The short nature of the Big Bash means some players don't get a chance to bat or bowl — but which players have played the most games just having a field?
Experts in the field — which players in the Big Bash League have played the most matches where they did not bat or bowl?Experts in the field — which players in the Big Bash League have played the most matches where they did not bat or bowl?Like a lot of Australian children, I grew up with dreams of one day wearing the Baggy Green and representing my country when I was older.
I don't think I ever batted any higher than eight or nine and am pretty sure I only bowled once in a game when a team was trying to bowl us out twice in a day — we're talking real can't bowl, can't throw areas.Watching the BBL over the summer got me thinking about how many of these professional cricketers had also gone through games without getting a bat and/or a bowl.
Simon Katich spent a not insignificant amount of time in the first two Big Bash seasons either not batting or not bowling.Katich played all nine matches in the Scorchers' initial campaign but only made it to the crease on six occasions, scoring 85 runs at an average of 17.0. He had a leaner season with the bat, however, with his five innings resulting in scores of 8, 0, 8, 66, and 0. The second duck came in the loss to the Brisbane Heat in the BBL02 final.
His performances with the bat weren't too different to that of Katich in BBL02 — 4, 36, 0, 30, 6, 0, and 3. But the Strikers suffered the same fate as the Stars did the year previously, losing a home semifinal to the Sydney Sixers.BBL05: Tom Cooper , David Hussey , and Ashton Turner — three matches After sitting out the opening two matches of the Sixers campaign he played the remaining eight — but only batted in the first four of these matches.
His batting performances weren't as flashy as they were in BBL07 , but his bowler teammates stepped up when it mattered — restricting the Stars to 99 and 6/97 in consecutive finals .
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