Lowest Big Bash score defended: Full list of Lowest scores in BBL history

Lowest scores in BBL history: The lowest-ever Big Bash League innings total is the 46th lowest total in the T20 format.

The 25th match of the ongoing 11th season of the Big Bash League between Sydney Sixers and Brisbane Heat in Sydney was a quintessential low-scoring thriller which encompassed a last-ball finish.

Chasing a paltry 106-run target, defending champions Sixers were shockingly reduced to 47/8 in the 13th over before the pacer-duo of Sean Abbott (37 not out) and Ben Dwarshuis (23 not out) made stellar use of their batting skills to put together a match-winning 59-run partnership for the ninth wicket.

In a partnership which missed out on becoming the highest-ever for the ninth wicket in the BBL by a run, ‘Man of the Match’ Abbott managed to score a run off the last ball of the match to seal a cliffhanger of a run-chase at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Apart from top-scoring in the match, Abbott was also the best bowler with bowling figures of 4-0-31-4.

Had Heat defended this target, it would’ve been the second-lowest score to be defended in the history of the BBL. It is worth mentioning that Heat have already defended three out of BBL’s five lowest-ever scores.

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With a total of 211 runs scored in this match, it ranks 20th on the list of lowest match aggregates in the BBL. While this is Sixers and Heat’s fifth and sixth appearance respectively in this list.

Lowest scores in BBL history (table updated on January 26, 2023)

S. No.	Score	Overs	Team	Opposition	Venue	Year
1	15	5.5	Sydney Thunder	Adelaide Strikers	Sydney Showground Stadium	2022
2	57	12.4	Melbourne Renegades	Melbourne Stars	Docklands Stadium	2015
3	60	10.4	Melbourne Renegades	Sydney Sixers	Bellerive Oval	2020
4	61	11.1	Melbourne Stars	Sydney Sixers	Sydney Cricket Ground	2021
5	62	14.4	Sydney Thunder	Sydney Sixers	Sydney Cricket Ground	2023
6	68	14.2	Adelaide Strikers	Melbourne Stars	MCG	2021
7	69	15.2	Perth Scorchers	Melbourne Stars	WACA	2012
8	73	16.4	Brisbane Heat	Sydney Sixers	SCG	2018
9	74	13.4	Sydney Sixers	Melbourne Stars	MCG	2019
10	76	15.5	Sydney Sixers	Sydney Thunder	Sydney Showground Stadium	2020

Lowest Big Bash score defended (table updated on January 26, 2023)

S. No.	Score	Overs	Team	Opposition	Venue	Year
1	77 (D/L Method)	5	Brisbane Heat	Sydney Thunder	Sydney Showground Stadium	2020
2	115/3	10	Brisbane Heat	Melbourne Stars	Carrara Oval	2021
3	116/5	12	Sydney Sixers	Melbourne Stars	Sydney Cricket Ground	2021
4	117/7	16	Sydney Sixers	Sydney Thunder	Stadium Australia	2012
5	117/7	20	Perth Scorchers	Melbourne Renegades	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground	2013
6	120/9	20	Hobart Hurricanes	Brisbane Heat	University of Tasmania Stadium	2023