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A number of Australia Test stars will feature for the remainder of the 2025/26 Big Bash League (BBL). Australia sealed the Ashes series 4-1 at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on January 9th, and attention now quickly shifts to T20 cricket.
List of Australia Test players who will play in the remainder of the BBL 2025/26 season
Adelaide Strikers
Alex Carey will play for the Adelaide Strikers in their January 11th match against Perth Scorchers at the Adelaide Oval. This comes as a big boost to the Strikers who currently sit outside the top four and need a strong finish to the season.
Travis Head will not play in BBL 2025/26. According to cricket.com.au, the left-hander’s workload will be managed ahead of next month’s T20 World Cup, where he will be vital to Australia’s chances of a second title.
Brisbane Heat
Usman Khawaja and Marnus Labuschagne have already featured in BBL 2025/26. They took the field for Brisbane Heat against Sydney Thunder just two days after the completion of the Ashes series.
After retiring from Test cricket, Khawaja was outstanding against the Thunder, smashing 78 off 48 ball in his team’s seven-wicket win with 22 balls to spare.
Michael Neser will join the Heat squad from January 14.
Hobart Hurricanes
Beau Webster returns for the Hobart Hurricanes for their January 11th clash against the Sydney Sixers. Webster had already played a game for the Hurricanes during the BBL 2025/26 season, hitting 27 off 20 balls against the Melbourne Renegades on December 29.
Jake Weatherald is also expected to feature in BBL 2025/26, but he was not named in the Hurricanes’ squad to take on the Sixers on January 11.
Melbourne Renegades
Brendan Doggett featured for the Melbourne Renegades in the second instalment of the Melbourne Derby on January 10.
Perth Scorchers
Josh Inglis returns to Perth Scorchers from January 11. Cameron Green, who has played for the Scorchers in the past, will not feature as he is uncontracted.
Jhye Richardson is also part of the Scorchers’ squad. The pace bowler played against Melbourne Renegades on January 7, where he took figures of 1/37.
Sydney Sixers
Sydney Sixers arguably become the strongest team. Steve Smith, who boasts an outstanding BBL record, will return from January 11. Todd Murphy is also included.
In another huge boost, Ashes man of the series Mitchell Starc will don the magenta from January 16.
“I’m certainly not looking two years down the road just yet. I’ll pull on the magenta with the man (Smith) next to me,” Starc said at the post-match press conference for the fifth Ashes Test, as quoted by cricket.com.au.
“We’ll see if we can help (the Sixers) get to another final. Other than the BBL, I haven’t got too many plans other than a bit of golf.
“I’ll get the chance now to watch Alyssa (Healy, wife) play a bit of cricket against India as well, which is nice to have the chance to do that.”
Note: Pat Cummins (Sydney Thunder) and Josh Hazlewood (Sydney Sixers) are not expected to feature due to workload management after their respective injury concerns.
