| 2016–17 Big Bash League | |
| Fromdate: | 20 December 2016 |
| Todate: | 28 January 2017[1] |
| Administrator: | Cricket Australia |
| Cricket Format: | Twenty20 |
| Tournament Format: | Group stage and knockout |
| Champions: | Perth Scorchers (3rd title) |
| Participants: | 8 |
| Matches: | 35 |
| Player Of The Series: | Chris Lynn (Brisbane Heat) |
| Most Runs: | Ben Dunk (364), (Adelaide Strikers) |
| Most Wickets: | Sean Abbott (20), (Sydney Sixers) |
| Previous Year: | 2015–16 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2015–16 Big Bash League season |
| Next Year: | 2017–18 |
| Next Tournament: | 2017–18 Big Bash League season |
| Website: | bigbash.com.au |
The 2016–17 Big Bash League season or BBL|06 was the sixth season of the KFC Big Bash League, the professional men's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament ran from 20 December 2016 to 28 January 2017. The format of the tournament was identical to previous seasons. Each team played eight group stage matches, four at home and four away, before the top four ranked teams progressed to the Semi-finals.
The Perth Scorchers won the BBL title and defeated the Sydney Sixers by nine wickets in the final to claim their third title. Chris Lynn of the Brisbane Heat was named player of the tournament for the second consecutive season, scoring 309 runs from just five matches. The leading run-scorer was Ben Dunk of the Adelaide Strikers, who scored 364 runs over the season. The leading wicket-taker was Sean Abbott of the Sixers, who took 20 wickets from ten matches. He was also named the best player under 25 in the tournament.
There are 32 matches scheduled to be played during the group stage of the sixth edition of the Big Bash League.
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| Player | Team | Runs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Dunk | Adelaide Strikers | 8 | 8 | 364 | 52.00 | 163.96 | 85 | 0 | 3 | |
| Aaron Finch | 8 | 8 | 354 | 44.25 | 160.90 | 71 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Michael Klinger | 10 | 10 | 334 | 37.11 | 126.99 | 81 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Brendon McCullum | 8 | 8 | 323 | 46.14 | 170.89 | 72 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Chris Lynn | 5 | 5 | 309 | 154.50 | 177.58 | 98* | 0 | 3 |
| Player | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Abbott | Sydney Sixers | 10 | 10 | 20 | 16.15 | 8.72 | 5/16 | 11.1 | |
| Mark Steketee | 9 | 9 | 15 | 17.66 | 7.57 | 3/32 | 14.0 | ||
| Scott Boland | 9 | 9 | 14 | 20.42 | 8.37 | 4/30 | 14.6 | ||
| Mitchell Johnson | 9 | 9 | 13 | 15.46 | 5.91 | 3/3 | 15.6 | ||
| Sunil Narine | 8 | 8 | 13 | 19.23 | 7.81 | 3/27 | 14.7 |
| Adelaide Strikers | 8 | 4 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane Heat | 9 | 5 | |||||
| Hobart Hurricanes | 8 | 4 | |||||
| Melbourne Renegades | 8 | 4 | |||||
| Melbourne Stars | 9 | 4 | |||||
| Perth Scorchers | 10 | 6 | |||||
| Sydney Sixers | 10 | 4 | |||||
| Sydney Thunder | 8 | 4 |
BBL games are currently broadcast in Australia by the free-to-air Network Ten.
Following are the television ratings for 2016–17 BBL season in Australia.[2]
The Super Over of the second semi final match drew ratings of 1,720,000 nationally, and 1,250,000 in the 5 metro cities.[3]
| Match No | Teams | Average TV Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | 5 metro cities | ||||
| Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 1 | Session 2 | ||
| 1 | Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers[4] | 1,220,000 | 1,150,000 | 834,000 | 805,000 |
| 2 | Adelaide Strikers vs Brisbane Heat[5] | 1,220,000 | 1,430,000 | 865,000 | 1,040,000 |
| 3 | Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Thunder[6] | 1,150,000 | 1,180,000 | 759,000 | 798,000 |
| 4 | Sydney Sixers vs Hobart Hurricanes[7] | 698,000 | 1,100,000 | 475,000 | 717,000 |
| 5 | Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers[8] | 1,060,000 | 707,000 | 747,000 | 531,000 |
| 6 | Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Stars[9] | 805,000 | 1,040,000 | 542,000 | 709,000 |
| 7 | Sydney Sixers vs Perth Scorchers[10] | 905,000 | 1,130,000 | 638,000 | 803,000 |
| 8 | Sydney Thunder vs Brisbane Heat[11] | 799,000 | 1,160,000 | 542,000 | 796,000 |
| 9 | Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers[12] | 932,000 | 1,290,000 | 650,000 | 880,000 |
| 10 | Brisbane Heat vs Hobart Hurricanes[13] | 803,000 | 1,170,000 | 550,000 | 773,000 |
| 11 | Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Sixers[14] | 723,000 | 858,000 | 471,000 | 580,000 |
| 12 | Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades[15] | 925,000 | 1,270,000 | 608,000 | 868,000 |
| 13 | Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Thunder[16] | 1,030,000 | 613,000 | 686,000 | 449,000 |
| 14 | Hobart Hurricanes vs Adelaide Strikers[17] | 968,000 | 1,130,000 | 636,000 | 754,000 |
| 15 | Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Sixers[18] | 972,000 | 1,190,000 | 632,000 | 794,000 |
| 16 | Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars[19] | 943,000 | 1,140,000 | 618,000 | 756,000 |
| 17 | Perth Scorchers vs Brisbane Heat[20] | 896,000 | 1,330,000 | 572,000 | 906,000 |
| 18 | Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes[21] | 752,000 | 1,070,000 | 511,000 | 737,000 |
| 19 | Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars[22] | 947,000 | 1,150,000 | 625,000 | 784,000 |
| 20 | Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Thunder[23] | 1,010,000 | 1,200,000 | 665,000 | 806,000 |
| 21 | Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Renegades[24] | 1,040,000 | 1,130,000 | 709,000 | 808,000 |
| 22 | Melbourne Stars vs Adelaide Strikers[25] | 1,120,000 | 1,260,000 | 774,000 | 907,000 |
| 23 | Brisbane Heat vs Perth Scorchers[26] | 1,230,000 | 1,270,000 | 823,000 | 886,000 |
| 24 | Melbourne Renegades vs Hobart Hurricanes[27] | 1,160,000 | 1,280,000 | 794,000 | 907,000 |
| 25 | Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder[28] | 703,000 | 1,000,000 | 476,000 | 662,000 |
| 26 | Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Stars[29] | 1,040,000 | 823,000 | 736,000 | 628,000 |
| 27 | Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades[30] | 1,000,000 | 1,100,000 | 692,000 | 768,000 |
| 28 | Melbourne Stars vs Brisbane Heat[31] | 1,090,000 | 1,140,000 | 755,000 | 814,000 |
| 29 | Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers[32] | 901,000 | 946,000 | 617,000 | 674,000 |
| 30 | Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Renegades[33] | 1,050,000 | 1,290,000 | 716,000 | 906,000 |
| 31 | Hobart Hurricanes vs Perth Scorchers[34] | 462,000 | 657,000 | 315,000 | 444,000 |
| 32 | Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers[35] | 1,004,000 | 1,110,000 | 683,000 | 788,000 |
| SF1 | Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Stars[36] | 1,190,000 | 1,290,000 | 821,000 | 913,000 |
| SF2 | Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Sixers | 1,200,000 | 1,390,000 | 833,000 | 987,000 |
| Final | Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Sixers[37] | 1,190,000 | 1,480,000 | 834,000 | 1,030,000 |