BBL playerAustralia2011-12 to 2025-26
CA Lynn
Right-handed bat · Left-arm orthodox (occasional)
CA Lynn, a batter, has played fifteen BBL seasons for two clubs, and has scored more runs than anyone else in BBL history, 4,041.
The arrival
CA Lynn's first BBL season was 2011-12, with Brisbane Heat.
That first season brought 5 matches and 90 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2020-21, for Brisbane Heat: 458 runs at an average of 35.2, striking at 150.2 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 127.9, with 5 fifties, and a highest score of 69. There were seven seasons of 300 runs or more in all (2015-16, 2016-17, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2022-23 and 2023-24).
Measured against the league around it, though, the most destructive season was 2016-17: 309 runs at a strike rate of 174.6, 45 runs per hundred balls quicker than the BBL as a whole that year.
Club by club
2011-12 to 2021-22, Brisbane Heat. 98 matches, 2,960 runs and 3 wickets.
2022-23 to 2025-26, Adelaide Strikers. 32 matches and 1,081 runs.
2 spells with two clubs in all. The longest was with Brisbane Heat, 2011-12 to 2021-22.
How the runs came
Across the career, CA Lynn has struck at 145.9. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 125.0, so CA Lynn has scored about 21 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 67% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 337 fours and 225 sixes, more sixes than anyone else in BBL history.
Where it stands
On the all-time BBL lists, among 526 players, CA Lynn stands 1st for runs, 3rd for matches played and 1st for sixes. The story is still being written: 2025-26 was another season with Adelaide Strikers.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 (BBL|01) | Brisbane Heat | 5 | 90 | 37* | 22.5 | 142.9 | 0/0 | 0 | 4.67 | – | 0 | ||
| 2012-13 (BBL|02) | Brisbane Heat | 7 | 149 | 51* | 29.8 | 139.3 | 2/0 | 3 | 7.60 | – | 0 | ||
| 2013-14 (BBL|03) | Brisbane Heat | 8 | 198 | 81 | 28.3 | 141.4 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2014-15 (BBL|04) | Brisbane Heat | 8 | 243 | 81 | 30.4 | 143.8 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2015-16 (BBL|05) | Brisbane Heat | 8 | 378 | 101 | 54.0 | 170.3 | 3/1 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2016-17 (BBL|06) | Brisbane Heat | 5 | 309 | 98* | 154.5 | 174.6 | 3/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2017-18 (BBL|07) | Brisbane Heat | 5 | 148 | 63* | 37.0 | 154.2 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2018-19 (BBL|08) | Brisbane Heat | 13 | 385 | 84 | 35.0 | 123.4 | 4/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2019-20 (BBL|09) | Brisbane Heat | 14 | 387 | 94 | 29.8 | 146.0 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2020-21 (BBL|10) | Brisbane Heat | 13 | 458 | 69 | 35.2 | 150.2 | 5/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2021-22 (BBL|11) | Brisbane Heat | 12 | 215 | 57 | 17.9 | 122.9 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2022-23 (BBL|12) | Adelaide Strikers | 11 | 416 | 87 | 41.6 | 132.9 | 3/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2023-24 (BBL|13) | Adelaide Strikers | 7 | 304 | 83* | 60.8 | 159.2 | 3/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2024-25 (BBL|14) | Adelaide Strikers | 7 | 230 | 88 | 32.9 | 163.1 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2025-26 (BBL|15) | Adelaide Strikers | 7 | 131 | 79* | 21.8 | 139.4 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Brisbane Heat: 2011-12 to 2021-22
- Adelaide Strikers: 2022-23 to 2025-26
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics