Big Bash League

BBL 2017/18: most runs, most wickets and results

Data through 4 February 2018Last updated 4 February 2018

The 2017/18 Big Bash League season ran from 19 Dec 2017 to 4 Feb 2018, with 43 matches in the data. Adelaide Strikers won the final: Adelaide Strikers won by 25 runs. D'Arcy Short (Hobart Hurricanes) scored the most runs, 572 in 11 innings at a strike rate of 148.6. Rashid Khan took the most wickets, 18 at an economy rate of 5.66.

Matches

19 Dec 2017 – 4 Feb 2018

Champion

Adelaide Strikers

won the final

Most runs

572

D'Arcy Short

Most wickets

Rashid Khan

BBL 2017/18 final

Adelaide Strikers 202/2 (20 ov)

Hobart Hurricanes 177/5 (20 ov)

Adelaide Strikers won by 25 runs · 4 Feb 2018 · Adelaide Oval

Most runs in BBL 2017/18

Top 10 run scorers
Player	Team	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50	6s
D'Arcy Short	Hobart Hurricanes	11	572	57.20	148.6	122*	1	4	26
Alex Carey	Adelaide Strikers	11	443	49.22	141.5	100	1	2	13
Jake Weatherald	Adelaide Strikers	12	383	31.92	126.8	115	1	3	19
Travis Head	Adelaide Strikers	9	374	53.43	133.1	85*	0	3	12
Shane Watson	Sydney Thunder	10	331	36.78	139.1	77	0	2	15
Ben McDermott	Hobart Hurricanes	12	325	36.11	138.3	67*	0	1	15
Marcus Harris	Melbourne Renegades	11	324	29.45	129.1	64	0	2	10
Cameron White	Melbourne Renegades	8	304	76.00	111.4	79*	0	3	8
Glenn Maxwell	Melbourne Stars	9	299	37.38	154.1	84	0	3	12
Tom Cooper	Melbourne Renegades	9	298	49.67	141.2	65*	0	3	12

Most wickets in BBL 2017/18

Top 10 wicket takers
Player	Team	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
Rashid Khan	Adelaide Strikers	11	18	13.83	5.66	3/20
Dwayne Bravo	Melbourne Renegades	11	18	20.17	8.47	5/28
Andrew Tye	Perth Scorchers	6	16	12.00	8.11	5/23
Ben Laughlin	Adelaide Strikers	12	16	23.00	8.36	4/26
Jofra Archer	Hobart Hurricanes	12	16	23.06	7.96	3/15
Sean Abbott	Sydney Sixers	10	13	21.77	8.49	4/11
Michael Neser	Adelaide Strikers	11	13	28.62	9.11	3/29
Fawad Ahmed	Sydney Thunder	10	12	20.42	6.12	3/31
Kane Richardson	Melbourne Renegades	10	12	26.17	8.05	4/22
Peter Siddle	Adelaide Strikers	11	11	20.00	5.95	3/17

Most sixes

Best bowling figures

Andrew Tye v Melbourne Stars5/23
Dwayne Bravo v Hobart Hurricanes5/28
Brendan Doggett v Perth Scorchers5/35
Sean Abbott v Brisbane Heat4/11
Daniel Sams v Sydney Thunder4/14

Highest team totals

Top 5 totals this season
Team	Score	Overs	Against	Date	Result
Hobart Hurricanes	210/4	20	Perth Scorchers	1 Feb 2018	Won
Brisbane Heat	206/7	20	Melbourne Stars	20 Dec 2017	Won
Adelaide Strikers	202/2	20	Hobart Hurricanes	4 Feb 2018	Won
Melbourne Stars	191/6	20	Brisbane Heat	20 Dec 2017	Lost
Brisbane Heat	191/6	20	Perth Scorchers	5 Jan 2018	Won

Team win–loss record

All matches in the data, including play-offs. This is not the official points table.
Team	Played	Won	Lost
Adelaide Strikers	12	9	3
Perth Scorchers	11	8	3
Melbourne Renegades	11	6	5
Hobart Hurricanes	12	6	6
Brisbane Heat	10	4	6
Sydney Sixers	10	4	6
Sydney Thunder	10	4	6
Melbourne Stars	10	2	8

All BBL 2017/18 results

Every match in the data, in date order
Date	Teams	Result	Ground
19 Dec 2017	Sydney Thunder 150/5 (20 ov) Sydney Sixers 149/9 (20 ov)	Sydney Thunder won by 5 wickets	Sydney Showground Stadium
20 Dec 2017	Brisbane Heat 206/7 (20 ov) Melbourne Stars 191/6 (20 ov)	Brisbane Heat won by 15 runs	The Gabba
21 Dec 2017	Hobart Hurricanes 164/8 (20 ov) Melbourne Renegades 165/3 (18.3 ov)	Melbourne Renegades won by 7 wickets	Bellerive Oval
22 Dec 2017	Adelaide Strikers 163/6 (20 ov) Sydney Thunder 110 (17.4 ov)	Adelaide Strikers won by 53 runs	Adelaide Oval
23 Dec 2017	Sydney Sixers 132 (18.4 ov) Perth Scorchers 136/4 (18.1 ov)	Perth Scorchers won by 6 wickets	Sydney Cricket Ground
23 Dec 2017	Melbourne Renegades 137/3 (18.4 ov) Brisbane Heat 132/8 (20 ov)	Melbourne Renegades won by 7 wickets	Docklands Stadium
26 Dec 2017	Perth Scorchers 142/6 (20 ov) Melbourne Stars 129/8 (20 ov)	Perth Scorchers won by 13 runs	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground
27 Dec 2017	Brisbane Heat 153/4 (16.5 ov) Sydney Thunder 149/4 (17 ov)	Brisbane Heat won by 6 wickets (D/L)	The Gabba
28 Dec 2017	Sydney Sixers 161/8 (20 ov) Adelaide Strikers 167/3 (20 ov)	Adelaide Strikers won by 6 runs	Sydney Cricket Ground
29 Dec 2017	Melbourne Renegades 130/9 (20 ov) Perth Scorchers 133/7 (19 ov)	Perth Scorchers won by 3 wickets	Docklands Stadium
30 Dec 2017	Hobart Hurricanes 109 (19.3 ov) Sydney Thunder 166/5 (20 ov)	Sydney Thunder won by 57 runs	Aurora Stadium
31 Dec 2017	Adelaide Strikers 147/7 (20 ov) Brisbane Heat 91 (16.2 ov)	Adelaide Strikers won by 56 runs	Adelaide Oval
1 Jan 2018	Sydney Thunder 180/8 (20 ov) Hobart Hurricanes 189/3 (20 ov)	Hobart Hurricanes won by 9 runs	Sydney Showground Stadium
1 Jan 2018	Perth Scorchers 170/4 (19.1 ov) Sydney Sixers 167/4 (20 ov)	Perth Scorchers won by 6 wickets	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground
2 Jan 2018	Melbourne Stars 141/7 (20 ov) Brisbane Heat 144/1 (14.4 ov)	Brisbane Heat won by 9 wickets	Melbourne Cricket Ground
3 Jan 2018	Melbourne Renegades 112/2 (15.3 ov) Sydney Sixers 111/8 (20 ov)	Melbourne Renegades won by 8 wickets	Kardinia Park
4 Jan 2018	Hobart Hurricanes 183/5 (20 ov) Adelaide Strikers 176/6 (20 ov)	Hobart Hurricanes won by 7 runs	Bellerive Oval
5 Jan 2018	Brisbane Heat 191/6 (20 ov) Perth Scorchers 142 (19 ov)	Brisbane Heat won by 49 runs	The Gabba
6 Jan 2018	Melbourne Stars 157/4 (20 ov) Melbourne Renegades 159/4 (17.5 ov)	Melbourne Renegades won by 6 wickets	Melbourne Cricket Ground
7 Jan 2018	Sydney Thunder 133/9 (20 ov) Adelaide Strikers 158/7 (20 ov)	Adelaide Strikers won by 25 runs	Sydney Showground Stadium
8 Jan 2018	Hobart Hurricanes 170/6 (20 ov) Sydney Sixers 165/4 (20 ov)	Hobart Hurricanes won by 5 runs	Bellerive Oval
8 Jan 2018	Perth Scorchers 186/5 (19.5 ov) Melbourne Renegades 185/3 (20 ov)	Perth Scorchers won by 5 wickets	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground
9 Jan 2018	Adelaide Strikers 152/2 (18.4 ov) Melbourne Stars 151/6 (20 ov)	Adelaide Strikers won by 8 wickets	Adelaide Oval
10 Jan 2018	Brisbane Heat 176/8 (20 ov) Hobart Hurricanes 179/4 (20 ov)	Hobart Hurricanes won by 3 runs	The Gabba
11 Jan 2018	Sydney Thunder 175/4 (20 ov) Perth Scorchers 172/4 (20 ov)	Sydney Thunder won by 3 runs	Sydney Showground Stadium
12 Jan 2018	Melbourne Renegades 144/9 (20 ov) Melbourne Stars 167/4 (20 ov)	Melbourne Stars won by 23 runs	Docklands Stadium
13 Jan 2018	Adelaide Strikers 112 (19.2 ov) Perth Scorchers 114/4 (18.2 ov)	Perth Scorchers won by 6 wickets	Traeger Park
13 Jan 2018	Sydney Sixers 157/2 (20 ov) Sydney Thunder 156/6 (20 ov)	Sydney Sixers won by 8 wickets	Sydney Cricket Ground
15 Jan 2018	Hobart Hurricanes 166/4 (18.2 ov) Brisbane Heat 165/8 (20 ov)	Hobart Hurricanes won by 6 wickets	Bellerive Oval
16 Jan 2018	Melbourne Stars 128/7 (20 ov) Sydney Sixers 129/2 (15.1 ov)	Sydney Sixers won by 8 wickets	Melbourne Cricket Ground
17 Jan 2018	Adelaide Strikers 187/4 (20 ov) Hobart Hurricanes 176/4 (20 ov)	Adelaide Strikers won by 11 runs	Adelaide Oval
18 Jan 2018	Sydney Sixers 74/1 (10 ov) Brisbane Heat 73 (16.4 ov)	Sydney Sixers won by 9 wickets	Sydney Cricket Ground
20 Jan 2018	Melbourne Stars 147/6 (20 ov) Sydney Thunder 149/3 (16.1 ov)	Sydney Thunder won by 7 wickets	Melbourne Cricket Ground
20 Jan 2018	Perth Scorchers 168/5 (19.2 ov) Hobart Hurricanes 167/5 (20 ov)	Perth Scorchers won by 5 wickets	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground
22 Jan 2018	Melbourne Renegades 147/7 (20 ov) Adelaide Strikers 173/5 (20 ov)	Adelaide Strikers won by 26 runs	Docklands Stadium
23 Jan 2018	Sydney Sixers 190/5 (17.3 ov) Melbourne Stars 189/5 (20 ov)	Sydney Sixers won by 5 wickets	Sydney Cricket Ground
24 Jan 2018	Sydney Thunder 180 (20 ov) Melbourne Renegades 189/6 (20 ov)	Melbourne Renegades won by 9 runs	Manuka Oval
25 Jan 2018	Perth Scorchers 141/6 (19.3 ov) Adelaide Strikers 137/6 (20 ov)	Perth Scorchers won by 4 wickets	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground
27 Jan 2018	Melbourne Stars 186/7 (19.1 ov) Hobart Hurricanes 185/7 (20 ov)	Melbourne Stars won by 3 wickets	Melbourne Cricket Ground
27 Jan 2018	Brisbane Heat 161 (19.5 ov) Melbourne Renegades 187/3 (20 ov)	Melbourne Renegades won by 26 runs	The Gabba
1 Feb 2018	Perth Scorchers 139 (17.5 ov) Hobart Hurricanes 210/4 (20 ov)	Hobart Hurricanes won by 71 runs	Perth Stadium
2 Feb 2018	Adelaide Strikers 178/5 (20 ov) Melbourne Renegades 177/4 (20 ov)	Adelaide Strikers won by 1 run	Adelaide Oval
4 Feb 2018	Adelaide Strikers 202/2 (20 ov) Hobart Hurricanes 177/5 (20 ov)	Adelaide Strikers won by 25 runs	Adelaide Oval

Frequently asked questions

Who scored the most runs in BBL 2017/18?

D'Arcy Short (Hobart Hurricanes) with 572 runs in 11 innings (average 57.20, highest 122*).

Who took the most wickets in BBL 2017/18?

Rashid Khan (Adelaide Strikers) with 18 wickets (best 3/20, economy 5.66).

Who won BBL 2017/18?

Adelaide Strikers. Final: Adelaide Strikers won by 25 runs on 4 Feb 2018.

What was the highest team score in BBL 2017/18?

210/4 by Hobart Hurricanes against Perth Scorchers on 1 Feb 2018.

Who hit the most sixes in BBL 2017/18?

D'Arcy Short with 26 sixes.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Definitions: methodology.