The 2005–06 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash was the inaugural season of the official Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The six states were represented by six teams. The Queensland Bulls and the Tasmanian Tigers played in the first match, with no result being declared due to rain. The six teams were split into two groups of three, with Victoria finishing on top of Group A and New South Wales on top of Group B. It consisted of seven matches, including the final. The Victorian Bushrangers won the inaugural tournament, defeating the New South Wales Blues in the final at North Sydney Oval.
Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia |
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Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
Champions | Victorian Bushrangers (1st title) |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 7 |
Attendance | 68,829 (9,833 per match) |
Most runs | Brad Hodge (132) |
Most wickets | Shane Harwood (7) |
Group stages
editGroup A
editTeam | Pld | W | T | L | NR | NRR | Pts |
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Victorian Bushrangers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.761 | 4 |
Western Warriors | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.300 | 2 |
Southern Redbacks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | −3.128 | 0 |
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- Western Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- Attendance: 15,200
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- Victorian Bushrangers won the toss and elected to field.
- Attendance: 8,000
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- Southern Redbacks won the toss and elected to field.
- Attendance: 14,928
Group B
editTeam | Pld | W | T | L | NR | NRR | Pts |
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New South Wales Blues | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.218 | 4 |
Queensland Bulls | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −0.983 | 1 |
Tasmanian Tigers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3.450 | 1 |
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- Tasmanian Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
- Heavy rain and hail stopped play after 3.1 overs of Tasmania's innings.
- Attendance: 10,083
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- Queensland Bulls won the toss and elected to bat.
- Attendance: 10,470
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- Tasmanian Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
- Attendance: 4,479
Final
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- Victorian Bushrangers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Attendance: 5,669
External links
edit- Results at ESPNcricinfo
- Cricket Archive Matches and Results Archived 9 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine