2015–16 Hobart Hurricanes season

Hobart Hurricanes
2015–16 season
CoachDamien Wright (5th season)
Captain(s)Tim Paine (5th season)
Home groundBlundstone Arena, Hobart
BBL7th
BBL Finals
Leading Run ScorerGeorge Bailey (240)
Leading Wicket TakerCameron Boyce (11)
Highest home attendance18,149 vs Perth Scorchers
(10 January 2016)
Lowest home attendance14,848 vs Brisbane Heat
(22 December 2015)

League table

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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
Source: [1]
(C) Champion

Matches

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20 December
16:20
Scorecard
(H) Sydney Sixers
7/186 (20 overs)
v
Hobart Hurricanes
91 (15.5 overs)
Brad Haddin 72 (45)
Cameron Boyce 2/25 (4 overs)
George Bailey 62* (45)
Nathan Lyon 5/23 (3.5 overs)
Sydney Sixers won by 95 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground
Attendance: 20,072[2]
Umpires: Simon Fry and Phillip Gillespie
Player of the match: Brad Haddin (Sixers)
  • Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sam Rainbird (Hurricanes) made his T20 debut.
22 December
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Hobart Hurricanes
3/184 (20 overs)
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Brisbane Heat
8/164 (20 overs)
Tim Paine 87* (58)
Ben Cutting 1/32 (4 overs)
Jason Floros 42 (23)
Sam Rainbird 3/37 (4 overs)
Hobart Hurricanes won by 20 runs
Blundstone Arena
Attendance: 14,848[3]
Umpires: Greg Davidson and Michael Graham-Smith
Player of the match: Tim Paine (Hurricanes)
  • 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]
29 December
18:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
Hobart Hurricanes
4/194 (20 overs)
v
Brisbane Heat (H)
9/179 (20 overs)
Daniel Christian 56* (24)
Samuel Badree 2/27 (4 overs)
Chris Lynn 101 (51)
Jake Reed 3/31 (4 overs)
Hobart Hurricanes won by 15 runs
The Gabba
Attendance: 29,876[4]
Umpires: Ashley Barrow and Simon Fry
Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Heat)
  • Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sam Heazlett (Heat) made his T20 debut.
1 January
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Hobart Hurricanes
6/163 (20 overs)
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Sydney Thunder
9/152 (20 overs)
George Bailey 56* (29)
Clint McKay 4/28 (3 overs)
Michael Hussey 71 (51)
Shaun Tait 3/16 (4 overs)
Hobart Hurricanes won by 11 runs
Blundstone Arena
Attendance: 17,151[5]
Umpires: Phillip Gillespie and Geoff Joshua
Player of the match: Shaun Tait (Hurricanes)
  • 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]
4 January
19:40 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Hobart Hurricanes
5/140 (20 overs)
v
Melbourne Renegades
5/144 (14 overs)
Daniel Christian 58 (40)
Xavier Doherty 2/19 (3 overs)
Aaron Finch 60 (39)
Cameron Boyce 3/34 (4 overs)
Melbourne Renegades won by 5 wickets
Blundstone Arena
Attendance: 16,412[6]
Umpires: Sam Nogajski and Paul Wilson
Player of the match: Chris Tremain (Renegades)
  • Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
6 January
19:40 (D/N)
Scorecard
Hobart Hurricanes
124 (20 overs)
v
Melbourne Stars (H)
2/126 (15 overs)
George Bailey 55 (40)
Adam Zampa 2/18 (4 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 56* (32)
Sam Rainbird 1/25 (4 overs)
Melbourne Stars won by 8 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance: 33,603[7]
Umpires: Geoff Joshua and Sam Nogajski
Player of the match: Glenn Maxwell (Stars)
  • Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
10 January
16:20
Scorecard
Perth Scorchers
5/173 (20 overs)
v
Hobart Hurricanes (H)
6/172 (20 overs)
Michael Carberry 62 (35)
Shaun Tait 2/29 (4 overs)
Tim Paine 57 (47)
Ashton Agar 2/38 (4 overs)
Perth Scorchers won by 1 run
Blundstone Arena
Attendance: 18,149[8]
Umpires: Ashley Barrow and Paul Wilson
Player of the match: Michael Carberry (Scorchers)
  • 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]
13 January
19:10 (D/N)
Scorecard
Hobart Hurricanes
143 (19.3 overs)
v
Adelaide Strikers (H)
4/146 (20 overs)
Tim Paine 45 (39)
Michael Neser 3/26 (3.3 overs)
Tim Ludeman 57* (58)
Simon Milenko 3/25 (4 overs)
Adelaide Strikers won by 6 wickets
Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 49,115[9]
Umpires: Shawn Craig and Paul Wilson
Player of the match: Adil Rashid (Strikers)
  • Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Greg West (Strikers) made his T20 debut.

Squad

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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 (1982-09-07)7 September 1982 (aged 33) Right-handed Right arm medium
11 Kumar Sangakkara   Sri Lanka (1977-10-27)27 October 1977 (aged 38) Left-handed Right arm medium Overseas player
9 Jonathan Wells   Australia (1988-08-13)13 August 1988 (aged 27) Right-handed Right arm medium
20 Beau Webster   Australia (1993-12-01)1 December 1993 (aged 22) Right-handed Right-arm off-break
33 Michael Hill   Australia (1988-09-29)29 September 1988 (aged 27) Left-handed Right-arm medium
46 Dominic Michael   Australia (1987-10-08)8 October 1987 (aged 28) Left-handed Right-arm medium
All-rounders
88 Darren Sammy   West Indies (1983-12-20)20 December 1983 (aged 31) Right-handed Right arm fast medium Overseas player
54 Daniel Christian   Australia (1983-05-04)4 May 1983 (aged 32) Right-handed Right arm fast medium
15 Simon Milenko   Australia (1988-11-24)24 November 1988 (aged 27) Right-handed Right arm fast medium
Wicketkeepers
27 Tim Paine   Australia (1984-12-08)8 December 1984 (aged 31) Right-handed Right arm medium Captain
51 Ben Dunk   Australia (1987-03-11)11 March 1987 (aged 28) Left-handed -
Bowlers
32 Shaun Tait   Australia (1983-02-22)22 February 1983 (aged 32) Right-handed Right arm fast
25 Timm van der Gugten   Netherlands (1991-02-25)25 February 1991 (aged 24) Right-handed Right arm fast medium Australian born but plays for the Netherlands
44 Jake Reed   Australia (1990-09-28)28 September 1990 (aged 25) Right-handed Right arm fast medium
43 Sam Rainbird   Australia (1992-06-05)5 June 1992 (aged 23) Right-handed Left arm fast medium
15 Joe Mennie   Australia (1988-12-24)24 December 1988 (aged 26) Right-handed Right arm fast medium
13 Cameron Boyce   Australia (1989-07-27)27 July 1989 (aged 26) Right-handed Right arm leg spin
31 Clive Rose   Australia (1989-10-13)13 October 1989 (aged 26) Right-handed Left arm orthodox

References

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  1. ^ "Big Bash League Table – 2015–16". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ^ A massive thanks to the 20,072 Sixers fans that flocked to the scg today! twitter.com/SixersBBL. Retrieved 20 December 2015
  3. ^ a b TAKE A BOW TASMANIA.... A RECORD crowd in just our first home match for #BBL05 twitter.com/HurricanesBBL. Retrieved 22 December 2015
  4. ^ Final crowd tonight is 29,876 - our 2nd biggest in BBL history! twitter.com/HeatBBL. Retrieved 29 December 2015
  5. ^ a b WOW!!! The BIGGEST EVER crowd for a cricket match @BlundstoneArena twitter.com/HurricanesBBL. Retrieved 1 January 2016
  6. ^ Another huge crowd tonight well done Tasmania, official attendance is 16,412 #BBL05 twitter.com/HurricanesBBL. Retrieved 4 January 2016
  7. ^ 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
  8. ^ a b Well done yet again Tassie!! Biggest EVER crowd @BlundstoneArena today #canetrain twitter.com/HurricanesBBL. Retrieved 10 January 2015
  9. ^ 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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