SHEFFIELD SHIELD
WILL PUCOVSKI (STARS)
495 runs at 247.50, High Score: 255.
Everyone knows who Will Pucovski is. If you don’t, he’s
the 22-year-old star-in-the-making, who’s been named in
Australia’s Test squad after amassing 495 runs in his three Shield innings this season.
SEAN ABBOTT (SIXERS)
261 runs at 130.5, High Score: 102*.
14 wickets 17.92.
The NSW gun is doing it all, ranking third for wickets and 14th for runs in the opening four rounds of the competition. He’s a BBL star, too, making
his position in the Test squad the only thing getting in the way of him being a must-have.
SHAUN MARSH (RENEGADES)
485 runs at 97, HS: 134.
Marsh was the 5th-highest run-scorer in last summer’s BBL and his red-ball form has been outstanding again, with the left-hander posting three centuries so far.
CAM GREEN (SCORCHERS)
485 runs at 97, HS: 134
2 wickets at 36.5.
Along with Pucovski, Green has been
the talk of Australian cricket this year. He’s back bowling – albeit just 24 overs in his four Shield games – and he smashed 197 with the bat against NSW in October.
JOSH INGLIS (SCORCHERS)
354 runs at 118, HS: 153.
Two big scores – 153 and 125 – has the Scorchers keeper and opening batsman rocketing up the KFC SuperCoach BBL watchlist.
MITCH SWEPSON (HEAT)
23 wickets at 21.17.
The up-and-coming spinner, who is a big chance for a Baggy Green this summer, has taken eight more wickets than any other bowler in the Sheffield Shield.
OTHER NUMBERS OF NOTE
Sam Whiteman (Scorchers) and
Moises Henriques (Sixers) have both scored two centuries.
Nathan Ellis (Hurricanes) is the equal-third leading wicket taker with 12.
Will Sutherland (Renegades) has taken 2/61, 3/26 and 1/69 in his three Shield innings.
With Ashton Agar missing,
D’Arcy Short (Hurricanes) bowled 28 overs for WA in their most-recent outing, but finished with just one wicket.
Strikers recruit
Matt Renshaw posted an unbeaten 168 against SA in the final Shield clash before the break, while QLD teammate
Usman Khawaja (Thunder) scored 131 and 46*.
T20 VITALITY BLAST – ENGLAND
WILL JACKS (HURRICANES)
309 runs at 34.33, Strike rate: 149
13 wickets at 16.07, Economy: 6.46.
And it all starts with the 21-year-old Englishman, who was named player of the Vitality Blast after a brilliant all-round display for Surrey. Jacks, who clubbed a century of just 25 balls in a practice match in Dubai last year, will play for the Hurricanes in BBL10.
JASON ROY (PERTH)
206 runs at 41.20, Striker rate: 131.
After a number of stints with the Sydney Sixers, one of England’s limited-overs stars has signed with Perth Scorchers for this summer’s BBL.
The one-day opener struggled in the recent three-match series against Australia but he posted three half-centuries from his five innings in the Vitality Blast, including an impressive 66 of 47 in the final.
LIAM LIVINGSTONE (PERTH)
192 runs at 27.42, Strike rate: 156
9 wickets at 21. Economy: 7.53
The big-hitting right-hander was the sixth-highest run scorer in his first appearance in the BBL last season. But despite plenty of hype around his bowling in the shortest form of the game, he didn’t feature prominently with the ball for the scorchers. However, that could change after Livingstone, again, impressed with the ball in the Vitality Blast.
JOE CLARKE (SCORCHERS)
371 runs at 37, SR: 175. HS: 100*
2 50s. – 5th highest scorer
The Scorchers recruit who will fly into replace fellow Englishman
Jason Roy for the start of BBL10 was the fifth-highest run scorer in the Vitality Blast. Clarke’s unbeaten century off 44 balls - an innings which included eight sixes - was one of the higlights of the tournament.
DANNY BRIGGS (STRIKERS)
12 wickets at 20, Econ: 6.55
Briggs looks set to be available for the entire tournament and that’s huge for KFC SuperCoach BBL, given the the 29-year-old has taken more wickets (172) than any other bowler in England’s T20 domestic competition.
DAN CHRISTIAN (SIXERS)
9 wickets at 30.
The former Aussie one-day all-rounder has moved to the Sixers and, after taking 4/23 and being named player of the match in the Vitality Blast final, there’s still KFC SuperCoach BBL life left in the 37-year-old.
ALEX HALES (THUNDER)
202 at 18.36. SR: 164.
The hard-hitting Englishman has had a tough year after being
the first in world cricket to contract COVID-19. He struggled to find form in the Vitality Blast but the second-highest run-scorer in BBL09 is on his way back to Australian, re-signing with the Thunder.
INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE
NICHOLAS POORAN (RENEGADES)
353 runs at 35.30, Strike rate: 169, HS: 77
The West Indies T20 star, who smashed the third-fastest century in the history of the Carribean Premium League, smacking off 100 off 45 balls, starred in the recent IPL. The Renegades recruit’s quickfire 77 - off 37 balls - against Sunrisers Hyderabad was the highlight.
MARCUS STOINIS (STARS)
352 runs at 25, SR: 148, HS: 65
13 wickets at 21.76
JONNY BAIRSTOW (STARS)
345 runs at 31, SR: 126, HS: 97.
RASHID KHAN (STRIKERS)
20 wickets at 17.20, Economy rate: 5.37
PAKISTAN SUPER LEAGUE
Ben Dunk (Stars)
289 runs at 41.28. HS: 99*. SR: 175
Chris Lynn (Heat)
284 runs at 40.57. SR: 179, HS: 113
Alex Hales (Thunder)
261 runs at 52, SR: 151, HS: 80
Rilee Rossouw (Renegades)
212 runs at 35.33, SR: 142, HS: 100*
Ben Cutting (Thunder)
146 runs at 29, SR: 189, HS: 53
8 wickets at 21.62
Imran Tahir (Renegades)
11 wickets at 21.63
CARRIBEAN PREMIER LEAGUE
Nicholas Pooran (Renegades)
245 at 27.22, SR 123, HS: 100. 5th-highest run scorer.
Imran Tahir (Renegades)
15 wickets at 15, Econ: 5.82
Mohammad Nabi (Renegades)
12 wickets at 17, Econ 5.10
Rashid Khan (Strikers)
11 wickets at 22, Econ: 6.85
Carlos Braithwaite (Sixers)
249 runs at 24.90.
Chris Green (Thunder)
9 wickets at 23.66, Econ: 5.68.
AUS V ENGLAND T20S – SEPTEMBER
D Malan
129 runs at 43. High score: 66. Strike rate: 138
A Finch
125 runs at 41. HS: 46. Strike rate: 137
J Buttler
121 runs at 121. HS: 77*. Strike rate: 145
M Stoinis
84 runs at 42. HS: 35. Strike rate: 135
J Bairstow
72 runs at 24. HS: 55. Strike rate: 116.
A Agar
5 wickets at 18. Economy: 7.83. Second-most wickets.
K Richardson
3 wickets at 21. Economy: 7
AUS V ENGLAND ODIS – SEPTEMBER
J Bairstow
196 runs at 65.33. HS: 112. Strike rate: 81.
G Maxwell
186 runs at 62. HS: 106. Strike rate: 118.
A Carey
152 runs at 50.66. HS: 106. Strike rate: 92.
A Finch
101 runs at 33.66. HS: 73. Strike rate: 72.
A Zampa
10 wickets at 14.20. Economy 4.73. Most wickets.