Big Bash League 2015/16

[Unbreakable]

General discussion thread for the upcoming BBL season. I'll post the teams below with their Gains & Losses.

 

[Unbreakable]

Adelaide Strikers

Gains - Kelvin Smith (Strikers Rookie)
Losses - Johan Botha (Sixers), Shaun Tait (Hurricanes), Adam Zampa (Stars)

Roster -

Jono Dean
Travis Head
Brad Hodge
Ben Laughlin
Tim Ludeman
Michael Neser
Kieron Pollard
Gary Putland
Kane Richardson
Alex Ross
Craig Simmons
Kelvin Smith

 

[Unbreakable]

Brisbane Heat

Gains - Samuel Badree (West Indies), Brendon McCullum (New Zealand), Andrew Fekete, Alex Doolan (both Renegades), Luke Feldman (Stars)
Losses - Dan Vettori (retired, now coach), Dan Christian, Simon Milenko (both Hobart), Andrew Flintoff (UK), Ryan Harris (retired), Shane Watson (Thunder)

Roster -

Samuel Badree
Nick Buchanan
Joe Burns
Ben Cutting
Alex Doolan
Andrew Fekete
Luke Feldman
Jason Floros
Peter Forrest
James Hopes
Chris Lynn
Brendon McCullum
Jimmy Peirson
Nathan Reardon
Mark Steketee

 

[Unbreakable]

Hobart Hurricanes

Gains - Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), Shaun Tait (Adelaide), Dan Christian, Simon Milenko (both Brisbane), Clive Rose (Stars)
Losses - Evan Gulbis, Ben Hilfenhaus (Stars), Alex Hales (UK), Shoaib Malik (Pakistan), Xavier Doherty (Renegades)

Roster -

George Bailey
Cameron Boyce
Dan Christian
Ben Dunk
Timm van der Gugten
Michael Hill
Simon Milenko
Tim Paine
Sam Rainbird
Jake Reed
Clive Rose
Darren Sammy
Kumar Sangakkara
Shaun Tait
Beau Webster
Jon Wells

 

[Unbreakable]

Melbourne Renegades

Gains - Cameron White (Stars), Chris Gayle (West Indies), Xavier Doherty (Hurricanes)
Losses - Ben Rohrer, Fawad Ahmed (both Sydney Thunder), Andrew Fekete, Alex Doolan (both Heat), Peter Nevill, Aaron O'Brien (delisted)

Roster -

Tom Beaton
Dwayne Bravo
Tom Cooper
Xavier Doherty
Callum Ferguson
Aaron Finch
Chris Gayle
James Pattinson
Nathan Rimmington
Matthew Short
Peter Siddle
Matthew Wade
Cameron White
Nick Winter

 

[Unbreakable]

Melbourne Stars

Gains - Adam Zampa (Strikers), Evan Gulbis, Ben Hilfenhaus (Hurricanes)
Losses - Cameron White (Melbourne Renegades), Jackson Bird (Sydney Sixers), Clive Rose (Hurricanes), Luke Feldman (Heat)

Roster -

Michael Beer
Scott Boland
James Faulkner
Evan Gulbis
Peter Handscomb
Sam Harper
John Hastings
Ben Hilfenhaus
David Hussey
Glenn Maxwell
Kevin Pietersen
Rob Quiney
Marcus Stoinis
Tom Triffitt
Dan Worrall
Luke Wright
Adam Zampa

 

[Unbreakable]

Perth Scorchers

Gains - Nil
Losses - Nil

Roster -

Ashton Agar
Cameron Bancroft
Jason Behrendorff
Nathan Coulter-Nile
Brad Hogg
Michael Klinger
Simon Mackin
Mitch Marsh
Shaun Marsh
James Muirhead
Joel Paris
Ashton Turner
Andrew Tye
Adam Voges
Sam Whiteman

 

[Unbreakable]

Sydney Sixers

Gains - Johan Botha (Strikers), Jackson Bird (Stars)
Losses - Brett Lee (retired)

Roster -

Sean Abbott
Jackson Bird
Doug Bollinger
Johan Botha
Ryan Carters
Ben Dwarshuis
Brad Haddin
Josh Hazlewood
Moises Henriques
Nathan Lyon
Nic Maddinson
Stephen O’Keefe
Jordan Silk
Steve Smith
Mitchell Starc

 

[Unbreakable]

Sydney Thunder

Gains - Ben Rohrer, Fawad Ahmed (both Renegades), Shane Watson (Heat)
Losses - Nil

Roster -

Fawad Ahmed
Aiden Blizzard
Patrick Cummins
Jake Doran
Chris Green
Chris Hartley
Mike Hussey
Jacques Kallis
Usman Khawaja
Andrew McDonald
Kurtis Patterson
Ben Rohrer
Gurinder Sandhu
Shane Watson

 

[Financeguy]

Perth Scorchers

Gains - Nil
Losses - Nil

Is Carberry backing up for them again this season?

 

[Unbreakable]

Is Carberry backing up for them again this season?

No word on if Carberry and Yarafat will play for them again, I'll update it if there's news.

 

[Big Pete]

Colossal effort Unbreakable.

What does everyone make of the Heat? On the surface, the roster looks much improved.

 

[Unbreakable]

Yeah really liking the look of the roster this year, can't wait to go to a few games, we've managed to shed some dead weight (Watson, Flintoff) and managed to pick up the best T20 bowler in the world (Badree), the most exciting T20 batsmen in the world (McCullum), and 2 fringe Australia players in Doolan & Fekete.

Should be a good year.

 

[1910]

McCullum won't play; last time for the Heat they got three games out of him I'd be shocked if he was able to fit in even that this time.

 

[Bucking Beads]

McCullum won't play; last time for the Heat they got three games out of him I'd be shocked if he was able to fit in even that this time.

Was never a fan of this signing because he just won't be available. Need to get blokes who can play every game. McCullum is a great player but he probably won't play.

 

[Mister Wright]

Was never a fan of this signing because he just won't be available. Need to get blokes who can play every game. McCullum is a great player but he probably won't play.

Doesn't matter. You can have other internationals fill in when he's unavailable. Better to have him on the roster than not. Given NZ are in the country for tests & ODI there's a chance he may be available a bit more than usual.

 

[broncos4life]

Great work on the squads unbreakable, thanks.

Heat roster looks so much better than last year. Love the signings of badree and fekete

 

[Bucking Beads]

Doesn't matter. You can have other internationals fill in when he's unavailable. Better to have him on the roster than not. Given NZ are in the country for tests & ODI there's a chance he may be available a bit more than usual.

But how much does his contract take out of the salary cap?