2007–08 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash

The 2007–08 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash was the 3rd season of the official Twenty20 domestic cricket in Australia. Six teams representing six states in Australia participated in the competition. The competition began on 31 December 2007 when the Queensland Bulls took on two-time champions the Victorian Bushrangers at the new Tony Ireland Stadium in Thuringowa. Another match between the Western Warriors and the previous year's finalists the Tasmanian Tigers was held on the same day at the WACA Ground.

Twenty20 Big Bash 2007–08
Administrator(s)Cricket Australia
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Single round-robin
Champions Victoria (3rd title)
Participants6
Matches16
Player of the seriesDavid Hussey (Vic)
Most runsShaun Marsh (WA) (290)
Most wicketsDirk Nannes (Vic) (12)

This season comprised 15 regular matches, instead of twelve from the 2006–07 season. This allowed each team to play every other team once.

Table

Teams received 2 points for a win, 1 for a tie or no result, and 0 for a loss. The top two teams, Western Australia and Victoria, played in the final at the WACA Ground in Perth. These two teams also qualified for the 1st edition of the Champions Twenty20 League, expected to be hosted by India in December 2008.

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1 Western Warriors 5 4 1 0 0 8 0.584
2 Victorian Bushrangers 5 4 1 0 0 8 0.582
3 Tasmanian Tigers 5 3 2 0 0 6 0.681
4 New South Wales Blues 5 2 3 0 0 4 −0.078
5 Queensland Bulls 5 1 3 0 1 3 −0.294
6 Southern Redbacks 5 0 4 0 1 1 −1.719
Source:

Teams

Club Home Ground Captain
New South Wales Blues ANZ Stadium, Sydney Simon Katich
Queensland Bulls Brisbane Cricket Ground Jimmy Maher
Southern Redbacks Adelaide Oval Nathan Adcock
Tasmanian Tigers Bellerive Oval, Hobart Daniel Marsh
Victorian Bushrangers Melbourne Cricket Ground Cameron White
Western Warriors WACA Ground, Perth Adam Voges

Fixtures

31 December 2007
15:00
Scorecard
Victoria 
7/187 (20 overs)
v
 Queensland (H)
140 (19.3 overs)
Andrew McDonald 43 (28)
Adam Crosthwaite 31 (24)
Shane Watson 2/31 (4 overs)
Jimmy Maher 44 (35)
Michael Kasprowicz 20 (16)
Andrew McDonald 3/20 (4 overs)
 Victoria won by 47 runs
Tony Ireland Stadium, Thuringowa
Attendance: 10,024
Umpires: AR Curran and TP Laycock
Player of the match: Andrew McDonald

31 December 2007
17:30
Scorecard
(H) Western Australia 
4/188 (20 overs)
v
 Tasmania
5/189 (18.4 overs)
Luke Pomersbach 79 (45)
Adam Voges 39 (24)
Brett Geeves 1/24 (4 overs)
George Bailey 51* (29)
Dane Anderson 31 (20)
David Bandy 2/41 (4 overs)
 Tasmania won by 5 wickets with 8 balls remaining
WACA Ground, Perth, Att:
Umpires: IH Lock and MD Martell
Player of the match: George Bailey

1 January 2008
18:30
Scorecard
(H) South Australia 
9/134 (20 overs)
v
 New South Wales
2/135 (17 overs)
Ryan Harris 31 (38)
Daniel Harris 22 (11)
Moises Henriques 2/19 (4 overs)
Brad Haddin 54 (44)
Dominic Thornley 37* (22)
Jason Gillespie 1/16 (3 overs)
 New South Wales won by 8 wickets with 18 balls remaining
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Attendance: 9,112
Umpires: SD Fry and AD Willoughby
Player of the match: Simon Katich

4 January 2008
16:30
Victoria 
9/186 (20 overs)
v
 Western Australia (H)
5/187 (18.3 overs)
Brad Hodge 45 (30)
Andrew McDonald 31 (24)
Aaron Heal 2/18 (4 overs)
Sean Ervine 56* (34)
Luke Pomersbach 39 (22)
Dirk Nannes 2/29 (4 overs)
 Western Australia won by 5 wickets with 9 balls remaining
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: AR Craig and IH Lock
Player of the match: Sean Ervine

4 January 2008
18:30
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane

4 January 2008
18:30
Scorecard
New South Wales 
8/157 (20 overs)
v
 Tasmania (H)
5/161 (19.5 overs)
Brad Haddin 49 (41)
David Warner 31 (22)
Ben Hilfenhaus 3/28 (4 overs)
George Bailey 54 (38)
Michael Dighton 29 (23)
Doug Bollinger 2/26 (3 overs)
 Tasmania won by 5 wickets with 1 ball remaining
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Umpires: SG John and BJ Muir
Player of the match: George Bailey

6 January 2008
16:30
Scorecard
South Australia 
7/127 (20 overs)
v
 Tasmania (H)
2/131 (10.3 overs)
Callum Ferguson 40 (36)
Nathan Adcock 39 (42)
Ben Hilfenhaus 2/21 (4 overs)
Rhett Lockyear 64 (27)
Michael Dighton 30 (21)
Mark Cosgrove 1/22 (2.3 overs)
 Tasmania won by 8 wickets with 57 balls remaining
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Attendance: 3,531
Umpires: SG John and GJ Luck
Player of the match: Rhett Lockyear

6 January 2008
18:30
Scorecard
(H) Victoria 
6/154 (20 overs)
v
 New South Wales
8/142 (20 overs)
David Hussey 70* (40)
Brad Hodge 44 (41)
Steve Smith 2/15 (2 overs)
Dominic Thornley 26 (20)
Moises Henriques 24 (16)
David Hussey 2/20 (4 overs)
 Victoria won by 12 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Attendance: 15,000
Umpires: AP Ward and JD Ward
Player of the match: David Hussey

6 January 2008
18:30
Scorecard
Queensland 
9/154 (20 overs)
v
 Western Australia (H)
6/157 (20 overs)
Shane Watson 51 (30)
Lee Carseldine 32 (21)
Brett Dorey 3/19 (4 overs)
Shaun Marsh 70 (49)
David Bandy 34* (26)
Lee Carseldine 2/13 (3 overs)
 Western Australia won by 4 wickets
WACA Ground, Perth
Attendance: 8,000
Umpires: JK Brookes and MD Martell
Player of the match: Shaun Marsh

8 January 2008
18:30
Scorecard
(H) New South Wales 
8/121 (20 overs)
v
 Queensland
115 (20 overs)
Dominic Thornley 40 (36)
Nathan Hauritz 23 (25)
Ashley Noffke 2/13 (4 overs)
Nathan Reardon 31 (31)
Aaron Nye 20 (17)
Steve Smith 4/15 (3 overs)
 New South Wales won by 6 runs
ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 23,000
Umpires: GA Abood and RD Goodger

8 January 2008
18:30
(H) Victoria 
7/178 (20 overs)
v
 Tasmania
171 (20 overs)
David Hussey 54 (33)
Cameron White 30 (26)
Brett Geeves 3/36 (4 overs)
Travis Birt 40 (24)
Michael Dighton 31 (20)
Clinton McKay 3/49 (4 overs)
 Victoria won by 7 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: PR Reiffel and AP Ward
Player of the match: David Hussey

8 January 2008
18:30
Scorecard
(H) South Australia 
97 (19.3 overs)
v
 Western Australia
5/98 (16.3 overs)
Nathan Adcock 28 (26)
Graham Manou 20* (25)
Ben Edmondson 4/14 (3.3 overs)
Adam Voges 36* (36)
Theo Doropoulos 25* (21)
Ryan Harris 2/18 (4 overs)
 Western Australia won by 5 wickets with 21 balls remaining
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Attendance: 4,580
Umpires: AR Collins and SJ Davis
Player of the match: Ben Edmondson

10 January 2008
Scorecard
(H) New South Wales 
7/159 (20 overs)
v
 Western Australia
4/160 (17.3 overs)
Steve Smith 33 (26)
Scott Coyte 28* (14)
Brett Dorey 2/23 (4 overs)
Shaun Marsh 67 (50)
Luke Ronchi 52 (26)
Steve Smith 3/18 (3.3 overs)
 Western Australia won by 6 wickets with 15 balls remaining
ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Umpires: GA Abood and TJ Keel
Player of the match: Luke Ronchi

10 January 2008
Scorecard
Victoria 
9/142 (20 overs)
v
 South Australia (H)
137 (19.3 overs)
David Hussey 50 (37)
Robert Quiney 20 (24)
Shaun Tait 3/28 (4 overs)
Daniel Harris 48 (36)
Daniel Christian 40 (20)
Bryce McGain 2/10 (4 overs)
 Victoria won by 5 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: SD Fry and AD Willoughby
Player of the match: David Hussey

10 January 2008
Scorecard
Tasmania 
8/174 (20 overs)
v
 Queensland (H)
1/177 (16.1 overs)
Luke Butterworth 36 (34)
Rhett Lockyear 24 (12)
Aaron Nye 3/28 (4 overs)
Shane Watson 69* (32)
James Hopes 60 (29)
Luke Butterworth 1/23 (2 overs)
 Queensland won by 9 wickets with 23 balls remaining
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
Attendance: 10,558
Umpires: AR Curran and BNJ Oxenford
Player of the match: James Hopes

Final

13 January 2008
17:00
Scorecard
Victoria 
8/203 (20 overs)
v
 Western Australia (H)
171 (19.3 overs)
Aiden Blizzard 47 (20)
David Hussey 38* (24)
Aaron Heal 2/25 (4 overs)
Shaun Marsh 86 (55)
Theo Doropoulos 43 (27)
Dirk Nannes 4/23 (4 overs)
 Victoria won by 32 runs
WACA Ground, Perth
Attendance: 16,589
Umpires: IH Lock and BNJ Oxenford
Player of the match: Aiden Blizzard

Statistics

Highest Team Totals

TeamTotalOpponentGround
 Victoria8/203 Western AustraliaWACA Ground
 Tasmania5/189 Western AustraliaWACA Ground
 Western Australia4/188 TasmaniaWACA Ground
 Western Australia5/187 VictoriaWACA Ground
 Victoria7/187 QueenslandTony Ireland Stadium

Most Runs

PlayerRunsInnsAvgS/RHS100s50s
Shaun Marsh (Western Australia)290658.00142.15863
David Hussey (Victoria)237647.40153.8970*3
Luke Pomersbach (Western Australia)178635.60142.40791
Brad Hodge (Victoria)172628.66126.4745
Aiden Blizzard (Victoria)145624.16185.8947

Highest Scores

PlayerScoreBallsOpponentGround4s6s
Shaun Marsh (Western Australia)8655VictoriaWACA Ground74
Luke Pomersbach (Western Australia)7945TasmaniaWACA Ground94
David Hussey (Victoria)70*40New South WalesMelbourne Cricket Ground44
Shaun Marsh (Western Australia)7049QueenslandWACA Ground81
Shane Watson (Queensland)69*32TasmaniaBrisbane Cricket Ground27

Most Wickets

PlayerWktsMtsAveS/REconBBI
Dirk Nannes (Victoria)12612.3312.06.164/23
Steve Smith (New South Wales)945.335.65.644/15
Aaron Heal (Western Australia)9617.6615.76.712/18
Brett Dorey (Western Australia)9620.4415.38.003/19
David Hussey (Victoria)8612.0011.26.402/10

Best Bowling Figures

PlayerOversFiguresOpponentGround
Ben Edmondson (Western Australia)4.04/14South AustraliaAdelaide Oval
Steve Smith (New South Wales)3.34/15QueenslandANZ Stadium
Dirk Nannes (Victoria)4.04/23Western AustraliaWACA Ground
Steve Smith (New South Wales)3.33/18Western AustraliaANZ Stadium
Brett Dorey (Western Australia)4.03/19QueenslandWACA Ground

Player of the Series

David Hussey, Victorian Bushrangers

See also

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