Cricket News

Yasir Arafat took 2 for 1 in the One-Over Eliminator to deliver Perth Scorchers a thrilling win over the Sydney Sixers

James Faulkner and Lasith Malinga led a high-class Melbourne Stars pace attack in demolishing the Adelaide Strikers in a one-sided encounter at the MCG

Again Michael Hussey played superbly, again his team-mates crumbled around him and Sydney Thunder lost their 18th consecutive match

Nathan Coulter-Nile and Yasir Arafat bowled superbly at the death to derail Hobart Hurricanes close to the finish line

A valuable fifty from Michael Lumb steered Sydney Sixers to a six-wicket win over Adelaide Strikers to put them in second place on the BBL points table

Cameron White smashed an unbeaten 49-ball 84 to help Melbourne Stars thump Melbourne Renegades by nine wickets

Simon Katich played a vintage hand to guide his team, Perth Scorchers, to a six-wicket win over the still winless Sydney Thunder

Shakib Al Hasan has signed up with Adelaide Strikers as a replacement player for their injured captain Johan Botha, becoming the first Bangladeshi cricketer in the Big Bash League

Jordan Silk might be more red-ball batsman than Twenty20 slogger but his fielding was dazzling enough to turn the match for the Sydney Sixers, who held on by four runs over the Brisbane Heat at the Gabba

Brad Hodge and the cricketing gods conspired to ensure that the Sydney Thunder's losing streak extended to 16 matches, while the Melbourne Stars rocketed to the top of the BBL table

James Pattinson's return has ignited the Renegades title ambitions after he tore through the Hobart Hurricanes top-order to help his team to their second successive victory

A masterful innings from Michael Klinger steered Adelaide Strikers to an important victory over Perth Scorchers.

A barrage of brutal hitting from Aaron Finch, Jos Buttler and Ben Rohrer helped the Melbourne Renegades romp to a 57-run victory over the Brisbane Heat

Melbourne Stars clinically beat Sydney Sixers at the SCG by 77 runs, relying on their strength in depth and an all-round show by Glenn Maxwell

The Hobart Hurricanes chased down 210 to beat the Brisbane Heat at the Gabba, thanks to a 67 from Ben Dunk and an unbeaten 20-ball 36 from Jonathan Wells

Seven hundred and thirty five days and counting. That's how long it has been since the Sydney Thunder last won in the Big Bash League and on Friday, not even the most remarkable innings from a most remarkable cricketer could break that drought

Yasir Arafat's 3 for 15 helped Perth Scorchers defend the lowest total in the BBL's short history to beat the Renegades by just six runs

Yasir Arafat, the Pakistan allrounder, has been brought in by the Perth Scorchers as a replacement for West Indies' Dwayne Smith

Chris Lynn steered the reigning Big Bash League champions home from an improbable position in the first match of their title defence

There was rain and Alex Hales in Hobart but no result was achieved as inclement weather allowed just 36 deliveries to be bowled