The 2011–12 Big Bash League season or BBL|01 was the inaugural season of the Big Bash League, the top-class franchise Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The tournament replaced the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, which ran each season from 2005–06 to 2010–11 featuring state teams.
The tournament was won by the Sydney Sixers, which defeated 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 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
League stage Fixtures were announced in July 2011.Fixtures – ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 5 August 2011. The final was played on 28 January 2012.
Points table
Fixtures
Play-offs
Semi-final 1
Semi-final 2
Final
Statistics
+Highest team totals 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 Source: CricInfoBig Bash League, 2011/12 / Records / Highest totals
+Most runs 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 Source: CricInfoBig Bash League, 2011/12 / Records / Most runs
+Highest individual score Player Team Score Opponent Ground Luke Wright Melbourne Stars 117 Hobart Hurricanes Blundstone Arena, Hobart David Warner Sydney Thunder 102* Melbourne Stars Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Chris Gayle Sydney Thunder 100* Adelaide Strikers ANZ Stadium, Sydney Shaun Marsh Perth Scorchers 99* Melbourne Renegades Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Robert Quiney Melbourne Stars 97 Brisbane Heat Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Source: CricInfoBig Bash League, 2011/12 / Records / High scores
+Most wickets 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 Source: CricInfoBig Bash League, 2011/12 / Records / Most wickets
+Best bowling figures Player Team Figures Opponent Ground Xavier Doherty Hobart Hurricanes 4/17 Adelaide Strikers Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Naved-ul-Hasan Hobart Hurricanes 4/22 Sydney Sixers Bellerive Oval, Hobart Ben Edmondson Perth Scorchers 4/40 Hobart Hurricanes Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth James Faulkner Melbourne Stars 4/46 Hobart Hurricanes Bellerive Oval, Hobart Nathan Coulter-Nile Perth Scorchers 3/9 Sydney Thunder ANZ Stadium, Sydney Source: CricInfoBig Bash League, 2011/12 / Records / Best bowling figures in an innings
Attendance 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 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
+Average attendanceTeamGroundAttendanceMelbourne StarsMelbourne Cricket Ground27,424Adelaide StrikersAdelaide Oval21,986Sydney SixersSydney Cricket Ground20,068Sydney ThunderANZ Stadium18,423Brisbane HeatThe Gabba17,072Perth ScorchersWACA Ground14,905Melbourne RenegadesEtihad Stadium13,324Hobart HurricanesBellerive Oval10,517
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