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, a captain is a player who leads the team and has additional roles and responsibilities. The Big Bash League (BBL) is a professional

Twenty20 Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single inn ...

cricket league in Australia, which has been held annually since its first season in 2011–12. In the nine seasons played, 49 players have captained their team in at least one match. Aaron Finch, from the

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, has played the most matches as a captain, leading the team in 59 matches with a win–loss percentage of 47.45. Among the captains who have captained more than ten matches, the

Sydney Sixers The Sydney Sixers are an Australian professional franchise men's cricket team, competing in Australia's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League (BBL). Along with the Sydney Thunder, the Sixers are the successors of the New ...

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has the best win–loss percentage: 77.27. Chris Rogers has captained the most matches without registering a win; he led the

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in six matches and all of them were lost. There have been seven non-Australian captains in the BBL: two from

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, and the

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each, and one from the

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. Eight players have captained more than one team in their BBL career. The list includes those players who have captained their team in at least one BBL match. The list is initially organised by the number of matches as a captain and if the numbers are tied, the list is sorted by last name.To sort these tables by any statistic, click on the Sort both small

icon in the column title.These statistics do not cover the games played in other tournaments such as the

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.These statistics are correct as of 2 February 2020.

Key

List of BBL captains

Notes

References

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