KFC Twenty20 Big Bash

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KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
Sport	Cricket
Founded	2005
No. of teams	6
Country	Australia
Current champions	Victoria Bushrangers
Official website	Cricket Australia

The KFC Twenty20 Big Bash is the domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The competition is organised by Cricket Australia, and sponsored by fast food chicken outlet KFC. Australia was slower to pick up the format of Twenty20 cricket than other countries such as England and South Africa, but eventually established a league amongst the domestic Australian sides in 2005. The inception of the domestic Twenty20 competition was hailed as one of the games biggest inovations in Australia since the advent of World Series Cricket nearly 30 years previously. The format has proved highly popular with crowds in excess of 10,000 for games even during the working week.

The format for the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash is a 13-match competition which will see each State host two matches (compared with one in the first season). The teams which finish first and second on the points table then meet for a final at the first placed side's home ground.

As in other countries, Australia has taken a light-hearted high entertainment approach to the domestic Twenty20 competition, with cheerleaders, DJ's, and nick-names all being features. The crowd are encouraged to wear fancy dress, and create a carnival atmosphere. Big hitting and fast scoring is a notable feature, and encourages crowd involvement.

Contents 1 Teams 2 Winners and runners-up 3 Leading run-scorers and wicket-takers 4 Records 5 References 6 See also

[edit] Teams

Team	Wins	2nd's	Last title	Current Captain
Western Warriors (Western Australia)	0	0	N/A	Justin Langer
New South Wales Blues (New South Wales)	0	1	N/A	Simon Katich
Queensland Bulls (Queensland)	0	0	N/A	Jimmy Maher
Victorian Bushrangers (Victoria)	2	0	2006-07	Cameron White
Southern Redbacks (South Australia)	0	0	N/A	Darren Lehmann
Tasmanian Tigers (Tasmania)	0	1	N/A	Daniel Marsh

[edit] Winners and runners-up

SEASON	WINNER	RUNNER UP
2005-06	Victoria	New South Wales
2006-07	Victoria	Tasmania

[edit] Leading run-scorers and wicket-takers

Career statistics include all matches up to the end of the 2005–06 season.

Team	Leading run scorer (career)		Leading wicket taker (career)
Western Warriors	Adam Voges	150 runs @ 50.00	Brad Hogg	8 wickets @ 10.38
New South Wales Blues	Simon Katich	126 runs @ 42.00	Timothy Lang	6 wickets @ 21.17
Queensland Bulls	Clinton Perrin	123 runs @ 30.75	Nathan Rimmington	9 wickets @ 10.67
Victorian Bushrangers	Brad Hodge	159 runs @ 53.00	Gerard Denton	5 wickets @ 16.20
Southern Redbacks	Daniel Harris	112 runs @ 28.00	Ryan Harris	7 wickets @ 11.57
Tasmanian Tigers	Michael Di Venuto	134 runs @ 67.00	Michael Dighton	6 wickets @ 7.83

[edit] Records

• Highest Score: 7/233 Victorian Bushrangers vs New South Wales Blues, 2006-07, at North Sydney Oval.
• Lowest Score: 10/106 Queensland Bulls, vs Victorian Bushrangers, 2005-06, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
• Biggest Winning Margin: 93 Victorian Bushrangers vs New South Wales Blues, 2006-07, at the North Sydney Oval
• Lowest Winning Margin: 8 Southern Redbacks vs New South Wales Blues, 2005-06, at Newcastle No.1 Sports Ground
• Highest Individual Score: 111 Michael Dighton, TAS
• Most Runs: 159 Brad Hodge, VIC
• Best Bowling: 6/25 Michael Dighton, TAS
• Most Wickets: 9 Nathan Rimmington, QLD
• Most Catches: 5 Dan Cullen, SA

[edit] References

• Cricinfo Australian Domestic Cricket Archive - Contains results for all matches

[edit] See also

• Pura Cup
• Ford Ranger Cup