BBL playerAustralia2011-12 to 2025-26
DA Warner
Left-handed bat · Right-arm leg-break (occasional)
DA Warner, a batter, has played seven BBL seasons for two clubs.
The arrival
DA Warner's first BBL season was 2011-12, with Sydney Thunder.
That first season brought 1 match and 102 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2024-25, for Sydney Thunder: 405 runs at an average of 45.0, striking at 137.8 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 131.4, with 3 fifties, and a highest score of 88 not out. There were two seasons of 300 runs or more in all (2024-25 and 2025-26).
Club by club
2011-12, Sydney Thunder. 1 match and 102 runs.
2012-13, Sydney Sixers. 1 match.
2013-14 to 2025-26, Sydney Thunder, second time round. 28 matches and 927 runs.
3 spells with two clubs in all. The longest was with Sydney Thunder, 2013-14 to 2025-26. 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 are missing from the record: seasons without a BBL appearance.
How the runs came
Across the career, DA Warner has struck at 137.4. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 129.2, so DA Warner has scored about 8 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 57% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 95 fours and 34 sixes.
Where it stands
DA Warner has made 30 BBL appearances, the latest for Sydney Thunder in 2025-26.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 (BBL|01) | Sydney Thunder | 1 | 102 | 102* | – | 196.2 | 0/1 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2012-13 (BBL|02) | Sydney Sixers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2013-14 (BBL|03) | Sydney Thunder | 1 | 50 | 50 | 50.0 | 142.9 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2022-23 (BBL|12) | Sydney Thunder | 6 | 99 | 36* | 19.8 | 105.3 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2023-24 (BBL|13) | Sydney Thunder | 2 | 50 | 37 | 25.0 | 100.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2024-25 (BBL|14) | Sydney Thunder | 12 | 405 | 88* | 45.0 | 137.8 | 3/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2025-26 (BBL|15) | Sydney Thunder | 7 | 323 | 130 | 53.8 | 144.2 | 2/1 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Sydney Thunder: 2011-12
- Sydney Sixers: 2012-13
- Sydney Thunder: 2013-14 to 2025-26
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics