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    Hobart Hurricanes

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    This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Hobart Hurricanes (WBBL).
    For the women's basketball team known as the Hobart Hurricanes between 1998 and 2002, see Hobart Chargers.

    Hobart Hurricanes
    Personnel
    CaptainNathan Ellis
    CoachJeff Vaughan
    Team information
    Colours  Purple
    Founded2011; 14 years ago (2011)
    Home groundBellerive Oval
    York Park
    Traeger Park
    History
    BBL wins1: BBL14
    Global Super League winsTBC
    Official websiteOfficial Website

    T20 kit

    Seasons
    • 2011–12
    • 2012–13
    • 2013–14
    • 2014–15
    • 2015–16
    • 2016–17
    • 2017–18
    • 2018–19
    • 2019–20
    • 2020–21
    • 2021–22
    • 2022–23
    • 2023–24

    Hobart Hurricanes are an Australian professional men's Twenty20 franchise cricket team based in Hobart, Tasmania. They compete in Australia's domestic Big Bash League. The Hurricanes play the majority of their home matches at Ninja Stadium in Hobart,[1] with additional home matches at the University of Tasmania Stadium in Launceston and at TIO Traeger Park in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. The Hurricanes wear a purple cricket uniform.[2]

    History

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    Inaugural season

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    Perth Scorchers taking on Hobart Hurricanes at the WACA Ground in 2011

    The Hobart Hurricanes' inaugural coach was Allister de Winter[3] and their inaugural captain was Tim Paine.

    The Hobart Hurricanes made a bright start to the inaugural Big Bash League season in 2011/12, winning their first game at the WACA Ground against the Perth Scorchers, making 140 before bowling out the Scorchers for 109, with the performance of fast bowler Ben Hilfenhaus resulting in his selection for the annual Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. In the Hurricanes' second match they faced fancied favorites Sydney Sixers before inflicting a 42-run defeat on the Sixers at Bellerive Oval in Hobart. Rana Naved-ul-Hasan was the leading wicket taker in Big Bash League 2011–12, taking 15 wickets for the Hurricanes.[4]

    2012/13-2023/24 Seasons

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    The Hurricanes played a total of 8 games in the 2012–13 Big Bash League. They ended up losing 4 and winning the same number of games. They finished the tournament in 6th position out of 8 teams. The Hurricanes qualified for the semi-finals in 2013–14 Big Bash by just 1 point ahead of Brisbane Heat. They won the semi-final against the Stars. They were outclassed by Perth Scorchers in the final by 39 runs. They finished as the runners-up. Ben Dunk was named the Man of the Tournament with 395 runs and Jonathan Wells was the young gun of the tournament. They only won 3 games in the 2014–15 season and ended up 5th on the table.

    In July 2018, they were one of the six teams invited to play in the first edition of the Abu Dhabi T20 Trophy, scheduled to start in October 2018.[5] The 2018-19 season would also be the first time that the team finished a season on top of the ladder, though they would lose in the semi-finals against the Melbourne Renegades.

    2024-2025 Season

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    The 2024-2025 season of the Big Bash League was the team's most successful season, reaching the top of the ladder in the competition for the first time since the 2018-19 season. The team would then go on to win the Big Bash Title against the Sydney Thunder by 7 wickets, largely thanks to Mitchell Owen's batting performance, who set the record for the fastest 50 runs in a Big Bash Final and tied the record of fastest century in the Big Bash League with Craig Simmons.[6]

    Season Summaries

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    Chart of yearly table positions for Hobart Hurricanes in BBL
    Season W–L Pos. Finals Coach Captain Most Runs Most Wickets Most Valuable Player Refs
    2011–12 5–2 2nd SF Allister de Winter Tim Paine[a] Travis Birt – 345* Rana Naved-ul-Hasan – 15* – [7] [8]
    2012–13 4–4 6th DNQ Allister de Winter George Bailey[b] Tim Paine – 260 Ben Laughlin – 14* – [9][10]
    2013–14 3–4 4th RU Damien Wright George Bailey[c] Ben Dunk – 395* Ben Laughlin – 14 – [11][12]
    2014–15 3–5 5th DNQ Damien Wright George Bailey[d] Ben Dunk – 175 Cameron Boyce – 10 – [13][14]
    2015–16 3–5 7th DNQ Damien Wright Tim Paine George Bailey – 240 Cameron Boyce – 11 Dan Christian [15][16]
    2016–17 3–5 7th DNQ Damien Wright Tim Paine George Bailey – 247 Dan Christian – 9 Stuart Broad [17][18]
    2017–18 5–5 4th RU Gary Kirsten George Bailey D'Arcy Short – 572* Jofra Archer – 16 D'Arcy Short [19][20]
    2018–19 10–4* 1st* SF Adam Griffith Matthew Wade D'Arcy Short – 572* Jofra Archer – 18[e] D'Arcy Short [21][22]
    2019–20 6–7 4th EF Adam Griffith Matthew Wade[f] D'Arcy Short – 357 Scott Boland – 15 D'Arcy Short [23][24]
    2020–21 7–7 6th DNQ Adam Griffith Matthew Wade[g] Ben McDermott – 402 Nathan Ellis – 20 Scott Boland [25][26]
    2021–22 7–7 5th EF Adam Griffith Matthew Wade[h] Ben McDermott – 577* Tom Rogers – 20 Ben McDermott [27][28]
    2022–23 6–8 6th DNQ Jeff Vaughan Matthew Wade[i] Tim David – 354 Riley Meredith – 21 Nathan Ellis [29][30]
    2023–24 4–6 5th DNQ Jeff Vaughan Nathan Ellis Ben McDermott – 261 Nathan Ellis – 12 Chris Jordan [31][32]
    2024–25 7–2* 1st* C Jeff Vaughan Nathan Ellis[j] Mitchell Owen – 452* Riley Meredith – 16 Mitchell Owen [33][34]
    Legend
    DNQ Did not qualify SF Semi-finalists * Led the league
    EF Lost the Eliminator RU Runners-up ^ League record
    KF Lost the Knockout CF Lost the Challenger C Champions

    Captaincy Records

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    There have been 13 captains in the Heat's history, including matches featuring an acting captain.

    Captain Span M Won Lost Tied NR W–L%
    Xavier Doherty 2011–12 8 5 3 0 0 62.5
    George Bailey 2012–18 29 14 14 0 1 50
    Tim Paine 2013–17 30 12 18 0 0 40
    Matthew Wade 2018–23 52 24 27 0 1 47.06
    Ben McDermott 2019–25 7 4 3 0 0 57.14
    Peter Handscomb 2020–22 13 7 6 0 0 53.85
    Nathan Ellis 2022–25 23 14 8 0 1 63.64

    Source:[35]

    Home Grounds

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    Venue Games hosted by season
    01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Total
    Ninja Stadium 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 3 4 5 4 5 61
    TIO Traeger Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
    University of Tasmania Stadium 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 0 10

    Current Squad

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    The squad of the Hobart Hurricanes for the 2025–26 Big Bash League season as of 8 July 2025.[36]

    • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
    No. Name Nat. Birth Date Batting Style Bowling Style Additional Info.
    Batters
    8 Tim David Australia 16 March 1996 Right-handed Right-arm off spin
    11 Jake Weatherald Australia 4 November 1994 Left-handed Right-arm leg spin
    33 Mac Wright Australia 22 January 1998 Right-handed Right-arm leg spin
    All Rounders
    4 Nikhil Chaudhary Australia 4 May 1996 Right-handed Right-arm leg spin
    16 Mitchell Owen Australia 16 September 2001 Right-handed Right-arm medium
    20 Beau Webster Australia 1 December 1993 Right-handed Right-arm medium
    74 Rehan Ahmed England 13 August 2004 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
    Wicket-keepers
    28 Ben McDermott Australia 12 December 1994 Right-handed —
    13 Matthew Wade Australia 26 December 1987 Left-handed —
    Pace bowlers
    35 Iain Carlisle Australia 5 January 2000 Left-handed Right-arm fast
    72 Nathan Ellis Australia 22 September 1994 Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain
    73 Rishad Hossain Bangladesh 15 July 2002 Right-handed Right-arm leg spin Overseas Draft Pick (Gold)
    34 Chris Jordan England 4 October 1988 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Overseas Pre-Signing
    21 Riley Meredith Australia 21 June 1996 Right-handed Right-arm fast
    37 Billy Stanlake Australia 4 November 1994 Left-handed Right-arm fast

    Players

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    Australian representatives

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    Australia The following is a list of cricketers who have played for the Hurricanes after making their debut in the national men's team (the period they spent as both a Hurricanes squad member and an Australian-capped player is in brackets):

    • Travis Birt (BBL|01–04)
    • Mark Cosgrove (BBL|01)
    • Xavier Doherty (BBL|01–04)
    • Ben Hilfenhaus (BBL|01–04)
    • Phil Jaques (BBL|01)
    • Jason Krejza (BBL|01–02)
    • Ben Laughlin (BBL|01–03)
    • Ricky Ponting (BBL|01–02)
    • George Bailey (BBL|02–09)
    • Doug Bollinger (BBL|02–03)
    • Tim Paine (BBL|02–08, 12)
    • Cameron Boyce (BBL|04–07)
    • Ben Dunk (BBL|04–05)
    • Dan Christian (BBL|05–07)
    • Shaun Tait (BBL|05–06)
    • Alex Doolan (BBL|07–08)
    • Nathan Reardon (BBL|07)
    • D'Arcy Short (BBL|07–12)
    • Matthew Wade (BBL|07–14)
    • James Faulkner (BBL|08–10)
    • Ben McDermott (BBL|08–14)
    • Scott Boland (BBL|09–11)
    • Peter Handscomb (BBL|10–11)
    • Nathan Ellis (BBL|11–14)
    • Riley Meredith (BBL|11–14)
    • Joel Paris (BBL|11–12)
    • Tim David (BBL|12–14)

    Overseas marquees

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    • Pakistan Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (BBL|01)
    • England Owais Shah (BBL|01–03)
    • New Zealand Scott Styris (BBL|02)
    • Pakistan Shoaib Malik (BBL|03–04)
    • England Tim Bresnan (BBL|04)
    • England Alex Hales (BBL|04)
    • Cricket West Indies Daren Sammy (BBL|04–05)
    • Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara (BBL|05–06)
    • England Stuart Broad (BBL|06)
    • England Jofra Archer (BBL|07–08)
    • England Tymal Mills (BBL|07)
    • Afghanistan Qais Ahmad (BBL|08–09)
    • South Africa Johan Botha (BBL|08)
    • South Africa David Miller (BBL|09)
    • South Africa Colin Ingram (BBL|10)
    • England Will Jacks (BBL|10)
    • Nepal Sandeep Lamichhane (BBL|10–11)
    • England Dawid Malan (BBL|10)
    • Cricket West Indies Keemo Paul (BBL|10)
    • England Harry Brook (BBL|11)
    • England Jordan Cox (BBL|11)
    • England Tom Lammonby (BBL|11)
    • England Jordan Thompson (BBL|11)
    • Pakistan Faheem Ashraf (BBL|12)
    • Pakistan Asif Ali (BBL|12)
    • England Zak Crawley (BBL|12)
    • Pakistan Shadab Khan (BBL|12)
    • New Zealand James Neesham (BBL|12)
    • United States Corey Anderson (BBL|13)
    • England Sam Hain (BBL|13)
    • England Chris Jordan (BBL|13–14)
    • Cricket West Indies Shai Hope (BBL|14)
    • Afghanistan Waqar Salamkheil (BBL|14)

    Source:[37]

    Statistics and Awards

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    Team stats

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    • Champions (1): 2024-25
    • Runners-up (2): 2013–14, 2017–18
    • Minor premiers (2): 2018–19, 2024-25
    • Finals series appearances (6): 2011–12, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2024–25
    • Wooden Spoons (0):
    • Win–loss record:

    Big Bash League:

    Opposition M Won Lost Tied NR W–L%
    Adelaide Strikers 25 10 14 0 1 41.67
    Brisbane Heat 24 14 10 0 0 58.33
    Melbourne Renegades 21 12 9 0 0 57.14
    Melbourne Stars 22 8 14 0 0 36.36
    Perth Scorchers 21 8 13 0 0 38.1
    Sydney Sixers 20 10 9 0 1 52.63
    Sydney Thunder 23 14 8 0 1 63.64
    Total 157 77 77 0 3 50

    Champions League Twenty20:

    Opposition M Won Lost Tied NR W–L%
    Barbados Tridents 1 1 0 0 0 100
    Cape Cobras 1 1 0 0 0 100
    Kolkata Knight Riders 1 0 1 0 0 0
    Northern Knights 1 1 0 0 0 100
    Kings XI Punjab 1 0 1 0 0 0
    Total 5 3 2 0 0 60
    • Highest score in an innings: 4/229 (20 overs) vs Adelaide Strikers, 5 January 2023
    • Highest successful chase: 8/223 (20 overs) vs Melbourne Renegades, 12 January 2017
    • Lowest successful defence: 9/120 (20 overs) vs Brisbane Heat, 25 January 2023
    • Largest victory:
      • Batting first: 85 runs vs Melbourne Renegades, 29 December 2021
      • Batting second: 35 balls remaining vs Sydney Thunder, 27 January 2025
    • Longest winning streak: 7 matches (21 December 2024 – 16 January 2025)
    • Longest losing streak: 4 matches, twice (4 – 13 January 2016 and 9 – 19 January 2020)

    Source:[38]

    Individual stats

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    • Most runs: Ben McDermott – 2,743
    • Highest score in an innings: Matthew Wade – 130* (61) vs Adelaide Strikers, 26 January 2020
    • Highest partnership: D'Arcy Short and Matthew Wade – 203 vs Adelaide Strikers, 26 January 2020
    • Most wickets: Riley Meredith – 103
    • Best bowling figures in an innings: Dan Christian – 5/14 (4 overs) vs Adelaide Strikers, 2 January 2017
    • Hat-tricks taken:
      • Xavier Doherty vs Sydney Thunder, 23 December 2012
      • Nathan Ellis vs Sydney Thunder, 15 January 2023
    • Most catches (fielder): D'Arcy Short – 38
    • Most dismissals (wicket-keeper): Matthew Wade – 41 (36 catches, 5 stumpings)

    Source:[38]

    Team song

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    The Hurricanes were the first BBL franchise to have their own team song, the lyrics of which were written by Tim Paine performed to the tune of When Johnny Comes Marching Home.[39] The team also uses the song Rock You Like a Hurricane to lead the team onto the field, and Hurricane by Australian band Faker, the anthem for team mascot Captain Hurricane.

    See also

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    • Cricket Tasmania
    • Tasmania cricket team

    Notes

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    1. ^ Xavier Doherty stood in as captain for all eight games.
    2. ^ Tim Paine stood in as captain for one game.
    3. ^ Tim Paine stood in as captain for seven games.
    4. ^ Tim Paine stood in as captain for one game.
    5. ^ James Faulkner also took 18 wickets but at a higher economy rate.
    6. ^ Ben McDermott stood in as captain for six games.
    7. ^ Peter Handscomb stood in as captain for 11 games.
    8. ^ Peter Handscomb stood in as captain for two games.
    9. ^ Nathan Ellis stood in as captain for two games.
    10. ^ Ben McDermott stood in as captain for one game.

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