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

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, the top-class

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

Sydney Sixers The Sydney Sixers is 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 Spee ...

were knocked out in the group stage.

Melbourne Renegades Melbourne Renegades are an Australian professional men's Twenty20 franchise cricket club based in Melbourne, the capital city of the Australian state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. They compete in the Australian Twenty20 cricket competit ...

finished first in the group stage with seven wins.

Perth Scorchers The Perth Scorchers are an Australian men's professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that competes in the Big Bash League. The Scorchers wear an orange uniform and are based in Perth in the Australian state of Western Australia. Their home gr ...

Melbourne Stars Melbourne Stars are an Australian Twenty20 franchise cricket team, based in Melbourne, Victoria that competes in Australia's Twenty20 competition, the Big Bash League. The Stars wear a green uniform and play their home matches at the Melbou ...

and

Brisbane Heat The Brisbane Heat are an Australian professional franchise men's and women's cricket team, competing in Australia's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League (BBL). The Heat are the successors of the Queensland Bulls who playe ...

were the other teams to reach the semi-finals. In the first semi-final, Brisbane defeated Melbourne Renegades by 15 runs; in the other semi-final, Perth defeated Melbourne Stars by eight wickets in a rain curtailed match to make the final for the second year row. In the final, Brisbane beat Perth by 34 runs to win their first title. Perth Scorchers finished runners-up for the second successive year. The two finalists, Perth Scorchers and Brisbane Heat qualified for the

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Personnel signings

The official window for signing players lasted between 9 July and 20 July 2012. Each team had a salary cap of A$1 million and could sign a maximum of 18 players and a minimum of 14, including up to two international players. The minimum playing contract was set at A$20,000. Unlike the inaugural season,

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allowed players the opportunity to sign multi-year contracts.

Format

This season featured the same number of teams as the previous season, but included an expanded group stage of 35 matches. Each team played eight group-stage matches with the four best performing teams from the group stage advancing to the semi-final stage. The rules for the tournament deviated from those in the

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where any

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will be followed by a

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League stage

Points table

Match summary

Matches

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( UTC+08) for Perth,

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( UTC+10:30) for Adelaide,

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( UTC+10:00) for Brisbane and

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Play-offs

Semi-final 1

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Semi-final 2

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Final

Statistics

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of Melbourne Renegades was named Player of the Tournament after scoring 332 runs, including an unbeaten century.

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of Perth Scorchers finished as the leading run-scorer with 412 runs in nine innings and Ben Laughlin of

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was the leading wicket-taker with 14 wickets in eight matches. The highest individual score of the tournament was 112

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of Brisbane Heat in the semi-final game against Melbourne Renegades.

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took the best bowling figures of the tournament, taking six wickets for seven 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.

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took a

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during the tournament. *Source: CricInfo *Source: CricInfo *Source: CricInfo *Source: CricInfo *Source: CricInfo

References

External links

Official fixturesAttendance figures and records BigBash.com.au
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