The 2012–13 Big Bash League season or BBL|02 was the second season of the Big Bash League, the top-class Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The tournament began on 7 December 2012, with the final held on 19 January 2013.
Defending champions, Sydney Sixers were knocked out in the group stage. Melbourne Renegades finished first in the group stage with seven wins. Perth Scorchers, Melbourne Stars and Brisbane Heat were the other teams to reach the semi-finals. In the first semi-final, Brisbane defeated Melbourne Renegades by 15 runs; in the other semi-final, Perth defeated Melbourne Stars by eight wickets in a rain curtailed match to make the final for the second year in a row. In the final, Brisbane beat Perth by 34 runs to win their first title. Perth Scorchers finished runners-up for the second successive year.
The two finalists, Perth Scorchers and Brisbane Heat qualified for the 2013 Champions League Twenty20.
Personnel signings The official window for signing players lasted between 9 July and 20 July 2012. Each team had a salary cap of A$1 million and could sign a maximum of 18 players and a minimum of 14, including up to two international players. The minimum playing contract was set at A$20,000. Unlike the inaugural season, Cricket Australia allowed players the opportunity to sign multi-year contracts.
Format This season featured the same number of teams as the previous season, but included an expanded group stage of 35 matches. Each team played eight group-stage matches with the four best performing teams from the group stage advancing to the semi-final stage.
The rules for the tournament deviated from those in the laws of cricket where any no-ball will be followed by a free hit.
League stage Points table
Match summary
Matches Times shown are in Australian Western Standard Time (UTC+08) for Perth, Australian Central Daylight Time (UTC+10:30) for Adelaide, Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00) for Brisbane and Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00) for all remaining venues.
Play-offs
Semi-final 1
Semi-final 2
Final
Statistics Aaron Finch of Melbourne Renegades was named Player of the Tournament after scoring 332 runs, including an unbeaten century. Shaun Marsh of Perth Scorchers finished as the leading run-scorer with 412 runs in nine innings and Ben Laughlin of Hobart Hurricanes was the leading wicket-taker with 14 wickets in eight matches. The highest individual score of the tournament was 112 not out by Luke Pomersbach of Brisbane Heat in the semi-final game against Melbourne Renegades. Lasith Malinga took the best bowling figures of the tournament, taking six wickets for seven runs for Melbourne Stars against Perth Scorchers. This was the best bowling figures in Twenty20 cricket of Malinga's career and also the best bowling in a Twenty20 game on Australian soil. Xavier Doherty of Hobart Hurricanes took a hat-trick during the tournament.
+Highest team totals Team Total Opponent Ground Perth Scorchers 4/189 (20 overs) Adelaide Strikers Adelaide Oval Perth Scorchers 3/187 (20 overs) Melbourne Renegades WACA Ground Brisbane Heat 7/186 (20 overs) Adelaide Strikers Adelaide Oval Adelaide Strikers 8/185 (20 overs) Brisbane Heat Adelaide Oval Melbourne Stars 2/183 (18 overs) Perth Scorchers WACA Ground Brisbane Heat 3/183 (20 overs) Melbourne Renegades Etihad Stadium Source: CricInfo
+Most individual runs Player Team Runs Shaun Marsh Perth Scorchers 412 Luke Pomersbach Brisbane Heat 397 Brad Hodge Melbourne Stars 342 Aaron Finch Melbourne Renegades 332 Ben Rohrer Melbourne Renegades 295 Source: CricInfoBig Bash League, 2012/13 / Records / Most runs
+Highest individual score Player Team Score Opponent Ground Luke Pomersbach Brisbane Heat 112* Melbourne Renegades Etihad Stadium Aaron Finch Melbourne Renegades 111* Melbourne Stars Etihad Stadium Alex Hales Melbourne Renegades 89 Sydney Sixers Sydney Cricket Ground Brad Hodge Melbourne Stars 88 Adelaide Strikers Adelaide Oval Cameron White Melbourne Stars 88 Perth Scorchers WACA Ground Source: CricInfo
+Most wickets Player Team Wickets Ben Laughlin Hobart Hurricanes 14 Lasith Malinga Melbourne Stars 13 Ben Cutting Brisbane Heat 13 Alfonso Thomas Perth Scorchers 12Four players 11 Source: CricInfo
+Best bowling figures Player Team Figures Opponent Ground Lasith Malinga Melbourne Stars 6/7 Perth Scorchers WACA Ground Daniel Christian Brisbane Heat 5/26 Sydney Thunder Stadium Australia Alfonso Thomas Perth Scorchers 4/8 Melbourne Renegades WACA Ground Dirk Nannes Sydney Thunder 4/17 Adelaide Strikers Stadium Australia Brad Hogg Perth Scorchers 4/29 Sydney Thunder WACA Ground Source: CricInfo
References
External links Official fixtures Tournament site on ESPN Cricinfo Attendance figures and records BigBash.com.au