It was nice to see that somehow we ended up a reasonable game in the climax of the BBL itself and also the Big Bash Fantasy Sweep. However I suspect Glenn Maxwell and his Stars team mates don’t currently share that view.
Points Comp
In a thrilling finish James C made up the necessary 64 points by outscoring Andrew Sp by 81 points in the final game to be crowned the points comp champion. James was lucky enough to draw some reasonably scoring players and a captain that actually scored a point to place 16th in the final game. Unfortunately for Andrew Sp he drew 2 doughnuts including his captain and this was enough to finish a lowish 44th and sink his overall campaign. Ian D flew underneath the radar to claim 3rd with 21st place in the final game. The victory margin for James was 17 with the margin to between 2nd and 3rd being 402 points. It was actually satisfying from comp design point of view that the lead changed in the final game.
Interestingly James timed his run perfectly only holding the overall lead once for the season and that was after the last game. He was 3rd after 6 games but then dropped as low as 37th after 15 games. However the key to his victory was his consistency at the business end where in the final 9 games his average placing was 15th and was no higher than 27th in any of those games. Andrew can justifiable count himself as unlucky after he led this comp after 22 of the 61 games including 22 of the final 27 games. His lowest position was 11th after 9 games. However unfortunately not when it really counted. Ian Davey actually led after 2 games however dropped to as low as 32nd as late as game 40 however had a strong run since then to take the final podium position.
Ladder Comp
It was not such a thrilling finish in the ladder comp grand final with long time supporter of my comps Russell D taking this title with a 57 point victory over
@Tibor with James Couper coming in 3rd 19 points further back. Interestingly generally the ladder comp final’s participants had a poor scoring final game with half the field (8 of 16) placing 37th for the game or higher. Russell was lucky enough to draw the highest scoring player for the game as captain and no doughnuts.
@Tibor also drew a decent scoring captain however did draw Nic Maddinson (sorry) who scored a blob and that was probably the difference. We are well aware of James C game so we don’t need to dwell on that however needless to say he can add third in the ladder comp to his nice little collect in the points comp.
Last
The only thing left to mention is that David S finished last and as is custom and practice in any sweep will get his money back. David finished 283 points behind 58th who was his niece Olivia S.
@toxic was 5 points higher in 57th. Interestingly
@toxic occupied last place for 33 consecutive weeks and was as much as 786 point clear in that position after game 41. It is almost the cruellest thing of all that he didn’t get his money back after having to endure all that (and the associated commentary).
Big Bash Fantasy Sweep Honour Roll
Points Comp
- 1st James C $145
- 2nd Andrew Sp $87
- 3rd Ian D $58
- Last David S $10
Ladder Comp
- 1st Russell D $145
- 2nd @Tibor $87
- 3rd James C $58
