BBL playerOverseas2011-12 to 2017-18
LJ Wright
Right-handed bat · Right-arm medium
LJ Wright, a batter, played seven BBL seasons, all of them with Melbourne Stars.
The arrival
LJ Wright's first BBL season was 2011-12, with Melbourne Stars.
That first season brought 7 matches, 211 runs and 2 wickets at 8.26 an over.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2013-14, for Melbourne Stars: 288 runs at an average of 32.0, striking at 135.8 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 120.1, with 2 fifties, and a highest score of 70.
Measured against the league around it, though, the most destructive season was 2011-12: 211 runs at a strike rate of 137.9, 17 runs per hundred balls quicker than the BBL as a whole that year.
One club
LJ Wright spent the whole BBL career with Melbourne Stars, from 2011-12 to 2017-18.
Bat, ball and method
Across the career, LJ Wright struck at 126.8. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 123.6, so LJ Wright scored about 3 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 61% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 152 fours and 41 sixes.
With the ball, 6 wickets in 175 deliveries, at 8.09 runs an over against a league rate of 7.08 for the same seasons: 1.01 an over more expensive than the typical bowler of the time.
The legacy
LJ Wright made 53 BBL appearances, the last for Melbourne Stars in 2017-18.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 (BBL|01) | Melbourne Stars | 7 | 211 | 117 | 42.2 | 137.9 | 0/1 | 2 | 8.26 | – | 0 | ||
| 2012-13 (BBL|02) | Melbourne Stars | 6 | 128 | 53 | 25.6 | 124.3 | 1/0 | 1 | 10.22 | – | 0 | ||
| 2013-14 (BBL|03) | Melbourne Stars | 9 | 288 | 70 | 32.0 | 135.8 | 2/0 | 3 | 7.10 | – | 0 | ||
| 2014-15 (BBL|04) | Melbourne Stars | 9 | 173 | 45 | 19.2 | 128.2 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2015-16 (BBL|05) | Melbourne Stars | 8 | 248 | 109* | 41.3 | 124.6 | 1/1 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2016-17 (BBL|06) | Melbourne Stars | 9 | 262 | 62 | 32.8 | 119.6 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2017-18 (BBL|07) | Melbourne Stars | 5 | 82 | 21 | 16.4 | 106.5 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Melbourne Stars: 2011-12 to 2017-18
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics