Top 100 players from SuperCoach BBL|08 and for SuperCoach BBL|09

Here’s two top 100 guides – players by their price in 2019, and players by their average last season, with a guide to ten potentially stand-out players that could be high-scoring players in BBL|09

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We’ve provided you with two top 100 guides – players by their price in 2019, and players by their average last season; that means that while AB de Villers is in the former, he’s not in the latter … and due to his expected unavailability for half the BBL|09 season, he’s not even in our predicted top five players for the season ahead!

Much as in SuperCoach BBL last season, the best guide to which players to pick is your gut – if you think that the likes of Jake Lehmann will provide incredible value at that low, low price and step up after a quiet year last season, back him in! However, if you’re determined to play it a bit safer, it’s hard to go past the #2 player in the game and #1 in our ranking, D’Arcy Short from Hobart Hurricanes.

Ten standout players to consider for BBL|09:

MARCUS STOINIS | MELBOURNE STARS | BAT / BWL | 96.9 avg. in BBL|08 | $278,900 in BBL|09

A worthy choice in our top 10 players for the season ahead, Stoinis is the clear high-priced player based upon his incredible season last year. He monstered it for the Stars, and any player who can average nearly 100 points in the game – nearly 30 average points per game higher than the tenth-ranked player – is worth selecting, particularly when he has dual position flexibility.

D’ARCY SHORT | HOBART HURRICANES | BAT / BWL | 91.3 avg. in BBL|08 | $262,800 in BBL|09

You simply can’t look past D’Arcy Short. He’s the top player in the game over Stoinis because, quite simply, he is more likely to play the full season. With Short unlikely to get a call up to tour India in the middle of the BBL|09 season, he’s a sure-fire winner for the majority of SuperCoach BBL sides, with his Dual Position Player flexibility making him a monty to pick in either the BAT or BWL position.

AB de VILLIERS | BRISBANE HEAT | BAT | no games | $225,000 in BBL|09

One of the biggest stars in the cricketing world for the last fifteen years, De Villiers did it all for South Africa – he debuted in Test cricket at just 20 years of age, and was soon a regular across all three formats for his country. He holds the record for the fastest 50 by South African in T20Is in just 21 balls, and has played franchise T20 cricket for Barbados Tridents, Tshwane Spartans, Rangpur Riders and Lahore Qalandars in leagues across the world, ahead of his maiden BBL sojourn this summer. He’s a brilliant player and one of the biggest international stars for this season.

KANE RICHARDSON | MELBOURNE RENEGADES | BWL | 74.5 avg. in BBL|08 | $214,300 in BBL|09

Bowlers who do not have DPP flexibility might not be fashionable when it comes to SuperCoach BBL, but Kane Richardson is an exception – he was fourth most for total points last season, fifth for season-long average, and yet was #30 for most-selected at the end of the season. Crazy! He’s a proven SC BBL gun. The only caveat may be that he will likely be in the touring party for the Australian tour to India in January, missing a big chuck of the Big Bash season as a result.

TOM CURRAN | SYDNEY SIXERS | BAT / BWL | 73.0 avg. in BBL|08 | $210,000 in BBL|09

Curran proved to be an out-and-out star in the Big Bash League last season, but there’s a massive concern ahead of this season – just how many games will he play? The likelihood is that, like his English counterpart Joffra Archer, he will be required for English duties for the majority of the back half of the BBL|09 season as they are touring South Africa at that time. He will, however, be around for the first part of the season.

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Rashid Khan of the Strikers remains one of the best players to own in SuperCoach BBL

RASHID KHAN | ADELAIDE STRIKERS | BWL | 70.6 avg. in BBL|08 | $203,300 in BBL|09

Some considered Khan’s BBL|09 season last a bit of a let-down – he didn’t command quite the same number of headline inches as he did the first time around, when the Strikers ended the competition as the winners. With his side struggling last year, Khan was nevertheless a strong performer and it’s reasonable to expect that he’ll be another wicket-taking weapon third time around.

USMAN KHAWAJA | SYDNEY THUNDER | BAT | 59.0 avg. in BBL|08 | $198,500 in BBL|09

While the likes of Shaun Marsh are unlikely to get Australian selection honours this summer, the chance that Usman Khawaja is picked at Test level or as part of the touring party to India raises some degree of concern in terms of his security, as he would be particularly handy as a lead-off batsman from a side who do not have a bye this SuperCoach BBL season. There’s a reason that he’s the eighth most expensive player in the game this season – he’s an absolutely T20 gun at domestic level.

DAN CHRISTIAN | MELBOURNE RENEGADES | BAT / BWL | 68.7 avg. in BBL|08 | $197,600 in BBL|09

Christian performs when it counts: in his last five games of the previous SuperCoach season he averaged 95 points per game and had two monster performances – a 158 point effort against the Scorchers and then a 126 point outing in the grand final against the Stars – and on only one of those games did he fail to crack less than 59 points.

Sean Abbott of the Sixers bowls during the previous Big Bash League season

SEAN ABBOTT | SYDNEY SIXERS | BWL | 67.9 avg. in BBL|08 | $195,300 in BBL|09

Sean Abbott is another player who – like the aforementioned Rashid Khan or Kane Richardson – is worth bringing in to your side as a specialist bowler in lieu of going for a lower-priced DPP option. He might not get to the crease that often – only twice in BBL|08 did he earn more than 30 points with his batting – but his guileful bowling makes him well worth having in your SC BBL squad as a specialist bowler.

SHAUN MARSH | MELBOURNE RENEGADES | BAT | 51.3 avg. in BBL|08 | $147,700 in BBL|09

There are three main reasons to seriously bringing Marsh in to your SuperCoach BBL squad. Firstly, the likelihood is that he will NOT be playing for Australia this summer – his season will be uninterrupted by higher commitments. Secondly, he has switched coasts and will now be playing for the reigning champion. Thirdly, he only played two games in BBL|08 – in one he made a century and scored 152 points, and in the other he failed and made 2. Expect him to score far better than his average last season and his price this year indicates he will be positioned in terms of overall ranking.

TOP 100 SUPERCOACH BBL PLAYERS BY BBL|09 PRICE

Pos.	First name	Last name	Team	BBL|09 Price
1	Marcus	Stoinis	Melbourne Stars	$278,900
2	D'Arcy	Short	Hobart Hurricanes	$262,800
3	AB	de Villiers	Brisbane Heat	$225,000
4	Kane	Richardson	Melbourne Renegades	$214,300
5	Tom	Curran	Sydney Sixers	$210,000
6	Rashid	Khan	Adelaide Strikers	$203,300
7	Josh	Lalor	Brisbane Heat	$201,900
8	Usman	Khawaja	Sydney Thunder	$198,500
9	Dan	Christian	Melbourne Renegades	$197,600
10	Sean	Abbott	Sydney Sixers	$195,300
11	Travis	Head	Adelaide Strikers	$195,100
12	Matthew	Wade	Hobart Hurricanes	$187,200
13	Ben	Cutting	Brisbane Heat	$182,900
14	Stephen	O'Keefe	Sydney Sixers	$179,700
15	Mitch	Marsh	Perth Scorchers	$179,700
16	Jhye	Richardson	Perth Scorchers	$178,200
17	Sandeep	Lamichhane	Melbourne Stars	$176,600
18	Nathan	Coulter-Nile	Melbourne Stars	$175,300
19	Glenn	Maxwell	Melbourne Stars	$175,100
20	Chris	Lynn	Brisbane Heat	$173,000
21	Cameron	Boyce	Melbourne Renegades	$171,000
22	Daniel	Sams	Sydney Thunder	$170,200
23	Zahir	Khan	Brisbane Heat	$169,000
24	Dale	Steyn	Melbourne Stars	$169,000
25	Aaron	Finch	Melbourne Renegades	$167,000
26	Matthew	Kelly	Perth Scorchers	$165,100
27	Mujeeb	Ur Rahman	Brisbane Heat	$158,200
28	James	Faulkner	Hobart Hurricanes	$155,400
29	Andrew	Tye	Perth Scorchers	$149,800
30	Mohammad	Nabi	Melbourne Renegades	$149,200
31	Qais	Ahmad	Hobart Hurricanes	$148,600
32	Jofra	Archer	Hobart Hurricanes	$148,500
33	Shaun	Marsh	Melbourne Renegades	$147,700
34	Nathan	Lyon	Sydney Sixers	$145,500
35	Jason	Behrendorff	Perth Scorchers	$142,800
36	Adam	Zampa	Melbourne Stars	$141,900
37	Jono	Cook	Sydney Thunder	$141,600
38	Chris	Green	Sydney Thunder	$140,600
39	Alex	Carey	Adelaide Strikers	$139,800
40	James	Vince	Sydney Sixers	$139,500
41	Riley	Meredith	Hobart Hurricanes	$139,000
42	Christopher	Tremain	Sydney Thunder	$137,600
43	Matthew	Renshaw	Brisbane Heat	$136,500
44	Ben	Dwarshuis	Sydney Sixers	$136,200
45	Callum	Ferguson	Sydney Thunder	$134,600
46	Daniel	Worrall	Melbourne Stars	$134,100
47	Jackson	Bird	Sydney Sixers	$133,900
48	Ashton	Agar	Perth Scorchers	$133,200
49	Michael	Neser	Adelaide Strikers	$131,900
50	Nic	Maddinson	Melbourne Stars	$130,800
51	Peter	Siddle	Adelaide Strikers	$130,400
52	Josh	Inglis	Perth Scorchers	$130,200
53	Harry	Gurney	Melbourne Renegades	$130,100
54	Max	Bryant	Brisbane Heat	$129,500
55	Ashton	Turner	Perth Scorchers	$127,400
56	James	Pattinson	Brisbane Heat	$126,600
57	Phil	Salt	Adelaide Strikers	$125,000
58	Tom	Banton	Brisbane Heat	$125,000
59	Alex	Hales	Sydney Thunder	$125,000
60	Chris	Morris	Sydney Thunder	$125,000
61	Josh	Philippe	Sydney Sixers	$123,000
62	Cameron	Bancroft	Perth Scorchers	$122,400
63	George	Bailey	Hobart Hurricanes	$120,100
64	Peter	Handscomb	Melbourne Stars	$119,600
65	Ben	McDermott	Hobart Hurricanes	$118,300
66	Jon	Wells	Adelaide Strikers	$115,500
67	Daniel	Hughes	Sydney Sixers	$115,500
68	Fawad	Ahmed	Perth Scorchers	$113,000
69	Sam	Whiteman	Perth Scorchers	$111,500
70	Jake	Weatherald	Adelaide Strikers	$108,900
71	Jackson	Coleman	Melbourne Stars	$108,800
72	Billy	Stanlake	Adelaide Strikers	$108,300
73	Sam	Harper	Melbourne Renegades	$108,100
74	Ben	Laughlin	Adelaide Strikers	$107,300
75	Jay	Lenton	Sydney Thunder	$106,200
76	Arjun	Nair	Sydney Thunder	$103,600
77	Jack	Wildermuth	Melbourne Renegades	$103,300
78	David	Moody	Hobart Hurricanes	$103,000
79	Moises	Henriques	Sydney Sixers	$101,500
80	Ben	Dunk	Melbourne Stars	$100,900
81	Gurinder	Sandhu	Sydney Thunder	$99,900
82	Mitchell	Swepson	Brisbane Heat	$98,500
83	Matthew	Gilkes	Sydney Thunder	$96,700
84	Cameron	Valente	Adelaide Strikers	$95,800
85	Kurtis	Patterson	Perth Scorchers	$95,000
86	Matt	Kuhnemann	Brisbane Heat	$93,200
87	Tom	Cooper	Melbourne Renegades	$92,400
88	Liam	O'Connor	Adelaide Strikers	$91,700
89	Scott	Boland	Hobart Hurricanes	$87,300
90	Jordan	Silk	Sydney Sixers	$86,300
91	Nick	Larkin	Melbourne Stars	$86,000
92	Aaron	Hardie	Perth Scorchers	$85,500
93	Wes	Agar	Adelaide Strikers	$84,200
94	Mark	Steketee	Brisbane Heat	$81,600
95	Alex	Ross	Sydney Thunder	$81,200
96	Tom	Rogers	Hobart Hurricanes	$81,000
97	Joel	Paris	Perth Scorchers	$81,000
98	Cameron	White	Adelaide Strikers	$77,200
99	Harry	Nielsen	Adelaide Strikers	$75,400
100	Jack	Prestwidge	Brisbane Heat	$75,400

TOP 100 SUPERCOACH BBL PLAYERS BY BBL|08 AVERAGE

Pos.	First name	Last name	Team	BBL|08 avg.
1	Marcus	Stoinis	Melbourne Stars	96.9
2	D'Arcy	Short	Hobart Hurricanes	91.3
3	Patrick	Cummins	Sydney Thunder	84.0
4	Qais	Ahmad	Hobart Hurricanes	82.0
5	Kane	Richardson	Melbourne Renegades	74.5
6	Tom	Curran	Sydney Sixers	73.0
7	Rashid	Khan	Adelaide Strikers	70.6
8	Josh	Lalor	Brisbane Heat	70.2
9	Jhye	Richardson	Perth Scorchers	68.8
10	Dan	Christian	Melbourne Renegades	68.7
11	Sean	Abbott	Sydney Sixers	67.9
12	Matthew	Wade	Hobart Hurricanes	65.1
13	Ben	Cutting	Brisbane Heat	63.6
14	Stephen	O'Keefe	Sydney Sixers	62.5
15	Sandeep	Lamichhane	Melbourne Stars	61.4
16	Nathan	Coulter-Nile	Perth Scorchers	60.9
17	Glenn	Maxwell	Melbourne Stars	60.9
18	Usman Khan	Shinwari	Melbourne Renegades	59.6
19	Cameron	Boyce	Melbourne Renegades	59.4
20	Daniel	Sams	Sydney Thunder	59.1
21	Usman	Khawaja	Sydney Thunder	59.0
22	Jos	Buttler	Sydney Thunder	57.4
23	Matthew	Kelly	Perth Scorchers	57.4
24	Mujeeb	Ur Rahman	Brisbane Heat	55.0
25	Liam	Plunkett	Melbourne Stars	54.1
26	James	Faulkner	Hobart Hurricanes	54.0
27	Andrew	Tye	Perth Scorchers	52.1
28	Mohammad	Nabi	Melbourne Renegades	51.9
29	Jofra	Archer	Hobart Hurricanes	51.6
30	Shaun	Marsh	Perth Scorchers	51.3
31	Dwayne	Bravo	Melbourne Stars	51.2
32	Jason	Behrendorff	Perth Scorchers	49.6
33	Adam	Zampa	Melbourne Stars	49.3
34	Jono	Cook	Sydney Thunder	49.2
35	Chris	Green	Sydney Thunder	48.9
36	Alex	Carey	Adelaide Strikers	48.6
37	James	Vince	Sydney Sixers	48.5
38	Riley	Meredith	Hobart Hurricanes	48.3
39	Christopher	Tremain	Melbourne Renegades	47.8
40	Matthew	Renshaw	Brisbane Heat	47.4
41	Ben	Dwarshuis	Sydney Sixers	47.3
42	Callum	Ferguson	Sydney Thunder	46.8
43	Daniel	Worrall	Melbourne Stars	46.6
44	Jackson	Bird	Melbourne Stars	46.6
45	Ashton	Agar	Perth Scorchers	46.3
46	Brendan	Doggett	Brisbane Heat	46.1
47	Baxter	Holt	Sydney Thunder	46.0
48	Michael	Neser	Adelaide Strikers	45.9
49	Peter	Siddle	Adelaide Strikers	45.3
50	Josh	Inglis	Perth Scorchers	45.3
51	Harry	Gurney	Melbourne Renegades	45.2
52	Max	Bryant	Brisbane Heat	45.0
53	Colin	Ingram	Adelaide Strikers	44.4
54	Ashton	Turner	Perth Scorchers	44.3
55	James	Pattinson	Brisbane Heat	44.0
56	Chris	Lynn	Brisbane Heat	43.6
57	Josh	Philippe	Sydney Sixers	42.7
58	Cameron	Bancroft	Perth Scorchers	42.6
59	Johan	Botha	Hobart Hurricanes	42.4
60	Jackson	Coleman	Melbourne Stars	42.0
61	Matthew	Gilkes	Sydney Thunder	42.0
62	George	Bailey	Hobart Hurricanes	41.7
63	Peter	Handscomb	Melbourne Stars	41.6
64	Aaron	Finch	Melbourne Renegades	41.4
65	Ben	McDermott	Hobart Hurricanes	41.1
66	Jay	Lenton	Sydney Thunder	41.0
67	Jon	Wells	Adelaide Strikers	40.1
68	Daniel	Hughes	Sydney Sixers	40.1
69	Fawad	Ahmed	Sydney Thunder	39.3
70	Shane	Watson	Sydney Thunder	38.8
71	Sam	Whiteman	Perth Scorchers	38.8
72	Chris	Jordan	Sydney Thunder	38.4
73	Jake	Weatherald	Adelaide Strikers	37.9
74	Billy	Stanlake	Adelaide Strikers	37.6
75	Sam	Harper	Melbourne Renegades	37.6
76	Ben	Laughlin	Adelaide Strikers	37.3
77	Joe	Denly	Sydney Sixers	37.1
78	Mitch	Marsh	Perth Scorchers	37.1
79	Arjun	Nair	Sydney Thunder	36.0
80	Matt	Kuhnemann	Brisbane Heat	36.0
81	Jack	Wildermuth	Melbourne Renegades	35.9
82	David	Moody	Hobart Hurricanes	35.8
83	Moises	Henriques	Sydney Sixers	35.3
84	Ben	Dunk	Melbourne Stars	35.1
85	Gurinder	Sandhu	Sydney Thunder	34.7
86	Mitchell	Swepson	Brisbane Heat	34.3
87	Brendon	McCullum	Brisbane Heat	33.9
88	Usman	Qadir	Perth Scorchers	33.4
89	Cameron	Valente	Adelaide Strikers	33.3
90	Aaron	Hardie	Perth Scorchers	33.0
91	Wes	Agar	Adelaide Strikers	32.5
92	Tom	Cooper	Melbourne Renegades	32.1
93	Mickey	Edwards	Sydney Sixers	32.0
94	Liam	O'Connor	Adelaide Strikers	31.9
95	Mark	Steketee	Brisbane Heat	31.5
96	Scott	Boland	Melbourne Stars	30.3
97	Jordan	Silk	Sydney Sixers	30.0
98	Nick	Larkin	Melbourne Stars	29.9
99	Liam	Bowe	Melbourne Stars	29.7
100	Travis	Head	Adelaide Strikers	28.3

Originally published as Top 100 players from SuperCoach BBL|08 and for SuperCoach BBL|09