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The 2014–15 Big Bash League season or BBL|04 was the fourth season of the Big Bash League (BBL), the premier Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The fourth edition ran from 18 December 2014 to 28 January 2015. The league ran two weeks longer as compared to the previous season. The opening match of the 2014–15 Big Bash League was played between Adelaide Strikers and Melbourne Stars on 18 December at the Adelaide Oval. The format of fourth season is same as previous season. A total of 35 matches will be played during the Big Bash 2014–15 season.
Dates | 18 December 2014 – 28 January 2015[1] |
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Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
Champions | Perth Scorchers (2nd title) |
Participants | 8 |
Matches | 35 |
Attendance | 825,657 (23,590 per match) |
Player of the series | Jacques Kallis (Sydney Thunder) |
Most runs | Michael Klinger (326), (Perth Scorchers) |
Most wickets | John Hastings (16), (Melbourne Stars) |
Official website | bigbash.com.au |
The Perth Scorchers won back-to-back titles by defeating the Sydney Sixers by 4 wickets on the last ball of the match. The final was also the final match of Brett Lee's career.[2] It was hosted at Canberra's Manuka Oval.
Jacques Kallis of the Sydney Thunder was named 'Player of the Tournament' for his 235 runs and 6 wickets in the tournament. Jason Behrendorff of the Scorchers was named 'Young Gun of the Tournament' for his 15 wickets in the season.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Adelaide Strikers | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1.159 | Advance to play-off phase |
2 | Perth Scorchers (C) | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.705 | |
3 | Melbourne Stars | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.336 | |
4 | Sydney Sixers | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −0.014 | |
5 | Hobart Hurricanes | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.280 | |
6 | Melbourne Renegades | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.331 | |
7 | Sydney Thunder | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | −0.485 | |
8 | Brisbane Heat | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | −1.116 |
Adelaide Strikers[4] | Brisbane Heat[5] | Hobart Hurricanes[6] | Melbourne Renegades[7] | Melbourne Stars[8] | Perth Scorchers[9] | Sydney Sixers[10] | Sydney Thunder[11] |
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Visitor team → | ADS | BRH | HBH | MLR | MLS | PRS | SYS | SYT |
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Home team ↓ | ||||||||
Adelaide Strikers | Strikers 8 wickets | Strikers 8 wickets | Scorchers 18 runs | Match abandoned | ||||
Brisbane Heat | Strikers 5 wickets | Heat 18 runs | Heat 1 run | Sixers 6 wickets | ||||
Hobart Hurricanes | Hurricanes 6 wickets | Renegades 37 runs | Scorchers 18 runs | Sixers 7 wickets | ||||
Melbourne Renegades | Strikers 22 runs | Renegades 5 wickets | Stars 112 runs | Renegades 8 wickets | ||||
Melbourne Stars | Hurricanes 52 runs | Stars 3 wickets | Stars 3 wickets | Stars Super Over | ||||
Perth Scorchers | Strikers 1 wicket | Scorchers 8 wickets | Scorchers 35 runs | Thunder 20 runs | ||||
Sydney Sixers | Strikers 23 runs | Sixers 8 wickets | Scorchers 36 runs | Sixers 4 wickets | ||||
Sydney Thunder | Thunder 56 runs | Hurricanes 5 wickets (D/L) | Stars 8 wickets | Sixers 16 runs |
Home team won | Visitor team won |
There were 32 matches played during the group stage of the fourth edition of the Big Bash League.[12] To address poor attendances and late finishing matches most matches started half an hour earlier, with matches in this time slot now 07:10pm AEDST. However, some matches including the final still started at 07:40pm AEDST.
Melbourne Stars 7/148 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers (H) 2/149 (12.3 overs) |
Melbourne Renegades 7/154 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers (H) 2/158 (18.5 overs) |
Hobart Hurricanes 5/190 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars (H) 9/138 (20 overs) |
(H) Sydney Thunder 1/208 (20 overs) |
v |
Brisbane Heat 152 (17.4 overs) |
(H) Perth Scorchers 7/146 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers 9/147 (19.4 overs) |
(H) Hobart Hurricanes 8/154 (19 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers 3/158 (18.1 overs) |
(H) Perth Scorchers 3/192 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades 9/157 (20 overs) |
Sydney Sixers 7/180 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder (H) 5/164 (20 overs) |
(H) Brisbane Heat 8/164 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars 7/163 (20 overs) |
Perth Scorchers 7/135 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Sixers (H) 99 (17.3 overs) |
Sydney Thunder 6/114 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Renegades (H) 2/118 (13.5 overs) |
Hobart Hurricanes 8/136 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers (H) 2/141 (14.3 overs) |
Sydney Thunder 3/178 (20 overs) |
v |
Perth Scorchers (H) 5/159 (20 overs) |
Brisbane Heat 6/208 (20 overs) |
v |
Hobart Hurricanes (H) 4/209 (19 overs) |
Melbourne Stars 6/169 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Renegades (H) 57 (12.4 overs) |
(H) Brisbane Heat 6/152 (20 overs) |
v |
Adelaide Strikers 5/158 (18.5 overs) |
Sydney Sixers 6/150 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars (H) 4/150 (20 overs) |
Perth Scorchers 6/133 (20 overs) |
v |
Adelaide Strikers (H) 115 (19.3 overs) |
Melbourne Renegades 7/163 (20 overs) |
v |
Hobart Hurricanes (H) 126 (19.2 overs) |
Brisbane Heat 7/134 (20 overs) |
v |
Perth Scorchers (H) 2/137 (15.5 overs) |
(H) Sydney Thunder 7/77 (17 overs) |
v |
Hobart Hurricanes 5/84 (13.5 overs) |
Melbourne Renegades 6/153 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars (H) 7/154 (20 overs) |
Perth Scorchers 8/141 (20 overs) |
v |
Hobart Hurricanes (H) 7/123 (20 overs) |
(H) Brisbane Heat 6/147 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Sixers 4/148 (17.4 overs) |
(H) Adelaide Strikers 5/119 (10 overs) |
v |
Sydney Thunder 0/18 (1 over) |
Brisbane Heat 80 (17.3 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Renegades (H) 5/81 (14 overs) |
Adelaide Strikers 6/182 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Sixers (H) 159 (19.4 overs) |
(H) Brisbane Heat 6/198 (20 overs) |
v |
Hobart Hurricanes 8/180 (20 overs) |
(H) Sydney Thunder 8/106 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars 2/107 (14.3 overs) |
Adelaide Strikers 5/166 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Renegades (H) 7/144 (20 overs) |
Perth Scorchers 2/179 (20 overs) |
v |
Melbourne Stars (H) 7/182 (19.3 overs) |
Sydney Thunder 4/154 (20 overs) |
v |
Sydney Sixers (H) 6/155 (20 overs) |
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
4 | Sydney Sixers | 4/181 (20 ov) | |||||||
1 | Adelaide Strikers (H) | 94 (14.3 ov) | |||||||
4 | Sydney Sixers | 5/147 (20 ov) | |||||||
2 | Perth Scorchers | 6/148 (20 ov) | |||||||
2 | Perth Scorchers (H) | 7/144 (20 ov) | |||||||
3 | Melbourne Stars | 126 (19.5 ov) |
The top four teams from the group stage qualified for the semi-finals.
Sydney Sixers 4/181 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers (H) 94 (14.3 overs) |
(H) Perth Scorchers 7/144 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars 126 (19.5 overs) |
The winners of the 2 semi-finals qualified for the finals.
Sydney Sixers 5/147 (20 overs) |
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Perth Scorchers 6/148 (20 overs) |
Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
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Michael Klinger | Perth Scorchers | 10 | 10 | 326 | 36.22 | 129.37 | 105* | 1 | 1 |
Kevin Pietersen | Melbourne Stars | 8 | 8 | 293 | 41.86 | 122.59 | 67 | 0 | 3 |
Nic Maddinson | Sydney Sixers | 10 | 10 | 284 | 31.56 | 147.15 | 85 | 0 | 2 |
Jordan Silk | Sydney Sixers | 10 | 9 | 272 | 54.40 | 136.68 | 69 | 0 | 2 |
Michael Carberry | Perth Scorchers | 10 | 9 | 266 | 44.33 | 127.27 | 77* | 0 | 3 |
Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR |
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John Hastings | Melbourne Stars | 9 | 9 | 16 | 15.38 | 7.81 | 3/24 | 11.81 |
Jason Behrendorff | Perth Scorchers | 10 | 10 | 15 | 16.73 | 6.28 | 4/22 | 16 |
Yasir Arafat | Perth Scorchers | 10 | 10 | 15 | 19.47 | 7.79 | 4/27 | 15 |
Andrew Tye | Perth Scorchers | 10 | 10 | 14 | 18.36 | 6.85 | 4/18 | 16.07 |
Ben Laughlin | Adelaide Strikers | 8 | 8 | 13 | 19.00 | 8.62 | 2/24 | 13.23 |
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