Summary Review of Season 2019-20 (BBL09) Played Won Tied Lost No Res. Aband. Points NetRR Melbourne Stars 14 10 0 4 0 0 20 0.530 Sydney Sixers 14 9 0 4 1 0 19 0.269 Adelaide Strikers 14 8 0 5 1 0 17 0.560 Hobart Hurricanes 14 6 0 7 1 0 13 -0.355 Sydney Thunder 14 6 0 7 1 0 13 -0.446 Perth Scorchers 14 6 0 8 0 0 12 -0.023 Brisbane Heat 14 6 0 8 0 0 12 -0.237 Melbourne Renegades 14 3 0 11 0 0 6 -0.348 Note: Net run rate is calculated by deducting from the average runs per over scored by a team in the tournament, the average runs per over scored against it. Finals BBL09 A new finals system was established for the 2019/20 season (BBL09) The Eliminator (Fourth v Fifth) At Blundstone Arena, Hobart, January 30, 2020: SYDNEY THUNDER 5/197 (20 overs) (AD Hales 60, Usman Khawaja 54, CJ Ferguson 33) defeated HOBART HURRICANES 140 (18.3 overs) (DJM Short 37; JD Cook 4/21, CH Morris 3/27, DR Sams 2/24) by 57 runs. Player of the Match: Jono Cook The Qualifier (First v Second) At MCG, January 31, 2020: SYDNEY SIXERS 7/142 (20 overs) (JR Philippe 34; A Zampa 3/21) defeated MELBOURNE STARS 99 (18 overs) (SA Abbott 3/23, JR Hazlewood 2/14, SNJ O’Keefe 2/22) by 43 runs. Player of the Match: Steve O’Keefe The Knock-out (Third v winner of Eliminator) At Adelaide Oval, February 1, 2020: SYDNEY THUNDER 7/151 (20 overs) (AD Hales 59; PM Siddle 2/21) defeated ADELAIDE STRIKERS 9/143 (20 overs) (JW Wells 34, TM Head 32; DR Sams 3/26, JD Cook 2/16, CH Morris 2/22) by eight runs. Player of the Match: Alex Hales The Challenger (Winner of Knock-out v loser of Qualifier) At MCG, February 6, 2020: MELBOURNE STARS 2/194 (20 overs) (MP Stoinis 83, NCR Larkin 83*, CH Morris 2/30) defeated SYDNEY THUNDER 8/166 (20 overs) (AI Ross 58, AJ Nair 30; Haris Rauf 3/17, NM Coulter-Nile 2/29, A Zampa 2/43) by 28 runs. Player of the match: Nick Larkin The Final (Winner of Qualifier v Winner of Challenger) At SCG, February 8, 2020: SYDNEY SIXERS 5/116 (12 overs) (JR Philippe 52; GJ Maxwell 2/17, A Zampa 2/24) defeated MELBOURNE STARS 6/97 (12 overs) (NCR Larkin 38*; NM Lyon 2/19, SNJ O’Keefe 2/27) by 19 runs (D/L method). Player of the match: Josh Philippe Today’s Match: The Squads Melbourne Stars Glenn Maxwell (captain), Hilton Cartwright, Jackson Coleman, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ben Dunk, Andre Fletcher (West Indies, St. Lucia Stars, Peshawar Zalmi, Sylhet Thunder), Seb Gotch, Liam Hatcher, Clint Hinchliffe, Dilbar Hussain (Lahore Qalandars, Southern Punjab), Zahir Khan (Lancashire, Jamaica Tallawahs, Nangarhar Leopards), Nick Larkin, Nick Maddinson, Lance Morris, Tom O’Connell, Nicholas Pooran (West Indies, Barbados Tridents, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Kings XI Punjab), Will Pucovski, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, and Adam Zampa. Adelaide Strikers Travis Head (captain), Wes Agar, Alex Carey, Harry Conway, Rashid Khan (Afghanistan, ICC World XI, Sunrisers, Sussex, Kabul Zwanan, Barbados Tridents), Michael Neser, Harry Nielsen, Liam O’Connor, Phil Salt (Sussex, Lahore Qalanders, Barbados Tridents), Matt Short, Peter Siddle, Cameron Valente, Jake Weatherald, Jonothan Wells, Daniel Worrall, Matthew Renshaw, Spenser Johnson, Danny Briggs (England, Sussex). Summary Match Results BBL 01-09 MCG January 19, 2012 Strikers 125 Stars 4/129 Stars won by six wickets Adelaide Oval December 27, 2012 Stars 8/175 Strikers 4/167 Stars by eight runs MCG January 9, 2014 Strikers 9/90 Stars 2/91 Stars by eight wickets Adelaide Oval December 18, 2014 Stars 7/148 Strikers 2/149 Strikers by eight wickets Adelaide Oval December 18, 2015 Strikers 5/187 Stars 7/168 Strikers by 19 runs MCG January 10, 2017 Strikers 8/152 Stars 8/153 Stars by two wickets Adelaide Oval January 9, 2018 Stars 6/151 Strikers 2/152 Strikers by eight wickets Adelaide Oval January 11, 2019 Strikers 5/178 Stars 137 Strikers by 41 runs Moe, Victoria January 23, 2019 Stars 2/167 Strikers 123 Stars by 44 runs Carrara Stadium, Qld. December 27, 2019 Strikers 4/174 Stars 6/170 Strikers by four runs Adelaide Oval January 22, 2020 Strikers 4/162 Stars 8/151 Strikers by 11 runs The two teams met on 11 occasions during the home and away matches in BBLs 01-09 but have never met in a final. Little separates the two teams in performance. The Stars won five matches (three on the MCG, one at the Adelaide Oval and one at Moe in country Victoria. The Strikers won five of their six matches at the Adelaide Oval and the remaining victory was at Carrara on the Gold Coast. Both teams have recorded two narrow wins while the Strikers lead the “comfortable winning margin” stakes four to three. Of interest is the scheduling of one match away from either of the two main venues in each of the two recent seasons. Twenty20 Big Bash League: A Review of BBL01-BBL09 (Seasons 2011/12-2019/20) BBL01 BBL02 BBL03 BBL04 BBL05 BBL06 BBL07 BBL08 BBL09 TEAM 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 Adelaide 6th 5th 7th Btn SF Btn SF 6th Won 7th Btn K-o Strikers Brisbane 5th W 5th 8th 6th Btn SF 7th 5th 7th Heat Hobart Btn SF 6th R/Up 5th 7th 7th R/Up Btn SF Btn Hurricanes Elim Melb. 7th Btn SF 6th 6th 5th 5th Btn SF Won 8th Renegades Melbourne Btn SF Btn SF Btn SF Btn SF R/Up Btn SF 8th R/Up R/Up Stars Perth R/Up R/Up W W Btn SF W Btn SF 8th 6th Scorchers Sydney W 7th Btn SF R/Up 8th R/Up 5th Btn SF W Sixers Sydney 8th 8th 8th 7th W 8th 6th 6th Btn Thunder Chall. Result Summary (BBL01-BBL09) Team Span Mat Won Lost Tie+W Tie+L NR %W Adelaide Strikers 2011/2020 90 47 40 0 0 3 52.2 Brisbane Heat 2011/2020 88 38 49 0 1 1 43.2 Hobart Hurricanes 2011/2020 92 44 46 0 0 2 47.8 Melbourne Renegades 2011/2020 89 41 48 0 0 0 46.1 Melbourne Stars 2011/2020 97 53 44 1 0 0 55.8 Perth Scorchers 2011/2020 97 56 41 1 0 0 57.7 Sydney Sixers 2011/2020 95 53 41 2 2 1 55.8 Sydney Thunder 2011/2020 90 32 55 0 1 3 35.6 Note: Tied matches are decided by a “Super Over” bowled to each team at the end of the match. The result is included in either the win or loss columns. BBL01-09: A STATISTICAL SUMMARY Team Highest Innings Totals Score Team Opponent Date Location 223-8 Hobart Hurricanes Melbourne Renegades 12 January, 2017 Melbourne Docklands 222-4 Melbourne Renegades Hobart Hurricanes 12 January, 2017 Melbourne Docklands 219-1 Melbourne Stars Sydney Sixers 12 January, 2020 Melbourne, MCG 217-1 Hobart Hurricanes Adelaide Strikers 26 January, 2020 Adelaide 212-3 Brisbane Heat Hobart Hurricanes 3 January, 2020 Hobart 213-3 Perth Scorchers Brisbane Heat 11 January, 2020 Perth 210-3 Melbourne Renegades Brisbane Heat 30 December, 2013 Melbourne Docklands 210-4 Hobart Hurricanes Perth Scorchers 1 February, 2018 Perth Team Lowest Completed Innings Totals Score Team Opponent Date Location 57 Melbourne Renegades Melbourne Stars 3 January, 2015 Melbourne, Docklands 69 Perth Scorchers Melbourne Stars 12 December, 2012 Perth 73 Brisbane Heat Sydney Sixers 18 January, 2018 Sydney, SCG 74 Sydney Sixers Melbourne Stars 10 February, 2019 Melbourne, MCG 76 Sydney Sixers Sydney Thunder 18 January, 2020 Sydney Showground 79 Perth Scorchers Melbourne Renegades 28 January, 2019 Perth 80 Brisbane Heat Melbourne Renegades 13 January, 2015 Melbourne, Docklands 86 Perth Scorchers Melbourne Stars 15 January, 2020 Perth Stadium Best Batting Scores Player Runs Balls 4s 6s SR Team Opposition Ground Date MP Stoinis 147* 79 13 8 186.08 Melb. Stars Sydney Sixers MCG 12 Jan. 20 MS Wade 130* 61 11 7 213.11 Hurricanes Adelaide Strikers Adelaide 26 Jan. 20 DJM Short 122* 69 8 8 176.81 Hurricanes Brisbane Heat Brisbane 10 Jan. 18 LJ Wright 117 60 8 9 195.00 Melb. Stars Hurricanes Hobart 9 Jan. 12 JB Weatherald 115 70 9 8 164.29 Adelaide Strikers Hurricanes Adelaide 4 Feb. 18 BR McDermott 114 52 8 9 219.23 Hurricanes Melb. Renegades Docklands 12 Jan. 17 CJ Ferguson 113* 53 8 8 213.20 Sydney Thunder Perth Scorchers Perth 24 Jan. 19 CJ Simmons 112 58 4 11 193.10 Perth Scorchers Sydney Sixers Syd SCG 5 Feb. 14 LA Pomersbach 112* 70 15 2 160.00 Brisbane Heat Melb. Renegades Docklands 15 Jan. 13 AJ Finch 111* 65 12 4 170.76 Melb. Renegades Melb. Stars Docklands 7 Dec. 12 AJ Finch 109 68 6 7 160.29 Melb. Renegades Sydney Sixers SCG 25 Jan. 20 LJ Wright 109* 63 11 4 173.02 Melb. Stars Melb Renegades MCG 2. Jan. 16 UT Khawaja 109* 70 12 3 155.71 Sydney Thunder Melb. Stars MCG 20 Dec. 15 M Klinger 105* 60 7 4 175.00 Perth Scorchers Melb. Renegades Perth 26 Dec. 14 UT Khawaja 104* 59 13 3 176.27 Syd Thunder Adelaide Strikers Adelaide 21 Jan.