SuperCoach BBL: Daniel Sams, Tom Curran the most prolific bowlers in BBL09 death overs

Peter Siddle has emerged as one of the Big Bash League’s most prolific wicket-takers late in innings and looms as a top trade target ahead of Adelaide Strikers’ Round 12 double.

Daniel Sams jumps for joy after snaring a wicket for Sydney Thunder.

Peter Siddle looms as a priority target for Adelaide Strikers’ Round 12 double after emerging as one of the BBL’s most lethal death over bowlers.

The former Australian quick, who announced his retirement from international cricket during the Boxing Day Test, has 10 wickets in seven matches for the Strikers in BBL09.

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Seven of those scalps have come between overs 16-20, placing Siddle behind only Sydney Thunder’s Daniel Sams and Sydney Sixers’ Tom Curran for wickets in the last five overs of an innings.

Siddle’s seven wickets remarkably account for half the wickets taken by Adelaide between overs 16-20 in eight matches.

Peter Siddle has enjoyed a strong start to BBL09 bowling at the death for Adelaide.

Fellow paceman Harry Conway and Cam Valente (two) are the only other Strikers with more than one wicket in that period of matches.

Siddle skittled Melbourne Renegades’ lower-order order during their recent clash, claiming the wickets of Samit Patel and Dan Christian in the 17th over.

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He also helped Adelaide seal a five-run win over table-topping Melbourne Stars on the Gold Coast, removing Glenn Maxwell in the 18th over and Ben Dunk from the penultimate ball.

Siddle was available for $145,700 before Round 9.

Curran and Sams are the top wicket-takers between overs 16-20 with eight, while Haris Rauf and Ben Dwarshuis have matched Siddle’s effort of seven.

Dwarshuis and Curran feature twice in Round 10 and should be popular after performing strongly in previous doubles.

Sams, the BBL’s leading wicket-taker after Round 8, has enjoyed success in the last over of innings mixing yorkers with his tricky slower ball.

Tom Curran has been one of the most prolific death bowlers in his two seasons in Sydney.

Wickets overs 16-20 in BBL09*

Sydney Sixers

Tom Curran 8

Ben Dwarshuis 7

Sean Abbott 6

Lloyd Pope 2

Ben Manenti 1

Run out 1

Jackson Bird 1

Josh Hazlewood 1

Over 16-20 total: 27 (44.3% of overall wickets)

Full total: 61

Melbourne Stars

Haris Rauf 7

Adam Zampa 3

Dan Worrall 3

Sandeep Lamichhane 2

Dale Steyn 2

Run out 2

Nathan Coulter-Nile 2

Lance Morris 1

Over 16-20 total: 22 (37.3% of overall wickets)

Full total: 59

Perth Scorchers

Fawad Ahmed 3

Chris Jordan 3

Jhye Richardson 3

Liam Livingstone 3

Matthew Kelly 11

Mitchell Marsh 1

Run out 1

Over 16-20 total: 16 (30.8% of overall wickets)

Full total: 52

Sydney Thunder

Daniel Sams 8

Chris Morris 6

Arjun Nair 4

Run out 4

Nathan McAndrew 2

Chris Green 1

Over 16-20 total: 25 (49.01% of overall wickets)

Full total: 51

Daniel Sams jumps for joy after snaring a wicket for Sydney Thunder.

Brisbane Heat

Ben Laughlin 4

Josh Lalor 4

Jack Prestwidge 3

Ben Cutting 1

Mark Steketee 1

Over 16-20 total: 13 (26.5% of overall wickets)

Full total: 49

Hobart Hurricanes

James Faulkner 4

Nathan Ellis 4

Qais Ahmad 3

Riley Meredith 2

Scott Boland 2

Tom Rogers 1

Clive Rose 1

Simon Milenko 1

Run out 1

Over 16-20 total: 19 (36.5% of overall wickets)

Full total: 52

Adelaide Strikers

Peter Siddle 7

Harry Conway 2

Cameron Valente 2

Rashid Khan 1

Michael Neser 1

Run out 1

Over 16-20 total: 14 (31.8% of overall wickets)

Full total: 44

Melbourne Renegades

Kane Richardson 5

Run out 3

Harry Gurney 2

Cameron Boyce 2

Richard Gleeson 2

Joe Mennie 1

Over 16-20 total: 15 (41.6% of overall wickets)

Full total: 36

LEADERBOARD

Sams (8)

Curran (8)

Siddle (7)

Rauf (7)

Dwarshuis (7)

Morris (6)

Abbott (6)

K.Richardson (5)

Nair (4)

Laughlin (4)

Lalor (4)

Faulkner (4)

Ellis (4)

*Stats current as of January 14

Originally published as SuperCoach BBL: Daniel Sams, Tom Curran the most prolific bowlers in BBL09 death overs