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As the BBL 19 T20 League is only two weeks away from today, research has already begun in an attempt to find the best players suitable for your ever changing squad!
With multiple tournaments around the world in the works it’s evident to see who has been firing and for which side!
The bottom table represents statistics from the MSL (Mzansi Super League). The players below are the ones who have contracts with their respective BBL teams.
The Big Bash starts on the 17th of December, the eliminator of the MSL is on the 14th of December, whilst the final is on the same starting day as the BBL, the 17th of December, so keep an eye on the results as you may get stuck with a player in your squad who might not actually be in the country and able to represent their given BBL side!
The players from the team that loses the eliminator, has obviously a higher chance of being selected to play, whilst the teams that make the final will have a reduced chance of being available for the start of round 1 game week for the BBL (which in my honest opinion would be highly unlikely to play if they did play in the final / win the elimator).
| Player | Team | Runs | Avg. | SR | Team Posn |
| James Vince | Paarl Rocks / Sixers | 192 | 38.4 | 153.6 | 1st |
| Chris Morris | NMBG / Thunder | 76 | 25.33 | 190.95 | 2nd |
| Ben Dunk | NMBG / Stars | 179 | 35.8 | 142.06 | 2nd |
| AB De Villiers | Tshwane Spartans / Heat | 184 | 46 | 149.59 | 3rd |
| Tom Curran | Tshwane Spartans / Sixers | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3rd |
| Liam Livingstone | Cape Town Blitz / Perth | 198 | 24.75 | 135.61 | 4th |
| Dale Steyn | Cape Town Blitz / Stars | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4th |
| Alex Hales | Durban Heat / Thunder | 63 | 15.75 | 108.62 | 5th |
| David Miller | Durban Heat / Hobart | 144 | 72 | 119.-00 | 5th |
| Player | Team | Wickets | Avg. | Economy | SR |
| James Vince | Paarl Rocks / Sixers | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Chris Morris | NMBG / Thunder | 8 | 22.62 | 7.28 | 18.6 |
| Ben Dunk | NMBG / Stars | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| AB De Villiers | Tshwane Spartans / Heat | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Tom Curran | Tshwane Spartans / Sixers | 5 | 30.6 | 9 | 20.4 |
| Liam Livingstone | Cape Town Blitz / Perth | 1 | 36 | 12 | 18 |
| Dale Steyn | Cape Town Blitz / Stars | 15 | 15.13 | 7.09 | 12.8 |
| Alex Hales | Durban Heat / Thunder | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| David Miller | Durban Heat / Hobart | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Another short format tournament that has been played is the Abu Dhabi T10, this included some big hitters in the tournamnet and also genune wicket takers, but the ones who are relevant to the BBL set up are as follows:
| Player | Team | Runs | Avg | SR | Wickets | Avg | Economy | SR |
| Chris Lynn | Heat | 371 | 53 | 236.3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Tom Banton | Heat | 162 | 40.5 | 200 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Phil Salt | Strikers | 164 | 27.33 | 178.26 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Ben Cutting | Heat | 91 | 91 | 206.81 | 3 | 42.66 | 12.8 | 20 |
| Qais Ahmed | Hobart | N/A | N/A | N/A | 9 | 13.22 | 9.15 | 8.6 |
| Chris Jordan | Perth | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6 | 12.33 | 8.22 | 9 |
| Cam Green | Thunder | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6 | 18.33 | 9.16 | 12 |
| Sandeep Lamichane | Stars | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6 | 19.66 | 11.8 | 10 |
| Mujeeb Ur Rahmen | Heat | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4 | 17.5 | 8.75 | 12 |
| Ben Laughlin | Heat | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4 | 20.25 | 9 | 13.5 |
| Zahir Khan | Heat | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4 | 21.25 | 10.62 | 12 |
| Mohammed Nabi | Renegades | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3 | 29.33 | 11 | 16 |
Last years BBL top 5 Batting & Bowling ;
| Player | Team | Runs | Avg | SR |
| D. Short | Hobart | 637 | 53.1 | 140.61 |
| M.Wade | Hobart | 592 | 42.3 | 146.89 |
| M. Stoinis | Stars | 533 | 53.3 | 130.63 |
| C. Ferguson | Thunder | 442 | 34 | 134.75 |
| D. Hughes | Sixers | 399 | 30.7 | 129.5 |
| Player | Team | Wickets | Eco | Avg | SR |
| K. Richardson | Renegades | 24 | 7.75 | 17.7 | 13.7 |
| S. Abbott | Sixers | 22 | 8.17 | 20.13 | 14.7 |
| S .O’keefe | Sixers | 21 | 6.57 | 17.52 | 16 |
| J. Lalor | Heat | 20 | 7.61 | 14.85 | 11.7 |
| T .Curran | Sixers | 20 | 7.65 | 19.85 | 15.5 |
Nath will be back with another post with the updated stats from the MSI tournament after it finishes on December 16th.
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Great write up Nath!
Plenty of great to stats to ponder and can’t wait for the updated stats at the end of the MSI tournament.