BBL playerAustralia2016-17 to 2022-23
RJ Gibson
Left-handed bat · Right-arm fast-medium
RJ Gibson, a batter, played five BBL seasons for two clubs.
The arrival
RJ Gibson's first BBL season was 2016-17, with Sydney Thunder.
That first season brought 5 matches and 101 runs.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2016-17, for Sydney Thunder: 101 runs at an average of 20.2, striking at 100.0 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 129.2, with 1 fifty, and a highest score of 53.
Club by club
2016-17 to 2017-18, Sydney Thunder. 10 matches and 131 runs.
2020-21 to 2022-23, Adelaide Strikers. 16 matches and 154 runs.
2 spells with two clubs in all. The longest was with Adelaide Strikers, 2020-21 to 2022-23. 2018-19 and 2019-20 are missing from the record: seasons without a BBL appearance.
How the runs came
Across the career, RJ Gibson struck at 101.4. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 126.8, so RJ Gibson scored about 25 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time. 43% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 23 fours and 5 sixes.
The legacy
RJ Gibson made 26 BBL appearances, the last for Adelaide Strikers in 2022-23.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-17 (BBL|06) | Sydney Thunder | 5 | 101 | 53 | 20.2 | 100.0 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2017-18 (BBL|07) | Sydney Thunder | 5 | 30 | 14 | 7.5 | 69.8 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2020-21 (BBL|10) | Adelaide Strikers | 10 | 100 | 43* | 20.0 | 131.6 | 0/0 | 0 | 10.00 | – | 0 | ||
| 2021-22 (BBL|11) | Adelaide Strikers | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4.0 | 88.9 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2022-23 (BBL|12) | Adelaide Strikers | 4 | 46 | 24 | 11.5 | 88.5 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Sydney Thunder: 2016-17 to 2017-18
- Adelaide Strikers: 2020-21 to 2022-23
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics