Most wickets in BBL season: List of bowlers with highest number of wickets in a Big Bash League season

Most wickets in BBL season: The captain of Adelaide Strikers has entered an elite Big Bash League bowling club today.

During the Challenger match of the ongoing 11th season of the Big Bash League between Sydney Sixers and Adelaide Strikers in Sydney, defending champions Sydney Sixers beat Adelaide Strikers by 4 wickets to qualify for what will be their sixth BBL final appearance.

Chasing a 168-run target, Sixers registered a last-ball finish after their ploy of opening the batting (for the first time this season) with pacer Hayden Kerr worked wonders as his career-best 98* (58) including 10 fours and two sixes powered them to victory in a virtual semi-final.

Needing two runs to win off the final delivery, Kerr was assisted by a mis-field which saw him hitting a boundary to put on display an emphatic victory at the Sydney Cricket Ground. When Sixers had needed 65 runs off 37 deliveries, Kerr had put together a 55-run partnership for the fifth wicket alongside pacer Sean Abbott (41).

While Strikers’ bowlers tried their best to restrict the hosts, they were let down by their fielders on a couple of occasions. With Adelaide providing reprieves to Kerr early on in his innings, it ended up proving costly for them in the long run.

Most wickets in BBL season

Strikers captain Peter Siddle, who dismissed his counterpart Moises Henriques (13) to strengthen their grip on the match at one moment, registered bowling figures of 4-0-28-1 tonight.

Henriques’ wicket saw Siddle joining Sydney Thunder all-rounder Daniel Sams in picking most wickets in a BBL season. In 17 matches this season, Siddle has picked 30 wickets at an average of 17.73, an economy rate of 8.33 and a strike rate of 12.7.

Had Strikers won the match to confirm a BBL 11 final berth, the 37-year old bowler would’ve got another shot at picking the most wickets in a Big Bash League season.

Bowler	Team	Matches	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average	Economy	SR	Season
Daniel Sams	Sydney Thunder	17	58.5	2	461	30	15.36	7.83	11.7	2019-20
Peter Siddle	Adelaide Strikers	17	63.5	0	532	30	17.73	8.33	12.7	2021-22
Jhye Richardson	Perth Scorchers	17	61.3	1	473	29	16.31	7.69	12.7	2020-21
Hayden Kerr	Sydney Sixers	16	47	0	355	24	14.79	7.55	11.7	2021-22
Ben Dwarshuis	Sydney Sixers	13	45.3	1	403	24	16.79	8.85	11.3	2020-21
Kane Richardson	Melbourne Renegades	14	54.5	0	425	24	17.7	7.75	13.7	2018-19
Mark Steketee	Brisbane Heat	16	56.2	0	522	24	21.75	9.26	14	2020-21
Andrew Tye	Perth Scorchers	15	49.3	0	409	22	18.59	8.26	13.5	2021-22
Chris Morris	Sydney Thunder	15	53.1	0	426	22	19.36	8.01	14.5	2019-20
Tom Curran	Sydney Sixers	14	47.1	0	427	22	19.4	9.05	12.8	2019-20