Big Bash League (BBL) 2019-20: Complete Squads, Captains & Home Grounds of all eight BBL teams

Melbourne, Dec 15: The ninth edition of Australia's domestic T20 league i.e. the Big Bash League (BBL) kicks-off on December 17 with Brisbane Heat taking on Sydney Thunder in the opening game.

The cricketers from all parts of the world will participate in the marquee T20 league Down Under that will culminate in February. The eight-team competition will go on for 42 days this time instead of 54 with 56 games being played in the league stage.

Big Bash League (BBL) 2019-20: Full Schedule, Date, Venue, TV Timings in IST & live streaming information Big Bash League (BBL) 2019-20: Full Schedule, Date, Venue, TV Timings in IST & live streaming information

BBL gives the local Australian players a chance to showcase their skills on the international stage and compete with the best in the world.

Here's the complete squad of all eight participating teams:

Finchmas, you say? https://t.co/gt0vCbu03h The tickets are available now. You know what you've gotta do: Book now. Tell your friends. #GETONRED. See you there. pic.twitter.com/T4KUMyIpvr
— Melbourne Renegades (@RenegadesBBL) December 11, 2019

Melbourne Renegades (defending champions)

Captain: Aaron Finch

Home ground: Marvel Stadium, Melbourne

Squad: Aaron Finch (c), Cameron Boyce, Dan Christian, Tom Cooper, Zak Evans, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Harry Gurney (England), Sam Harper (wk), Marcus Harris, Mackenzie Harvey, Jon Holland, Shaun Marsh, Joe Mennie, Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan), Kane Richardson, Will Sutherland, Beau Webster, Jack Wildermuth, Richard Gleeson (England).

Adelaide Oval is the place to be this summer 🙌

Strikers #BBL09 tickets are on sale now!

➡ https://t.co/HrvPV4WZdE #BlueEnergy pic.twitter.com/KEuC8XHnVt
— Adelaide Strikers (@StrikersBBL) October 16, 2019

Adelaide Strikers

Captain: Travis Head

Home Ground: Adelaide Oval

Travis Head (c), Wes Agar, Alex Carey (wk), Harry Conway, Rashid Khan (Afghanistan), Jake Lehmann, Michael Neser, Harry Nielsen (wk), Liam O'Connor, Phil Salt (England), Matt Short, Peter Siddle, Billy Stanlake, Cameron Valente, Jake Weatherald, Jon Wells, Cameron White, Nick Winter.

No doubt he’ll keep the wickets coming 🙌🏼 #TasmniasTeam #BBL09 https://t.co/5NbQaJgzVk
— Hobart Hurricanes (@HurricanesBBL) December 14, 2019

Hobart Hurricanes

Captain: Matthew Wade

Home Ground: Bellerive Oval, York Park

Squad: Matthew Wade (c/wk), Qais Ahmad (Afghanistan), George Bailey, Scott Boland, Jake Doran, Nathan Ellis, James Faulkner, Jarrod Freeman, Caleb Jewell, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Simon Milenko, David Miller (South Africa), David Moody, Tom Rogers, Clive Rose, D'Arcy Short, Aaron Summers.

THE HYPE IS REAL! 💥 #BringTheHeat #BBL09

Kids $8 Adults $22 ➡️ https://t.co/clJMYKnFws pic.twitter.com/qeMlMFXz95
— Brisbane Heat (@HeatBBL) November 11, 2019

Brisbane Heat

Captain: Chris Lynn

Home Ground: Brisbane Cricket Ground

Squad: Chris Lynn (c), Tom Banton (England), Max Bryant, Joe Burns, Ben Cutting, AB de Villiers (South Africa), Sam Heazlett, Zahir Khan (Afghanistan), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Lalor, Ben Laughlin, James Pattinson, Jimmy Peirson (wk), Jack Prestwidge, Matt Renshaw, Mark Steketee, Mitch Swepson, Mujeeb ur Rahman (Afghanistan).

The BBL countdown continues Stars family 💚 pic.twitter.com/4uIyTAPIWA
— Melbourne Stars (@StarsBBL) December 2, 2019

Melbourne Stars

Captain: Glenn Maxwell

Home Ground: Melbourne Cricket Ground

Squad: Glenn Maxwell (c), Pat Brown (England), Hilton Cartwright, Jackson Coleman, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ben Dunk (wk), Seb Gotch, Peter Handscomb (wk), Clint Hinchliffe, Sandeep Lamichhane (Nepal), Nick Larkin, Nic Maddinson, Jonathan Merlo, Lance Morris, Tom O'Connell, Dale Steyn (South Africa), Marcus Stoinis, Daniel Worrall, Adam Zampa.

You feeling the Scorchers buzz?... we are and it's building 🔥#MADETOUGH pic.twitter.com/8oXD9beKHK
— Perth Scorchers (@ScorchersBBL) December 15, 2019

Perth Scorchers

Captain: Mitchell Marsh

Home Ground: Perth (Optus) Stadium

Squad: Mitchell Marsh (c), Ashton Agar, Fawad Ahmed, Cameron Bancroft, Cameron Green, Aaron Hardie, Nick Hobson, Josh Inglis (wk), Chris Jordan (England), Matt Kelly, Liam Livingstone (England), Mitch Marsh, Joel Paris, Kurtis Patterson, Jhye Richardson, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Sam Whiteman (wk)

🏏 Keeping the no balls off the scorecard is the key lesson our skipper wants to take away from the trial loss to @ThunderBBL on Saturday @scg.

Our first match of @BBL|09 is against @ScorchersBBL @scg on Wednesday night 🙌😀

🎟️ > https://t.co/vrDeuF56pd #smashemsixers #BBL09 pic.twitter.com/eJ1WuRr2Mb
— Sydney Sixers (@SixersBBL) December 15, 2019

Sydney Sixers

Home Ground: Sydney Cricket Ground

Captain: Moises Henriques

Squad: Moises Henriques (c), Sean Abbott, Justin Avendano, Jackson Bird, Tom Curran (England), Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Mickey Edwards, Dan Fallins, Daniel Hughes, Nathan Lyon, Stephen O'Keefe, Josh Philippe (wk), Lloyd Pope, Jordan Silk, Steve Smith, Henry Thornton, James Vince (England)

Look who’s here! @AlexHales1 💚 #ThunderNation pic.twitter.com/ERjDvLIPyj
— Sydney Thunder (@ThunderBBL) December 14, 2019

Sydney Thunder

Home ground: Sydney Showground Stadium

Captain: Callum Ferguson

Squad: Callum Ferguson (c), Jono Cook, Oliver Davies, Matthew Gilkes (wk), Chris Green, Alex Hales (England), Usman Khawaja, Jay Lenton (wk), Nathan McAndrew, Chris Morris (South Africa), Arjun Nair, Alex Ross, Daniel Sams, Gurinder Sandhu, Jason Sangha, Tanveer Sangha, Chris Tremain