| 2014–15 Big Bash League | |
| Todate: | [1] |
| Administrator: | Cricket Australia |
| Cricket Format: | Twenty20 |
| Tournament Format: | Group stage and knockout |
| Champions: | Perth Scorchers (2nd title) |
| Participants: | 8 |
| Matches: | 35 |
| Attendance: | 825657 |
| Player Of The Series: | Jacques Kallis (Sydney Thunder) |
| Most Runs: | Michael Klinger (326), (Perth Scorchers) |
| Most Wickets: | John Hastings (16), (Melbourne Stars) |
| Previous Year: | 2013–14 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2013–14 Big Bash League season |
| Next Year: | 2015–16 |
| Next Tournament: | 2015–16 Big Bash League season |
| Website: | bigbash.com.au |
The 2014–15 Big Bash League season or BBL|04 was the fourth season of the Big Bash League (BBL), the premier Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The fourth edition ran from 18 December 2014 to 28 January 2015. The league ran two weeks longer as compared to the previous season. The opening match of the 2014–15 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 2014–15 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.[2] 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.
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There were 32 matches played during the group stage of the fourth edition of the Big Bash League.[11] 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.
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The top four teams from the group stage qualified for the semi-finals.
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The winners of the 2 semi-finals qualified for the finals.----
| Player | Team | Runs | ||||||||
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| Michael Klinger | Perth Scorchers | 10 | 10 | 326 | 36.22 | 129.37 | 105* | 1 | 1 | |
| Kevin Pietersen | 8 | 8 | 293 | 41.86 | 122.59 | 67 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Nic Maddinson | 10 | 10 | 284 | 31.56 | 147.15 | 85 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jordan Silk | 10 | 9 | 272 | 54.40 | 136.68 | 69 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Michael Carberry | 10 | 9 | 266 | 44.33 | 127.27 | 77* | 0 | 3 |
| Player | Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hastings | Melbourne Stars | 9 | 9 | 16 | 15.38 | 7.81 | 3/24 | 11.81 | |
| Jason Behrendorff | 10 | 10 | 15 | 16.73 | 6.28 | 4/22 | 16 | ||
| Yasir Arafat | 10 | 10 | 15 | 19.47 | 7.79 | 4/27 | 15 | ||
| Andrew Tye | 10 | 10 | 14 | 18.36 | 6.85 | 4/18 | 16.07 | ||
| Ben Laughlin | 8 | 8 | 13 | 19.00 | 8.62 | 2/24 | 13.23 |