BBL playerAustralia2011-12 to 2025-26
UT Khawaja
Left-handed bat
UT Khawaja, a batter, has played thirteen BBL seasons for two clubs.
The arrival
UT Khawaja's first BBL season was 2011-12, with Sydney Thunder.
That first season brought 6 matches and 98 runs. The best was still to come.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2019-20, for Sydney Thunder: 392 runs at an average of 23.1, striking at 121.4 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 125.9, with 3 fifties, and a highest score of 66. There were two seasons of 300 runs or more in all (2019-20 and 2020-21).
Measured against the league around it, though, the most destructive season was 2015-16: 236 runs at a strike rate of 157.3, 30 runs per hundred balls quicker than the BBL as a whole that year.
Club by club
2011-12 to 2021-22, Sydney Thunder. 57 matches and 1,705 runs.
2022-23 to 2025-26, Brisbane Heat. 12 matches and 392 runs.
2 spells with two clubs in all. The longest was with Sydney Thunder, 2011-12 to 2021-22. 2014-15 and 2016-17 are missing from the record: seasons without a BBL appearance.
How the runs came
Across the career, UT Khawaja has struck at 127.6. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 124.2, so UT Khawaja has scored about 3 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 58% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 253 fours and 34 sixes.
Where it stands
On the all-time BBL lists, among 526 players, UT Khawaja stands 21st for runs. The story is still being written: 2025-26 was another season with Brisbane Heat.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 (BBL|01) | Sydney Thunder | 6 | 98 | 37 | 19.6 | 86.7 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2012-13 (BBL|02) | Sydney Thunder | 6 | 206 | 66* | 41.2 | 118.4 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2013-14 (BBL|03) | Sydney Thunder | 4 | 162 | 66 | 54.0 | 114.1 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2015-16 (BBL|05) | Sydney Thunder | 3 | 236 | 104* | 118.0 | 157.3 | 2/1 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2017-18 (BBL|07) | Sydney Thunder | 3 | 137 | 85 | 45.7 | 141.2 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2018-19 (BBL|08) | Sydney Thunder | 1 | 36 | 36 | 36.0 | 163.6 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2019-20 (BBL|09) | Sydney Thunder | 17 | 392 | 66 | 23.1 | 121.4 | 3/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2020-21 (BBL|10) | Sydney Thunder | 15 | 338 | 49 | 24.1 | 122.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2021-22 (BBL|11) | Sydney Thunder | 2 | 100 | 77 | 50.0 | 144.9 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2022-23 (BBL|12) | Brisbane Heat | 8 | 249 | 94 | 31.1 | 130.4 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2023-24 (BBL|13) | Brisbane Heat | 2 | 42 | 28 | 21.0 | 150.0 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2024-25 (BBL|14) | Brisbane Heat | 1 | 23 | 23 | 23.0 | 255.6 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2025-26 (BBL|15) | Brisbane Heat | 1 | 78 | 78 | 78.0 | 159.2 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Sydney Thunder: 2011-12 to 2021-22
- Brisbane Heat: 2022-23 to 2025-26
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics