Big Bash move for Test batsman
The Big Bash player signing window is open and the moves are starting to happen, with a former Test batsman making a big one.
The Big Bash player signing window is open and the moves are starting to happen, with a former Test batsman making a big one.
Taking a leaf out of Billy Beane’s Moneyball playbook, Melbourne dad Chris Baker dominated KFC SuperCoach BBL this summer and took home a prize booty including $25,000.
The final round of KFC SuperCoach BBL is here and there’s still time to climb the rankings. Our experts name their five must-have players for the Sixers-Scorchers clash.
Marnus Labuschagne has reacted to reports about Justin Langer after the Aussie coach outed him for taking a toasted sandwich on the field.
One is a South African paceman on the rise, the other is an out-and-out cricket legend whose retirement from Test cricket has paved the way for a dominative force in T20 cricket.
Daniel Hughes and Jake Weatherald are priced within $7,000 each other in SuperCoach BBL and look set for big seasons based upon their start to the domestic summer, and both seem certain to be key players for their respective sides.
The axed opening Test batsmen pitted against one of the best short-form South African imports. If your team could only select Sydney Thunder’s Usman Khawaja or Hobart Hurricanes’ David Miller, who would you choose?
He’s been dubbed the natural successor to England great Kevin Pietersen, but excitement machine Tom Banton has handed out a warning to Brisbane Heat fans – and his Big Bash rivals.
If a sense of nervousness permeates picking spinners who may not be available for the entire Big Bash League season, what of the likely local lads who can step up and stake a claim for a role as a spinning BWL-only option in the BBL?
Two years after he was plugging away in Sydney grade cricket, Nathan Ellis will enter the Big Bash League as one of Australia’s in-form pacemen. Here’s how he went from relative obscurity to a Hobart Hurricanes deal.
Sydney Thunder teenager Oliver Davies could miss his debut Big Bash League campaign after suffering a fractured wrist in a trial game. But the Thunder remain hopeful of the big-hitting 19-year-old could still feature.
They played off in last season’s Big Bash League decider, but will the success of Melbourne’s Renegades and Stars translate to SuperCoach BBL? These are the five best starting picks from the finalists.
There are hundreds of cricketers across Australia pushing their case for a BBL contract in suburban competitions. We’ve identified the 17 prime candidates BBL clubs should be eyeing.
They’re two of the heavy hitters of the Big Bash League. Chris Lynn, the captain of the Brisbane Heat and Aaron Finch, Melbourne Renegades’ opener. Between them, you’d be hard-pressed to find a rooftop on any cricket pitch in the country that hasn’t been #blessed with a ball from either slogger.
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