SuperCoach BBL Tight Take Tuesday: Frontline bowlers for each team

How will each BBL club share its 20 overs? While the frontline bowlers are obvious for some teams, others have no shortage of options. We’ve determined the likely top-five bowlers at each club to help your SuperCoach BBL selections.

Rashid Khan of the Strikers is one of the premium bowlers you can pick in SuperCoach BBL

How will each BBL club share its 20 overs? While the frontline bowlers are obvious for some teams, others have no shortage of options. We’ve determined the likely top-five bowlers at each club to help your SuperCoach BBL selections.

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Unpredictable bowlers have a history of prospering in Twenty20 cricket.

But in SuperCoach BBL, coaches should strive for predictability in their bowling ranks.

Bowlers need to deliver at least two overs a game to be eligible for the economy rate bonus and every ball they bowl increases their chances of taking a wicket (worth 25 points).

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Perth Scorchers have been stung by injuries to Andrew Tye and Jason Behrendorff after the departure of spearhead Nathan Coulter-Nile to Melbourne Stars.

However, the Scorchers’ loss will likely prove every SuperCoaches’ gain.

Jhye Richardson of the Scorchers looms as a big SuperCoach player this season

Jhye Richardson, Matthew Kelly and Joel Paris are all but certain to be Perth’s first-choice seamers and the loss of Coutler-Nile, Tye and Behrendorff should guarantee them four overs a game.

Brisbane Heat has great depth in its spinning stocks, but its pace depth will be tested throughout BBL09.

James Pattinson could yet feature in the Test squad to face New Zealand, which would leave Josh Lalor, Mark Steketee and Ben Cutting to shoulder the seam-bowling load.

Much like Perth, the Heat’s shortage of quicks should be good news for SuperCoaches.

Teams replete with bowling options — such as Melbourne Stars last summer — can cause headaches in SuperCoach BBL.

One bad over can cost a player further opportunities and limit their SuperCoach output.

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SUPERCOACH BBL STUDY GUIDES:

> Adelaide Strikers SuperCoach BBL|09 preview

> Brisbane Heat SuperCoach BBL|09 preview

> Hobart Hurricanes BBL|09 preview

> Melbourne Renegades BBL|09 preview

> Melbourne Stars BBL|09 preview

> Perth Scorchers BBL|09 preview

> Sydney Sixers BBL|09 preview

> Sydney Thunder BBL|09 preview

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ADELAIDE STRIKERS

Likely front line bowlers: Neser, Stanlake, Siddle, Laughlin, Khan.

Part-timer: Short

Big appeal from Heat's James Pattinson during last season’s Big Bash League

BRISBANE HEAT

Likely front line bowlers: Pattinson, Lalor, Cutting, Steketee, Mujeeb/Khan.

Part timer: Renshaw (Burns/Labuschagne playing Tests)

HOBART HURRICANES

Likely front line bowlers: Meredith, Faulkner, Boland, Ahmad, Rose

Part-timer Short/Milenko

MELBOURNE RENEGADES

Likely front line bowlers: Richardson, Gurney, Boyce, Christian, Wildermuth/Sutherland

Part-timers: Nabi, Cooper

Kane Richardson in full flight for the Renegades

MELBOURNE STARS

Likely front line bowlers: Steyn/Brown, Coulter-Nile, Stoinis, Lamichanne, Zampa.

Part-timer: Maxwell

PERTH SCORCHERS

Likely front line bowlers: Richardson, Kelly, M.Marsh, Paris, Agar, Ahmed (sharing 20 overs)

Part-timers: Livingstone/Green

SYDNEY SIXERS

Likely front line bowlers: Curran, Abbott, Dwarshuis, Bird, SOK.

Part timer: Henriques

Arjun Nair of the Thunder letting it rip

SYDNEY THUNDER

Front line bowlers: Sams, Morris, Green, Cook, Sandhu.

Part-timers: Nair/J.Sangha

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Originally published as SuperCoach BBL Tight Take Tuesday: Frontline bowlers for each team