Hobart Hurricanes

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 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]

Hobart Hurricanes

Personnel
Captain	Nathan Ellis
Coach	Jeff Vaughan
Team information
Colours	Purple
Founded	2011; 14 years ago (2011)
Home ground	Bellerive Oval York Park Traeger Park
History
BBL wins	1: BBL14
Global Super League wins	0
Official website	Official Website
T20 kit

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. 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 Summaries

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

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

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

The squad of the Hobart Hurricanes for the 2025–26 Big Bash League season as of 8 July 2025.^[36][37]

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

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

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):

• 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|07–15)
• James Faulkner (BBL|08–10)
• Ben McDermott (BBL|08–15)
• Scott Boland (BBL|09–11)
• Peter Handscomb (BBL|10–11)
• Nathan Ellis (BBL|11–15)
• Riley Meredith (BBL|11–15)
• Joel Paris (BBL|11–12)
• Tim David (BBL|12–15)
• Beau Webster (BBL|15)

Overseas marquees

• Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (BBL|01)
• Owais Shah (BBL|01–03)
• Scott Styris (BBL|02)
• Shoaib Malik (BBL|03–04)
• Tim Bresnan (BBL|04)
• Alex Hales (BBL|04)
• Daren Sammy (BBL|04–05)
• Kumar Sangakkara (BBL|05–06)
• Stuart Broad (BBL|06)
• Jofra Archer (BBL|07–08)
• Tymal Mills (BBL|07)
• Qais Ahmad (BBL|08–09)
• Johan Botha (BBL|08-10)
• David Miller (BBL|09)
• Colin Ingram (BBL|10)
• Will Jacks (BBL|10)
• Sandeep Lamichhane (BBL|10–11)
• Dawid Malan (BBL|10)
• Keemo Paul (BBL|10)
• Harry Brook (BBL|11)
• Jordan Cox (BBL|11)
• Tom Lammonby (BBL|11)
• Jordan Thompson (BBL|11)
• Faheem Ashraf (BBL|12)
• Asif Ali (BBL|12)
• Zak Crawley (BBL|12)
• Shadab Khan (BBL|12)
• James Neesham (BBL|12)
• Corey Anderson (BBL|13)
• Sam Hain (BBL|13)
• Chris Jordan (BBL|13–15)
• Shai Hope (BBL|14)
• Waqar Salamkheil (BBL|14)
• Rehan Ahmed (BBL|15)
• Rishad Hossain (BBL|15)

Source:^[38]

Statistics and Awards

Team stats

• 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:^[39]

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)

Source:^[39]

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.^[40] 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

• Cricket portal
• Australia portal

• Cricket Tasmania
• Tasmania cricket team

Notes

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.