2012–13 Big Bash League season
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The 2012–13 Big Bash League season or BBL|02 was the second season of the Big Bash League, the premier Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The tournament began on 7 December 2012, with the final being held on 19 January 2013.
| Dates | 7 December 2012 – 19 January 2013[1] |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
| Champions | Brisbane Heat (1st title) |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 35 |
| Attendance | 503,262 (14,379 per match) |
| Player of the series | Aaron Finch (Melbourne Renegades) |
| Most runs | Shaun Marsh (412), (Perth Scorchers) |
| Most wickets | Ben Laughlin (14), (Hobart Hurricanes) |
← 2011–12 2013–14 → | |
The defending champions, Sydney Sixers were knocked out in the group stage. Melbourne Renegades finished first in the group stage with 7 wins and a loss. Perth Scorchers, Melbourne Stars and Brisbane Heat were the other teams to reach the semi-finals.
In the first semi-final, Brisbane Heat defeated Melbourne Renegades by 15 runs to make it to the finals of the Big Bash League for the first time. In the other semi-final, Perth Scorchers defeated Melbourne Stars by 8 wickets in a rain curtailed match to make it to the finals for the second time in a row. Melbourne Stars failed to advance to the final for the second successive year.
In the final, Brisbane Heat beat Perth Scorchers by 34 runs to lift their first Big Bash League title. Perth Scorchers finished runners-up for the second successive year.
Aaron Finch of Melbourne Renegades was named Player of the tournament for scoring 332 runs in the tournament including an unbeaten century. Shaun Marsh of Perth Scorchers finished as the leading run-getter of the tournament as he amassed 412 runs in 9 innings. Ben Laughlin of Hobart Hurricanes was the leading wicket-taker of the tournament. He took 14 wickets in 8 matches.
The highest individual score of the tournament was 112* by Luke Pomersbach of Brisbane Heat in the semi-final game against Melbourne Renegades. Lasith Malinga took the best bowling figures of the tournament, capturing 6 wickets for 7 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.
The two finalists, Perth Scorchers and Brisbane Heat qualified for the 2013 Champions League Twenty20.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne Renegades | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0.791 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 2 | Perth Scorchers | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1.322 | |
| 3 | Melbourne Stars | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.246 | |
| 4 | Brisbane Heat (C) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0.464 | |
| 5 | Adelaide Strikers | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | −0.162 | |
| 6 | Hobart Hurricanes | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | −0.569 | |
| 7 | Sydney Sixers | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.380 | |
| 8 | Sydney Thunder | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | −1.360 |
Source: [2]
(C) Champion
This season featured the same number of teams as the previous season but included a new format with an expanded group stage. This new format consists of 35 matches. The new group stage has each team play eight matches, two of which are against the same team. The four best performing teams from the group stage advance to the knockout stage.
The rules for the tournament deviate from those in the laws of cricket where any no-ball will be followed by a free hit.[3]
The official Player Signing Window opened on 9 July 2012 and closed on 20 July 2012. Each team had a salary cap of A$1 million and could sign up to a maximum of 18 players, but no fewer than 14, including two international players. The minimum playing contract was set at A$20,000.[4]
Unlike the 2011/12 inaugural season, Cricket Australia decided that each player had the opportunity to sign multi-year deals[5] with the contract window opening on 9 July 2012 and ending on 20 July.
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Melbourne Renegades (H) | 9/168 (20 overs) | |||||||
| 4 | Brisbane Heat | 3/183 (20 overs) | |||||||
| 4 | Brisbane Heat | 5/167 (20 overs) | |||||||
| 2 | Perth Scorchers (H) | 9/133 (20 overs) | |||||||
| 2 | Perth Scorchers (H) (D/L) | 2/142 (13 overs) | |||||||
| 3 | Melbourne Stars | 2/183 (18 overs) | |||||||
- 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.
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field
- Twenty20 debuts: Gurinder Sandhu & Chris Tremain (Sydney Thunder)
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat
- Twenty20 debuts: Joe Burns & Cameron Gannon (Brisbane Heat)
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
- Twenty20 debuts: Peter Handscomb (Melbourne Stars), Hilton Cartwright & Marcus Stoinis (Perth Scorchers)
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field
- Twenty20 debut: Cameron Boyce (Adelaide Strikers)
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
- Twenty20 debut: Adam Zampa (Sydney Thunder)
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field
- Twenty20 debut: Scott Henry (Melbourne Stars)
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
- Twenty20 debut: Brad Young (Adelaide Strikers)
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
- Twenty20 debuts: Daniel Hughes & Kurtis Patterson (Sydney Sixers)
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
- Twenty20 debut: Clive Rose (Melbourne Stars)
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
- Twenty20 debut: Jason Behrendorff (Perth Scorchers)
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat
- Twenty20 debut: Fawad Ahmed (Melbourne Renegades)
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
- Twenty20 debut: Travis Head (Adelaide Strikers)
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
- Twenty20 debuts: Mark Higgs (Hobart Hurricanes) & Chris Sabburg (Brisbane Heat)
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
Perth Scorchers won by 8 wickets (D/L)
WACA Ground, Perth
Attendance: 17,903
Umpires: Simon Fry & Mick Martell
Player of the match: Shaun Marsh (Perth)
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain first reduced the match to 18 overs per side. It then reduced the Perth Scorchers' innings to 13 overs with a target of 139 runs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.
- Twenty20 debut: Alex Keath (Melbourne Stars)
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
The following table lists the five highest team scores during this season.
| 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 |
| Brisbane Heat | 3/183 (20 overs) | Melbourne Renegades | Etihad Stadium |
| Melbourne Stars | 2/183 (18 overs) | Perth Scorchers | WACA Ground |
Last Updated 15 January 2013.[7]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun Marsh | Perth Scorchers | 412 | 9 | 58.85 | 128.75 | 85 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 16 |
| Luke Pomersbach | Brisbane Heat | 397 | 10 | 44.11 | 139.78 | 112* | 1 | 2 | 49 | 10 |
| Brad Hodge | Melbourne Stars | 342 | 8 | 48.85 | 144.91 | 88 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 13 |
| Aaron Finch | Melbourne Renegades | 332 | 8 | 66.40 | 125.75 | 111* | 1 | 1 | 33 | 8 |
| Ben Rohrer | Melbourne Renegades | 295 | 8 | 49.16 | 152.06 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 10 |
Last Updated 19 January 2013.[8]
Highest individual 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 Pomersbach | Brisbane Heat | 112* | 70 | 15 | 2 | Melbourne Renegades | Etihad Stadium |
| Aaron Finch | Melbourne Renegades | 111* | 65 | 12 | 4 | Melbourne Stars | Etihad Stadium |
| Alex Hales | Melbourne Renegades | 89 | 52 | 5 | 8 | Sydney Sixers | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Brad Hodge | Melbourne Stars | 88 | 58 | 10 | 3 | Adelaide Strikers | Adelaide Oval |
| Shaun Marsh | Perth Scorchers | 85 | 52 | 3 | 5 | Melbourne Renegades | WACA Ground |
Last Updated 15 January 2013.[9]
The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.
| Player | Team | Wkts | Mts | Ave | S/R | Econ | BBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Laughlin | Hobart Hurricanes | 14 | 8 | 15.35 | 12.8 | 7.16 | 4/31 |
| Lasith Malinga | Melbourne Stars | 13 | 7 | 10.69 | 12.9 | 4.96 | 6/7 |
| Ben Cutting | Brisbane Heat | 13 | 9 | 14.00 | 13.3 | 6.27 | 3/24 |
| Alfonso Thomas | Perth Scorchers | 12 | 8 | 14.91 | 14.3 | 6.24 | 4/8 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | Melbourne Renegades | 11 | 8 | 17.36 | 17.4 | 5.96 | 3/18 |
Last Updated 19 January 2013.[10]
Best bowling figures
This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the season.
| Player | Team | Overs | Figures | Opponent | Ground |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lasith Malinga | Melbourne Stars | 4 | 6/7 | Perth Scorchers | WACA Ground |
| Daniel Christian | Brisbane Heat | 4 | 5/26 | Sydney Thunder | Stadium Australia |
| Alfonso Thomas | Perth Scorchers | 3.1 | 4/8 | Melbourne Renegades | WACA Ground |
| Dirk Nannes | Sydney Thunder | 4 | 4/17 | Adelaide Strikers | Stadium Australia |
| Brad Hogg | Perth Scorchers | 4 | 4/29 | Sydney Thunder | WACA Ground |
Last Updated 4 January 2013.[11]
This table lists the hat-tricks taken in the season.
| Bowler | For | Against | Wickets | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xavier Doherty | Hobart Hurricanes | Sydney Thunder | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | 23 December 2012 |
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