captain Glen Maxwell hits a brilliantly hooked six against the Melbourne Renegades
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Stoinis muscles one big
Marcus Stoinis's powerful drive results in a impressive six
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Ben Dunk's failed slog sweep
Ben Dunk was out for 32 as Melbourne Renegades broke a 67-run opening stand
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Nabi's brilliance fells Larkin
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