2017–18 Big Bash League season
Dates | 19 December 2017 – 4 February 2018 |
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Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
Champions | Adelaide Strikers (1st title) |
Participants | 8 |
Matches | 43 |
Attendance | 1,140,835 (26,531 per match) |
Player of the series | D'Arcy Short (Hobart Hurricanes) |
Most runs | D'Arcy Short (572), (Hobart Hurricanes) |
Most wickets | Rashid Khan (18), (Adelaide Strikers) Dwayne Bravo (18), (Melbourne Renegades) |
Official website | bigbash.com.au |
The 2017–18 Big Bash League season or BBL|07 was the seventh season of the KFC Big Bash League, the professional men's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 19 December 2017 and finished on 4 February 2018.[1][2] Perth Scorchers were the defending champions. The competition was extended to a total of 40 group games for the first time, each team playing ten matches in the group.
The title was won by Adelaide Strikers (their first ever and sole BBL title till now), who defeated Hobart Hurricanes at the Adelaide Oval.
Teams[]
Venues[]
Thirteen venues were selected to host the matches with Traeger Park, GMHBA Stadium and University of Tasmania Stadium all holding their first BBL match.[3] The newly completed Optus Stadium was also added to the list of host grounds after the Perth Scorchers finished top of the table at the end of the main season, earning the right to host the first semi-final at the new stadium.[4]
Adelaide | Alice Springs | Brisbane | Canberra | Geelong |
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Adelaide Oval | Traeger Park | The Gabba | Manuka Oval | GMHBA Stadium |
Capacity: 53,500 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 42,000 | Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 34,000 |
Matches: 4 + 2 Finals | Matches: 1 | Matches: 5 | Matches: 1 | Matches: 1 |
Hobart | Launceston | Melbourne | Melbourne | |
Blundstone Arena | University of Tasmania Stadium | Etihad Stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 21,000 | Capacity: 53,359 | Capacity: 100,024 | |
Matches: 4 | Matches: 1 | Matches: 4 | Matches: 5 | |
Perth | Perth | Sydney | Sydney | |
Optus Stadium | The WACA | Spotless Stadium | Sydney Cricket Ground | |
Capacity: 60,000 | Capacity: 24,500 | Capacity: 24,000 | Capacity: 46,000 | |
Matches: 1 | Matches: 5 | Matches: 4 | Matches: 5 | |
Fixtures[]
Round 1[]
Match 1[]
Sydney Sixers
9/149 (20 overs) |
v
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Sydney Thunder (H)
5/150 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
- Daniel Sams (Sydney Sixers) made his T20 debut.
Match 2[]
(H) Brisbane Heat
7/206 (20 overs) |
v
|
Melbourne Stars
6/191 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
- Brendan Doggett (Brisbane Heat) made his T20 debut.
Match 3[]
(H) Hobart Hurricanes
8/164 (20 overs) |
v
|
Melbourne Renegades
3/165 (18.3 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
- Aaron Summers (Hobart Hurricanes) made his T20 debut.
Match 4[]
(H) Adelaide Strikers
6/163 (20 overs) |
v
|
Sydney Thunder
110 (17.4 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 2[]
Match 5[]
(H) Sydney Sixers
132 (18.4 overs) |
v
|
Perth Scorchers
4/136 (18.1 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
- Will Bosisto, Josh Philippe and Josh Inglis (Perth Scorchers) all made their T20 debut.
- Andrew Tye (Perth Scorchers) took a hat-trick.
Match 6[]
Brisbane Heat
8/132 (20 overs) |
v
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Melbourne Renegades (H)
3/137 (18.4 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
Match 7[]
(H) Perth Scorchers
6/142 (20 overs) |
v
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Melbourne Stars
8/129 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Match 8[]
Sydney Thunder
4/149 (17 overs) |
v
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Brisbane Heat (H)
4/153 (16.5 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
- Both innings were reduced to 17 overs due to a rain delay, with Brisbane Heat set a target of 151 to win by the D/L method.
Round 3[]
Match 9[]
Adelaide Strikers
3/167 (20 overs) |
v
|
Sydney Sixers (H)
8/161 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Match 10[]
(H) Melbourne Renegades
9/130 (20 overs) |
v
|
Perth Scorchers
7/133 (19 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
Match 11[]
Sydney Thunder
5/166 (20 overs) |
v
|
Hobart Hurricanes (H)
109 (19.3 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
- Tom Rogers (Hobart Hurricanes) made his T20 debut.
Match 12[]
(H) Adelaide Strikers
7/147 (20 overs) |
v
|
Brisbane Heat
91 (16.2 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat
Round 4[]
Match 13[]
Hobart Hurricanes
3/189 (20 overs) |
v
|
Sydney Thunder (H)
8/180 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
Match 14[]
Sydney Sixers
4/167 (20 Overs) |
v
|
Perth Scorchers (H)
4/170 (19.1 Overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
- Tim David (Perth Scorchers) made his T20 debut.
Match 15[]
(H) Melbourne Stars
7/141 (20 overs) |
v
|
Brisbane Heat
1/144 (14.4 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field
Match 16[]
Sydney Sixers
8/111 (20 overs) |
v
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Melbourne Renegades (H)
2/112 (15.3 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
- Mickey Edwards (Sydney Sixers) made his T20 debut.
Round 5[]
Match 17[]
(H) Hobart Hurricanes
5/183 (20 overs) |
v
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Adelaide Strikers
6/176 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
Match 18[]
(H) Brisbane Heat
6/191 (20 overs) |
v
|
Perth Scorchers
142 (19 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
Match 19[]
(H) Melbourne Stars
4/157 (20 overs) |
v
|
Melbourne Renegades
4/159 (17.5 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
- Jackson Coleman (Melbourne Stars) made his T20 debut.
Match 20[]
Adelaide Strikers
7/158 (20 overs) |
v
|
Sydney Thunder (H)
9/133 (20 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat
Round 6[]
Match 21[]
(H) Hobart Hurricanes
6/170 (20 overs) |
v
|
Sydney Sixers
4/165 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
Match 22[]
Melbourne Renegades
3/185 (20 overs) |
v
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Perth Scorchers (H)
5/186 (19.5 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
Match 23[]
Melbourne Stars
6/151 (20 overs) |
v
|
Adelaide Strikers (H)
2/152 (18.4 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
Match 24[]
Hobart Hurricanes
4/179 (20 overs) |
v
|
Brisbane Heat (H)
8/176 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
- D'Arcy Short (Hobart Hurricanes) scored the highest individual score in a BBL match.[27]
Round 7[]
Match 25[]
(H) Sydney Thunder
4/175 (20 overs) |
v
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Perth Scorchers
4/172 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat
Match 26[]
Melbourne Stars
4/167 (20 overs) |
v
|
Melbourne Renegades (H)
9/144 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
- Daniel Fallins (Melbourne Stars) made his T20 debut.
- The crowd of 44,316 is the highest ever for a cricket match at Etihad Stadium.
Match 27[]
(H) Adelaide Strikers
112 (19.2 overs) |
v
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Perth Scorchers
4/114 (18.2 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
Match 28[]
Sydney Thunder
6/156 (20 overs) |
v
|
Sydney Sixers (H)
2/157 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field
Round 8[]
Match 29[]
Brisbane Heat
8/165 (20 overs) |
v
|
Hobart Hurricanes (H)
4/166 (18.2 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat
Match 30[]
(H) Melbourne Stars
7/128 (20 overs) |
v
|
Sydney Sixers
2/129 (15.1 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field
Match 31[]
(H) Adelaide Strikers
4/187 (20 overs) |
v
|
Hobart Hurricanes
4/176 (20 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat
Match 32[]
Brisbane Heat
73 (16.4 overs) |
v
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Sydney Sixers (H)
1/74 (10 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Round 9[]
Match 33[]
(H) Melbourne Stars
6/147 (20 overs) |
v
|
Sydney Thunder
3/149 (16.1 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
Match 34[]
Hobart Hurricanes
5/167 (20 overs) |
v
|
Perth Scorchers (H)
5/168 (19.2 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
Match 35[]
Adelaide Strikers
5/173 (20 overs) |
v
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Melbourne Renegades (H)
7/147 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
Match 36[]
Melbourne Stars
5/189 (20 overs) |
v
|
Sydney Sixers (H)
5/190 (17.3 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field
Round 10[]
Match 37[]
Melbourne Renegades
6/189 (20 overs) |
v
|
Sydney Thunder (H)
180 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
Match 38[]
Adelaide Strikers
6/137 (20 overs) |
v
|
Perth Scorchers (H)
6/141 (19.3 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
- This was the last ever Big Bash League game at the WACA as all future Scorchers home games will be played at Optus Stadium
Match 39[]
Hobart Hurricanes
7/185 (20 overs) |
v
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Melbourne Stars (H)
7/186 (19.1 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
Match 40[]
Melbourne Renegades
3/187 (20 overs) |
v
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Brisbane Heat (H)
161 (19.5 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field
Points table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Perth Scorchers | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0.154 |
2 | Adelaide Strikers (C) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0.801 |
3 | Melbourne Renegades | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0.297 |
4 | Hobart Hurricanes (RU) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | −0.291 |
5 | Sydney Sixers | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0.331 |
6 | Sydney Thunder | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | −0.039 |
7 | Brisbane Heat | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | −0.437 |
8 | Melbourne Stars | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | −0.926 |
- The top four teams qualified for the semi finals.
Knockout Phase[]
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
2 | Adelaide Strikers (H) | 5/178 | |||||||
3 | Melbourne Renegades | 4/177 | |||||||
2 | Adelaide Strikers (H) | 2/202 | |||||||
4 | Hobart Hurricanes | 5/177 | |||||||
4 | Hobart Hurricanes | 4/210 | |||||||
1 | Perth Scorchers (H) | 139 |
Semi Finals[]
Semi Final 1[]
Hobart Hurricanes
4/210 (20 overs) |
v
|
Perth Scorchers (H)
139 (17.5 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
- Riley Meredith (Hobart Hurricanes) made his T20 debut.
- Double header with Semi Final 1 of the Women's BBL.
Semi Final 2[]
(H) Adelaide Strikers
5/178 (20 overs) |
v
|
Melbourne Renegades
4/177 (20 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat
- Harry Nielsen (Adelaide Strikers) made his T20 debut.
- Double header with Semi Final 2 of the Women's BBL.
Final[]
(H) Adelaide Strikers
2/202 (20 overs) |
v
|
Hobart Hurricanes
5/177 (20 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat
- Adelaide Strikers won their first title
- Double header with the Final of the Women's BBL.
Statistics[]
Most runs[]
Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
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D'Arcy Short | Hobart Hurricanes | 11 | 11 | 572 | 57.32 | 148.57 | 122* | 1 | 4 |
Alex Carey | Adelaide Strikers | 11 | 11 | 443 | 49.22 | 141.53 | 100 | 1 | 2 |
Jake Weatherald | Adelaide Strikers | 12 | 12 | 383 | 31.91 | 126.82 | 115 | 1 | 3 |
Travis Head | Adelaide Strikers | 9 | 9 | 374 | 53.42 | 133.09 | 85* | 0 | 3 |
Shane Watson | Sydney Thunders | 10 | 10 | 331 | 36.77 | 139.07 | 77 | 0 | 2 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 February 2018
Most wickets[]
Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rashid Khan | Adelaide Strikers | 11 | 11 | 18 | 13.83 | 5.65 | 3/20 | 14.6 |
Dwayne Bravo | Melbourne Renegades | 11 | 11 | 18 | 20.86 | 8.47 | 5/28 | 14.2 |
Andrew Tye | Perth Scorchers | 6 | 6 | 16 | 12.00 | 8.11 | 5/23 | 8.8 |
Ben Laughlin | Adelaide Strikers | 12 | 12 | 16 | 23.00 | 8.36 | 4/26 | 16.5 |
Jofra Archer | Hobart Hurricanes | 12 | 12 | 16 | 23.06 | 7.96 | 3/15 | 17.3 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 February 2018
Attendances[]
Club | Total | Games | Avg. Per Game | Home Total | Home Games | Home Avg. |
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Adelaide Strikers | 343329 | 12 | 28611 | 246787 | 7 | 35255 |
Brisbane Heat | 306668 | 10 | 30667 | 164900 | 5 | 32980 |
Hobart Hurricanes | 293147 | 12 | 24429 | 67680 | 5 | 13536 |
Melbourne Renegades | 305307 | 11 | 27755 | 141576 | 5 | 28315 |
Melbourne Stars | 309166 | 10 | 30917 | 158142 | 5 | 31628 |
Perth Scorchers | 266400 | 11 | 22175 | 160514 | 6 | 26752 |
Sydney Sixers | 229257 | 10 | 22926 | 124074 | 5 | 24815 |
Sydney Thunder | 228396 | 10 | 22840 | 77162 | 5 | 15432 |
TV audience[]
This was the last season BBL games in Australia were broadcast by the free-to-air channel Network Ten.
Following are the television ratings for 2017–18 BBL season in Australia.[45]
Match No | Teams | Average TV Ratings | |||
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National | 5 metro cities | ||||
Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 1 | Session 2 | ||
1 | Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers[46] | 1,180,000 | 1,160,000 | 786,000 | 819,000 |
2 | Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Stars[47] | 1,200,000 | 1,240,000 | 826,000 | 860,000 |
3 | Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades[48] | 1,100,000 | 1,230,000 | 747,000 | 856,000 |
4 | Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder[49] | 989,000 | 1,130,000 | 684,000 | 779,000 |
5 | Sydney Sixers vs Perth Scorchers[50] | 631,000 | 767,000 | 429,000 | 511,000 |
6 | Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat[51] | 975,000 | 1,090,000 | 660,000 | 765,000 |
7 | Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Stars[52] | 765,000 | 1,050,000 | 520,000 | 731,000 |
8 | Brisbane Heat vs Sydney Thunder[53] | 845,000 | 1,190,000 | 574,000 | 827,000 |
9 | Sydney Sixers vs Adelaide Strikers[54] | 737,000 | 1,060,000 | 507,000 | 727,000 |
10 | Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers[55] | 865,000 | 1,100,000 | 600,000 | 788,000 |
11 | Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Thunder[56] | 843,000 | 950,000 | 560,000 | 655,000 |
12 | Adelaide Strikers vs Brisbane Heat[57] | 763,000 | 858,000 | 544,000 | 626,000 |
13 | Sydney Thunder vs Hobart Hurricanes[58] | 771,000 | 1,200,000 | 529,000 | 800,000 |
14 | Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Sixers[59] | 977,000 | 657,000 | 687,000 | 475,000 |
15 | Melbourne Stars vs Brisbane Heat[60] | 1,030,000 | 1,340,000 | 701,000 | 945,000 |
16 | Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Sixers[61] | 916,000 | 1,170,000 | 594,000 | 771,000 |
17 | Hobart Hurricanes vs Adelaide Strikers[62] | 751,000 | 1,160,000 | 491,000 | 785,000 |
18 | Brisbane Heat vs Perth Scorchers[63] | 919,000 | 1,190,000 | 640,000 | 823,000 |
19 | Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades[64] | 876,000 | 1,120,000 | 620,000 | 789,000 |
20 | Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers[65] | 886,000 | 1,150,000 | 625,000 | 798,000 |
21 | Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Sixers[66] | 571,000 | 1,060,000 | 374,000 | 714,000 |
22 | Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Renegades[67] | 971,000 | 621,000 | 687,000 | 452,000 |
23 | Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Stars[68] | 1,130,000 | 1,170,000 | 786,000 | 832,000 |
24 | Brisbane Heat vs Hobart Hurricanes[69] | 1,070,000 | 1,210,000 | 710,000 | 830,000 |
25 | Sydney Thunder vs Perth Scorchers[70] | 1,070,000 | 1,120,000 | 715,000 | 785,000 |
26 | Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars[71] | 1,040,000 | 1,120,000 | 670,000 | 751,000 |
27 | Adelaide Strikers vs Perth Scorchers[72] | 618,000 | 726,000 | 440,000 | 513,000 |
28 | Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder[73] | 891,000 | 1,040,000 | 602,000 | 714,000 |
29 | Hobart Hurricanes vs Brisbane Heat[74] | 1,040,000 | 1,190,000 | 667,000 | 794,000 |
30 | Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers[75] | 928,000 | 982,000 | 615,000 | 673,000 |
31 | Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes[76] | 980,000 | 1,160,000 | 648,000 | 799,000 |
32 | Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat[77] | 778,000 | 873,000 | 516,000 | 587,000 |
33 | Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder[78] | 540,000 | 849,000 | 329,000 | 533,000 |
34 | Perth Scorchers vs Hobart Hurricanes[79] | 763,000 | 602,000 | 514,000 | 439,000 |
35 | Melbourne Renegades vs Adelaide Strikers[80] | 883,000 | 853,000 | 603,000 | 607,000 |
36 | Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars[81] | 937,000 | 868,000 | 638,000 | 586,000 |
37 | Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades[82] | 808,000 | 873,000 | 532,000 | 597,000 |
38 | Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers[83] | 827,000 | 1,040,000 | 569,000 | 738,000 |
39 | Melbourne Stars vs Hobart Hurricanes[84] | 564,000 | 666,000 | 362,000 | 431,000 |
40 | Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Renegades[85] | 742,000 | 797,000 | 481,000 | 553,000 |
SF1 | Perth Scorchers vs Hobart Hurricanes[86] | 1,190,000 | 1,270,000 | 788,000 | 866,000 |
SF2 | Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades[87] | 1,050,000 | 1,340,000 | 739,000 | 991,000 |
Final | Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes[88] | 1,190,000 | 1,520,000 | 806,000 | 1,040,000 |
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- ^ [1] Archived 19 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine stuff.co.nz Retrieved on 21 Dec 2017
- ^ [2] Crowd just 11,010 tonight. Cricket tas expected a sell out. #BBL07 Retrieved on 22 Dec 2017
- ^ The biggest crowd of the @BBL season so far #strikeforce you rock! twitter.com/StrikersBBL. Retrieved on 22 Dec 2017
- ^ Thanks to the 21,692 fans who came to #BBL07 at the @scg today twitter.com/scg. Retrieved on 23 Dec 2017
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- ^ What a crowd! Fantastic support tonight, Brisbane! #TurnUpTheHeat twitter.com/HeatBBL. Retrieved on 28 Dec 2017
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