BBL playerAustralia2011-12 to 2024-25
JW Wells
Left-handed bat · Right-arm medium
JW Wells, a batter, played fourteen BBL seasons for three clubs, and scored 2,935 runs, the 8th-most in BBL history.
The arrival
JW Wells's first BBL season was 2011-12, with Hobart Hurricanes.
That first season brought 6 matches and 177 runs.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2021-22, for Adelaide Strikers: 501 runs at an average of 38.5, striking at 125.6 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 124.7, with 4 fifties, and a highest score of 73. There were three seasons of 300 runs or more in all (2018-19, 2019-20 and 2021-22).
Club by club
2011-12 to 2016-17, Hobart Hurricanes. 32 matches and 750 runs.
2017-18 to 2021-22, Adelaide Strikers. 68 matches and 1,740 runs.
2022-23 to 2024-25, Melbourne Renegades. 23 matches and 445 runs.
3 spells with three clubs in all. The longest was with Hobart Hurricanes, 2011-12 to 2016-17.
How the runs came
Across the career, JW Wells struck at 118.8. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 124.4, so JW Wells scored about 6 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time, a trade usually made for longer innings. 43% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 237 fours and 51 sixes.
The legacy
On the all-time BBL lists, among 526 players, JW Wells finished 8th for runs and 5th for matches played.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 (BBL|01) | Hobart Hurricanes | 6 | 177 | 72 | 35.4 | 104.7 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2012-13 (BBL|02) | Hobart Hurricanes | 1 | 38 | 38 | 38.0 | 111.8 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2013-14 (BBL|03) | Hobart Hurricanes | 8 | 121 | 36* | 20.2 | 115.2 | 0/0 | 0 | 5.00 | – | 0 | ||
| 2014-15 (BBL|04) | Hobart Hurricanes | 6 | 161 | 68 | 40.3 | 126.8 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2015-16 (BBL|05) | Hobart Hurricanes | 6 | 116 | 27 | 23.2 | 113.7 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2016-17 (BBL|06) | Hobart Hurricanes | 5 | 137 | 55 | 34.3 | 126.8 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2017-18 (BBL|07) | Adelaide Strikers | 10 | 139 | 33* | 17.4 | 106.1 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2018-19 (BBL|08) | Adelaide Strikers | 14 | 359 | 69 | 44.9 | 121.3 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2019-20 (BBL|09) | Adelaide Strikers | 14 | 478 | 68* | 68.3 | 133.9 | 4/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2020-21 (BBL|10) | Adelaide Strikers | 13 | 263 | 66 | 26.3 | 101.5 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2021-22 (BBL|11) | Adelaide Strikers | 17 | 501 | 73 | 38.5 | 125.6 | 4/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2022-23 (BBL|12) | Melbourne Renegades | 14 | 243 | 44 | 22.1 | 107.5 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2023-24 (BBL|13) | Melbourne Renegades | 8 | 157 | 40* | 39.3 | 124.6 | 0/0 | 0 | 11.00 | – | 0 | ||
| 2024-25 (BBL|14) | Melbourne Renegades | 1 | 45 | 45 | 45.0 | 145.2 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Hobart Hurricanes: 2011-12 to 2016-17
- Adelaide Strikers: 2017-18 to 2021-22
- Melbourne Renegades: 2022-23 to 2024-25
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics