ADELAIDE STRIKERS
Earlier season: Fourth, challenger ultimate
Key participant: Chris Lynn. Boasts essentially the most runs in BBL historical past, and might be aiming to dazzle crowds like he has achieved up to now.
With Travis Head and Alex Carey tied up on Check duties, loads of the heavy lifting is ready to fall to the likes of Lynn, D’Arcy Brief and Matt Brief beneath new coach Tim Paine.
BRISBANE HEAT
Earlier season: Champions
Key participant: Colin Munro. The Kiwi star thrives on bouncy wickets and is a confirmed performer within the BBL.
Nathan McSweeney’s Check call-up is a blow, and new coach Johan Botha might be hoping star paceman Spencer Johnson is not troubled an excessive amount of by a niggling toe damage.
HOBART HURRICANES
Earlier season: Fifth
Key participant: Tim David. The grasp blaster might be determined to bounce again from final season’s disappointment when he scored simply 112 runs from 9 innings.
Nonetheless with out a BBL title, the Hurricanes are hungry for achievement and can want an enormous return from imports Shai Hope and Chris Jordan.
MELBOURNE RENEGADES
Earlier season: Seventh
Key participant: Jake Fraser-McGurk. The 22-year-old blaster can single-handedly win video games.
First yr as coach for Cameron White who will name on imports Tim Seifert and Jacob Bethell to interchange the retired Aaron Finch and Shaun Marsh.
MELBOURNE STARS
Earlier season: Sixth
Key participant: Tom Curran. The skilled England allrounder has joined from the Sixers.
Marcus Stoinis will skipper the facet after Glenn Maxwell stepped apart, whereas some fireworks are probably from England ‘Bazball’ opener Ben Duckett.
PERTH SCORCHERS
Earlier season: Third, knock-out ultimate
Key participant: Finn Allen. The NZ opener has been lighting it up in Scorchers apply matches, however can he now do it on the large stage?
Bowling has all the time been the Scorchers’ power, and it will likely be no totally different this season with the likes of Lance Morris, Jhye Richardson, AJ Tye, Jason Behrendorff and Ashton Agar up their sleeve.
SYDNEY SIXERS
Earlier season: Runner-up
Key participant: Ben Dwarshuis. The left-arm fast was the third-highest wicket-taker final season with 17 scalps at an economic system of seven.04.
A settled squad that includes mainstays Dwarshuis, Sean Abbott and Josh Philippe, whereas Steve Smith has recommitted for 3 seasons.
SYDNEY THUNDER
Earlier season: Eighth
Key participant: David Warner. The 38-year-old will play his first full BBL season after retiring from internationals.
Gained only one recreation in 2023/24 however picked up Kiwi fast Lockie Ferguson on the draft and have the providers of much-hyped teenager Sam Konstas.
