2011–12 Big Bash League season

2011–12 Big Bash League

Dates	16 December 2011 (2011-12-16) – 28 January 2012 (2012-01-28)[1]
Administrator(s)	Cricket Australia
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Group stage and knockout
Champions	Sydney Sixers (1st title)
Participants	8
Matches played	31
Attendance	550,262 (17,750 per match)
Player of the series	David Hussey, Melbourne Stars
Most runs	Travis Birt (309), Hobart Hurricanes
Most wickets	Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (15), Hobart Hurricanes

The 2011–12 Big Bash League season or BBL|01 was the inaugural season of the Big Bash League, the premier Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The tournament replaced the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, which ran each season from 2005–06 to 2010–11.

The tournament was won by the Sydney Sixers, which defeated the Perth Scorchers in the final at the WACA Ground on 28 January 2012. David Hussey of the Melbourne Stars was named the player of the tournament, having scored 243 runs and taken eight wickets in eight matches.

Average attendance

Melbourne Stars 27,424

Adelaide Strikers 21,986

Sydney Sixers 20,068

Sydney Thunder 18,423

Brisbane Heat 17,072

Perth Scorchers 14,905

Melbourne Renegades 13,324

Hobart Hurricanes 10,517

Teams

The competition features eight privately owned, city-based franchises, instead of the six state-based teams which had previously competed in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. Each state's capital city features one team, with Sydney and Melbourne featuring two.

	Team	City	State	Home ground	Coach	Captain	Overseas International player(s)
	Adelaide Strikers	Adelaide	South Australia	Adelaide Oval	Darren Berry	Michael Klinger	Kieron Pollard, Alfonso Thomas, James Franklin
	Brisbane Heat	Brisbane	Queensland	The Gabba	Darren Lehmann	James Hopes	Brendon McCullum, Roelof van der Merwe, Daniel Vettori
	Hobart Hurricanes	Hobart	Tasmania	Blundstone Arena	Allister de Winter	Tim Paine	Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Owais Shah
	Melbourne Renegades	Melbourne	Victoria	Etihad Stadium	Simon Helmot	Andrew McDonald	Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq
	Melbourne Stars	Melbourne	Victoria	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Greg Shipperd	Cameron White	Luke Wright, Jade Dernbach
	Perth Scorchers	Perth	Western Australia	WACA Ground	Mickey Arthur	Marcus North	Paul Collingwood, Herschelle Gibbs
	Sydney Sixers	Sydney	New South Wales	Sydney Cricket Ground	Trevor Bayliss	Brad Haddin	Michael Lumb, Dwayne Bravo, Nathan McCullum
	Sydney Thunder	Sydney	New South Wales	Stadium Australia	Shane Duff	David Warner	Fidel Edwards, Chris Gayle

Points table

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR	Qualification
Perth Scorchers	7	5	2	0	10	+0.626	Teams qualified for the semi-finals
Hobart Hurricanes	7	5	2	0	10	+0.569
Sydney Sixers	7	5	2	0	10	+0.262
Melbourne Stars	7	4	3	0	8	+0.254
Brisbane Heat	7	3	4	0	6	+0.324	Teams eliminated after regular season
Adelaide Strikers	7	2	5	0	4	−0.338
Melbourne Renegades	7	2	5	0	4	−0.582
Sydney Thunder	7	2	5	0	4	−1.250

Points table on ESPN CricInfo

Fixtures

The fixtures were announced in July 2011.^[2] The final was played on Saturday, 28 January 2012.

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Knockout stage

Draw

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	Perth Scorchers (H)	3/174 (20)
	4	Melbourne Stars	8/163 (20)
						1	Perth Scorchers (H)	5/156 (20)
						3	Sydney Sixers	3/158 (18.5)
	2	Hobart Hurricanes (H)	7/146 (20)
	3	Sydney Sixers	6/153 (20)

Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Highest team totals

The following table lists the six highest team scores during this season.

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
Adelaide Strikers	5/189	Melbourne Renegades	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

Last Updated 29 January 2012.^[3]

Most runs

The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table.

Player	Team	Runs	Inns	Avg	S/R	HS	100s	50s	4s	6s
Travis Birt	Hobart Hurricanes	345	8	43.12	168.29	74	0	3	27	19
Mitchell Marsh	Perth Scorchers	309	9	34.33	121.65	77*	0	2	12	19
Herschelle Gibbs	Perth Scorchers	302	7	43.14	151.75	71	0	4	41	6
Owais Shah	Hobart Hurricanes	282	8	35.25	149.20	69	0	2	23	9
Nic Maddinson	Sydney Sixers	275	9	30.55	125.57	68	0	1	24	7

Last Updated 29 January 2012.^[4]

Highest scores

This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings.

Player	Team	Score	Balls	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground
Luke Wright	Melbourne Stars	117	60	8	9	Hobart Hurricanes	Blundstone Arena, Hobart
David Warner	Sydney Thunder	102*	51	6	6	Melbourne Stars	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Chris Gayle	Sydney Thunder	100*	54	4	11	Adelaide Strikers	ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Shaun Marsh	Perth Scorchers	99*	52	9	5	Melbourne Renegades	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
Robert Quiney	Melbourne Stars	97	60	5	6	Brisbane Heat	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane

Last Updated 29 January 2012.^[5]

Most wickets

The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.

Player	Team	Wkts	Mts	Ave	S/R	Econ	BBI
Naved-ul-Hasan	Hobart Hurricanes	15	8	17.00	12.7	8.01	4/22
Ben Edmondson	Perth Scorchers	14	9	21.21	15.0	8.44	4/40
Mitchell Starc	Sydney Sixers	13	6	13.53	9.9	8.18	3/17
Brad Hogg	Perth Scorchers	13	9	14.69	15.6	5.61	3/20
James Faulkner	Melbourne Stars	13	8	17.61	13.3	7.89	4/46

Last Updated 29 January 2012.^[6]

Best bowling figures

This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the season.

Player	Team	Overs	Figures	Opponent	Ground
Xavier Doherty	Hobart Hurricanes	4.0	4/17	Adelaide Strikers	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Naved-ul-Hasan	Hobart Hurricanes	4.0	4/22	Sydney Sixers	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Ben Edmondson	Perth Scorchers	4.0	4/40	Hobart Hurricanes	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
James Faulkner	Melbourne Stars	4.0	4/46	Hobart Hurricanes	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Nathan Coulter-Nile	Perth Scorchers	3.0	3/9	Sydney Thunder	ANZ Stadium, Sydney

Last Updated 29 January 2012.^[7]

Highest attendances

The following table lists the matches with the highest attendance during this season.

Home Team	Attendance	Opponent	Ground
Melbourne Stars	40,227	Melbourne Renegades	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sydney Thunder	31,262	Sydney Sixers	ANZ Stadium
Brisbane Heat	29,241	Melbourne Stars	The Gabba
Sydney Sixers	27,520	Melbourne Stars	Sydney Cricket Ground
Adelaide Strikers	27,380	Hobart Hurricanes	Adelaide Oval
Adelaide Strikers	26,837	Sydney Sixers	Adelaide Oval
Melbourne Stars	26,133	Adelaide Strikers	Melbourne Cricket Ground

Last Updated 20 January 2012.^[3]

References

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