BBL playerAustralia2015-16 to 2023-24
NCR Larkin
Right-handed bat
NCR Larkin, a batter, played seven BBL seasons for two clubs.
The arrival
NCR Larkin's first BBL season was 2015-16, with Sydney Sixers.
That first season brought 1 match and 15 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2019-20, for Melbourne Stars: 297 runs at an average of 37.1, striking at 132.0 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 125.9, with 2 fifties, and a highest score of 83 not out.
Club by club
2015-16, Sydney Sixers. 1 match and 15 runs.
2018-19 to 2023-24, Melbourne Stars. 49 matches and 1,054 runs.
2 spells with two clubs in all. The longest was with Melbourne Stars, 2018-19 to 2023-24. 2016-17 and 2017-18 are missing from the record: seasons without a BBL appearance.
How the runs came
Across the career, NCR Larkin struck at 117.5. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 124.8, so NCR Larkin scored about 7 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time, a trade usually made for longer innings. 50% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 107 fours and 17 sixes.
The legacy
NCR Larkin made 50 BBL appearances, the last for Melbourne Stars in 2023-24.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 (BBL|05) | Sydney Sixers | 1 | 15 | 15 | 15.0 | 100.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2018-19 (BBL|08) | Melbourne Stars | 8 | 159 | 45 | 31.8 | 113.6 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2019-20 (BBL|09) | Melbourne Stars | 11 | 297 | 83* | 37.1 | 132.0 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2020-21 (BBL|10) | Melbourne Stars | 10 | 276 | 70 | 39.4 | 123.2 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2021-22 (BBL|11) | Melbourne Stars | 7 | 88 | 52* | 14.7 | 88.0 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2022-23 (BBL|12) | Melbourne Stars | 12 | 234 | 58 | 29.3 | 113.6 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2023-24 (BBL|13) | Melbourne Stars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | – | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Sydney Sixers: 2015-16
- Melbourne Stars: 2018-19 to 2023-24
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics