The 2013–14 Big Bash League season or BBL|03 was the third season of the Big Bash League, the premier Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The tournament began on 20 December 2013 and ended on 7 February 2014. The format remained the same as the previous season but ran for a time-frame that is two weeks longer. The schedule also overlapped with the 2013–14 Ashes series. It was the first season to be broadcast on free-to-air television on Network Ten.[2][3]
| Dates | 20 December 2013 – 7 February 2014[1] |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
| Champions | Perth Scorchers (1st title) |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 35 |
| Attendance | 657,227 (18,778 per match) |
| Player of the series | Ben Dunk (Hobart Hurricanes) |
| Most runs | Ben Dunk (395), (Hobart Hurricanes) |
| Most wickets | Cameron Gannon (18), (Brisbane Heat) |
| Official website | bigbash.com.au |
The tournament was won by Perth Scorchers and the final was hosted at the WACA Ground in Perth, Australia. The Scorchers beat the Hobart Hurricanes in the final by 39 runs. Ben Dunk from the Hurricanes was named the 'Man of the Tournament' while Jonathan Wells from the same team was named the 'Young Gun of the Tournament'.[4]
Points table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne Stars | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2.189 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 2 | Sydney Sixers | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −0.218 | |
| 3 | Perth Scorchers (C) | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −0.064 | |
| 4 | Hobart Hurricanes | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0.321 | |
| 5 | Brisbane Heat | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.197 | |
| 6 | Melbourne Renegades | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.475 | |
| 7 | Adelaide Strikers | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | −0.933 | |
| 8 | Sydney Thunder | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | −0.654 |
Group stage
edit| Visitor team → | ADS | BRH | HBH | MLR | MLS | PRS | SYS | SYT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home team ↓ | ||||||||
| Adelaide Strikers | Heat 32 runs | Renegades 1 run | Strikers 6 wickets | Sixers 6 wickets | ||||
| Brisbane Heat | Hurricanes 3 wickets | Stars 3 wickets | Heat 3 wickets | Sixers 4 runs | ||||
| Hobart Hurricanes | Match abandoned | Hurricanes 40 runs | Renegades 51 runs | Hurricanes 73 runs | ||||
| Melbourne Renegades | Renegades 57 runs | Stars 9 wickets | Sixers 2 runs | Thunder 9 wickets | ||||
| Melbourne Stars | Stars 8 wickets | Stars 5 wickets | Stars 76 runs | Stars 20 runs | ||||
| Perth Scorchers | Scorchers 5 runs | Scorchers 6 runs | Scorchers 6 runs | Scorchers 6 wickets | ||||
| Sydney Sixers | Sixers 7 runs | Stars 77 runs | Scorchers Super Over | Sixers 6 wickets | ||||
| Sydney Thunder | Strikers 6 runs | Heat 48 runs | Stars 7 wickets | Sixers 8 wickets |
| Home team won | Visitor team won |
- Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
- Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.
Fixtures
edit- Times shown are in Australian Western Standard Time (UTC+08:00) for Perth, Australian Central Daylight Time (UTC+10:30) for Adelaide, Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00) for Brisbane and Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00) for all other venues.
(H) Melbourne Stars
7/208 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades
132 (17.3 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Thunder
6/166 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers (H)
4/167 (18.2 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Adelaide Strikers
1/87 (6 overs) |
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Alex Hales 49 (19)
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- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
Perth Scorchers
7/151 (20 overs) |
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Brisbane Heat (H)
7/152 (19.4 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Perth Scorchers
7/117 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades
8/111 (20 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
Adelaide Strikers
6/153 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder (H)
6/147 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Brisbane Heat
3/209 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes
7/210 (19.2 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
Melbourne Stars
5/200 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers (H)
9/123 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Melbourne Renegades
3/210 (20 overs) |
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Brisbane Heat
153 (19.2 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat.
Perth Scorchers
9/159 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers (H)
4/164 (19 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
Melbourne Renegades
8/162 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes (H)
111 (17.1 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Sydney Thunder
6/155 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars
3/156 (19.1 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Sydney Sixers
8/140 (20 overs) |
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Brisbane Heat (H)
7/136 (20 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
- Mark Steketee made his T20 debut for Brisbane Heat.
Sydney Thunder
6/157 (20 overs) |
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Perth Scorchers (H)
4/161 (19.2 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Melbourne Renegades
5/163 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars
1/167 (16.2 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Adelaide Strikers
7/149 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers
4/150 (19.1 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Perth Scorchers
7/153 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes
7/147 (20 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
Brisbane Heat
5/165 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder (H)
117 (17.2 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
Adelaide Strikers
9/90 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars (H)
2/91 (7.3 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
Perth Scorchers
5/153 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers (H)
9/153 (20 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Hobart Hurricanes
5/167 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder
94 (16.4 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
(H) Brisbane Heat
7/144 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars
7/149 (19.4 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat
(H) Melbourne Renegades
104 (18.3 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder
1/105 (11.3 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat
(H) Sydney Sixers
6/179 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes
8/172 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
(H) Perth Scorchers
7/203 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers
6/198 (20 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
Brisbane Heat
7/129 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers (H)
97 (18.2 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat
Sydney Sixers
6/151 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades (H)
5/149 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
Hobart Hurricanes
9/131 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars (H)
5/135 (19.1 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Melbourne Renegades
6/155 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers (H)
7/154 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Hobart Hurricanes
7/209 (20 overs) |
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Brisbane Heat
8/169 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Sydney Thunder
6/128 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers
2/131 (19.2 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Melbourne Stars
6/161 (20 overs) |
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Perth Scorchers
9/141 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
Knockout phase
edit| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Melbourne Stars (H) | 8/141 (20 ovs) | |||||||
| 4 | Hobart Hurricanes | 3/142 (18.1 ovs) | |||||||
| 3 | Perth Scorchers (H) | 4/191 (20 ovs) | |||||||
| 4 | Hobart Hurricanes | 7/152 (20 ovs) | |||||||
| 3 | Perth Scorchers (D/L) | 5/193 (20 ovs) | |||||||
| 2 | Sydney Sixers (H) | 6/48 (5 ovs) | |||||||
Fixtures
edit(H) Melbourne Stars
8/141 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes
3/142 (18.1 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
Perth Scorchers
5/193 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers (H)
6/48 (5 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain during the innings break reduced the Sixers' target to 54 runs from 5 overs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.
(H) Perth Scorchers
4/191 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes
7/152 (20 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
Attendance and viewership
edit| Match | Teams | Venue | Date | Attendance | Viewers[9][10] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stars v Renegades | MCG | 20 December 2013 | 25,266 | 1.19 million |
| 2 | Sixers v Thunder | SCG | 21 December 2013 | 18,180 | 1.11 million |
| 3 | Hurricanes v Strikers | Hobart | 22 December 2013 | 5,681 | 414,587 |
| 4 | Heat v Scorchers | Brisbane | 22 December 2013 | 19,264 | 1.12 million |
| 5 | Scorchers v Renegades | Perth | 26 December 2013 | 15,953 | |
| 6 | Strikers v Thunder | ANZ | 27 December 2013 | 11,068 | |
| 7 | Heat v Hurricanes | Brisbane | 28 December 2013 | 20,457 | |
| 8 | Sixers v Stars | SCG | 29 December 2013 | 20,368 | 1.21 million[11] |
| 9 | Renegades v Heat | Docklands | 30 December 2013 | 19,832 | 624,000[11] |
| 10 | Strikers v Scorchers | Adelaide | 31 December 2013 | 26,030 | 458,000[11] |
| 11 | Hurricanes v Renegades | Hobart | 1 January 2014 | 10,924 | |
| 12 | Thunder v Stars | ANZ | 1 January 2014 | 10,902 | |
| 13 | Heat v Sixers | Brisbane | 2 January 2014 | 22,324 | |
| 14 | Scorchers v Thunder | Perth | 3 January 2014 | 18,718 | |
| 15 | Renegades v Stars | Docklands | 4 January 2014 | 42,837 | |
| 16 | Strikers v Sixers | Adelaide | 5 January 2014 | 26,506 | |
| 17 | Scorchers v Hurricanes | Perth | 7 January 2014 | 15,355 | |
| 18 | Thunder v Heat | ANZ | 8 January 2014 | 11,767 | |
| 19 | Stars v Strikers | MCG | 9 January 2014 | 24,344 | |
| 20 | Sixers v Scorchers | SCG | 10 January 2014 | 23,843 | 952,000 |
| 21 | Hurricanes v Thunder | Hobart | 11 January 2014 | 10,738 | |
| 22 | Heat v Stars | Brisbane | 11 January 2014 | 32,696 | |
| 23 | Renegades v Thunder | Docklands | 14 January 2014 | 10,896 | |
| 24 | Sixers v Hurricanes | SCG | 15 January 2014 | 17,264 | |
| 25 | Scorchers v Strikers | Perth | 16 January 2014 | 19,495 | |
| 26 | Strikers v Heat | Adelaide | 18 January 2014 | 20,533 | |
| 27 | Renegades v Sixers | Docklands | 18 January 2014 | 14,152 | |
| 28 | Stars v Hurricanes | MCG | 21 January 2014 | 21,443 | |
| 29 | Strikers v Renegades | Adelaide | 22 January 2014 | 21,745 | |
| 30 | Hurricanes v Heat | Hobart | 23 January 2014 | 10,863 | |
| 31 | Thunder v Sixers | ANZ | 25 January 2014 | 25,726 | |
| 32 | Stars v Scorchers | MCG | 27 January 2014 | 16,198 | |
| SF1 | Stars v Hurricanes | MCG | 4 February 2014 | 12,506 | |
| SF2 | Sixers v Scorchers | SCG | 5 February 2014 | 12,570 | |
| Final | Scorchers v Hurricanes | Perth | 7 February 2014 | 20,783 | 1.5 million[12] |
| Total | 657,227 | 32.62 million | |||
| Average | 18,778 | 932,000 |
Statistics
edit- Most runs: Ben Dunk
- Most wickets: Cameron Gannon
References
edit- ^ "Big Bash League T20 2013-14". cricketwa. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
- ^ "Hussey joins Thunder, Warne retires as BBL season grows". Cricinfo. ESPN. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
- ^ Coverdale, Brydon (22 July 2013). "Forget Tests, BBL is where it's at". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
- ^ "Scorchers beat Hurricanes to win BBL title". Brisbane Times. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ "Big Bash League Table – 2013–14". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ "Stars slaughter Sixers". Big Bash League. 29 December 2013.
- ^ "Klinger leads Strikers to BBL summit". Big Bash League. 31 December 2013.
- ^ "Hurricanes fall well short". Hobart Hurricanes. 1 January 2014. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "Big Bash League Ratings".
- ^ "OzTam". OzTam.
- ^ a b c "The ratings race silly season edition an unhappy years ending for the ABC". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "Big Bash League is Ticking the Boxes". The Roar. 13 February 2014.