BBL playerAustralia2012-13 to 2022-23
TM Head
Left-handed bat · Left-arm orthodox (occasional)
TM Head, a batter, played eleven BBL seasons, all of them with Adelaide Strikers.
The arrival
TM Head's first BBL season was 2012-13, with Adelaide Strikers.
That first season brought 1 match and 4 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2017-18, for Adelaide Strikers: 374 runs at an average of 53.4, striking at 131.2 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 124.9, with 3 fifties, and a highest score of 85 not out.
Measured against the league around it, though, the most destructive season was 2014-15: 211 runs at a strike rate of 152.9, 31 runs per hundred balls quicker than the BBL as a whole that year.
With the ball, the best season was 2015-16, for Adelaide Strikers: 6 wickets at 8.37 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 7.54.
One club
TM Head spent the whole BBL career with Adelaide Strikers, from 2012-13 to 2022-23.
Bat, ball and method
Across the career, TM Head struck at 128.2. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 125.3, so the scoring rate tracked the league's almost exactly. 55% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 99 fours and 61 sixes.
With the ball, 18 wickets in 360 deliveries, at 7.32 runs an over against a league rate of 7.48 for the same seasons: 0.17 an over cheaper than the typical bowler of the time.
The legacy
TM Head made 56 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-13 (BBL|02) | Adelaide Strikers | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 80.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2013-14 (BBL|03) | Adelaide Strikers | 2 | 24 | 17 | 12.0 | 133.3 | 0/0 | 0 | 5.57 | – | 0 | ||
| 2014-15 (BBL|04) | Adelaide Strikers | 8 | 211 | 71 | 30.1 | 152.9 | 2/0 | 0 | 6.00 | – | 0 | ||
| 2015-16 (BBL|05) | Adelaide Strikers | 9 | 299 | 101* | 42.7 | 150.3 | 2/1 | 6 | 8.37 | – | 0 | ||
| 2016-17 (BBL|06) | Adelaide Strikers | 5 | 76 | 24 | 15.2 | 93.8 | 0/0 | 3 | 5.32 | – | 0 | ||
| 2017-18 (BBL|07) | Adelaide Strikers | 9 | 374 | 85* | 53.4 | 131.2 | 3/0 | 4 | 8.30 | – | 0 | ||
| 2018-19 (BBL|08) | Adelaide Strikers | 3 | 63 | 43 | 21.0 | 105.0 | 0/0 | 0 | 10.00 | – | 0 | ||
| 2019-20 (BBL|09) | Adelaide Strikers | 8 | 228 | 79 | 32.6 | 139.9 | 1/0 | 4 | 7.24 | – | 0 | ||
| 2020-21 (BBL|10) | Adelaide Strikers | 4 | 70 | 31 | 17.5 | 94.6 | 0/0 | 1 | 6.79 | – | 0 | ||
| 2021-22 (BBL|11) | Adelaide Strikers | 3 | 11 | 5 | 3.7 | 61.1 | 0/0 | 0 | 5.57 | – | 0 | ||
| 2022-23 (BBL|12) | Adelaide Strikers | 4 | 34 | 19 | 8.5 | 73.9 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Adelaide Strikers: 2012-13 to 2022-23
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics