SuperCoach BBL cheat sheet: Pick a team for BBL|15 in five minutes
This expert SuperCoach BBL cheat sheet singled out the top four scorers from the season opener. One game down, it’s not too late to check the full list and start picking your ultimate team.
Your SuperCoach BBL campaign starts here.
There is $25,000 up for grabs in Australia’s biggest cricket fantasy game, which started on Sunday when the Perth Scorchers got their campaign off to a winning start in a rain-affected clash with the Sydney Sixers.
You don’t have to be a cricket expert to be part of the fun, taking on your family and friends in a private league or thousands of other coaches for ultimate bragging rights. Especially if you use this easy cheat sheet.
You can still pick a winning squad for Round 1 by leaving out Scorchers and Sixers players and bringing them in for Round 2.
Be confident this is a great list. The four top scorers in Sunday’s game - Cooper Connolly (Scorchers) and Jack Edwards (Sixers) with 104 each, Josh Philippe (Sixers) with 58 and Ben Dwarshuis (Sixers) with 50 - were all named in this guide.
To make it easy, we’ve highlighted the players to ignore for now and added their scores.
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THE BASICS
You have a $2 million salary cap to buy 17 players – two wicketkeepers, seven betters, seven bowlers and one Flex player who can be selected from any position – who score points based on their actions in real BBL matches.
Pick 12 of those to take the field each round, and the best 11 scores count – giving you one free throw at the stumps.
A few quick points to keep in mind:
– BAT-BWL players can be selected in either position, but the smart play is to stack your batting line with all-rounders, who score the most SuperCoach points. Players who bat high in the order and bowl at dangerous times – especially at the death, when wickets can tumble quickly – are the biggest stars in SuperCoach.
– In general bowlers score more than batters – even if you’re having a bad day with the ball you can jag a wicket (and 20 SuperCoach points) with one good delivery or a miscued slog. If a specialist batter cops a beauty first ball, his day can be over without troubling the SuperCoach scorers.
– The fixture is a key to SuperCoach BBL strategy, with some teams playing twice each round and others facing bye rounds during the season. The easiest tip is to pick more players from the teams that place twice. In round 1 that’s Hobart Hurricanes and Sydney Sixers, so you’ll see a lot of names from those teams below. Hobart has another double in round 3, so don’t worry if half your team is purple.
Brisbane Heat, Sydney Thunder, Melbourne Stars and Perth Scorchers all have early doubles, so they are also good targets. A team like the Adelaide Strikers, on the other hand, is less appealing as their double doesn’t come around until round 7. You can buy a bunch of Strikers before then using your three trades each round – four if you activate one of two Trade Boosts.
But your starting team is where the road to glory begins. Let’s go!
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WICKETKEEPERS
PICK ONE OF THESE GUYS
Sam Billings (Thunder) $111,300
Josh Philippe (Sixers) $109,600 - Already played, 58 scored
Matthew Wade (Hurricanes) $94,900
Ben McDermott (Hurricanes) $79,500
AND ONE OF THESE GUYS ON THE BENCH
Finn Allen (Scorchers) $85,300 - Already played, 36 scored
Joe Clarke (Stars) $68,600
Cameron Bancroft (Thunder) $81,700
Note: All wicketkeepers are listed as WKP-BAT, so you can pick an extra keeper in a batting spot if you like.
BATTERS
PICK THIS GUY
Mitch Owen (Hurricanes) $192,800 BAT-BWL
AND FOUR OF THESE GUYS
Matt Short (Strikers) $214,300 BAT-BWL
Glenn Maxwell (Stars) $201,400 BAT-BWL
Cooper Connolly (Scorchers) $188,400 BAT-BWL - Already played, 104 scored
Babar Azam (Sixers) $152,000
David Warner (Thunder) $149,700
Tim David (Hurricanes) $123,600
Mitch Marsh (Scorchers) $117,500 BAT-BWL - Already played, 0 scored
Daniel Sams (Thunder) $116,600 BAT-BWL
Jack Edwards (Sixers) $113,700 BAT-BWL - Already played, 104 scored
Hayden Kerr (Sixers) $100,900 BAT-BWL - DNP
Michael Neser (Heat) BAT-BWL $93,000*
* pending Test selection. If he’s released to play in the BBL, Neser is a great buy at that price. If he’s not, avoid!
AND TWO OF THESE GUYS ON THE BENCH
Aaron Hardie (Scorchers) $74,800 BAT-BWL - Already played, 38 scored
Ollie Davies (Thunder) $58,600
Jack Wildermuth (Heat) $58,500 BAT-BWL
Will Salzmann (Renegades) $39,500 BAT-BWL
BOWLERS
PICK TWO MORE ALL-ROUNDERS
From the list above
PICK THREE OF THESE GUYS
Ben Dwarshuis (Sixers) $146,600 - Already played, 50 scored
Nathan Ellis (Hurricanes) $153,900
Xavier Bartlett (Heat) $128,300
Riley Meredith (Hurricanes) $130,200
Chris Jordan (Hurricanes) $105,500
* You can add more BAT-BWL players here if you like!
AND TWO OF THESE GUYS ON THE BENCH
Adam Zampa (Renegades) $105,000
Matt Kuhnemann (Heat) $75,500
Mitch Swepson (Stars) $59,500
Todd Murphy (Sixers) $59,500 - Already played, 23 scored
And you’re done! You might need to juggle some players to get the best bang for your buck, then don’t forget to hit SAVE.
Next step – join a league or create one to play against your mates.
Enjoy, and good luck!
Originally published as SuperCoach BBL cheat sheet: Pick a team for BBL|15 in five minutes
