BBL playerAustralia2021-22 to 2025-26
BL Couch
Right-handed bat · Right-arm fast-medium
BL Couch, a bowler, has played four BBL seasons for two clubs.
The arrival
BL Couch's first BBL season was 2021-22, with Melbourne Stars.
That first season brought 14 matches, 12 runs and 16 wickets at 7.37 an over. It would stay the best season of the career with the ball.
The peak
The best season was 2021-22, for Melbourne Stars: 16 wickets at 7.37 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.41.
Club by club
2021-22 to 2024-25, Melbourne Stars. 18 matches and 19 wickets.
2025-26, Perth Scorchers. 6 matches and 6 wickets.
2 spells with two clubs in all. The longest was with Melbourne Stars, 2021-22 to 2024-25. 2023-24 is missing from the record: a season without a BBL appearance.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 25 wickets in 441 deliveries, at 8.03 runs an over against a league rate of 7.54 for the same seasons: 0.48 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time, the price of a bowler who took wickets often.
Where it stands
BL Couch has made 24 BBL appearances, the latest for Perth Scorchers in 2025-26.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 (BBL|11) | Melbourne Stars | 14 | 12 | 8 | 4.0 | 60.0 | 0/0 | 16 | 7.37 | – | 0 | ||
| 2022-23 (BBL|12) | Melbourne Stars | 1 | 0 | 0* | – | – | 0/0 | 2 | 11.70 | – | 0 | ||
| 2024-25 (BBL|14) | Melbourne Stars | 3 | 12 | 8* | – | 100.0 | 0/0 | 1 | 8.45 | – | 0 | ||
| 2025-26 (BBL|15) | Perth Scorchers | 6 | 5 | 5* | – | 83.3 | 0/0 | 6 | 8.86 | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Melbourne Stars: 2021-22 to 2024-25
- Perth Scorchers: 2025-26
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics