SuperCoach BBL Round 1 scores: Josh Philippe, Chris Green get teams off to perfect start

Who fired and who flopped in the first round of SuperCoach BBL? We’ll update scores as they come in throughout the opening five matches with trade advice for Round 2.

Tim Michell

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December 20, 2019 - 10:19AM

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The value of picking double-game players in SuperCoach is already becoming evident three games into BBL09.

Sydney Thunder has seven of the top 10 scorers of Round 1 after winning its second match last night against Melbourne Renegades.

Usman Khawaja helped himself to 96 points to add to his 36 from the opening game of the season, while Arjun Nair has posted scores of 74 and 81 in his two outings.

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Even all-rounder Daniel Sams has managed to ammass 116 points from his two games despite being out for a first-ball duck in game one and not facing a ball against the Gades.

Here’s the stars who fired, and flopped, in the opening round of SuperCoach BBL.

Chris Green helped steer Sydney Thunder out of trouble with the bat before taking two wickets.

GAME 1: BRISBANE HEAT V SYDNEY THUNDER

HEAT

Ben Cutting 81

Mitchell Swepson 72

Mark Steketee 52

Sam Heazlett 43

Ben Laughlin 39

Josh Lalor 36

Matt Renshaw 32

Tom Banton 30

Chris Lynn 21

Zahir Khan 16

Max Bryant 15

THUNDER

Chris Green 134

Callum Ferguson 124

Jono Cook 87

Arjun Nair 81

Daniel Sams 53

Alex Ross 45

Chris Tremain 43

Usman Khawaja 36

Nathan McAndrew 21

Alex Hales 18

Matthew Gilkes 5

ON NOTICE

Zahir Khan: The Afghani spinner was tidy with 0-27, but the Thunder were happy to play him conservatively and he went wicket-less as a result. Will lose value from $169,000 without a big game two performance.

Chris Lynn: Lynn made nine from as many balls as the Heat’s big three battled in their season opener. Tempting to hold onto him for Round 2 when no teams have a double though.

Alex Hales: The Englishman doesn’t have a great record in the BBL and was caught for seven from eight balls.

Josh Philippe launches on his way to 150 SuperCoach BBL points on Wednesday night. Picture. Phil Hillyard.

GAME 2: SYDNEY SIXERS V PERTH SCORCHERS

SIXERS

Josh Philippe 150

Ben Dwarshuis 129

Tom Curran 99

Ben Manenti 64

Sean Abbott 61

Stephen O’Keefe 48

Moises Henriques 34

Daniel Hughes 28

James Vince 14

Hayden Kerr 13

Jordan Silk 0

SCORCHERS

Chris Jordan 84

Cameron Green 43

Josh Inglis 43

Fawad Ahmed 38

Mitch Marsh 34

Matthew Kelly 15

Jhye Richardson 9

Ashton Agar 9

Ashton Turner 1

Cameron Bancroft 1

Liam Livingstone 0

ON NOTICE

Liam Livingstone: A disappointing start for those who planned ahead by picking the Scorchers’ new English opener. He was out early and didn’t bowl so will drop in value before his Round 3 double. You’ve got to ride it out until then now.

Daniel Hughes: Looks like he’s going to play the anchor role at the top alongside Philippe. He’s only one game into a double so little need to panic yet.

Ashton Agar: The Aussie T20 spinner got a decent chance to bat but couldn’t make an impact as the Scorchers were pummelled. He’s another player who will be a fair bit cheaper than his starting price come Round 3.

GAME 2: MELBOURNE RENEGADES V SYDNEY THUNDER

RENEGADES

Sam Harper 87

Harry Gurney 67

Shaun Marsh 58

Aaron Finch 50

Kane Richardson 42

Richard Gleeson 32

Beau Webster 26

Dan Christian 21

Jake Wildermuth 16

Tom Cooper 14