KFC Twenty20 Big Bash

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KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
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KFC Twenty20 Big Bash Logo
Countries Australia
Administrator Cricket Australia
Format Twenty20
First edition 2005–06
Latest edition 2010–11
Tournament format Double round-robin and knockout finals
Number of teams 6
Current champion Southern Redbacks (1st title)
Most successful Victorian Bushrangers (4 titles)
Most runs Brad Hodge (919)
Most wickets Dirk Nannes (31)

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.

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Running over six seasons from 2005–06 to 2010–11, the Twenty20 Big Bash was the first top level domestic Twenty20 competition in Australia, contested by the six traditional Sheffield Shield state cricket teams. The competition was replaced by the franchise-based Big Bash League from 2011–12.

Victoria was the most successful team during the tournament's running, winning four out of the six titles.

Teams

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 Team name
(Sponsored name)
Home ground(s)Last winWinsRunners Up
  Victorian Bushrangers Melbourne Cricket Ground 2009–1041
  New South Wales Blues Sydney Cricket Ground,
ANZ Stadium, Sydney
2008–0912
  Southern Redbacks Adelaide Oval 2010–1111
  Tasmanian Tigers Bellerive Oval, Hobart 01
  Western Warriors The WACA, Perth 01
  Queensland Bulls The Gabba, Brisbane 00

Placings

SeasonWinnerRunner-upThirdFourthFifthSixth
2005–06 VictoriaNew South WalesWestern AustraliaQueenslandSouth AustraliaTasmania
2006–07 VictoriaTasmaniaWestern AustraliaSouth AustraliaQueenslandNew South Wales
2007–08 VictoriaWestern AustraliaTasmaniaNew South WalesQueenslandSouth Australia
2008–09 New South WalesVictoriaQueenslandSouth AustraliaWestern AustraliaTasmania
2009–10 VictoriaSouth AustraliaQueenslandWestern AustraliaNew South WalesTasmania
2010–11 South AustraliaNew South WalesTasmaniaWestern AustraliaQueenslandVictoria

Finals

YearFinal VenueFinal AttendanceFinal
WinnerResultRunner-up
2005–06
Details
North Sydney Oval, Sydney5,669 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Victoria
233 for 7 (20 overs)
Victoria won by 93 runs Scorecard Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales
140 all out (15.3 overs)
2006–07
Details
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 28,960 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Victoria
160 for 6 (20 overs)
Victoria won by 10 runs Scorecard Flag of Tasmania.svg Tasmania
150 for 8 (20 overs)
2007–08
Details
WACA, Perth 16,589 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Victoria
203 for 8 (20 overs)
Victoria won by 32 runs Scorecard Flag of Western Australia.svg Western Australia
171 all out (19.3 overs)
2008–09
Details
ANZ Stadium, Sydney17,592 Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales
167 for 5 (20 overs)
New South Wales won by 5 wickets Scorecard Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Victoria
166 for 4 (20 overs)
2009–10
Details
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 17,722 Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Victoria
166 for 7 (20 overs)
Victoria won by 48 runs Scorecard Flag of South Australia.svg South Australia
118 for 9 (20 overs)
2010–11
Details
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 27,920 Flag of South Australia.svg South Australia
155 for 2 (17.3 overs)
South Australia won by 8 wickets Scorecard Flag of New South Wales.svg New South Wales
153 for 8 (20 overs)

Records

Television coverage

All games, including the finals were covered by Fox Sports.

References

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