| Dates | 16 December 2011 (2011-12-16) – 28 January 2012 (2012-01-28) |
|---|---|
| Administrator | Cricket Australia |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin andknockout |
| Host | Australia |
| Champions | Sydney Sixers (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Perth Scorchers |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 31 |
| Attendance | 544,920 (17,578 per match) |
| Player of the series | David Hussey (Melbourne Stars) |
| Most runs | Travis Birt (Hobart Hurricanes) (345) |
| Most wickets | Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (Hobart Hurricanes) (15) |
| Official website | www |
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The2011–12 Big Bash League season orBBL|01 was the inaugural season of theBig Bash League, the top-class franchiseTwenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The tournament replaced theKFC Twenty20 Big Bash, which ran each season from2005–06 to2010–11 featuring state teams.
The tournament was won by theSydney Sixers, which defeatedPerth Scorchers in the final at theWACA Ground on 28 January 2012.David Hussey of theMelbourne Stars was named the player of the tournament, having scored 243 runs and taken eight wickets in eight matches.
The competition features eight city-based franchises, instead of thesix state-based teams which had previously competed in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. Each state's capital city features one team, withSydney andMelbourne featuring two.
Fixtures were announced in July 2011.[1] The final was played on 28 January 2012.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perth Scorchers | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0.626 | Advanced tosemi-finals |
| 2 | Hobart Hurricanes | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0.569 | |
| 3 | Sydney Sixers(C) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0.262 | |
| 4 | Melbourne Stars | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0.254 | |
| 5 | Brisbane Heat | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0.324 | |
| 6 | Adelaide Strikers | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | −0.338 | |
| 7 | Melbourne Renegades | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | −0.582 | |
| 8 | Sydney Thunder | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | −1.250 |
Brisbane Heat 8/139 (20 overs) | v | (H)Sydney Sixers 3/140 (18.4 overs) |
Sydney Sixers won by 7 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 12,285 Umpires:Bruce Oxenford andPaul Reiffel Player of the match:Brad Haddin (Sydney Sixers) |
(H)Melbourne Stars 7/153 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder 4/154 (19 overs) |
Sydney Thunder won by 6 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 23,496 Umpires:Simon Fry andPaul Wilson Player of the match:David Warner (Sydney Thunder) |
(H)Adelaide Strikers 5/189 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 122 (17.5 overs) |
Adelaide Strikers won by 67 runs Adelaide Oval Attendance: 11,742 Umpires:Ashley Barrow AndBruce Oxenford Player of the match:Michael Klinger (Adelaide Strikers) |
Hobart Hurricanes 140 (19.3 overs) | v | (H)Perth Scorchers 109 (19.5 overs) |
Hobart Hurricanes won by 31 runs WACA Ground Attendance: 13,307 Umpires:Gerard Abood and Tony Ward Player of the match:Ben Hilfenhaus (Hobart Hurricanes) |
Melbourne Stars 7/177 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat (H) 7/169 (20 overs) |
Melbourne Stars won by 8 runs The Gabba Attendance: 29,241 Umpires:Paul Reiffel andIan Lock Player of the match:Robert Quiney |
(H)Hobart Hurricanes 3/169 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers 9/127 (20 overs) |
Hobart Hurricanes won by 42 runs Blundstone Arena Attendance: 8,298 Umpires:Geoff Joshua andSimon Fry Player of the match:Travis Birt (Hobart Hurricanes) |
(H)Melbourne Renegades 3/188 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 2/192 (19.2 overs) |
Perth Scorchers won by 8 wickets Etihad Stadium Attendance: 13,265 Umpires:Gerard Abood andBob Parry Player of the match:Shaun Marsh (Perth Scorchers) |
Adelaide Strikers 8/155 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder (H) 4/156 (18.3 overs) |
Sydney Thunder won by 6 wickets ANZ Stadium Attendance: 11,337 Umpires:Mick Martell andPaul Wilson Player of the match:Chris Gayle (Sydney Thunder) |
(H)Sydney Sixers 9/166 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 8/164 (20 overs) |
Sydney Sixers won by 2 runs Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 27,520 Umpires:Gerard Abood andBruce Oxenford Player of the match:Dwayne Bravo |
Hobart Hurricanes 4/171 (20 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers (H) 8/157 (20 overs) |
Hobart Hurricanes won by 14 runs Adelaide Oval Attendance: 27,380 Umpires:Geoff Joshua andJohn Ward Player of the match:Xavier Doherty (Hobart Hurricanes) |
(H)Perth Scorchers 8/162 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat 6/152 (20 overs) |
Perth Scorchers won by 10 runs WACA Ground Attendance: 15,454 Umpires:Mick Martell andPaul Wilson Player of the match:Marcus North (Perth Scorchers) |
Melbourne Renegades 8/140 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder (H) 7/134 (20 overs) |
Melbourne Renegades won by 6 runs ANZ Stadium Attendance: 18,731 Umpires:Ian Lock and Tony Ward Player of the match:Shahid Afridi (Melbourne Renegades) |
Sydney Thunder 8/138 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes (H) 5/139 (18.4 overs) |
Hobart Hurricanes won by 5 wickets Blundstone Arena Attendance: 12,238 Umpires:Ian Lock andBob Parry Player of the match:Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (Hobart Hurricanes) |
Sydney Sixers 6/161 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades (H) 2/164 (17.4 overs) |
Melbourne Renegades won by 8 wickets Etihad Stadium Attendance: 10,818 Umpires:Mick Martell andPaul Reiffel Player of the match:Andrew McDonald (Melbourne Renegades) |
Adelaide Strikers 4/166 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat (H) 135 (18 overs) |
Adelaide Strikers won by 31 runs The Gabba Attendance: 14,397 Umpires:Simon Fry andJohn Ward Player of the match:Tom Cooper (Adelaide Strikers) |
Perth Scorchers 136 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars (H) 5/128 (20 overs) |
Perth Scorchers won by 8 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 19,840 Umpires:Mick Martell andPaul Wilson Player of the match:Herschelle Gibbs (Perth Scorchers) |
(H)Brisbane Heat 4/201 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 4/198 (20 overs) |
Brisbane Heat won by 3 runs The Gabba Attendance: 15,134 Umpires:Ashley Barrow andPaul Wilson Player of the match:Matthew Hayden (Brisbane Heat) |
(H)Melbourne Stars 5/167 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 3/58 (8.1 overs) |
Melbourne Stars won by 11 runs (D/L) Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 40,227 Umpires:Simon Fry andGeoff Joshua Player of the match:David Hussey (Melbourne Stars) |
Sydney Sixers 7/117 (16 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder (H) 4/29 (5.3 overs) |
Sydney Sixers wins by 17 runs (D/L) ANZ Stadium Attendance: 31,262 Umpires:Bruce Oxenford andPaul Reiffel Player of the match:Mitchell Starc |
(H)Perth Scorchers 5/184 (20 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers 142 (19.3 overs) |
Perth Scorchers won by 42 runs WACA Ground Attendance: 15,953 Umpires:Robert Parry and Tony Ward Player of the match:Brad Hogg |
Melbourne Stars 3/203 (20 overs) | v | (H)Hobart Hurricanes 9/184 (20 overs) |
Melbourne Stars won by 19 runs Blundstone Arena Attendance: 13,713 Umpires:Geoff Joshua andJohn Ward Player of the match:Luke Wright (Melbourne Stars) |
Sydney Sixers 8/151 (20 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers (H) 87 (18.4 overs) |
Sydney Sixers won by 64 runs Adelaide Oval Attendance: 26,837 Umpires:Ashley Barrow andMick Martell Player of the match:Stephen O'Keefe (Sydney Sixers) |
(H)Sydney Thunder 99 (19.2 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 1/103 (14.1 overs) |
Perth Scorchers won by 9 wickets ANZ Stadium Attendance: 12,363 Umpires:Gerard Abood andMick Martell Player of the match:Nathan Coulter-Nile (Perth Scorchers) |
Brisbane Heat 7/168 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades (H) 9/156 (20 overs) |
Brisbane Heat won by 12 runs Etihad Stadium Attencance: 15,888 Umpires:Ian Lock and Tony Ward Player of the match:Daniel Vettori (Brisbane Heat) |
(H)Brisbane Heat 4/195 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder 6/104 (20 overs) |
Brisbane Heat won by 91 runs The Gabba Attendance: 9,514 Umpires:Simon Fry andJohn Ward Player of the match:Daniel Christian (Brisbane Heat) |
Melbourne Renegades 4/173 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes (H) 3/174 (19.5 overs) |
Hobart Hurricanes won by 7 wickets Blundstone Arena Attendance: 7,820 Umpires:Gerard Abood andAshley Barrow Player of the match:Owais Shah (Hobart Hurricanes) |
(H)Sydney Sixers 176 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 6/175 (20 overs) |
Sydney Sixers won by 1 run Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 20,400 Umpires:Simon Fry andPaul Wilson Player of the match:Mitchell Starc (Sydney Sixers) |
Adelaide Strikers 125 (19.3 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars (H) 4/129 (18.5 overs) |
Melbourne Stars won by 6 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 26,133 Umpires:Ian Lock andBob Parry Player of the match:Clint McKay (Melbourne Stars) |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||||
| 1 | Perth Scorchers(H) | 3/174 (20) | ||||||
| 4 | Melbourne Stars | 8/163 (20) | ||||||
| 1 | Perth Scorchers(H) | 8/156 (20) | ||||||
| 3 | Sydney Sixers | 3/158 (18.5) | ||||||
| 2 | Hobart Hurricanes(H) | 7/146 (20) | ||||||
| 3 | Sydney Sixers | 6/153 (20) | ||||||
(H)Perth Scorchers 3/174 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 8/163 (20 overs) |
Perth Scorchers won by 11 runs WACA Ground Attendance: 15,225 Umpires:Simon Fry andJohn Ward Player of the match:Mitchell Marsh (Perth Scorchers) |
Sydney Sixers 6/153 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes (H) 7/146 (20 overs) |
Sydney Sixers won by 7 runs Blundstone Arena Attendance: 14,185 Umpires:Mick Martell andPaul Reiffel Player of the match:Nic Maddinson (Sydney Sixers) |
(H)Perth Scorchers 5/156 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers 3/158 (18.5 overs) |
Sydney Sixers won by 7 wickets WACA Ground Attendance: 16,255 Umpires:Paul Reiffel andJohn Ward Player of the match:Moisés Henriques (Sydney Sixers) |
| Team | Total | Opponent | Ground |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne Stars | 3/203 | Hobart Hurricanes | Blundstone Arena |
| Brisbane Heat | 4/201 | Hobart Hurricanes | The Gabba,Brisbane |
| Hobart Hurricanes | 4/198 | Brisbane Heat | The Gabba,Brisbane |
| Brisbane Heat | 4/195 | Sydney Thunder | The Gabba,Brisbane |
| Perth Scorchers | 2/192 | Melbourne Renegades | Etihad Stadium,Melbourne |
| Player | Team | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| Travis Birt | Hobart Hurricanes | 345 |
| Mitchell Marsh | Perth Scorchers | 309 |
| Herschelle Gibbs | Perth Scorchers | 302 |
| Owais Shah | Hobart Hurricanes | 282 |
| Nic Maddinson | Sydney Sixers | 275 |
| Player | Team | Wickets |
|---|---|---|
| Naved-ul-Hasan | Hobart Hurricanes | 15 |
| Ben Edmondson | Perth Scorchers | 14 |
| Mitchell Starc | Sydney Sixers | 13 |
| Brad Hogg | Perth Scorchers | 13 |
| James Faulkner | Melbourne Stars | 13 |
The following table lists the matches with the highest attendance during this season.
| Team | Ground | Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| Melbourne Stars | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 27,424 |
| Adelaide Strikers | Adelaide Oval | 21,986 |
| Sydney Sixers | Sydney Cricket Ground | 20,068 |
| Sydney Thunder | ANZ Stadium | 18,423 |
| Brisbane Heat | The Gabba | 17,072 |
| Perth Scorchers | WACA Ground | 14,905 |
| Melbourne Renegades | Etihad Stadium | 13,324 |
| Hobart Hurricanes | Bellerive Oval | 10,517 |
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