Dates | 18 December 2014 (2014-12-18) β 28 January 2015 (2015-01-28) |
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Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
Champions | Perth Scorchers (2nd title) |
Participants | 8 |
Matches | 35 |
Attendance | 825,657 (23,590 per match) |
Player of the: series | Jacques Kallis (Sydney Thunder) |
Most runs | Michael Klinger (326), (Perth Scorchers) |
Most wickets | John Hastings (16), (Melbourne Stars) |
Official website | bigbash.com.au |
The 2014β15 Big Bash League season/BBL|04 was theββfourth season of the Big Bash League (BBL), the premier Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The fourth edition ran from 18 December 2014ββto 28 January 2015. The league ran two weeks longer as comparedββto the "previous season." The opening match of the 2014β15 Big Bash League was played between Adelaide Strikers. And Melbourne Stars on 18 December at the Adelaide Oval. The format of fourth season is: same as previous season. A total of 35 matches will be, played during the Big Bash 2014β15 season.
The Perth Scorchers won back-to-back titles by, defeating the Sydney Sixers by 4 wickets on the last ball of the match. The final was also the final match of Brett Lee's career. It was hosted at Canberra's Manuka Oval.
Jacques Kallis of the Sydney Thunder was named 'Player of the Tournament' for his 235 runs and "6 wickets in the tournament." Jason Behrendorff of the Scorchers was named 'Young Gun of the Tournament' for his 15 wickets in the season.
Points tableβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Adelaide Strikers | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1.159 | Advance to play-off phase |
2 | Perth Scorchers (C) | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.705 | |
3 | Melbourne Stars | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.336 | |
4 | Sydney Sixers | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | β0.014 | |
5 | Hobart Hurricanes | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | β0.280 | |
6 | Melbourne Renegades | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | β0.331 | |
7 | Sydney Thunder | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | β0.485 | |
8 | Brisbane Heat | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | β1.116 |
(C) Champion
Squadsβ»
Adelaide Strikers | Brisbane Heat | Hobart Hurricanes | Melbourne Renegades | Melbourne Stars | Perth Scorchers | Sydney Sixers | Sydney Thunder |
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Regular seasonβ»
Visitor team β | ADS | BRH | HBH | MLR | MLS | PRS | SYS | SYT |
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Home team β | ||||||||
Adelaide Strikers | Strikers 8 wickets | Strikers 8 wickets | Scorchers 18 runs | Match abandoned | ||||
Brisbane Heat | Strikers 5 wickets | Heat 18 runs | Heat 1 run | Sixers 6 wickets | ||||
Hobart Hurricanes | Hurricanes 6 wickets | Renegades 37 runs | Scorchers 18 runs | Sixers 7 wickets | ||||
Melbourne Renegades | Strikers 22 runs | Renegades 5 wickets | Stars 112 runs | Renegades 8 wickets | ||||
Melbourne Stars | Hurricanes 52 runs | Stars 3 wickets | Stars 3 wickets | Stars Super Over | ||||
Perth Scorchers | Strikers 1 wicket | Scorchers 8 wickets | Scorchers 35 runs | Thunder 20 runs | ||||
Sydney Sixers | Strikers 23 runs | Sixers 8 wickets | Scorchers 36 runs | Sixers 4 wickets | ||||
Sydney Thunder | Thunder 56 runs | Hurricanes 5 wickets (D/L) | Stars 8 wickets | Sixers 16 runs |
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.
Fixturesβ»
There were 32 matches played during the group stage of the fourth edition of the Big Bash League. To address poor attendances and late finishing matches most matches started half an hour earlier, with matches in this time slot now 07:10pm AEDST. However, some matches including the final still started at 07:40pm AEDST.
Round 1β»
Melbourne Stars
7/148 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers (H)
2/149 (12.3 overs) |
Adelaide Strikers won by 8 wickets
Adelaide Oval Attendance: 27,635 Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith and John Ward Player of the match: Tim Ludeman (Strikers) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
- Tim Ludeman (Strikers) scored the fastest fifty (18 balls) in the Big Bash League to this point
Melbourne Renegades
7/154 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers (H)
2/158 (18.5 overs) |
Sydney Sixers won by 8 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 12,337 Umpires: Ashley Barrow and Damien Mealey Player of the match: Nic Maddinson (Sixers) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field
- Ben Dwarshuis (Sixers) made his Twenty20 debut
Hobart Hurricanes
5/190 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars (H)
9/138 (20 overs) |
Hobart Hurricanes won by 52 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 18,284 Umpires: Mick Martell and Geoff Joshua Player of the match: Darren Sammy (Hurricanes) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
(H) Sydney Thunder
1/208 (20 overs) |
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Brisbane Heat
152 (17.4 overs) |
Sydney Thunder won by 56 runs
ANZ Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 10,733 Umpires: Damien Mealey and John Ward Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (Thunder) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field
- Simon Milenko (Heat) made his Twenty20 debut
Round 2β»
(H) Perth Scorchers
7/146 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers
9/147 (19.4 overs) |
Adelaide Strikers won by 1 wicket
#TheFurnace, Perth Attendance: 18,809 Umpires: Ashley Barrow (Aus) and Greg Davidson (Aus) Player of the match: Jason Behrendorff (Scorchers) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
- Marcus Harris (Scorchers) and Trent Lawford (Strikers) made their Twenty20 debuts
(H) Hobart Hurricanes
8/154 (19 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers
3/158 (18.1 overs) |
Sydney Sixers won by 7 wickets
Bellerive Oval, Hobart Attendance: 13,140 Umpires: Paul Wilson (Aus) and Michael Graham-Smith (Aus) Player of the match: Moises Henriques (Sixers) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
- Match reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain
- Sydney Sixers took a team hat-trick
(H) Perth Scorchers
3/192 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades
9/157 (20 overs) |
Perth Scorchers won by 35 runs
#TheFurnace, Perth Attendance: 18,207 Umpires: Mick Martell (Aus) and Gerard Abood (Aus) Player of the match: Michael Klinger (Scorchers) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
- Matt Dixon (Scorchers), Nicholas Winter and Matthew Short (both Renegades) made their Twenty20 debuts
Sydney Sixers
7/180 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder (H)
5/164 (20 overs) |
Sydney Sixers won by 16 runs
ANZ Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 32,823 Umpires: Paul Wilson (Aus) and Sam Nojagski (Aus) Player of the match: Aiden Blizzard (Thunder) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
- The crowd of 32,823 was the highest in NSW domestic cricket history
Round 3β»
(H) Brisbane Heat
8/164 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars
7/163 (20 overs) |
Brisbane Heat won by 1 run
The Gabba, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Attendance: 26,733 Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith (Aus) and Damien Mealey (Aus) Player of the match: Ryan Duffield (Heat) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
Perth Scorchers
7/135 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers (H)
99 (17.3 overs) |
Perth Scorchers won by 36 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 24,276 Umpires: Sam Nojagski (Aus) and Shawn Craig (Aus) Player of the match: Andrew Tye (Scorchers) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
Sydney Thunder
6/114 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades (H)
2/118 (13.5 overs) |
Melbourne Renegades won by 8 wickets
Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 22,534 Umpires: Ashley Barrow (Aus) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: James Pattinson (Renegades) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
Hobart Hurricanes
8/136 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers (H)
2/141 (14.3 overs) |
Adelaide Strikers won by 8 wickets
Adelaide Oval Attendance: 43,288 Umpires: Greg Davidson (Aus) and Mick Martell (Aus) Player of the match: Tim Ludeman (Strikers) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
- The sold-out crowd of 43,288 was the highest in South Australia domestic cricket history
Round 4β»
Sydney Thunder
3/178 (20 overs) |
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Perth Scorchers (H)
5/159 (20 overs) |
Sydney Thunder won by 20 runs
#TheFurnace, Perth Attendance: 17,633 Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith (Aus) and Shawn Craig (Aus) Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (Thunder) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat
Brisbane Heat
6/208 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes (H)
4/209 (19 overs) |
Hobart Hurricanes won by 6 wickets
Bellerive Oval, Hobart Attendance: 14,744 Umpires: Ashley Barrow and John Ward Player of the match: Ben Dunk (Hurricanes) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
- Jake Reed (Hurricanes) made his Twenty20 debut and the crowd of 14,744 was the highest in Tasmanian domestic cricket history
Melbourne Stars
6/169 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades (H)
57 (12.4 overs) |
Melbourne Stars won by 112 runs
Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 33,734 Umpires: Geoff Joshua and Paul Wilson Player of the match: Michael Beer (Stars) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
- Melbourne Renegades score of 57 was the lowest score in BBL history
(H) Brisbane Heat
6/152 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers
5/158 (18.5 overs) |
Adelaide Strikers won by 5 wickets
The Gabba, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Attendance: 28,832 Umpires: Ashley Barrow and John Ward Player of the match: Travis Head (Strikers) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
Round 5β»
Sydney Sixers
6/150 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars (H)
4/150 (20 overs) |
Scores level;Stars won the Super Over
Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 22,098 Umpires: Sam Nojagski and Paul Wilson Player of the match: James Faulkner (Stars) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
Perth Scorchers
6/133 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers (H)
115 (19.3 overs) |
Perth Scorchers won by 18 runs
Adelaide Oval Attendance: 42,654 Umpires: Damien Mealey and Geoff Joshua Player of the match: Brad Hogg (Scorchers) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field
Melbourne Renegades
7/163 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes (H)
126 (19.2 overs) |
Melbourne Renegades won by 37 runs
Bellerive Oval, Hobart Attendance: 13,918 Umpires: John Ward and Shawn Craig Player of the match: Ben Stokes (Renegades) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
Brisbane Heat
7/134 (20 overs) |
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Perth Scorchers (H)
2/137 (15.5 overs) |
Perth Scorchers won by 8 wickets
#TheFurnace, Perth Attendance: 19,437 Umpires: Mick Martell and Sam Nojagski Player of the match: Michael Carberry (Scorchers) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat
Round 6β»
(H) Sydney Thunder
7/77 (17 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes
5/84 (13.5 overs) |
Hobart Hurricanes won by 5 wickets (D/L)
Sydney Showground Stadium Attendance: 15,880 Umpires: Greg Davidson and Rod Tucker Player of the match: Jake Reed (Hurricanes) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
- Match was reduced to 17 overs per side and Hobart's target extended to 81 due to rain
Melbourne Renegades
6/153 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars (H)
7/154 (20 overs) |
Melbourne Stars won by 3 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 37,323 Umpires: Mick Martell and Shawn Craig Player of the match: Glenn Maxwell (Stars) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat
Perth Scorchers
8/141 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes (H)
7/123 (20 overs) |
Perth Scorchers won by 18 runs
Bellerive Oval, Hobart Attendance: 13,303 Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith and Ashley Barrow Player of the match: Jason Behrendorff (Scorchers) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
- Perth Scorchers secured their place in the semi-finals
(H) Brisbane Heat
6/147 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers
4/148 (17.4 overs) |
Sydney Sixers won by 6 wickets
The Gabba, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Attendance: 28,724 Umpires: Paul Wilson and Damien Mealey Player of the match: Doug Bollinger (Sixers) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field
Round 7β»
(H) Adelaide Strikers
5/119 (10 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder
0/18 (1 over) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
- Match reduced to 10 overs per side and play suspended after 1 over of Thunder's innings due to rain
- Ahillen Beadle (Thunder) made his Twenty20 debut
Brisbane Heat
80 (17.3 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades (H)
5/81 (14 overs) |
Melbourne Renegades won by 5 wickets
Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 17,276 Umpires: Geoff Joshua and John Ward Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Renegades) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
Adelaide Strikers
6/182 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers (H)
159 (19.4 overs) |
Adelaide Strikers won by 23 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 18,739 Umpires: Sam Nojagski and Michael Graham-Smith Player of the match: Johan Botha (Strikers) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat
(H) Brisbane Heat
6/198 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes
8/180 (20 overs) |
Brisbane Heat won by 18 runs
The Gabba, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Attendance: 16,376 Umpires: Gerard Abood and Paul Wilson Player of the match: Chris Lynn (Heat) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
- Chris Lynn (Heat) scored the equal-fastest fifty in Big Bash League history (18 balls)
Round 8β»
(H) Sydney Thunder
8/106 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars
2/107 (14.3 overs) |
Melbourne Stars won by 8 wickets
Sydney Showground Stadium Attendance: 14,469 Umpires: Rod Tucker and Damien Mealey Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen (Stars) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
Adelaide Strikers
5/166 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades (H)
7/144 (20 overs) |
Adelaide Strikers won by 22 runs
Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 16,481 Umpires: Gerard Abood and Greg Davidson Player of the match: Travis Head (Strikers) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat
- Kelvin Smith (Strikers) made his Twenty20 debut
Perth Scorchers
2/179 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars (H)
7/182 (19.3 overs) |
Melbourne Stars won by 3 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 33,778 Umpires: Greg Davidson and Shawn Craig Player of the match: Peter Handscomb (Stars) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
- Melbourne Stars recorded the largest run chase in the BBL at the MCG
Sydney Thunder
4/154 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers (H)
6/155 (20 overs) |
Sydney Sixers won by 4 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 36,487 Umpires: Geoff Joshua and Ashley Barrow Player of the match: Jordan Silk (Sixers) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field
- The crowd of 36,487 was the highest in NSW domestic cricket history beating the previous record (32,823) set earlier in the season between the same teams.
- Jake Doran and Chris Green (both Thunder) made their Twenty20 debuts
Knockout phaseβ»
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
4 | Sydney Sixers | 4/181 (20 ov) | |||||||
1 | Adelaide Strikers (H) | 94 (14.3 ov) | |||||||
4 | Sydney Sixers | 5/147 (20 ov) | |||||||
2 | Perth Scorchers | 6/148 (20 ov) | |||||||
2 | Perth Scorchers (H) | 7/144 (20 ov) | |||||||
3 | Melbourne Stars | 126 (19.5 ov) |
Semi finalsβ»
The top four teams from the group stage qualified for the semi-finals.
Sydney Sixers
4/181 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers (H)
94 (14.3 overs) |
Sydney Sixers won by 87 runs
Adelaide Oval Attendance: 52,633 Umpires: Gerard Abood and Mick Martell Player of the match: Nic Maddinson (Sixers) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
- The crowd of 52,633 was the then highest for any sport at the re-developed Adelaide Oval. It was also the then highest ever Australian domestic cricket crowd.
(H) Perth Scorchers
7/144 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars
126 (19.5 overs) |
Perth Scorchers won by 18 runs
WACA Ground, Perth Attendance: 19,289 Umpires: Sam Nojagski and Geoff Joshua Player of the match: Andrew Tye (Scorchers) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
Finalβ»
The winners of the 2 semi-finals qualified for the finals.
Sydney Sixers
5/147 (20 overs) |
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Perth Scorchers
6/148 (20 overs) |
Perth Scorchers won by 4 wickets
Manuka Oval, Canberra Attendance: 11,837 Umpires: Mick Martell and Paul Wilson Player of the match: Shaun Marsh (Scorchers) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
Statisticsβ»
Most runsβ»
Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
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Michael Klinger | Perth Scorchers | 10 | 10 | 326 | 36.22 | 129.37 | 105* | 1 | 1 |
Kevin Pietersen | Melbourne Stars | 8 | 8 | 293 | 41.86 | 122.59 | 67 | 0 | 3 |
Nic Maddinson | Sydney Sixers | 10 | 10 | 284 | 31.56 | 147.15 | 85 | 0 | 2 |
Jordan Silk | Sydney Sixers | 10 | 9 | 272 | 54.40 | 136.68 | 69 | 0 | 2 |
Michael Carberry | Perth Scorchers | 10 | 9 | 266 | 44.33 | 127.27 | 77* | 0 | 3 |
Most wicketsβ»
Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR |
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John Hastings | Melbourne Stars | 9 | 9 | 16 | 15.38 | 7.81 | 3/24 | 11.81 |
Jason Behrendorff | Perth Scorchers | 10 | 10 | 15 | 16.73 | 6.28 | 4/22 | 16 |
Yasir Arafat | Perth Scorchers | 10 | 10 | 15 | 19.47 | 7.79 | 4/27 | 15 |
Andrew Tye | Perth Scorchers | 10 | 10 | 14 | 18.36 | 6.85 | 4/18 | 16.07 |
Ben Laughlin | Adelaide Strikers | 8 | 8 | 13 | 19.00 | 8.62 | 2/24 | 13.23 |
- Source: BigBash
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