2015–16 Hobart Hurricanes season

Hobart Hurricanes

2015–16 season
Coach	Damien Wright (5th season)
Captain(s)	Tim Paine (5th season)
Home ground	Blundstone Arena, Hobart
BBL	7th
BBL Finals	–
Leading Run Scorer	George Bailey (240)
Leading Wicket Taker	Cameron Boyce (11)
Highest home attendance	18,149 vs Perth Scorchers (10 January 2016)
Lowest home attendance	14,848 vs Brisbane Heat (22 December 2015)

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
1	Adelaide Strikers	8	7	1	0	14	0.544	Advanced to semi-finals
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) Champions

Matches

Main article: 2015–16 Big Bash League season

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)	v	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)	v	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

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

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. 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. 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. 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

External links

• Official website of the Hobart Hurricanes
• Official website of the Big Bash League