BBL playerAustralia2013-14 to 2015-16
CJ Simmons
Left-handed bat · Left-arm orthodox
CJ Simmons, a batter, played three BBL seasons for two clubs.
The arrival
CJ Simmons's first BBL season was 2013-14, with Perth Scorchers.
That first season brought 7 matches and 278 runs. It would stay the best season of the career with the bat.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2013-14, for Perth Scorchers: 278 runs at an average of 39.7, striking at 157.1 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 120.1, with 2 hundreds, and a highest score of 112.
Club by club
2013-14, Perth Scorchers. 7 matches and 278 runs.
2014-15 to 2015-16, Adelaide Strikers. 13 matches, 223 runs and 3 wickets.
2 spells with two clubs in all. The longest was with Adelaide Strikers, 2014-15 to 2015-16.
How the runs came
Across the career, CJ Simmons struck at 138.0. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 121.7, so CJ Simmons scored about 16 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 70% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 43 fours and 30 sixes.
The legacy
CJ Simmons made 20 BBL appearances, the last for Adelaide Strikers in 2015-16.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 (BBL|03) | Perth Scorchers | 7 | 278 | 112 | 39.7 | 157.1 | 0/2 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2014-15 (BBL|04) | Adelaide Strikers | 9 | 183 | 46 | 20.3 | 120.4 | 0/0 | 2 | 6.41 | – | 0 | ||
| 2015-16 (BBL|05) | Adelaide Strikers | 4 | 40 | 25 | 10.0 | 117.7 | 0/0 | 1 | 4.00 | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Perth Scorchers: 2013-14
- Adelaide Strikers: 2014-15 to 2015-16
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics