BBL playerOverseas2017-18 to 2020-21
JL Denly
Right-handed bat · Right-arm leg-break
JL Denly, a batter, played three BBL seasons for two clubs.
The arrival
JL Denly's first BBL season was 2017-18, with Sydney Sixers.
That first season brought 4 matches, 146 runs and 1 wicket.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2020-21, for Brisbane Heat: 223 runs at an average of 18.6, striking at 103.2 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 127.9, with 1 fifty, and a highest score of 50.
Club by club
2017-18 to 2018-19, Sydney Sixers. 11 matches, 283 runs and 2 wickets.
2020-21, Brisbane Heat. 12 matches and 223 runs.
2 spells with two clubs in all. The longest was with Sydney Sixers, 2017-18 to 2018-19. 2019-20 is missing from the record: a season without a BBL appearance.
How the runs came
Across the career, JL Denly struck at 108.3. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 125.2, so JL Denly scored about 17 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time. 51% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 44 fours and 14 sixes.
The legacy
JL Denly made 23 BBL appearances, the last for Brisbane Heat in 2020-21.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-18 (BBL|07) | Sydney Sixers | 4 | 146 | 72* | 73.0 | 125.9 | 1/0 | 1 | 5.75 | – | 0 | ||
| 2018-19 (BBL|08) | Sydney Sixers | 7 | 137 | 76* | 22.8 | 101.5 | 1/0 | 1 | 8.16 | – | 0 | ||
| 2020-21 (BBL|10) | Brisbane Heat | 12 | 223 | 50 | 18.6 | 103.2 | 1/0 | 0 | 7.67 | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Sydney Sixers: 2017-18 to 2018-19
- Brisbane Heat: 2020-21
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics