2015–16 Hobart Hurricanes season
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| 2015–16 season | |
|---|---|
| Coach | Damien Wright (5th season) |
| Captain(s) | Tim Paine (5th season) |
| Home ground | Blundstone Arena, Hobart |
| BBL | 7th |
| BBL Finals | – |
| Leading Run Scorer | George Bailey (240) |
| Leading Wicket Taker | Cameron Boyce (11) |
| Highest home attendance | 18,149 vs Perth Scorchers (10 January 2016) |
| Lowest home attendance | 14,848 vs Brisbane Heat (22 December 2015) |
League table[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adelaide Strikers | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0.544 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 2 | Melbourne Stars | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.366 | |
| 3 | Perth Scorchers | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.181 | |
| 4 | Sydney Thunder (C) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0.375 | |
| 5 | Melbourne Renegades | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.041 | |
| 6 | Brisbane Heat | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.204 | |
| 7 | Hobart Hurricanes | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.955 | |
| 8 | Sydney Sixers | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | −0.330 |
Matches[edit]
(H) Sydney Sixers 7/186 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 91 (15.5 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sam Rainbird (Hurricanes) made his T20 debut.
(H) Hobart Hurricanes 3/184 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat 8/164 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
- The crowd of 14,848 set a new record for the highest in Tasmanian domestic cricket history, beating the previous record of 14,744 set in the previous season between the same teams[3]
Hobart Hurricanes 4/194 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat (H) 9/179 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sam Heazlett (Heat) made his T20 debut.
(H) Hobart Hurricanes 6/163 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder 9/152 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
- The crowd of 17,151 set a new record for the highest crowd at Blundstone Arena for a cricket match and the second highest crowd for any sport at the stadium[5]
(H) Hobart Hurricanes 5/140 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 5/144 (14 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
Hobart Hurricanes 124 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars (H) 2/126 (15 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Perth Scorchers 5/173 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes (H) 6/172 (20 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
- The crowd of 18,149 set a new record for the largest crowd for any sport at Blundstone Arena[8]
Hobart Hurricanes 143 (19.3 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers (H) 4/146 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
- Greg West (Strikers) made his T20 debut.
Squad[edit]
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
- Ages are given as of 17 December 2017, the date of the first match played during the tournament
| No. | Name | Nationality | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batsmen | |||||||
| 10 | George Bailey |  Australia | 7 September 1982 (aged 33) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | ||
| 11 | Kumar Sangakkara |  Sri Lanka | 27 October 1977 (aged 38) | Left-handed | Right arm medium | Overseas player | |
| 9 | Jonathan Wells | Australia | 13 August 1988 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | ||
| 20 | Beau Webster | Australia | 1 December 1993 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm off-break | ||
| 33 | Michael Hill | Australia | 29 September 1988 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| 46 | Dominic Michael | Australia | 8 October 1987 (aged 28) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| All-rounders | |||||||
| 88 | Darren Sammy |  West Indies | 20 December 1983 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | Overseas player | |
| 54 | Daniel Christian | Australia | 4 May 1983 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | ||
| 15 | Simon Milenko | Australia | 24 November 1988 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | ||
| Wicketkeepers | |||||||
| 27 | Tim Paine | Australia | 8 December 1984 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | Captain | |
| 51 | Ben Dunk | Australia | 11 March 1987 (aged 28) | Left-handed | - | ||
| Bowlers | |||||||
| 32 | Shaun Tait | Australia | 22 February 1983 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right arm fast | ||
| 25 | Timm van der Gugten |  Netherlands | 25 February 1991 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | Australian born but plays for the Netherlands | |
| 44 | Jake Reed | Australia | 28 September 1990 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | ||
| 43 | Sam Rainbird | Australia | 5 June 1992 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Left arm fast medium | ||
| 15 | Joe Mennie | Australia | 24 December 1988 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | ||
| 13 | Cameron Boyce | Australia | 27 July 1989 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right arm leg spin | ||
| 31 | Clive Rose | Australia | 13 October 1989 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Left arm orthodox | ||
References[edit]
- ^ "Big Bash League Table – 2015–16". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ A massive thanks to the 20,072 Sixers fans that flocked to the scg today! twitter.com/SixersBBL. Retrieved 20 December 2015
- ^ a b TAKE A BOW TASMANIA.... A RECORD crowd in just our first home match for #BBL05 twitter.com/HurricanesBBL. Retrieved 22 December 2015
- ^ Final crowd tonight is 29,876 - our 2nd biggest in BBL history! twitter.com/HeatBBL. Retrieved 29 December 2015
- ^ a b WOW!!! The BIGGEST EVER crowd for a cricket match @BlundstoneArena twitter.com/HurricanesBBL. Retrieved 1 January 2016
- ^ Another huge crowd tonight well done Tasmania, official attendance is 16,412 #BBL05 twitter.com/HurricanesBBL. Retrieved 4 January 2016
- ^ 33,603 the official @MCG crowd tonight, the highest ever total for a match between the Hurricanes and us. #BBL05 twitter.com/StarsBBL. Retrieved 6 January 2016
- ^ a b Well done yet again Tassie!! Biggest EVER crowd @BlundstoneArena today #canetrain twitter.com/HurricanesBBL. Retrieved 10 January 2015
- ^ Official attendance, 49,115 - our highest so far of #BBL05. Take a bow #strikeforce! twitter.com/StrikersBBL. Retrieved on 13 January 2016
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