BBL playerAustralia2011-12 to 2024-25
JM Bird
Left-handed bat · Left-arm fast
JM Bird, a bowler, played fourteen BBL seasons for two clubs.
The arrival
JM Bird's first BBL season was 2011-12, with Melbourne Stars.
That first season brought 4 matches and 4 wickets at 8.16 an over.
The peak
The best season was 2013-14, for Melbourne Stars: 13 wickets at 6.71 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.11.
Club by club
2011-12 to 2014-15, Melbourne Stars. 23 matches and 27 wickets.
2015-16 to 2017-18, Sydney Sixers. 13 matches and 5 wickets.
2018-19, Melbourne Stars, second time round. 9 matches and 7 wickets.
2019-20 to 2024-25, Sydney Sixers, second time round. 39 matches and 46 wickets.
4 spells with two clubs in all. The longest was with Sydney Sixers, 2019-20 to 2024-25.
How the wickets came
With the ball, 85 wickets in 1,775 deliveries, at 7.04 runs an over against a league rate of 7.37 for the same seasons: 0.33 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time.
The legacy
On the all-time BBL lists, among 526 players, JM Bird finished 23rd for wickets.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 (BBL|01) | Melbourne Stars | 4 | 0 | 0* | – | – | 0/0 | 4 | 8.16 | – | 0 | ||
| 2012-13 (BBL|02) | Melbourne Stars | 3 | 0 | 0* | – | – | 0/0 | 2 | 7.10 | – | 0 | ||
| 2013-14 (BBL|03) | Melbourne Stars | 7 | 0 | 0* | – | – | 0/0 | 13 | 6.71 | – | 0 | ||
| 2014-15 (BBL|04) | Melbourne Stars | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | 75.0 | 0/0 | 8 | 6.83 | – | 0 | ||
| 2015-16 (BBL|05) | Sydney Sixers | 7 | 3 | 1* | 3.0 | 60.0 | 0/0 | 3 | 7.17 | – | 0 | ||
| 2016-17 (BBL|06) | Sydney Sixers | 5 | 4 | 2* | – | 40.0 | 0/0 | 1 | 9.64 | – | 0 | ||
| 2017-18 (BBL|07) | Sydney Sixers | 1 | 0 | 0* | – | – | 0/0 | 1 | 7.75 | – | 0 | ||
| 2018-19 (BBL|08) | Melbourne Stars | 9 | 23 | 10 | 5.8 | 82.1 | 0/0 | 7 | 5.93 | – | 0 | ||
| 2019-20 (BBL|09) | Sydney Sixers | 9 | 15 | 9* | 15.0 | 79.0 | 0/0 | 10 | 6.79 | – | 0 | ||
| 2020-21 (BBL|10) | Sydney Sixers | 9 | 12 | 12* | – | 109.1 | 0/0 | 7 | 6.97 | – | 0 | ||
| 2021-22 (BBL|11) | Sydney Sixers | 6 | 1 | 1* | – | 100.0 | 0/0 | 4 | 6.39 | – | 0 | ||
| 2022-23 (BBL|12) | Sydney Sixers | 6 | 23 | 13* | 23.0 | 143.8 | 0/0 | 8 | 6.57 | – | 0 | ||
| 2023-24 (BBL|13) | Sydney Sixers | 6 | 3 | 3* | – | 60.0 | 0/0 | 10 | 7.70 | – | 0 | ||
| 2024-25 (BBL|14) | Sydney Sixers | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 37.5 | 0/0 | 7 | 6.73 | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Melbourne Stars: 2011-12 to 2014-15
- Sydney Sixers: 2015-16 to 2017-18
- Melbourne Stars: 2018-19
- Sydney Sixers: 2019-20 to 2024-25
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics