A huge controversy erupted during Sydney Thunder's Women's Big Bash League 2025 match against Adelaide Strikers on Friday, November 28.

R Ashwin will no longer participate in the upcoming BBL 2025-26 season due to a knee injury.

This comes after R Ashwin was signed by the Sydney Thunder for the 15th edition of the Big Bash League last month.

R Ashwin will be available for the second half of the BBL scheduled from December 14 to January 25.

Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg had personally reached out to Ashwin earlier this month to explore the possibility of his BBL participation.

Sydney Thunder captain David Warner was left fuming at his teammates.

David Warner's lifetime leadership ban was overturned by Cricket Australia last month, paving the way for his captaincy before he bids goodbye to competitive cricket.

Cricket Australia on Friday unveiled the schedule for the upcoming season of the Big Bash League (BBL) with Perth Scorchers hosting Melbourne Stars in the tournament opener on December 15.

As Steve Smith was taking his guard to face the first ball of the match, David Warner was seen sledging him to distract his Australia teammate.

Sydney Thunder's head coach, Trevor Bayliss, will skip his team's clash against Adelaide Strikers on Tuesday in the Big Bash League (BBL) to attend the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 auction

Steve Smith tried to go hard on a short ball but lack of timing saw him hitting the ball directly to Moises Henriques at the non-striker's end.

The incident happened on the third delivery of the 16th over, when Nathan Ellis hammered the ball straight to Brendan Doggett

Sydney Thunder entered the cricket record books in the most unwanted fashion on Friday after being bowled out for just 15 in their Big Bash League game against Adelaide Strikers -- the lowest T20 score in history