The 2012–13 Big Bash League season or BBL, 02 was the second season of the Big Bash League, the premier

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competition in Australia. The tournament began on 7 December 2012, with the final being held on 19 January 2013. The defending champions,

Sydney Sixers The Sydney Sixers are an Australian professional franchise men's cricket team, competing in Australia's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League (BBL). Along with the Sydney Thunder, the Sixers are the successors of the New ...

were knocked out in the group stage.

Melbourne Renegades The Melbourne Renegades are an Australian professional men's Twenty20 franchise cricket club based in Melbourne, the capital city of the Australian state of Victoria. They compete in the Australian Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash ...

finished first in the group stage with 7 wins and a loss.

Perth Scorchers The Perth Scorchers is an Australian domestic Twenty20 franchise cricket team representing the Western Australian city of Perth in the Big Bash League (BBL). The Scorchers are the current BBL Champions, having defeated the Sydney Sixers in the ...

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and

Brisbane Heat The Brisbane Heat are an Australian men's professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in the Big Bash League. The Heat wears a teal uniform and are based in Brisbane in the Australian state Queensland. Their home ground is the Br ...

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.

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of Perth Scorchers finished as the leading run-getter of the tournament as he amassed 412 runs in 9 innings. Ben Laughlin of

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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 Separamadu Lasith Malinga ( si, සෙපරමාදු ලසිත් මාලිංග; born 28 August 1983), nicknamed "Slinga Malinga", is a Sri Lankan former cricketer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest limited overs bowlers ...

took the best bowling figures of the tournament, capturing 6 wickets for 7 runs for

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

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Points table

Format

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

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where any

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will be followed by a

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Signings

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. Unlike the 2011/12 inaugural season, Cricket Australia decided that each player had the opportunity to sign multi-year deals with the contract window opening on 9 July 2012 and ending on 20 July.

League progression

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Results

Group stage

Knockout stage

Fixtures

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(

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) for Perth,

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( UTC+10:30) for Adelaide, Australian Eastern Standard Time ( UTC+10:00) for Brisbane and

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( UTC+11:00) for all remaining venues.''

Group stage

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Knockout phase

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Statistics

Highest team totals

The following table lists the five highest team scores during this season. Last Updated 15 January 2013.

Most runs

The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table. Last Updated 19 January 2013.

Highest individual scores

This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings. Last Updated 15 January 2013.

Most wickets

The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season. Last Updated 19 January 2013.

Best bowling figures

This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the season. Last Updated 4 January 2013.

Hat-tricks

This table lists the

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taken in the season.

References

External links

Official fixturesAttendance figures and records BigBash.com.au
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