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KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
Countries	Australia
Administrator	Cricket Australia
Format	Twenty20
First tournament	2005–06
Tournament format	Round Robin, then knockout
Number of teams	6
Current champion	New South Wales Blues
Most successful	Victoria Bushrangers (3 titles)
Qualification	Twenty20 Champions League
Most runs	Overall: Brad Hodge (738)[1] Season 2008/09: Lee Carseldine (298)
Most wickets	Overall: Dirk Nannes (24)[2] Season 2008/09: Aaron Bird (13)
Website	Cricket Australia
2009–10 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
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The KFC Twenty20 Big Bash is the domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The competition is organised by Cricket Australia, and sponsored by fast food chicken outlet KFC. Australia was slower to pick up the format of Twenty20 cricket than other countries such as England and South Africa, but eventually established a league amongst the domestic Australian sides in 2005. The inception of the domestic Twenty20 competition was hailed as one of the games biggest innovations in Australia since the advent of World Series Cricket nearly 30 years previously. The format has proved highly popular with crowds in excess of 10,000 for games even during the working week.

The format for the 2007/2008 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash consisted of a 15-match competition which saw each State play 5 matches. The teams which finished first and second on the points table met in a final at the first placed side's home ground. The final was held at the WACA Ground in Perth with Victoria beating Western Australia.

As in other countries, Australia has taken a light-hearted high entertainment approach to the domestic Twenty20 competition, with cheerleaders, DJs, and nick-names all being features. The crowd are encouraged to wear fancy dress, and create a carnival atmosphere. Big hitting and fast scoring is a notable feature, and encourages crowd involvement.

Teams

Competition Placings

Winners

Year	Final Venue	Final Attendance	Final
			Winner	Result	Runner-up
2005-06 Details	North Sydney Oval, Sydney	5,669	Victoria 233 for 7 (20 overs)	Victoria won by 93 runs Scorecard	New South Wales 140 all out (15.3 overs)
2006-07 Details	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	28,960	Victoria 160 for 6 (20 overs)	Victoria won by 10 runs Scorecard	Tasmania 150 for 8 (20 overs)
2007-08 Details	WACA, Perth	16,589	Victoria 203 for 8 (20 overs)	Victoria won by 32 runs Scorecard	Western Australia 171 all out (19.3 overs)
2008-09 Details	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	17,592	New South Wales 167 for 5 (20 overs)	New South Wales won by 5 wickets Scorecard	Victoria 166 for 4 (20 overs)

Records

• Highest Score: 7/233 Victorian Bushrangers vs New South Wales Blues, 21 Jan 2006, at North Sydney Oval. ^[3]
• Lowest Score (batting first): 71 (16.2 overs) New South Wales, vs Western Warriors, 5 Jan 2010, at WACA Ground. ^[4]
• Biggest Winning Margin: 127 Western Warriors vs New South Wales Blues, 5 Jan 2010, at WACA Ground. ^[5]
• Lowest Winning Margin: 2 Victorian Bushrangers vs Western Warriors, 6 Jan 2006, at WACA Ground, Perth.
  New South Wales Blues vs Victorian Bushrangers, 17 Jan 2009, at ANZ Stadium, Sydney. ^[6]
• Highest Individual Score: 111 (56 balls) Michael Dighton, Tasmanian Tigers vs New South Wales Blues, 10 Jan 2007, at ANZ Stadium, Sydney. ^[7]
• Most Runs: See Infobox.
• Fastest Half-Century: 18 Balls David Warner, New South Wales Blues vs Tasmanian Tigers, 30 Dec 2009 Bellerive Oval, Hobart
• Best Bowling: 6/25 (3 overs) Michael Dighton, Tasmanian Tigers vs Queensland Bulls, 1 Jan 2007, at The Heritage Oval, Toowoomba. ^[8]
• Most Wickets: See Infobox.
• Most Catches: 12 David Hussey, Victorian Bushrangers. ^[9]

Television Coverage

All games including the final are covered by Fox Sports. In the rest of the World matches are streamed live online Livestreamingsport.com

In South Asia the Fox Sports feed is shown on Star Cricket.

References

1. ^ http://stats.cricinfo.com/australia/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=124;type=trophy
2. ^ http://stats.cricinfo.com/australia/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=124;type=trophy
3. ^ Cricinfo - Records - in Australia - Twenty20 matches - Highest totals
4. ^ Cricinfo - Records - in Australia - Twenty20 matches - Lowest totals
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6. ^ Cricinfo - Records - in Australia - Twenty20 matches - Smallest victories (including ties)
7. ^ Cricinfo - Records - in Australia - Twenty20 matches - High scores
8. ^ Cricinfo - Records - in Australia - Twenty20 matches - Best bowling figures in an innings
9. ^ Cricinfo - Records - in Australia - Twenty20 matches - Most catches

• Cricinfo Australian Domestic Cricket Archive - Contains results for all matches