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Hobart Hurricanes are an Australian men's professional Twenty20 (T20) franchise cricket team based in Hobart, Tasmania. They compete in Australia's domestic Big Bash League (BBL) competition. The Hurricanes play the majority of their home matches at Bellerive Oval in Hobart, with additional home matches at the University of Tasmania Stadium in Launceston and at Traeger Park in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. The Hurricanes wear a purple cricket uniform.
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History
Inaugural season
The Hobart Hurricanes' inaugural coach was Allister de Winter and their inaugural captain was Tim Paine.
The Hobart Hurricanes made a great 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.
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. 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. 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.
Captaincy records
There have been 13 captains in the Hurricanes' history, including matches featuring an acting captain.
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Current squad
The squad of the Hobart Hurricanes for the 2025–26 Big Bash League season as of 21 November 2025.
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Players
Australian representatives
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):
Overseas marquees
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Honours
Champions: 1 – BBL|14
Runners-up: 2 – BBL|03, BBL|07
Minor Premiers: 2 – BBL|08, BBL|14
Finals series appearances: 7 – BBL|01, BBL|03, BBL|07, BBL|08, BBL|09, BBL|11, BBL|14 , BBL|15
Wooden Spoons: 0
Statistics and Awards
Team Stats
Win–loss record:
Big Bash League:
Champions League Twenty20:
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)
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Individual stats
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)
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Individual awards
Player of the Match:
D'Arcy Short – 12
Matthew Wade – 8
Ben McDermott – 7
Nathan Ellis and Riley Meredith – 5
Ben Dunk – 4
Tim David – 3
Travis Birt, Dan Christian, Caleb Jewell, Mitchell Owen, Tim Paine, and Ricky Ponting – 2
Qais Ahmad, George Bailey, Scott Boland, Cameron Boyce, Nikhil Chaudhary, Xavier Doherty, Paddy Dooley, Sam Hain, Ben Hilfenhaus, Chris Jordan, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Jake Reed, Daren Sammy, Owais Shah, Shaun Tait, and Mac Wright – 1
BBL Player of the Final:
Mitchell Owen – BBL|14
BBL Player of the Tournament:
D'Arcy Short (2) – BBL|07, BBL|08
Ben Dunk – BBL|03
Ben McDermott – BBL|11
BBL Team of the Tournament:
D'Arcy Short (2) – BBL|07, BBL|08
Matthew Wade (2) – BBL|08, BBL|09
Ben McDermott (2) – BBL|10, BBL|11
Tim David (2) – BBL|12, BBL|14
Tim Paine – BBL|05
Shaun Tait – BBL|05
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. 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.