KFC Twenty20 Big Bash

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Countries	Australia
Administrator	Cricket Australia
Format	Twenty20
First edition	2005–06
Latest edition	2010–11
Tournament format	Double round-robin and knockout finals
Number of teams	6
Current champion	Southern Redbacks (1st title)
Most successful	Victorian Bushrangers (4 titles)
Most runs	Brad Hodge (919)
Most wickets	Dirk Nannes (31)

TheKFC Twenty20 Big Bash was a domesticTwenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The competition was organised byCricket Australia, and sponsored by fast food chicken outletKFC.

Running over six seasons from2005–06 to2010–11, the Twenty20 Big Bash was the first top level domestic Twenty20 competition in Australia, contested by the six traditionalSheffield Shield state cricket teams. The competition was replaced by the franchise-basedBig Bash League from 2011–12.

Victoria was the most successful team during the tournament's running, winning four out of the six titles.

Year	Final Venue	Final Attendance	Final
			Winner	Result	Runner-up
2005–06 Details	North Sydney Oval, Sydney	5,669	Victoria 233 for 7 (20 overs)	Victoria won by 93 runsScorecard	New South Wales 140 all out (15.3 overs)
2006–07 Details	Melbourne Cricket Ground,Melbourne	28,960	Victoria 160 for 6 (20 overs)	Victoria won by 10 runsScorecard	Tasmania 150 for 8 (20 overs)
2007–08 Details	WACA,Perth	16,589	Victoria 203 for 8 (20 overs)	Victoria won by 32 runsScorecard	Western Australia 171 all out (19.3 overs)
2008–09 Details	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	17,592	New South Wales 167 for 5 (20 overs)	New South Wales won by 5 wicketsScorecard	Victoria 166 for 4 (20 overs)
2009–10 Details	Adelaide Oval,Adelaide	17,722	Victoria 166 for 7 (20 overs)	Victoria won by 48 runsScorecard	South Australia 118 for 9 (20 overs)
2010–11 Details	Adelaide Oval,Adelaide	27,920	South Australia 155 for 2 (17.3 overs)	South Australia won by 8 wicketsScorecard	New South Wales 153 for 8 (20 overs)

• Highest Score: 7/233Victorian Bushrangers vsNew South Wales Blues, 21 Jan 2006, atNorth Sydney Oval.^[1]
• Lowest Score: 71 (16.2 overs)New South Wales, vsWestern Warriors, 5 Jan 2010, atWACA Ground.^[2]
• Biggest Winning Margin: 127Western Warriors vsNew South Wales Blues, 5 Jan 2010, atWACA Ground.^[3]
• Lowest Winning Margin: 2Victorian Bushrangers vsWestern Warriors, 6 Jan 2006, atWACA Ground,Perth.
  New South Wales Blues vsVictorian Bushrangers, 17 Jan 2009, atANZ Stadium, Sydney.^[4]
• Highest Individual Score: 111 (56 balls)Michael Dighton,Tasmanian Tigers vsNew South Wales Blues, 10 Jan 2007, atANZ Stadium, Sydney.^[5]
• Most Runs: Brad Hodge (919).
• Fastest Half-Century: 18 BallsDavid Warner,New South Wales Blues vsTasmanian Tigers, 30 Dec 2009Bellerive Oval,Hobart
• Best Bowling: 6/25 (3 overs)Michael Dighton,Tasmanian Tigers vsQueensland Bulls, 1 Jan 2007, at The Heritage Oval,Toowoomba.^[6]
• Most Wickets:See Infobox.
• Most Catches: 13David Hussey,Victorian Bushrangers.^[7]
• Largest Crowd: 43,125 –Victorian Bushrangers vsTasmanian Tigers, 15 Jan 2010 at theMelbourne Cricket Ground.

All games, including the finals were covered byFox Sports.

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