BBL playerOverseas2021-22 to 2025-26
LJ Evans
Right-handed bat · Right-arm off-break
LJ Evans, a batter, has played four BBL seasons for two clubs.
The arrival
LJ Evans's first BBL season was 2021-22, with Perth Scorchers.
That first season brought 12 matches and 361 runs. It would stay the best season of the career with the bat.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2021-22, for Perth Scorchers: 361 runs at an average of 40.1, striking at 139.9 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 124.7, with 2 fifties, and a highest score of 76 not out.
Measured against the league around it, though, the most destructive season was 2023-24: 292 runs at a strike rate of 182.5, 55 runs per hundred balls quicker than the BBL as a whole that year.
Club by club
2021-22 to 2023-24, Perth Scorchers. 19 matches and 653 runs.
2024-25, Melbourne Renegades. 7 matches and 102 runs.
2025-26, Perth Scorchers, second time round. 5 matches and 69 runs.
3 spells with two clubs in all. The longest was with Perth Scorchers, 2021-22 to 2023-24. 2022-23 is missing from the record: a season without a BBL appearance.
How the runs came
Across the career, LJ Evans has struck at 151.2. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 127.1, so LJ Evans has scored about 24 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 60% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 64 fours and 40 sixes.
Where it stands
LJ Evans has made 31 BBL appearances, the latest for Perth Scorchers in 2025-26.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 (BBL|11) | Perth Scorchers | 12 | 361 | 76* | 40.1 | 139.9 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2023-24 (BBL|13) | Perth Scorchers | 7 | 292 | 85* | 58.4 | 182.5 | 3/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2024-25 (BBL|14) | Melbourne Renegades | 7 | 102 | 40 | 17.0 | 127.5 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2025-26 (BBL|15) | Perth Scorchers | 5 | 69 | 27 | 17.3 | 146.8 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Perth Scorchers: 2021-22 to 2023-24
- Melbourne Renegades: 2024-25
- Perth Scorchers: 2025-26
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics