This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Hobart Hurricanes (WBBL).

Seasons

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. The Hurricanes wear a purple cricket uniform.[2]

History

Inaugural season

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

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, their best position so far. 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

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-by-season record

Chart of yearly table positions for Hobart Hurricanes in BBL

Until BBL14, the Hobart Hurricanes were one of only two teams in the Men’s BBL (along with the Melbourne Stars) to never win a Big Bash title. They are also the only team to never collect a wooden spoon.

Year League position Result
2011–12 2nd Semi-final loss
2012–13 6th Did not qualify
2013–14 4th Runner-up
2014–15 5th Did not qualify
2015–16 7th Did not qualify
2016–17 7th Did not qualify
2017–18 4th Runner-up
2018–19 1st Semi-final loss
2019–20 4th Eliminator loss
2020–21 6th Did not qualify
2021–22 5th Eliminator loss
2022–23 6th Did not qualify
2023-24 5th Did not qualify
2024-25 1st Champions

Current squad

The squad of the Hobart Hurricanes for the 2025–26 Big Bash League season as of 19 February 2025.[7]

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
No. Name Nat. Birth Date Batting Style Bowling Style Additional Info.
Batters
33 Mac Wright Australia 22 January 1998 Right-handed Right-arm leg spin
All Rounders
17 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
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
34 Chris Jordan England 4 October 1988 Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
21 Riley Meredith Australia 21 June 1996 Right-handed Right-arm fast

Honours

Administration and support staff

Current staff

Position Name
Head coach Jeff Vaughan
Assistant coach Jimmy Adams

Team song

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.[8] 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

References

  1. ^ "Ground History, Cricket Tasmania". Cricket Tasmania. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  2. ^ "New Twenty20 Big Bash league to feature teams in pink, orange and purple as tradition is abandoned". Fox Sports (Australia). 6 April 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  3. ^ Allister de Winter coach of Hobart Hurricanes
  4. ^ "Derbyshire sign Rana Naveed for 2012 season - Cricket News Update | bettor.com". Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Abu Dhabi to host teams from six countries in T20 tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  6. ^ Walsh, Dan (27 January 2025). "As it happened: Mitch Owen's stunning 39-ball 100 breaks Hobart's BBL drought". The Sydney Morning Herald.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Full squads: How each club's list is shaping up for BBL|15". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  8. ^ "Team song video". Hobart Hurricanes. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
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