BBL playerAustralia2013-14 to 2023-24
SM Whiteman
Left-handed bat
SM Whiteman, a batter, played nine BBL seasons for two clubs.
The arrival
SM Whiteman's first BBL season was 2013-14, with Perth Scorchers.
That first season brought 7 matches and 118 runs.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2016-17, for Perth Scorchers: 154 runs at an average of 22.0, striking at 133.9 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 129.2, and a highest score of 41.
Club by club
2013-14 to 2019-20, Perth Scorchers. 30 matches and 487 runs.
2021-22 to 2022-23, Sydney Thunder. 6 matches and 74 runs.
2023-24, Perth Scorchers, second time round. 7 matches and 83 runs.
3 spells with two clubs in all. The longest was with Perth Scorchers, 2013-14 to 2019-20. 2015-16 and 2020-21 are missing from the record: seasons without a BBL appearance.
How the runs came
Across the career, SM Whiteman struck at 112.8. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 124.0, so SM Whiteman scored about 11 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time. 52% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 59 fours and 17 sixes.
The legacy
SM Whiteman made 43 BBL appearances, the last for Perth Scorchers in 2023-24.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-14 (BBL|03) | Perth Scorchers | 7 | 118 | 53 | 16.9 | 100.0 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2014-15 (BBL|04) | Perth Scorchers | 7 | 96 | 36 | 13.7 | 104.3 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2016-17 (BBL|06) | Perth Scorchers | 8 | 154 | 41 | 22.0 | 133.9 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2017-18 (BBL|07) | Perth Scorchers | 2 | 9 | 8 | 4.5 | 112.5 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2018-19 (BBL|08) | Perth Scorchers | 4 | 98 | 68 | 24.5 | 136.1 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2019-20 (BBL|09) | Perth Scorchers | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6.0 | 92.3 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2021-22 (BBL|11) | Sydney Thunder | 3 | 25 | 11 | 8.3 | 104.2 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2022-23 (BBL|12) | Sydney Thunder | 3 | 49 | 42 | 16.3 | 102.1 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2023-24 (BBL|13) | Perth Scorchers | 7 | 83 | 31 | 11.9 | 102.5 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Perth Scorchers: 2013-14 to 2019-20
- Sydney Thunder: 2021-22 to 2022-23
- Perth Scorchers: 2023-24
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics