2011–12 Big Bash League season explained

2011–12 Big Bash League
Administrator:	Cricket Australia
Cricket Format:	Twenty20
Tournament Format:	Round-robin and knockout
Champions:	Sydney Sixers
Host:	Australia
Runner Up:	Perth Scorchers
Count:	1
Participants:	8
Matches:	31
Attendance:	544920
Player Of The Series:	David Hussey (Melbourne Stars)
Most Runs:	Travis Birt (Hobart Hurricanes) (309)
Most Wickets:	Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (Hobart Hurricanes) (15)
Next Year:	2012–13
Next Tournament:	2012–13 Big Bash League season

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.

Teams

The competition features eight 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)
							Kieron Pollard, Alfonso Thomas, James Franklin
							Brendon McCullum, Roelof van der Merwe, Daniel Vettori
							Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Owais Shah
							Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq
							Luke Wright, Jade Dernbach
							Paul Collingwood, Herschelle Gibbs
							Michael Lumb, Dwayne Bravo, Nathan McCullum
							Fidel Edwards, Chris Gayle

Fixtures

The fixtures were announced in July 2011.^[1] 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 phase

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
	3/203		Blundstone Arena
	4/201		The Gabba, Brisbane
	4/198
	4/195
	2/192		Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
	5/189		Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

Last Updated 29 January 2012.^[2]

Most runs

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

Runs	Inns	Avg	S/R	HS	50s	4s	6s
345	8	43.12	168.29	74	3	27	19
309	9	34.33	121.65	77*	2	12	19
302	7	43.14	151.75	71	4	41	6
282	8	35.25	149.20	69	2	23	9
275	9	30.55	125.57	68	1	24	7

Last Updated 29 January 2012.^[3]

Highest scores

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

Score	Balls	4s	6s	Ground
117	60	8	9	Blundstone Arena, Hobart
	51	6	6	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
	54	4	11	ANZ Stadium, Sydney
	52	9	5	Etihad Stadium, Melbourne
97	60	5	6	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane

Last Updated 29 January 2012.^[4]

Most wickets

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

Wkts	Mts	Ave	S/R	Econ	BBI
15	8	17.00	12.7	8.01	4/22
14	9	21.21	15.0	8.44	4/40
13	6	13.53	9.9	8.18	3/17
13	9	14.69	15.6	5.61	3/20
13	8	17.61	13.3	7.89	4/46

Last Updated 29 January 2012.^[5]

Best bowling figures

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

Overs	Figures	Ground
4.0	4/17	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
4.0	4/22	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
4.0	4/40	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
4.0	4/46	Bellerive Oval, Hobart
3.0	3/9	ANZ Stadium, Sydney

Last Updated 29 January 2012.^[6]

Highest attendances

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

Home Team	Attendance	Opponent	Ground
	40,227		Melbourne Cricket Ground
	31,262		ANZ Stadium
	29,241		The Gabba
	27,520		Sydney Cricket Ground
	27,380		Adelaide Oval
	26,837		Adelaide Oval
	26,133		Melbourne Cricket Ground

Last Updated 20 January 2012.^[2]

Average attendance

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

Notes and References

http://www.espncricinfo.com/big-bash-league-2011/content/series/509666.html?template=fixtures Fixtures
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/big-bash-league-2011/engine/records/team/highest_innings_totals.html?id=6538;type=tournament Big Bash League, 2011/12 / Records / Highest totals
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/big-bash-league-2011/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=6538;type=tournament Big Bash League, 2011/12 / Records / Most runs
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/big-bash-league-2011/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?id=6538;type=tournament Big Bash League, 2011/12 / Records / High scores
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/big-bash-league-2011/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=6538;type=tournament Big Bash League, 2011/12 / Records / Most wickets
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/big-bash-league-2011/engine/records/bowling/best_figures_innings.html?id=6538;type=tournament Big Bash League, 2011/12 / Records / Best bowling figures in an innings