BBL playerAustralia2016-17 to 2025-26
BJ Webster
Left-handed bat · Right-arm fast-medium
BJ Webster, a batter, has played ten BBL seasons for three clubs.
The arrival
BJ Webster's first BBL season was 2016-17, with Hobart Hurricanes.
That first season brought 5 matches and 76 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2019-20, for Melbourne Renegades: 425 runs at an average of 42.5, striking at 130.0 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 125.9, with 3 fifties, and a highest score of 67 not out.
With the ball, the best season was 2022-23, for Melbourne Stars: 7 wickets at 6.23 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.28.
Club by club
2016-17, Hobart Hurricanes. 5 matches and 76 runs.
2017-18 to 2020-21, Melbourne Renegades. 32 matches, 683 runs and 1 wicket.
2021-22 to 2024-25, Melbourne Stars. 40 matches, 818 runs and 18 wickets.
2025-26, Hobart Hurricanes, second time round. 1 match and 27 runs.
4 spells with three clubs in all. The longest was with Melbourne Renegades, 2017-18 to 2020-21.
Bat, ball and method
Across the career, BJ Webster has struck at 118.4. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 126.1, so BJ Webster has scored about 8 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time, a trade usually made for longer innings. 46% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 110 fours and 50 sixes.
With the ball, 19 wickets in 586 deliveries, at 6.97 runs an over against a league rate of 7.49 for the same seasons: 0.51 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time, the mark of a bowler who kept things tight.
Where it stands
BJ Webster has made 78 BBL appearances, the latest for Hobart Hurricanes in 2025-26.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 (BBL|06) | Hobart Hurricanes | 5 | 76 | 67* | 25.3 | 133.3 | 1/0 | 0 | 8.00 | – | 0 | ||
| 2017-18 (BBL|07) | Melbourne Renegades | 3 | 35 | 18* | 35.0 | 184.2 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2018-19 (BBL|08) | Melbourne Renegades | 4 | 63 | 33 | 15.8 | 81.8 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2019-20 (BBL|09) | Melbourne Renegades | 14 | 425 | 67* | 42.5 | 130.0 | 3/0 | 0 | 7.78 | – | 0 | ||
| 2020-21 (BBL|10) | Melbourne Renegades | 11 | 160 | 54* | 22.9 | 125.0 | 2/0 | 1 | 6.81 | – | 0 | ||
| 2021-22 (BBL|11) | Melbourne Stars | 10 | 98 | 63 | 16.3 | 101.0 | 1/0 | 1 | 9.60 | – | 0 | ||
| 2022-23 (BBL|12) | Melbourne Stars | 14 | 274 | 78 | 22.8 | 110.0 | 1/0 | 7 | 6.23 | – | 0 | ||
| 2023-24 (BBL|13) | Melbourne Stars | 9 | 262 | 66* | 43.7 | 111.0 | 3/0 | 6 | 6.30 | – | 0 | ||
| 2024-25 (BBL|14) | Melbourne Stars | 7 | 184 | 51 | 30.7 | 126.9 | 1/0 | 4 | 7.67 | – | 0 | ||
| 2025-26 (BBL|15) | Hobart Hurricanes | 1 | 27 | 27 | 27.0 | 135.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Hobart Hurricanes: 2016-17
- Melbourne Renegades: 2017-18 to 2020-21
- Melbourne Stars: 2021-22 to 2024-25
- Hobart Hurricanes: 2025-26
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics