2009–10 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash
Introduction The '''2009–10 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash''' is the fifth season of the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash, the official Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. Six teams representing six states in Australia are participating in the competition. The competition began on 28 December 2009 when the Queensland Bulls played the Victorian Bushrangers at the Brisbane Cricket Ground (Gabba).This season comprised 15 regular matches, a preliminary final and a final, the same as it was in the 2008–09 season.
Table Teams received 2 points for a win, 1 for a tie or no result, and 0 for a loss. At the end of the regular matches the teams ranked two and three play each other in the preliminary final at the home venue of the team ranked two. The winner of the preliminary final earns the right to play the first placed team in the final at the home venue of the first placed team. In the event of several teams finishing with the same number of points, standings are determined by most wins, then net run rate (NRR).The two teams that made the final qualified for the 2010 Champions League Twenty20.
Teams  Club Home Ground Captain International Players New South Wales Blues Stadium Australia, Sydney Moises Henriques Dwayne Smith Queensland Bulls Brisbane Cricket Ground James Hopes Daniel Vettori Southern Redbacks Adelaide Oval Graham Manou Kieron Pollard, Shahid Afridi Tasmanian Tigers Bellerive Oval, Hobart George Bailey Naved-ul-Hasan Victorian Bushrangers Melbourne Cricket Ground Cameron White Ross Taylor, Dwayne Bravo Western Warriors WACA Ground, Perth Adam Voges Chris Gayle
Fixtures ===Round 1===--------===Round 2===--------===Round 3===--------===Round 4===--------===Round 5===--------
Knockout stage ===Preliminary final======Final===
Statistics ===Highest team totals===The following table lists the six highest team scores during this season. Team  Total  Opponent  Ground   '''7/203'''    Brisbane Cricket Ground   '''7/202'''    Adelaide Oval   '''1/198'''    WACA Ground   '''6/196'''    WACA Ground   '''4/194'''    Bellerive Oval   '''4/179'''    Melbourne Cricket GroundLast Updated 23 January 2010.===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  Kieron Pollard    '''190'''  6  31.66  145.03  52  0  1  Aaron Finch    '''189'''  5  47.25  143.18  58*  0  1  James Hopes    '''185'''  6  37.00  120.91  63  0  2  Brad Hodge    '''181'''  7  25.85  115.28  90  0  1  Shaun Marsh    '''175'''  5  43.75  133.58  108*  1  0Last Updated 23 January 2010.===Highest 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 Shaun Marsh    '''108*'''  58  6  6    WACA Ground Brad Hodge    '''90'''  56  6  5    Melbourne Cricket Ground Chris Simpson    '''76'''  38  11  3    Brisbane Cricket Ground Phillip Hughes    '''71*'''  50  6  1    Bellerive Oval Ben Dunk    '''70*'''  40  6  2    Brisbane Cricket GroundLast Updated 23 January 2010.===Most wickets===The following table contains the five leading wicket-takers of the season. Player  Team  Wkts  Mts  Ave  S/R  Econ  BBI John Hastings    '''10'''  7  20.70  16.8  7.39  3/21 Aaron Heal    '''9'''  5  13.00  13.3  5.85  2/13 Brad Knowles    '''9'''  5  15.77  12.6  7.47  3/20 Naved-ul-Hasan    '''9'''  5  16.11  12.5  7.69  3/15 Nathan Rimmington    '''8'''  6  15.75  13.5  7.00  3/13Last Updated 23 January 2010.===Best bowling figures===This table lists the top five players with the best bowling figures in the season. Player  Team  Overs  Figures  Opponent  Ground Mitchell Marsh    2.2  4/6    WACA Ground Steve Smith    4.0  4/13    Bellerive Oval Shahid Afridi    4.0  4/19    WACA Ground Brett Geeves    4.0  4/30    Brisbane Cricket Ground Shaun Tait    2.0  3/12    Adelaide OvalLast Updated 23 January 2010.
Media coverage ;Television*Fox Sports (live) – Australia*Star Cricket (live) – India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan*Sky Sports (live) – United Kingdom and Ireland*SKY Sport (live) – New Zealand*Supersport (live) – South Africa
References
External links * Tournament Page – Cricket Australia* Tournament Page – Cricinfo