The 2013–14 Big Bash League season or BBL|03 was the third season of the Big Bash League, the premier Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The tournament began on 20 December 2013 and ended on 7 February 2014. The format remained the same as the previous season but ran for a time-frame that is two weeks longer. The schedule also overlapped with the 2013–14 Ashes series. It was the first season to be broadcast on free-to-air television on Network Ten.
The tournament was won by Perth Scorchers and the final was hosted at the WACA Ground in Perth, Australia. The Scorchers beat the Hobart Hurricanes in the final by 39 runs. Ben Dunk from the Hurricanes was named the 'Man of the Tournament' while Jonathan Wells from the same team was named the 'Young Gun of the Tournament'.
League stage Points table
Match Summary
Matches Times shown are in Australian Western Standard Time (UTC+08:00) 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 other venues.
Play-offs
Semi-final 1
Semi-final 2
Final
Statistics Most runs: Ben Dunk Most wickets: Cameron Gannon
Attendance and viewership Match Teams Venue Date Attendance Viewers 1 Stars v Renegades MCG 25,266 1.19 million 2 Sixers v Thunder SCG 18,180 1.11 million 3 Hurricanes v Strikers Hobart 5,681 414,587 4 Heat v Scorchers Brisbane 19,264 1.12 million 5 Scorchers v Renegades Perth 15,953 6 Strikers v Thunder ANZ 11,068 7 Heat v Hurricanes Brisbane 20,457 8 Sixers v Stars SCG 20,368 1.21 million 9 Renegades v Heat Docklands 19,832 624,000 10 Strikers v Scorchers Adelaide 26,030 458,000 11 Hurricanes v Renegades Hobart 10,924 12 Thunder v Stars ANZ 10,902 13 Heat v Sixers Brisbane 22,324 14 Scorchers v Thunder Perth 18,718 15 Renegades v Stars Docklands 42,837 16 Strikers v Sixers Adelaide 26,506 17 Scorchers v Hurricanes Perth 15,355 18 Thunder v Heat ANZ 11,767 19 Stars v Strikers MCG 24,344 20 Sixers v Scorchers SCG 23,843 952,000 21 Hurricanes v Thunder Hobart 10,738 22 Heat v Stars Brisbane 32,696 23 Renegades v Thunder Docklands 10,896 24 Sixers v Hurricanes SCG 17,264 25 Scorchers v Strikers Perth 19,495 26 Strikers v Heat Adelaide 20,533 27 Renegades v Sixers Docklands 14,152 28 Stars v Hurricanes MCG 21,443 29 Strikers v Renegades Adelaide 21,745 30 Hurricanes v Heat Hobart 10,863 31 Thunder v Sixers ANZ 25,726 32 Stars v Scorchers MCG 16,198 SF1 Stars v Hurricanes MCG 12,506 SF2 Sixers v Scorchers SCG 12,570 Final Scorchers v Hurricanes Perth 20,783 1.5 million Total 657,227 32.62 million Average 18,778 932,000
References
External links Official fixtures Tournament site on ESPN Cricinfo