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2026-27 Big Bash League Betting Preview
As the excitement builds for the 2026-27 Big Bash League, our comprehensive betting guide is here to provide crucial statistics, in-depth team analyses, and a look at previous season trends to give you the upper hand in your betting endeavours
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The sixteenth edition of the Big Bash League, BBL16, will take place in 2026-27, with the exact dates to be announced closer to the start of the tournament, which is likely to start in December.
The OLBG cricket tipsters will have you covered throughout the season with BBL Predictions on the regular season matches, as well as the playoffs and if you are looking for who will win BBL16? Then you can also see which team they are backing to win the Big Bash League Outright, too, once the markets are available.
The league features eight teams, and those teams will compete in a total of forty matches. There are then four playoff matches to decide the winner of the BBL16, meaning a total of forty-four matches in the 2026-27 season.
The Perth Scorchers will head into the new season as the reigning champions after claiming their sixth title in the 2025-26 season.
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Big Bash League Favourite Statistics
There is not usually a great deal in the betting for the outright winners, given how difficult this tournament is to call. The designated home teams during the 2026-27 regular season won 20 of the 39 completed matches, which means they won 51% compared to 49% for the visiting sides, which shows just how competitive the league is.
21 of the 39 matches had the home team as the outright favourite to win the match, and 15 of those (71%) went on to win the match, which isn't the best of returns. It means that 29% of the away underdogs went on to win. A total of 17 matches had the visiting team as the favourites, and the home team, the underdogs, went on to win 4 of those games, which meant the underdog at home won 24% of their games.
Overall, from the 38 games with an outright favourite, the favourites went on to win in 28 of those matches, meaning the favourites won 74% of the regular-season matches.
| Year | Favourites | Winners | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 | 32 | 16 | 50.00% |
| 2017-18 | 40 | 20 | 50.00% |
| 2018-19 | 56 | 27 | 48.21% |
| 2019-20 | 54 | 23 | 42.59% |
| 2020-21 | 55 | 26 | 47.27% |
| 2021-22 | 55 | 35 | 63.64% |
| 2022-23 | 55 | 37 | 67.27% |
| 2023-24 | 35 | 23 | 65.71% |
| 2024-25 | 37 | 22 | 59.46% |
| 2025-26 | 38 | 28 | 73.68% |
| Total | 457 | 257 | 56.24% |
*Statistics include regular-season games only
Big Bash League Top Performing Favourites
When it comes to teams that perform best when they are priced up as favourites to win the match, there are six who have won more than they have lost.
The best performing team are the Perth Scorchers, they have been priced up by the bookmakers as favourites 103 times over the past ten seasons, and they have a 66-37 record, meaning that they have won 64% of those matches.
The only other team to breach the 60% win mark are the Hobart Hurricanes, they have a 37-25 record when favourites, which works out as a 60% win rate.
| Team | Games | W-L | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perth Scorchers | 103 | 66-37 | 64% |
| Hobart Hurricanes | 62 | 37-25 | 60% |
| Sydney Sixers | 64 | 38-26 | 59% |
| Melbourne Stars | 71 | 38-33 | 54% |
| Adelaide Strikers | 58 | 30-28 | 52% |
| Melbourne Renegades | 45 | 23-22 | 51% |
| Sydney Thunder | 46 | 22-23 | 48% |
| Brisbane Heat | 49 | 22-26 | 45% |
Big Bash League Teams
Adelaide Strikers
The Adelaide Strikers play their home matches at the Adelaide Oval in South Australia, their coach is former Australian wicketkeeper Tim Paine, and their captain for this season is Matt Short. They won their only title in the 2017-18 season when they beat the Hurricanes by 25 runs in the final, having finished second in the regular season behind the Scorchers.
Brisbane Heat
The Brisbane Heat are coached by former South African cricketer Johan Botha and captained by Usman Khawaja, they play their home games at the Brisbane Cricket Ground in Queensland, the Heat had a long wait between titles winning their first at BBL02 back in 2012-13 when defeating the Scorchers by 34 runs in the final and then had to wait until 2024 at BBL13 for their second title when defeating the Sixer by 54 runs.
Hobart Hurricanes
The Hobart Hurricanes made two finals (2013-14 & 2017-18) but failed to win either of those, losing to the Scorchers in 2014 and the Strikers in 2018 before landing their maiden title in the 2024-25 season. They play their home games at the Bellerive Oval, which is in Tasmania. They are coached by former Australian cricket player Jeff Vaughan and captained by Nathan Ellis.
Melbourne Renegades
The Melbourne Renegades are now coached by former Australian T20 captain Cameron White and are captained by Will Sutherland. They play their home games at the Marvel Stadium in Victoria. They won their first title in the 2018-19 season, beating the city rivals, the Stars, by 13 runs, which was their first and only final appearance to date.
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Melbourne Stars
Coached by former England coach Peter Moores, the Melbourne Stars are captained by Marcus Stoinis, the man who sits seventh in the all-time BBL scorers list. They play their home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Victoria. The Stars are the second team (along with the Hurricanes) who are yet to win this tournament; they have made three finals, including the last two, but as of yet have failed to record that maiden win.
Perth Scorchers
The most successful team in BBL history are the Perth Scorchers, who are currently captained by Ashton Turner. They made the first four finals, winning two of those (2014 & 2015), and they also won the final in 2017, 2022, 2023 & 2026 and were runners-up in 2021, so nine final appearances produced six wins. They play their home games at the Perth Stadium in Western Australia, and they are coached by Adam Voges.
Sydney Sixers
Having won the inaugural final back in 2012, the Sixers endured two final defeats before winning the trophy again in the 2019-20 season and then followed that up by winning again in 2020-21, but they failed to make it three on the spin in BBL11 when finishing runner-up. They play their home games at the Sydney Cricket Ground in New South Wales. They have been coached by Greg Shipperd since 2015; the former Stars coach has a good record of getting teams into the playoffs (He did so in each of his four seasons with the Stars), and they are captained by Moises Henriques.
Sydney Thunder
The Sydney Thunder have only ever made two finals, the first being during the 2015-16 season, and they beat the Stars by 3 wickets to win their one and only BBL title. Their second appearance came in the 2024-25 season when they were defeated by the Hurricanes. They play their home games at the Sydney Showground Stadium in New South Wales. They are coached by Trevor Bayliss, the former England cricket coach and will be captained by David Warner.
Past Big Bash League Winners
One of the main factors which make the BLL great is how open the competition is; there have only ever been back-to-back winners on three occasions: the Scorchers did it in 2014-15, the Sixers did it in 2020-21, and then the Scorchers achieved it again in 2022-23.
There have been seven different teams winning the trophy with no team being dominant, which, from a betting perspective, is great news, and you can often find value in this league.
The Perth Scorchers, with those wins in 2014 and 2015, added a third win in 2017, a fourth in 2022, a fifth in 2023 and then a sixth in 2026, making them the most successful team with six, whilst the Sixers' win in 2021 added to their wins in 2012 & 2020, meaning they have won the tournament a total of three times.
After the Hobart Hurricanes won their maiden title in 2025, it means that the Melbourne Stars are the only team that has not won the BBL.
Here are the last ten Big Bash League Champions:
| Season | Champions | Most Runs/Wickets |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 (BBL15) | Perth Scorchers | Finn Allen (466) Haris Rauf (20) |
| 2024-25 (BBL14) | Hobart Hurricanes | Mitchell Owen (452) Jason Behrendorff (17) |
| 2023-24 (BBL13) | Brisbane Heat | Matthew Short (541) Spencer Johnson (19) |
| 2022-23 (BBL12) | Perth Scorchers | Aaron Hardie (460) Sean Abbott (29) |
| 2021-22 (BBL11) | Perth Scorchers | Benjamin McDermott (577) Peter Siddle (30) |
| 2020-21 (BBL10) | Sydney Sixers | Alex Hales (543) Jhye Richardson (29) |
| 2019–20 (BBL9) | Sydney Sixers | Marcus Stonis (705) Daniel Sams (30) |
| 2018–19 (BBL8) | Melbourne Renegades | D'Arcy Short (637) Kane Richardson (24) |
| 2017–18 (BBL7) | Adelaide Strikers | D'Arcy Short (572) Rashid Khan (18) Dwayne Bravo (18) |
| 2016–17 (BBL6) | Perth Scorchers | Ben Dunk (364) Sean Abbott (20) |
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Big Bash League Team Records and Statistics
What is the highest team total in the BBL?
The record was set on the 19th of January 2022, when the 273/2 by the Melbourne Stars smashed the previous record. Glenn Maxwell hit an incredible 154 not out from just 64 balls! The closest any team has got to that was in 2025 when the Heat recorded 258/2, after losing opener Colin Munro on the very first ball, Jack Wildermuth and Matt Renshaw went on to score a 212 partnership, Wildermuth was unbeaten on 110 whilst Renshaw was out for 102.
The combined score of 515 runs set in that 2025 game between the Scorchers and Heat is the highest combined score; the Scorchers set the Heat 258 to win, which they managed to achieve, that was the first-ever game to produce over 500 runs.
What is the lowest team total in the BBL?
Whilst teams are proud to hold the highest scoring total, the same cannot be said about the lowest total! In total, there have been 40 innings where teams have failed to get into the triple digits, and the team that holds the unwanted record of the lowest score is the Sydney Thunder. During the 2022-23 season, we saw not only the lowest total set but the lowest total in men's professional T20 cricket, with the Sydney Thunder being bowled out for just 15 from only 35 balls!
In total, there have been twelve innings where a team failed to get eighty or more runs; four of those have come against the Stars, and four came against the Sixers.
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What is the largest victory by runs?
Eleven matches ended with victory to one team by over a hundred runs; the Sixers beating the Stars by 152 runs in 2021 is the largest victory; they set the Stars a target of 214 to win but bowled them out for only 61! The Sixers now hold the top two records, a 145-run win over the Renegades in 2020 being the other, whilst three of the top four largest victories have come against the Renegades!
What is the largest victory by wickets?
There have been four whitewashes and by that, we mean victory by ten wickets, there were two in 2019 with the Hurricanes chasing down 155 (19 balls to spare) and the Heat chasing down 157 (60 balls to spare), the third came in 2020 when the Strikers successfully chased down a 101 target set by the Heat with 55 balls to spare and the fourth on record came in 2022 when the Strikers successfully chased down 101 to beat the Heat with 55 balls to spare.
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Who is the all-time leading run scorer in the BBL?
Aussie Chris Lynn passed the 4,000 run mark during BBL15 to retain his lead at the top. He leads the way with 4,133 runs from 135 innings, which includes 18 not-outs, the highest score of 101 and a strike rate of 149.20! He has made a half-century a total of 32 times, has 345 fours and became the first man to pass 200 sixers during the 2023-24 season and now has a total of 227 sixes to his name!
The closest batsman to him is Moises Henriques, who has a total of 3,324 runs from 145 innings. His highest score was 77; he has made a total of 17 half-centuries, his strike rate is 128.53, and he has hit 244 fours and 99 sixes.
Top Five Big Bash League Run Scorers
- 4,133 Runs - Chris Lynn
- 3,324 Runs - Moises Henriques
- 3,317 Runs - Glenn Maxwell
- 3,311 Runs - Aaron Finch
- 3,250 Runs - Marcus Stoinis
Who set the highest-scoring innings?
Glenn Maxwell sits at the top of the pile with his 154 for the Stars against the Hurricanes, which came from 64 balls (240.62% SR), which included 22 fours and 4 sixes. Marcus Stoinis was the record holder until Maxwell beat him. Stoinis hit 147 not out in 2020 off 79 balls, a strike rate of 186.07% with 13 fours and 8 sixes. Josh Brown was the latest man to make the list and sits in third place thanks to his 140 in 2024. He hit that from just 57 balls, a strike rate of 245.61%, which is the highest strike rate for all scores of over 100!
Top Five Big Bash League Six Scorers
- 227 Sixes - Chris Lynn
- 153 Sixes - Glenn Maxwell
- 146 Sixes - Benjamin McDermott
- 118 Sixes - Aaron Finch
- 117 Sixes - Marcus Stoinis
Big Bash League Bowling Records and Statistics
Who is the all-time leading wicket-taker in the BBL?
The top fifteen bowlers in the BBL now all have 100+ wickets. Sean Abbott leads the way with 186 wickets from 132 innings; he has an economy of 8.37 and an average of 20.24.
Top Five Big Bash League Wicket Takers
- 186 Wickets - Sean Abbott
- 164 Wickets - Benjamin Dwarshuis
- 162 Wickets - Andrew Tye
- 145 Wickets - Jason Behrendorff
- 142 Wickets - Kane Richardson
Best Bowling Figures in the BBL?
There have been three six-wicket hauls in the BBL in the past. In 2012, Lasith Malinga took six wickets from four overs for the Stars against the Scorchers, in which he only gave up seven runs, meaning he finished with incredible figures of 6/7.
A feat also achieved in 2017 for Ish Sodhi when playing for the Strikers against the Thunder, from just 3.3 overs, he took 6 wickets for 11 runs. The third player was Rashid Khan in 2022 when he took 6 wickets for 17 runs (4.25) against the Thunder.
Top Five Big Bash League Economic Bowlers (40+ Matches)
- 6.41 - Mujeeb Ur Rahman
- 6.44 - Rashid Khan
- 6.63 - Brad Hogg
- 6.65 - Steve O'Keefe
- 6.70 - Michael Beer
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Records were sourced from ESPN cricinfo and past winners and team information from Wikipedia.
