The 2011–12 Big Bash League season or BBL, 01 was the inaugural season of the

Big Bash League The Big Bash League (known as the KFC Big Bash League for sponsorship reasons, often abbreviated to BBL or Big Bash) is an Australian professional club Twenty20 cricket league, which was established in 2011 by Cricket Australia. The Big Bash Le ...

, the premier

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competition in Australia. The tournament replaced the

KFC Twenty20 Big Bash The KFC Twenty20 Big Bash was a domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The competition was organised by Cricket Australia, and sponsored by fast food chicken outlet KFC. The competition was replaced by the Big Bash League as Austr ...

, which ran each season from 2005–06 to

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. The tournament was won by the

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, which defeated the Perth Scorchers in the final at the

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on 28 January 2012.

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of the Melbourne Stars was named the player of the tournament, having scored 243 runs and taken eight wickets in eight matches.

Average attendance

Melbourne Stars 27,424

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21,986

20,068

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

18,423 Brisbane Heat 17,072 Perth Scorchers 14,905 Melbourne Renegades 13,324

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10,517

Teams

The competition features eight city-based franchises, instead of the six state-based teams which had previously competed in the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. Each state's capital city features one team, with

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and

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featuring two.

Points table

Fixtures

The fixtures were announced in July 2011. The final was played on Saturday, 28 January 2012.

Round 1

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Knockout phase

Draw

Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics

Highest team totals

The following table lists the six highest team scores during this season. Last Updated 29 January 2012.Big Bash League, 2011/12 / Records / Highest totals
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Most runs

The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table. Last Updated 29 January 2012.

Highest scores

This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings. Last Updated 29 January 2012.

Most wickets

The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season. Last Updated 29 January 2012.

Best bowling figures

This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the season. Last Updated 29 January 2012.
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Highest attendances

The following table lists the matches with the highest attendance during this season. Last Updated 20 January 2012.

References

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