{"id":440332,"date":"2026-01-27T08:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T08:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/440332\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T08:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T08:42:09","slug":"big-bash-deadline-day-contracts-and-re-signings-live-blog-and-updates-glenn-maxwell-at-melbourne-stars-contract-embargo-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/440332\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Bash Deadline Day contracts and re-signings, live blog and updates, Glenn Maxwell at Melbourne Stars, contract embargo, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Less than 48 hours after the Perth Scorchers won an incredible sixth Big Bash title,<\/a> them and the rest of the competition are scrambling to lock in a host of stars on their list ahead of next summer\u2019s BBL|16.<\/p>\n

In the second rendition of the league\u2019s \u2018Deadline Day\u2019, all eight franchises had until 5pm on Tuesday to sign up to 10 players to their club before Wednesday\u2019s player movement window.<\/p>\n

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Clubs were able to either sign an eligible free agent or trade players and draft picks, but are unable to re-sign or extend the contract of an existing player during the period.<\/p>\n

Superstar Adam Zampa is the headline name out-of-contract heading into the \u2018trade period\u2019, with foxsports.com.au revealing new details regarding the Big Bash future<\/a> of he and several others on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Australian white-ball great Glenn Maxwell was one of a number of stars who had been approached regarding his future heading into Deadline Day, with the Sydney Thunder reportedly chasing his signature, though re-signed on a two-year deal with his team of 14 seasons early on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Melbourne Stars have been a massive part of my cricket career and I\u2019m really passionate about this team having success,\u201d Maxwell said in a club statement.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI think this current group is building towards something special and I\u2019m confident we\u2019re in a place to contend for the title in the next two seasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a red-hot start to BBL|15, the Stars were knocked out after just one match in the finals series, continuing their streak as the sole franchise without a Big Bash title.<\/p>\n

The club evidently believe they\u2019re well-poised to make another genuine tilt next summer though, having completed their full allocation of players before midday on Tuesday. Young gun Campbell Kellaway and uncapped quick Austin Anlezark rounded out the Stars\u2019 10-man list before the trade embargo.<\/p>\n

Sydney Thunder opener Matthew Gilkes was the first to re-sign on Tuesday, extending his time at the club for another two years after a strong summer in the shortest format.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m stoked to be continuing my career with the Sydney Thunder,\u201d Gilkes said in a Thunder statement.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve been a massive part of my playing career for the last seven years and most of the boys are now my best mates.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love playing for this club, the fans get around us at ENGIE Stadium no matter what. We saw that this season, which was pretty disappointing from a results point of view, but we\u2019re ready to put that behind us and look towards next season.\u201d<\/p>\n

The signing of his teammate Ryan Hadley was confirmed later in the day, among several others.<\/p>\n

FULL LIST OF DEADLINE DAY SIGNINGS<\/p>\n

Matthew Gilkes (Sydney Thunder, two-year extension)<\/p>\n

Glenn Maxwell (Melbourne Stars, two-year extension)<\/p>\n

Campbell Kellaway (Melbourne Stars, two-year extension)<\/p>\n

Austin Anlezark (Melbourne Stars, one-year extension)<\/p>\n

Ryan Hadley (Sydney Thunder, one-year extension)<\/p>\n

Tom Rogers (Melbourne Renegades, one-year extension)<\/p>\n

Jerrssis Wadia (Adelaide Strikers, two-year extension)<\/p>\n

Re-live foxsports.com.au\u2019s rolling coverage of the BBL\u2019s Deadline Day below! Can\u2019t see the blog? Click here <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Less than 48 hours after the Perth Scorchers won an incredible sixth Big Bash title, them and the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[1724,64,229141,63,689,207329,12411,740,122421,13213,12548,229139,2105,24689,1209,229143,189829,647,29544,117279,677,46,60180,3252,77660,229140,12540,85,158194,109024,229142,660,3439,9020],"class_list":["post-440332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-asia","tag-au","tag-aussie-legend","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-white-ball","tag-club-statement","tag-cricket","tag-final-chance","tag-finals-series","tag-fox-cricket","tag-frenzy-set","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-glenn-maxwell","tag-india","tag-massive-part","tag-matthew-gilkes","tag-melbourne","tag-melbourne-renegades","tag-melbourne-stars","tag-oceania","tag-perth","tag-perth-scorchers","tag-player-movement","tag-player-movement-window","tag-results-point","tag-southern-asia","tag-sports","tag-sydney-sixers","tag-sydney-thunder","tag-trade-embargo","tag-victoria","tag-western-australia","tag-young-gun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}