BBL 2025–2026 will implement new regulations for the upcoming campaign.

In the final two games, the Hobart Hurricanes, who won the first qualifier against the Sydney Sixers, will play in the Big Bash League (BBL) playoffs. The Sixers and Thunder will now compete in a Sydney derby at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) today in an effort to reach the finals.

This season has been another success because of some amazing games and performances. But Cricket Australia (CA) is talking a lot about new rules that the Big Bash League is creating that might be applied in the next season. These rules seem to have been inspired by the Hundred Men’s tournament in England and baseball.

The rules that are being discussed are as follows:

“DH.” A designated hitter could be one member of each team’s opening lineup who is just allowed to bat and is not required to field.

Optional 12-ball overs and back-to-back overs from the same end: Captains may also choose to let a bowler hit 12 balls consecutively for two consecutive overs.

Double plays: In a double-play run-out, bails are taken at both ends of the field when two batsmen leave their crease.

A variation on maidens is that a batsman may be out if a bowler can hit a hitter with six consecutive dot balls. Allowing a bowler a fifth over if they can send down a maiden is a small change.

These rules are being proposed in an attempt to speed up gameplay and reduce stress for some participants. Some sources claim that behind closed doors, new rules are being discussed that might fundamentally change cricket as a sport.

Cricket Australia’s high-performance consultant for the WBBL and BBL, Trent Woodhill, chatted with us and went over some of the rules.

like the designated hitter rule, which stipulates that the batter must be replaced with a super subfielder. One of the league’s top fielders, Jordan Silk of the Sydney Sixers, was also acknowledged for his contribution.

The penny drops when people realize how Twenty20 cricket really is. This is what happened to The Hundred. Fielding does not include sprinting into position or in between overs. The Sydney Morning Herald quoted Woodhill as saying, “Silky’s goodness comes from all the other things he does.”