Another T20 hundred in the UK could be the catalyst for big money offers for Chris Lynn from rival leagues
Every big score Chris Lynn makes in England could earn him enough dollars elsewhere to skip the Big Bash.
Big Bash free agent Chris Lynn could have priced himself out of returning to a new club, with a second unbeaten century in England’s T20 competition sure to earn big-money offers from rival leagues this summer.
Lynn, the all-time leading run scorer in the BBL is without a club after being released from the Brisbane Heat earlier this year.
He’s gone to the UK as a man on a mission and continued his purple patch by blasting 113 not out from 57 balls to equal his highest score in T20 cricket and set up Northamptonshire‘s third straight victory.
Lynn, who picked up a little niggle when he was on 97 and finished his innings with a runner, hammered eight fours and nine sixes to take his average for the Vitality Blast to just short of 95.
His 379 runs, at a strike rate of 166.22, for the competition has him nearly 100 runs ahead of the next best, Rilee Rossouw (285), with fellow Aussie Tim David in third with 264 runs in seven innings.
“It (the runner) kind of helped us in way,” Lynn’s batting partner for much of the innings, Josh Cobb, said after the match.
“He thought, ‘I can’t run, I need to try and hit sixes’, and he managed to keep hitting sixes.
“He was outstanding tonight and it‘s great to see him firing.”
Lynn has scores of 16, 83, 106no, 61, 0 and 113no for the Steelbacks and is set to be in the sights of two new T20 leagues that are set to clash with the Big Bash in January.
The two leagues, in the UAE and South Africa, could potentially offer at least double the $200,000 Lynn made in his final season at the Heat.
Lynn showed his support for the new UAE league in a Twitter post when it was announced it would take place in direct competition to the BBL from January 6 to February 12 next year.
— Chris Lynn (@lynny50) June 7, 2022
It’s understood the UAE league could offer players up to $700,000 for five weeks work, which would be more than Big Bash clubs could even dream of offering.
Losing Lynn, a Big Bash stalwart, could be a hammer blow for the competition, which has been devoid of superstars in recent seasons.
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