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2011–12 Big Bash League season

2011–12 Big Bash League
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Dates 16 December 2011 (2011-12-16) – 28 January 2012 (2012-01-28)
Administrator(s) Cricket Australia
Cricket format Twenty20
Tournament format(s) Group stage and knockout
Champions Perth Scorchers (1st title)
Participants 8
Matches played 31
Attendance 550,262 (17,750 per match)
Player of the series David Hussey, Melbourne Stars
Most runs Travis Birt (309), Hobart Hurricanes
Most wickets Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (15), Hobart Hurricanes

The 2011–12 Big Bash League season or BBL|01 was the inaugural season of the Big Bash League, the premier Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The tournament replaced the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, which ran each season from 2005–06 to 2010–11.

The tournament was won by the Perth Scorchers, which defeated the Hobart Hurricanes in the final at the WACA Ground on 28 January 2012. David Hussey of the Melbourne Stars was named the player of the tournament, having scored 243 runs and taken eight wickets in eight matches.

Melbourne Stars 27,424

Adelaide Strikers 21,986

Sydney Sixers 20,068

Sydney Thunder 18,423

Brisbane Heat 17,072

Perth Scorchers 14,905

Melbourne Renegades 13,324

Hobart Hurricanes 10,517

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 Sydney and Melbourne featuring two.

Points table on ESPN CricInfo



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