The 2014–15 Big Bash League season or BBL|04 was the fourth season of the Big Bash League (BBL), the top-class Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The season ran from 18 December 2014 to 28 January 2015, two weeks longer than the previous season.
League stage
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.
Match summary
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.
Matches
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
Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field , Ben Dwarshuis (Sixers) made his Twenty20 debut
Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field , Simon Milenko (Heat) made his Twenty20 debut
Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat , Marcus Harris (Scorchers) and Trent Lawford (Strikers) made their Twenty20 debuts
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
Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat , Matt Dixon (Scorchers), Nicholas Winter and Matthew Short (both Renegades) made their Twenty20 debuts
Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field , The crowd of 32,823 was the highest in NSW domestic cricket history[citation needed]
Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
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
Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat
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[citation needed]
Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field , Melbourne Renegades score of 57 was the lowest score in BBL history
Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field
Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat
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 won the toss and elected to bat
Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat , Perth Scorchers secured their place in the semi-finals
Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field
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
Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat
Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field , Chris Lynn (Heat) scored the equal-fastest fifty in Big Bash League history (18 balls)
Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat , Kelvin Smith (Strikers) made his Twenty20 debut
Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat , Melbourne Stars recorded the largest run chase in the BBL at the MCG
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
Semi-final 1
The top four teams from the group stage qualified for the semi-finals.
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.[citation needed]
Semi-final 2
Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
Final
The winners of the 2 semi-finals qualified for the finals.
Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
