Hotels for Big Bash League 2026-27 — Perth

Big Bash cricket runs on short boundaries, loud music and a scoreboard that rarely stays still for long. Families and groups turn up early for the fielding practice and fireworks, then settle in for a few hours of sixes and quick wickets. Expect coloured kits, boundary-side cameras and a ground that stays noisy from the first over to the last.

The Big Bash League, Australia's flagship Twenty20 competition, began in 2011 and has become one of the game's great summer occasions, and no side has mastered it like the Perth Scorchers — the most successful club in the league's history, with a record of dominance built on packed, roaring home nights.

Playing in orange, the Scorchers fill Optus Stadium, the superb arena that opened on the banks of the Swan River in 2018 and holds around sixty thousand, giving the club some of the biggest crowds and best atmospheres in Australian domestic sport. The stadium links to the city by train and by the graceful Matagarup Bridge, an easy walk across the water.

Perth is a relaxed, sun-soaked place, with Kings Park, the Cottesloe and Scarborough beaches and historic Fremantle all within reach, and long light evenings ideal for cricket. Stay in the CBD or near the river and book early for match nights.

Perth's riverside stadium stands on the Burswood peninsula with the city skyline across the water, a 60,000-seat bowl that takes Test and Big Bash cricket, AFL and the biggest touring concerts. The Matagarup Bridge carries walkers over the Swan to East Perth, and Stadium station sits beside the gates with trains into the centre in minutes.

The surrounding parkland is genuinely pleasant before a game rather than just somewhere to queue. A room in the CBD or East Perth keeps the walk short and the trains close.