2012–13 Big Bash League season
# 2012–13 Big Bash League season

The 2012–13 Big Bash League season or BBL|02 was the second season of the Big Bash League, the premier Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The tournament began on 7 December 2012, with the final being held on 19 January 2013.

The defending champions, Sydney Sixers were knocked out in the group stage. Melbourne Renegades finished first in the group stage with 7 wins and a loss. Perth Scorchers, Melbourne Stars and Brisbane Heat were the other teams to reach the semi-finals.

In the first semi-final, Brisbane Heat defeated Melbourne Renegades by 15 runs to make it to the finals of the Big Bash League for the first time. In the other semi-final, Perth Scorchers defeated Melbourne Stars by 8 wickets in a rain curtailed match to make it to the finals for the second time in a row. Melbourne Stars failed to advance to the final for the second successive year.

In the final, Brisbane Heat beat Perth Scorchers by 34 runs to lift their first Big Bash League title. Perth Scorchers finished runners-up for the second successive year.

Aaron Finch of Melbourne Renegades was named Player of the tournament for scoring 332 runs in the tournament including an unbeaten century. Shaun Marsh of Perth Scorchers finished as the leading run-getter of the tournament as he amassed 412 runs in 9 innings. Ben Laughlin of Hobart Hurricanes was the leading wicket-taker of the tournament. He took 14 wickets in 8 matches.

The highest individual score of the tournament was 112* by Luke Pomersbach of Brisbane Heat in the semi-final game against Melbourne Renegades. Lasith Malinga took the best bowling figures of the tournament, capturing 6 wickets for 7 runs for Melbourne Stars against Perth Scorchers. This was the best bowling figures in Twenty20 cricket of Malinga's career and also the best bowling in a Twenty20 game on Australian soil.

The two finalists, Perth Scorchers and Brisbane Heat qualified for the 2013 Champions League Twenty20.

## Points table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Melbourne Renegades | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0.791 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 2 | Perth Scorchers | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1.322 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 3 | Melbourne Stars | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0.246 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 4 | Brisbane Heat (C) | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0.464 | Advance to play-off phase |
| 5 | Adelaide Strikers | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | −0.162 | |
| 6 | Hobart Hurricanes | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | −0.569 | |
| 7 | Sydney Sixers | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | −0.380 | |
| 8 | Sydney Thunder | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | −1.360 | |

## Format

This season featured the same number of teams as the previous season but included a new format with an expanded group stage. This new format consists of 35 matches. The new group stage has each team play eight matches, two of which are against the same team. The four best performing teams from the group stage advance to the knockout stage.

The rules for the tournament deviate from those in the laws of cricket where any no-ball will be followed by a free hit.

## Signings

The official Player Signing Window opened on 9 July 2012 and closed on 20 July 2012. Each team had a salary cap of A$1 million and could sign up to a maximum of 18 players, but no fewer than 14, including two international players. The minimum playing contract was set at A$20,000.

Unlike the 2011/12 inaugural season, Cricket Australia decided that each player had the opportunity to sign multi-year deals with the contract window opening on 9 July 2012 and ending on 20 July.

## League progression

| | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Group matches | Knockout | Knockout |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | SF | F |
| Adelaide Strikers | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | | |
| Brisbane Heat | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | W | W |
| Hobart Hurricanes | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | | |
| Melbourne Renegades | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | L | |
| Melbourne Stars | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | L | |
| Perth Scorchers | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | W | L |
| Sydney Sixers | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | | |
| Sydney Thunder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Win | Loss |

    Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
    Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (knockout) to see the summary for the match.

## Results

### Group stage

| Visitor team → | ADS | BRH | HBH | MLR | MLS | PRS | SYS | SYT |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Home team ↓ | ADS | BRH | HBH | MLR | MLS | PRS | SYS | SYT |
| Adelaide Strikers | | Heat 3 wickets | | | Stars 8 runs | Scorchers 98 runs | Strikers 9 wickets | |
| Brisbane Heat | | | Hurricanes 8 wickets | | Heat 24 runs | Scorchers 9 wickets | Sixers 5 wickets | |
| Hobart Hurricanes | Strikers 38 runs | Heat 8 wickets | | | | Hurricanes 6 wickets | | Hurricanes 30 runs |
| Melbourne Renegades | Renegades 48 runs | Renegades 6 wickets | Renegades 7 wickets | | Renegades 8 wickets | | | |
| Melbourne Stars | | | Stars 4 wickets | Renegades 9 wickets | | | Stars 21 runs | Stars 13 runs |
| Perth Scorchers | Strikers 6 wickets | | | Scorchers 51 runs | Stars 24 runs | | | Scorchers 9 wickets |
| Sydney Sixers | | | Hurricanes 7 wickets | Renegades 29 runs | | Scorchers 7 wickets | | Sixers 7 wickets |
| Sydney Thunder | Strikers 51 runs | Heat 5 wickets | | Renegades 5 wickets | | | Sixers 4 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.

### Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Melbourne Renegades (H) | 9/168 (20 overs) | | | |
| 4 | Brisbane Heat | 3/183 (20 overs) | | | |
| 4 | Brisbane Heat | 3/183 (20 overs) | 4 | Brisbane Heat | 5/167 (20 overs) |
| | | | 2 | Perth Scorchers (H) | 9/133 (20 overs) |
| 2 | Perth Scorchers (H) (D/L) | 2/142 (13 overs) | 2 | Perth Scorchers (H) | 9/133 (20 overs) |
| 3 | Melbourne Stars | 2/183 (18 overs) | | | |

## Fixtures

    Times shown are in Australian Western Standard Time (UTC+08) 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 remaining venues.

### Group stage

* 7 December 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Melbourne Stars 5/167 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades (H) 2/168 (18.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Luke Wright 95 (41) Aaron O'Brien 2/27 (4 overs) | | Aaron Finch 111* (65) Jackson Bird 1/29 (4 overs) |

* Melbourne Renegades won by 8 wickets Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 23,589 Umpires: Simon Fry & Paul Reiffel Player of the match: Aaron Finch (Melbourne Renegades)
* Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
* 8 December 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Sydney Thunder 5/143 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers (H) 3/147 (18.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Ryan Carters 33* (24) Luke Feldman 2/19 (4 overs) | | Brad Haddin 59 (48) Chris Tremain 2/27 (4 overs) |

* Sydney Sixers won by 7 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 15,279 Umpires: Ashley Barrow & Tony Ward Player of the match: Brad Haddin (Sydney Sixers)
* Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field
* Twenty20 debuts: Gurinder Sandhu & Chris Tremain (Sydney Thunder)
* 9 December 17:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| (H) Brisbane Heat 6/172 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 2/175 (19 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Daniel Christian 49 (34) Evan Gulbis 3/29 (4 overs) | | Travis Birt 57* (40) Ben Cutting 1/19 (3 overs) |

* Hobart Hurricanes won by 8 wickets The Gabba, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Attendance: 14,057 Umpires: Steve Davies & Damien Mealey Player of the match: Travis Birt (Hobart)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat
* Twenty20 debuts: Joe Burns & Cameron Gannon (Brisbane Heat)
* 9 December 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| (H) Perth Scorchers 6/162 (20 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers 4/164 (19.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Adam Voges 58 (41) Gary Putland 2/39 (4 overs) | | Phillip Hughes 74 (48) Joe Mennie 1/29 (4 overs) |

* Adelaide Strikers won by 6 wickets WACA Ground, Perth Attendance: 12,117 Umpires: Ian Lock & Paul Wilson Player of the match: Phillip Hughes (Adelaide)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
* 12 December 17:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| (H) Perth Scorchers 69 (15.2 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 0/29 (2.0 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Hilton Cartwright 17 (16) Lasith Malinga 6/7 (4 overs) | | Luke Wright 23* (11) |

* Melbourne Stars won by 10 wickets (D/L) WACA Ground, Perth Attendance: 4,329 Umpires: Ian Lock & John Ward Player of the match: Lasith Malinga (Melbourne Stars)
* Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
* Twenty20 debuts: Peter Handscomb (Melbourne Stars), Hilton Cartwright & Marcus Stoinis (Perth Scorchers)
* 13 December 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| (H) Adelaide Strikers 8/185 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat 7/186 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Callum Ferguson 52 (36) Thisara Perera 3/27 (4 overs) | | Luke Pomersbach 65 (39) Kieron Pollard 2/38 (4 overs) |

* Brisbane Heat won by 3 wickets Adelaide Oval Attendance: 10,546 Umpires: Damien Mealey & Paul Wilson Player of the match: Luke Pomersbach (Brisbane)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field
* Twenty20 debut: Cameron Boyce (Adelaide Strikers)
* 14 December 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| (H) Sydney Thunder 7/116 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 5/117 (18.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Chris Tremain 37* (23) Aaron O'Brien 3/15 (3 overs) | | Aaron Finch 31 (33) Azhar Mahmood 2/18 (4 overs) |

* Melbourne Renegades won by 5 wickets ANZ Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 7,413 Umpires: Ashley Barrow & Tony Ward Player of the match: Aaron O'Brien (Melbourne Renegades)
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
* 15 December 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Hobart Hurricanes 8/134 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars (H) 6/135 (19.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Tim Paine 46 (46) Clint McKay 3/24 (4 overs) | | Rob Quiney 35 (31) Ben Laughlin 3/14 (4 overs) |

* Melbourne Stars won by 4 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance: 11,184 Umpires: Geoff Joshua & Mick Martell Player of the match: Clint McKay (Melbourne Stars)
* Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
* 16 December 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| (H) Sydney Sixers 9/113 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 3/114 (19.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Stephen O'Keefe 29 (34) Michael Beer 2/19 (4 overs) | | Herschelle Gibbs 40 (42) Luke Feldman 1/13 (3.2 overs) |

* Perth Scorchers won by 7 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 9,057 Umpires: Gerard Abood & Tony Ward Player of the match: Michael Beer (Perth)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
* 18 December 18:30 (D/N) Scorecard

| (H) Brisbane Heat 4/109 (13.1 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 1/51 (4.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Chris Lynn 51 (29) Alfonso Thomas 3/15 (3 overs) | | Nathan Coulter-Nile 23* (6) James Hopes 1/6 (1 over) |

* Perth Scorchers won by 9 wickets (D/L) The Gabba, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Attendance: 10,600 Umpires: Damien Mealey & Paul Reiffel Player of the match: Nathan Coulter-Nile (Perth)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
* 19 December 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Hobart Hurricanes 9/102 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades (H) 3/103 (13.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Ricky Ponting 25 (25) Nathan Rimmington 3/18 (4 overs) | | Aaron Finch 46* (40) Xavier Doherty 2/17 (4 overs) |

* Melbourne Renegades won by 7 wickets Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 7,951 Umpires: Sam Nogajski & John Ward Player of the match: Marlon Samuels (Melbourne Renegades)
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
* 20 December 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Adelaide Strikers 6/177 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder (H) 126 (18.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Michael Klinger 60 (46) Dirk Nannes 4/17 (4 overs) | | Scott Coyte 33 (15) Kane Richardson 3/9 (3.4 overs) |

* Adelaide Strikers won by 51 runs ANZ Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 4,101 Umpires: Bruce Oxenford & Paul Reiffel Player of the match: Kane Richardson (Adelaide)
* Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
* Twenty20 debut: Adam Zampa (Sydney Thunder)
* 21 December 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| (H) Melbourne Stars 6/177 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers 5/156 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Glenn Maxwell 82 (50) Ian Moran 3/30 (3 overs) | | Steve O'Keefe 42 (35) Shane Warne 2/32 (4 overs) |

* Melbourne Stars won by 21 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance: 14,260 Umpires: Ashley Barrow & Tony Ward Player of the match: Glenn Maxwell (Melbourne Stars)
* Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field
* Twenty20 debut: Scott Henry (Melbourne Stars)
* 22 December 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Brisbane Heat 7/133 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades (H) 4/137 (19.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Thisara Perera 38 (24) Muttiah Muralitharan 2/22 (4 overs) | | Aaron Finch 33 (34) Ben Cutting 2/12 (4 overs) |

* Melbourne Renegades won by 6 wickets Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 7,023 Umpires: Gerard Abood & Bruce Oxenford Player of the match: Ben Cutting (Brisbane)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat
* 23 December 16:30 Scorecard

| (H) Hobart Hurricanes 4/177 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder 9/147 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Ricky Ponting 63 (45) Adam Zampa 3/26 (4 overs) | | Simon Keen 24 (12) Xavier Doherty 3/32 (4 overs) |

* Hobart Hurricanes won by 30 runs Bellerive Oval, Hobart Attendance: 12,209 Umpires: Tony Ward & John Ward Player of the match: Ricky Ponting (Hobart)
* Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
* 23 December 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Sydney Sixers 6/135 (20 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers (H) 1/136 (15.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Steve Smith 58 (43) Shaun Tait 2/13 (3 overs) | | Tim Ludeman 71 (43) Stephen O'Keefe 1/24 (2.5 overs) |

* Adelaide Strikers won by 9 wickets Adelaide Oval Attendance: 11,730 Umpires: Simon Fry & Sam Nogajski Player of the match: Tim Ludeman (Adelaide)
* Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
* Twenty20 debut: Brad Young (Adelaide Strikers)
* 26 December 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| (H) Sydney Sixers 8/154 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 3/158 (19.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Michael Lumb 34 (22) Ben Laughlin 4/31 (4 overs) | | Ricky Ponting 63 (52) Luke Feldman 2/21 (4 overs) |

* Hobart Hurricanes won by 7 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 11,005 Umpires: Steve Davis & Damien Mealey Player of the match: Ricky Ponting (Hobart)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
* Twenty20 debuts: Daniel Hughes & Kurtis Patterson (Sydney Sixers)
* 27 December 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Melbourne Stars 8/175 (20 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers (H) 4/167 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Brad Hodge 88 (58) Shaun Tait 2/36 (4 overs) | | Kieron Pollard 65* (43) James Faulkner 2/32 (4 overs) |

* Melbourne Stars won by 8 runs Adelaide Oval Attendance: 15,344 Umpires: Geoff Joshua & Ian Lock Player of the match: Brad Hodge (Melbourne Stars)
* Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
* Twenty20 debut: Clive Rose (Melbourne Stars)
* 28 December 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| (H) Sydney Thunder 126 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat 5/127 (16.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Chris Gayle 28 (28) Daniel Christian 5/26 (4 overs) | | Chris Lynn 51* (38) Chris Tremain 2/27 (4 overs) |

* Brisbane Heat won by 5 wickets ANZ Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 8,610 Umpires: Steve Davis & Paul Reiffel Player of the match: Daniel Christian (Brisbane)
* Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat
* 29 December 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| (H) Perth Scorchers 3/187 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 136 (19.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Shaun Marsh 85 (52) Will Sheridan 1/22 (3 overs) | | Ben Rohrer 52 (33) Alfonso Thomas 4/8 (3 overs) |

* Perth Scorchers won by 51 runs WACA Ground, Perth Attendance: 14,000 Umpires: Geoff Joshua & Mick Martell Player of the match: Shaun Marsh (Perth)
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
* Twenty20 debut: Jason Behrendorff (Perth Scorchers)
* 30 December 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| (H) Sydney Thunder 6/132 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers 6/136 (19 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Usman Khawaja 66 (47) Josh Lalor 2/20 (4 overs) | | Daniel Hughes 51* (36) Dirk Nannes 3/24 (4 overs) |

* Sydney Sixers won by 4 wickets ANZ Stadium, Sydney Attendance: 20,986 Umpires: Gerard Abood & Ashley Barrow Player of the match: Daniel Hughes (Sydney Sixers)
* Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat
* 1 January 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Perth Scorchers 8/152 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes (H) 4/153 (18.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Simon Katich 66 (41) Ben Laughlin 3/19 (4 overs) | | Tim Paine 74* (57) Brad Hogg 3/17 (4 overs) |

* Hobart Hurricanes won by 6 wickets Bellerive Oval, Hobart Attendance: 12,110 Umpires: Simon Fry & Paul Wilson Player of the match: Tim Paine (Hobart)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
* 2 January 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| (H) Melbourne Renegades 6/155 (20 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers 107 (18.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Tom Cooper 59 (46) Brad Young 2/37 (4 overs) | | Johan Botha 31 (31) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/18 (4 overs) |

* Melbourne Renegades won by 48 runs Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 14,174 Umpires: Paul Wilson and Sam Nogajski Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan (Melbourne Renegades)
* Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field
* 3 January 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| (H) Brisbane Heat 5/171 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 9/147 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| James Hopes 49 (40) Lasith Malinga 3/26 (4 overs) | | Luke Wright 34 (30) Thisara Perera 3/18 (2 overs) |

* Brisbane Heat won by 24 runs The Gabba, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Attendance: 24,570 Umpires: Ian Lock & Mick Martell Player of the match: James Hopes (Brisbane)
* Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
* 4 January 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Sydney Thunder 9/113 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers (H) 1/117 (13.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Usman Khawaja 56 (45) Brad Hogg 4/29 (4 overs) | | Shaun Marsh 56* (45) Gurinder Sandhu 1/18 (4 overs) |

* Perth Scorchers won by 9 wickets WACA Ground, Perth Attendance: 15,708 Umpires: Damien Mealey & John Ward Player of the match: Jason Behrendorff (Perth)
* Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat
* 5 January 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Adelaide Strikers 4/162 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes (H) 8/124 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Michael Klinger 71* (61) Xavier Doherty 1/25 (4 overs) | | Tim Paine 33 (31) Cameron Boyce 3/17 (3 overs) |

* Adelaide Strikers won by 38 runs Bellerive Oval, Hobart Attendance: 12,009 Umpires: Geoff Joshua & Ian Lock Player of the match: Cameron Boyce (Adelaide)
* Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat
* 6 January 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| (H) Melbourne Stars 9/146 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 1/147 (18.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Luke Wright 29 (22) Will Sheridan 3/36 (4 overs) | | Aaron Finch 67* (47) Shane Warne 1/24 (4 overs) |

* Melbourne Renegades won by 9 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance: 46,581 Umpires: Sam Nogajski & Simon Fry Player of the match: Aaron Finch (Melbourne Renegades)
* Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
* 7 January 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| (H) Brisbane Heat 9/127 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers 5/128 (19 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Luke Pomersbach 37 (33) Stephen O'Keefe 3/21 (4 overs) | | Michael Lumb 61* (55) Ben Cutting 2/9 (3 overs) |

* Sydney Sixers won by 5 wickets The Gabba, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Attendance: 14,362 Umpires: Bruce Oxenford & Damien Mealey Player of the match: Michael Lumb (Sydney Sixers)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat
* 8 January 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| (H) Melbourne Stars 8/145 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder 132 (19.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Brad Hodge 39 (26) Chris Gayle 2/5 (1 over) | | Chris Gayle 65 (43) James Faulkner 3/24 (3.4 overs) |

* Melbourne Stars won by 13 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Attendance: 13,680 Umpires: Geoff Joshua & Mick Martell Player of the match: Chris Gayle (Sydney Thunder)
* Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
* 9 January 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Melbourne Renegades 5/178 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers (H) 149 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Alex Hales 89 (52) Moisés Henriques 1/9 (1 over) | | Stephen O'Keefe 41 (29) Nathan Rimmington 3/27 (4 overs) |

* Melbourne Renegades won by 29 runs Sydney Cricket Ground Attendance: 17,801 Umpires: Gerard Abood & Ashley Barrow Player of the match: Alex Hales (Melbourne Renegades)
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat
* Twenty20 debut: Fawad Ahmed (Melbourne Renegades)
* 10 January 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Perth Scorchers 4/189 (20 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers (H) 91 (18.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Shaun Marsh 79 (60) Kane Richardson 2/42 (4 overs) | | Kane Richardson 20 (17) Nathan Coulter-Nile 3/13 (3 overs) |

* Perth Scorchers won by 98 runs Adelaide Oval Attendance: 15,657 Umpires: Paul Wilson and Mick Martell Player of the match: Shaun Marsh (Perth)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
* Twenty20 debut: Travis Head (Adelaide Strikers)
* 12 January 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| (H) Hobart Hurricanes 3/150 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat 2/152 (14.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Jonathan Wells 40 (24) Daniel Christian 2/32 (4 overs) | | Luke Pomersbach 82 (42) Ben Laughlin 1/35 (3 overs) |

* Brisbane Heat won by 8 wickets Bellerive Oval, Hobart Attendance: 12,098 Umpires: Gerard Abood & Sam Nogajski Player of the match: Luke Pomersbach (Brisbane)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
* Twenty20 debuts: Mark Higgs (Hobart Hurricanes) & Chris Sabburg (Brisbane Heat)

### Knockout phase

* 15 January 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Brisbane Heat 3/183 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades (H) 9/168 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Luke Pomersbach 112* (70) Aaron Finch 1/23 (2 overs) | | Ben Rohrer 42 (22) Ben Cutting 3/24 (4 overs) |

* Brisbane Heat won by 15 runs Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Attendance: 16,285 Umpires: John Ward & Paul Wilson Player of the match: Luke Pomersbach (Brisbane)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
* 16 January 17:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Melbourne Stars 2/183 (18 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers (H) 2/142 (13 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Cameron White 88 (53) Nathan Coulter-Nile 1/24 (4 overs) | | Shaun Marsh 68 (40) James Faulkner 1/22 (3 overs) |

* Perth Scorchers won by 8 wickets (D/L) WACA Ground, Perth Attendance: 17,903 Umpires: Simon Fry & Mick Martell Player of the match: Shaun Marsh (Perth)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain first reduced the match to 18 overs per side. It then reduced the Perth Scorchers' innings to 13 overs with a target of 139 runs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.
* Twenty20 debut: Alex Keath (Melbourne Stars)
* 19 January 17:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Brisbane Heat 5/167 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers (H) 9/133 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Joe Burns 43 (27) Jason Behrendorff 2/38 (4 overs) | | Adam Voges 49 (32) Kemar Roach 3/18 (4 overs) |

* Brisbane Heat won by 34 runs WACA Ground, Perth Attendance: 18,517 Umpires: Simon Fry & Mick Martell Player of the match: Nathan Hauritz (Brisbane)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.

## Statistics

### Highest team totals

The following table lists the five highest team scores during this season.

| Team | Total | Opponent | Ground |
| - | - | - | - |
| Perth Scorchers | 4/189 (20 overs) | Adelaide Strikers | Adelaide Oval |
| Perth Scorchers | 3/187 (20 overs) | Melbourne Renegades | WACA Ground |
| Brisbane Heat | 7/186 (20 overs) | Adelaide Strikers | Adelaide Oval |
| Adelaide Strikers | 8/185 (20 overs) | Brisbane Heat | Adelaide Oval |
| Brisbane Heat | 3/183 (20 overs) | Melbourne Renegades | Etihad Stadium |
| Melbourne Stars | 2/183 (18 overs) | Perth Scorchers | WACA Ground |

Last Updated 15 January 2013.

### Most runs

The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the season are included in this table.

| Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | S/R | HS | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shaun Marsh | Perth Scorchers | 412 | 9 | 58.85 | 128.75 | 85 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 16 |
| Luke Pomersbach | Brisbane Heat | 397 | 10 | 44.11 | 139.78 | 112* | 1 | 2 | 49 | 10 |
| Brad Hodge | Melbourne Stars | 342 | 8 | 48.85 | 144.91 | 88 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 13 |
| Aaron Finch | Melbourne Renegades | 332 | 8 | 66.40 | 125.75 | 111* | 1 | 1 | 33 | 8 |
| Ben Rohrer | Melbourne Renegades | 295 | 8 | 49.16 | 152.06 | 57 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 10 |

Last Updated 19 January 2013.

### Highest individual scores

This table contains the top five highest scores of the season made by a batsman in a single innings.

| Player | Team | Score | Balls | 4s | 6s | Opponent | Ground |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Luke Pomersbach | Brisbane Heat | 112* | 70 | 15 | 2 | Melbourne Renegades | Etihad Stadium |
| Aaron Finch | Melbourne Renegades | 111* | 65 | 12 | 4 | Melbourne Stars | Etihad Stadium |
| Alex Hales | Melbourne Renegades | 89 | 52 | 5 | 8 | Sydney Sixers | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Brad Hodge | Melbourne Stars | 88 | 58 | 10 | 3 | Adelaide Strikers | Adelaide Oval |
| Shaun Marsh | Perth Scorchers | 85 | 52 | 3 | 5 | Melbourne Renegades | WACA Ground |

Last Updated 15 January 2013.

### Most wickets

The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season.

| Player | Team | Wkts | Mts | Ave | S/R | Econ | BBI |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ben Laughlin | Hobart Hurricanes | 14 | 8 | 15.35 | 12.8 | 7.16 | 4/31 |
| Lasith Malinga | Melbourne Stars | 13 | 7 | 10.69 | 12.9 | 4.96 | 6/7 |
| Ben Cutting | Brisbane Heat | 13 | 9 | 14.00 | 13.3 | 6.27 | 3/24 |
| Alfonso Thomas | Perth Scorchers | 12 | 8 | 14.91 | 14.3 | 6.24 | 4/8 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | Melbourne Renegades | 11 | 8 | 17.36 | 17.4 | 5.96 | 3/18 |

Last Updated 19 January 2013.

### Best bowling figures

This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the season.

| Player | Team | Overs | Figures | Opponent | Ground |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lasith Malinga | Melbourne Stars | 4 | 6/7 | Perth Scorchers | WACA Ground |
| Daniel Christian | Brisbane Heat | 4 | 5/26 | Sydney Thunder | Stadium Australia |
| Alfonso Thomas | Perth Scorchers | 3.1 | 4/8 | Melbourne Renegades | WACA Ground |
| Dirk Nannes | Sydney Thunder | 4 | 4/17 | Adelaide Strikers | Stadium Australia |
| Brad Hogg | Perth Scorchers | 4 | 4/29 | Sydney Thunder | WACA Ground |

Last Updated 4 January 2013.

### Hat-tricks

This table lists the hat-tricks taken in the season.

| Bowler | For | Against | Wickets | Venue | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Xavier Doherty | Hobart Hurricanes | Sydney Thunder | Simon Keen (c Jason Krezja) Ryan Carters (st †Tim Paine) Cameron Borgas (lbw) | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | 23 December 2012 |
