.svg)
Key Takeaways
- 1📊 Multiple Ashes-winning Test stars rejoin BBL|15 from January 10
- 2🏆 Big boosts for Sixers, Heat, Scorchers and Strikers in 2025-26 season
- 3💡 Boland, Head and Green miss the league due to recovery and rehab
- 4🔮 Late arrivals like Starc and Neser could decide knockout race
"Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne are among other Australian Test players who will turn out for their BBL teams starting January 10"
Several of Australia's Ashes heroes are set to light up BBL|15 again, with key Test stars rejoining their franchises from Saturday and injecting serious buzz into a tournament hitting its business end.
Ashes heroes rejoin BBL|15 battle
Alex Carey returns to Adelaide Strikers, Brendan Doggett strengthens Melbourne Renegades, while Josh Inglis is back with Perth Scorchers. Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne will bolster Brisbane Heat, and Todd Murphy and Steve Smith add star power to Sydney Sixers. For Hobart Hurricanes, the availability of Jake Weatherald and Beau Webster from January 10 is a timely shot in the arm.
There’s more on the way. Michael Neser is slated to rejoin Brisbane Heat from January 14, and left-arm pace spearhead Mitchell Starc is expected to be available for Sydney Sixers from January 16, perfectly timed for the run-in towards the knockouts.
On the flip side, Scott Boland, Travis Head and Cameron Green will sit out BBL|15. Melbourne Stars will miss Boland’s workhorse overs after he toiled right through all five Ashes Tests, while Adelaide Strikers lose Head’s explosive top-order presence. Green, still uncontracted, continues his careful recovery from major back surgery.
For Indian fans who follow the BBL almost as closely as the IPL, this wave of Test stars returning turns the league into must-watch late-night action once again — a perfect appetizer before the next big international showdown.
