In the upcoming season, total 35 matches to be played at different venues of Australia. In the group stage each team will play 8 matches out of which 7 with the other teams and on with his rival team. Total of 32 matches will be played in the group stage. Each team will play 4 matches at their home ground and 4 matches away. The venues of knock out matches still not decided. The team who will be ranking high in the KFC BBL T20 Points table will play the knock out round at their home ground. So the venue will be decided after the group stage matches. The grand finale will be played on 28 Jan 2017.

In 2011 the first season of Big Bash T20 was played which was won by Sydney Sixers and from there the tournament is getting humongous response from the fans from all around the world. So far 4 different teams have won the Title in 5 season. Perth Scorchers is the only team who have won the title twice in a row, where Sydney Sixers, Brisbane Heat, Sydney Thunders have won once. Lets see who will win the title of Big Bash 2016-2017.

It is a Australian domestic T20 cricket tournament in which players from all around the world participates and enhance the entertainment with their performance. Every year the tournament is held in the summer in the month of December and January. Some of the big names other than Australian cricketer which participates in the T20 League are Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Bravo, Andre Russell, Martin Guptill and many more are there. No Indian cricketers are allowed to play in such leagues that’s why you will not see any player from India in the event.

Here is the Big Bash League 2016-17 schedule with all the fixtures, venue, date and timing of each and every match :-

• Starting Date: 20 December 2016
• End Date: 28 January 2016
• Total Matches: 35
• Total Teams: 8
• Tournament Type: T20 Domestic (Australia)

Full Schedule given below (PDF file in the end of the article) –

Date	Match	Venue	Time (Local)
20 Dec 2016 Tuesday	Sydney Thunders vs Sydney Sixers 1st T20 Match	Spotless Stadium Sydney	7:40 PM
21 Dec 2016 Wednesday	Adelaide Strikers vs Brisbane Heat 2nd T20 Match	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	7:10 PM
22 Dec 2016 Thursday	Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Thunder 3rd T20 Match	Melbourne	7:40 PM
23 Dec 2016 Friday	Sydney Sixers vs Hobart Hurricanes 4th T20 Match	SCG, Sydney	6:10 PM
23 Dec 2016 Friday	Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers 5th T20 Match	WACA, Perth	6:15 PM
26 Dec 2016 Monday	Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Stars 6th T20 Match	Blundstone Arena, Hobart	7:10 PM
27 Dec 2016 Tuesday	Sydney Sixers vs Perth Scorchers 7th T20 Match	SCG, Sydney	7:10 PM
28 Dec 2016 Wednesday	Sydney Thunder vs Brisbane Heat 8th T20 Match	Spotless Stadium, Sydney	7:10 PM
29 Dec 2016 Thursday	Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers 9th T20 Match	Melbourne	7:10 PM
30 Dec 2016 Friday	Brisbane Heat vs Hobart Hurricanes 10th T20 Match	Gabba, Brisbane	6:10 PM
31 Dec 2016 Saturday	Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Sixers 11th T20 Match	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	6:40 PM
1 Jan 2017 Sunday	Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades 12th T20 Match	MCG,Melbourne	6:10 PM
1 Jan 2017 Sunday	Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Thunder 13th T20 Match	WACA, Perth	6:15 PM
2 Jan 2017 Monday	Hobart Hurricanes vs Adelaide Strikers 14th T20 Match	Blundstone Arena, Hobart	7:10 PM
3 Jan 2017 Tuesday	Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Sixers 15th T20 Match	Gabba, Brisbane	6:10 PM
4 Jan 2017 Wednesday	Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars 16th T20 Match	Spotless Stadium, Sydney	7:10 PM
5 Jan 2017 Thursday	Perth Scorchers vs Brisbane Heat 17th T20 Match	WACA, Perth	4:10 PM
6 Jan 2017 Friday	Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes 18th T20 Match	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	6:40 PM
7 Jan 2017 Saturday	Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars 19th T20 Match	Melbourne	7:10 PM
8 Jan 2017 Sunday	Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Thunder 20th T20 Match	Blundstone Arena, Hobart	7:10 PM
9 Jan 2017 Monday	Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Renegades 21st T20 Match	SCG, Sydney	7:40 PM
10 Jan 2017 Tuesday	Melbourne Stars vs Adelaide Strikers 22nd T20 Match	MCG,Melbourne	7:40 PM
11 Jan 2017 Wednesday	Brisbane Heat vs Perth Scorchers 23rd T20 Match	Gabba Brisbane	6:40 PM
12 Jan 2017 Thursday	Melbourne Renegades vs Hobart Hurricanes 24th T20 Match	Melbourne	7:40 PM
14 Jan 2017 Saturday	Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers 25th T20 Match	SCG, Sydney	6:10 PM
14 Jan 2017 Saturday	Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Stars 26th T20 Match	WACA, Perth	6:15 PM
16 Jan 2017 Monday	Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	7:10 PM
17 Jan 2017 Tuesday	Melbourne Stars vs Brisbane Heat 28th T20 Match	MCG,Melbourne	7:40 PM
18 Jan 2017 Wednesday	Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers 29th T20 Match	Spotless Stadium, Sydney	7:40 PM
20 Jan 2017 Friday	Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Renegades 30th T20 Match	Gabba, Brisbane	6:40 PM
21 Jan 2017 Saturday	Hobart Hurricanes vs Perth Scorchers 31st T20 Match	Blundstone Arena, Hobart	4:20 PM
21 Jan 2017 Saturday	Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers 32nd T20 Match	MCG,Melbourne	7:25 PM
24 Jan 2017 Tuesday	1st Semi Final	TBD	TBD
25 Jan 2017 Wednesday	2nd Semi Final	TBD	TBD
28 Jan 2017 Saturday	BBL T20 2016-17 Grand Final	TBD	TBD

Download PDF file of the schedule from here.

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Though the team may not be considered as one of the favorite for this season but the champions of 2010 event are capable of surprising everyone in this most unpredictable and short version of the cricket.

The team will be led by Eoin Morgan as captain. The team will be benefited by the huge experience of the coach Mahela Jayawardene who is well aware of the playing conditions of Indian pitches. The England team squad will be introducing one uncapped player, Hampshire who impressed selectors in England Lions vs Pakistan A series.

The selected players is a team which full of almost all-rounders and does not look like one man dependent. The team is very confident and motivated by winning Ashes series against Australia. The main weakness of the England is lack in consistency especially in foreign pitches.

England Cricket Team Squad World T20 2016

1. Eoin Morgan (capt)
2. Jason Roy
3. James Vince
4. Alex Hales
5. Joe Root
6. Moeen Ali
7. Jos Buttler (wk)
8. Ben Stokes
9. Sam Billings
10. Chris Woakes
11. David Willey
12. Steven Finn
13. Reece Topley
14. Chris Jordan
15. Adil Rashid
16. Liam Dawson

England T20 World T20 schedule:

1. 17th March 2016 – England vs West Indies (Mumbai)
2. 20th March 2016 – England vs South Africa (Mumbai)
3. 25th March 2016 – England vs Qualifier (Delhi)
4. 27th March 2016 – England vs Sri Lanka (Delhi)

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For this series Virat Kohli is rested and Young Manish Panday is selected as a replacement. Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh are also selected for the series.Pawan Negi will be the new face for the series. MS Dhoni will be the captain of the team for the series. After winning Ind vs Aus T20 series, Indian team is pretty confident for the upcoming matches and the ICC world T20 tournament.

Here is the India vs Sri Lanka T20 series schedule :-

Just after this series Asia cup T20 is coming where four Asian teams Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka & India will participate. Just stay tune with for more cricket action and share your views with us in comments.

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