The 2014–15 Big Bash League season or BBL, 04 was the fourth season of the

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(BBL), the premier

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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

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. 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. The

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won back-to-back titles by defeating the

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by 4 wickets on the last ball of the match. The final was also the final match of

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's career. It was hosted at Canberra's

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of the

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was named 'Player of the Tournament' for his 235 runs and 6 wickets in the tournament.

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of the Scorchers was named 'Young Gun of the Tournament' for his 15 wickets in the season.

Points table

Squads

Regular season

Fixtures

There were 32 matches played during the group stage of the fourth edition of the Big Bash League. 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.

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Round 8

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Knockout phase

Semi finals

The top four teams from the group stage qualified for the semi finals. ----

Final

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Statistics

Most runs

Most wickets

*Source: BigBash

References

External links

Official fixtures
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