BBL playerAustralia2011-12 to 2020-21
B Laughlin
Left-handed bat · Right-arm fast-medium
B Laughlin, a bowler, played ten BBL seasons for three clubs.
The arrival
B Laughlin's first BBL season was 2011-12, with Hobart Hurricanes.
That first season brought 7 matches, 4 runs and 7 wickets at 6.99 an over.
The peak
The best season was 2017-18, for Adelaide Strikers: 16 wickets at 7.66 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.43. Five seasons brought 12 wickets or more (2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2017-18 and 2019-20).
Club by club
2011-12 to 2013-14, Hobart Hurricanes. 20 matches and 29 wickets.
2014-15 to 2018-19, Adelaide Strikers. 49 matches and 60 wickets.
2019-20 to 2020-21, Brisbane Heat. 21 matches and 16 wickets.
3 spells with three clubs in all. The longest was with Adelaide Strikers, 2014-15 to 2018-19.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 105 wickets in 1,970 deliveries, at 7.59 runs an over against a league rate of 7.34 for the same seasons: 0.25 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often.
The legacy
On the all-time BBL lists, among 526 players, B Laughlin finished 12th for wickets.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 (BBL|01) | Hobart Hurricanes | 7 | 4 | 4* | 4.0 | 50.0 | 0/0 | 7 | 6.99 | – | 0 | ||
| 2012-13 (BBL|02) | Hobart Hurricanes | 4 | 12 | 10 | 6.0 | 63.2 | 0/0 | 8 | 7.16 | – | 0 | ||
| 2013-14 (BBL|03) | Hobart Hurricanes | 9 | 17 | 9 | 3.4 | 63.0 | 0/0 | 14 | 7.30 | – | 0 | ||
| 2014-15 (BBL|04) | Adelaide Strikers | 8 | 29 | 22 | 14.5 | 161.1 | 0/0 | 13 | 7.91 | – | 0 | ||
| 2015-16 (BBL|05) | Adelaide Strikers | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7.0 | 175.0 | 0/0 | 12 | 7.43 | – | 0 | ||
| 2016-17 (BBL|06) | Adelaide Strikers | 7 | 0 | 0* | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | 9 | 5.87 | – | 0 | ||
| 2017-18 (BBL|07) | Adelaide Strikers | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 33.3 | 0/0 | 16 | 7.66 | – | 0 | ||
| 2018-19 (BBL|08) | Adelaide Strikers | 13 | 16 | 14 | 5.3 | 76.2 | 0/0 | 10 | 7.80 | – | 0 | ||
| 2019-20 (BBL|09) | Brisbane Heat | 13 | 40 | 17 | 13.3 | 95.2 | 0/0 | 15 | 8.23 | – | 0 | ||
| 2020-21 (BBL|10) | Brisbane Heat | 8 | 8 | 6* | – | 61.5 | 0/0 | 1 | 8.45 | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Hobart Hurricanes: 2011-12 to 2013-14
- Adelaide Strikers: 2014-15 to 2018-19
- Brisbane Heat: 2019-20 to 2020-21
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics