KFC Twenty20 Big Bash explained

Tournament Name:	KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
Country:	Australia
Administrator:	Cricket Australia
Cricket Format:	Twenty20
First:	2005–06
Last:	2010–11
Tournament Format:	Double round-robin and knockout finals
Participants:	6
Champions:	Southern Redbacks (1st title)
Most Successful:	Victorian Bushrangers (4 titles)
Most Runs:	Brad Hodge (919)
Most Wickets:	Dirk Nannes (31)

The KFC Twenty20 Big Bash was a domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The competition was organised by Cricket Australia, and sponsored by fast food chicken outlet KFC.

Running over six seasons from 2005–06 to 2010–11, the Twenty20 Big Bash was the first top level domestic Twenty20 competition in Australia, contested by the six traditional Sheffield Shield state cricket teams. The competition was replaced by the franchise-based Big Bash League from 2011–12.

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

Teams

	Team name (Sponsored name)	Home ground(s)	Last win	Wins	Runners Up
			2009–10	4	1
		Sydney Cricket Ground, ANZ Stadium, Sydney	2008–09	1	2
			2010–11	1	1
				0	1
				0	1
				0	0

Placings

Season		Winner !		Runner-up !	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth
	Victoria	New South Wales	Western Australia	Queensland	South Australia	Tasmania
	Victoria	Tasmania	Western Australia	South Australia	Queensland	New South Wales
	Victoria	Western Australia	Tasmania	New South Wales	Queensland	South Australia
	New South Wales	Victoria	Queensland	South Australia	Western Australia	Tasmania
	Victoria	South Australia	Queensland	Western Australia	New South Wales	Tasmania
	South Australia	New South Wales	Tasmania	Western Australia	Queensland	Victoria

Finals

Year	Final Venue	Final Attendance	Final
width=22%	Winner	width=18%	Result	width=22%	Runner-up
2005–06 Details	North Sydney Oval, Sydney	5,669	Victoria 233 for 7 (20 overs)	Victoria won by 93 runs Scorecard	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 runs Scorecard	Tasmania 150 for 8 (20 overs)
2007–08 Details	WACA, Perth	16,589	Victoria 203 for 8 (20 overs)	Victoria won by 32 runs Scorecard	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 wickets Scorecard	Victoria 166 for 4 (20 overs)
2009–10 Details	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	17,722	Victoria 166 for 7 (20 overs)	Victoria won by 48 runs Scorecard	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 wickets Scorecard	New South Wales 153 for 8 (20 overs)

Records

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

Television coverage

All games, including the finals were covered by Fox Sports.

External links

• Cricinfo Australian Domestic Cricket Archive

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cricket Records – Big Bash (State Competition) – Records – Highest totals – ESPN Cricinfo. ESPNcricinfo. 30 September 2015.
2. Web site: Cricket Records – Big Bash (State Competition) – Records – Lowest totals – ESPN Cricinfo. ESPNcricinfo. 30 September 2015.
3. Web site: Cricket Records – Big Bash (State Competition) – Records – Largest victories – ESPN Cricinfo. ESPNcricinfo. 30 September 2015.
4. Web site: Cricket Records – Big Bash (State Competition) – Records – Smallest victories (including ties) – ESPN Cricinfo. ESPNcricinfo. 30 September 2015.
5. Web site: Cricket Records – Big Bash (State Competition) – Records – High scores – ESPN Cricinfo. ESPNcricinfo. 30 September 2015.
6. Web site: Cricket Records – Big Bash (State Competition) – Records – Best bowling figures in an innings – ESPN Cricinfo. ESPNcricinfo. 30 September 2015.
7. Web site: Cricket Records – Big Bash (State Competition) – Records – Most catches – ESPN Cricinfo. ESPNcricinfo. 30 September 2015.