Fan favourite competition gets underway ahead of BBL|04
Big Bash launches Fantasy League
The fourth instalment of the KFC T20 Big Bash League season gets underway on December 18, and that means Fantasy League is back, and with $20,000 prizemoney up for grabs, the competition is set to be bigger and better than ever in BBL|04.
The tournament’s opening match will be between Adelaide Strikers and Melbourne Stars at the Adelaide Oval, with three of the top point scorers from BBL|03 Fantasy set to line up for the visitors in Stars trio Luke Wright, John Hastings and Glenn Maxwell.
BBL|03 Top Pointscorers
Ben Dunk (Hobart Hurricanes) 574 points
Luke Wright (Melbourne Stars) 507
Jason Behrendorff (Perth Scorchers) 443
John Hastings (Melbourne Stars) 441
Simon Katich (Perth Scorchers) 429
Michael Neser (Brisbane Heat) 416
Cameron Gannon (Brisbane Heat) 414
Glenn Maxwell (Melbourne Stars) 412
Moises Henriques (Sydney Sixers) 402
Ben Cutting (Brisbane Heat) 402
Stars and Australia allrounder Maxwell returns as Fantasy’s most expensive player, at $126,400, after his exploits in Australia’s ICC World T20 campaign and his MVP performance with Kings XI Punjab in this year’s Indian Premier League (highlights below).
The competition also welcomes a cavalcade of international stars this season, many of whom will be sure to feature heavily in Fantasy selections.
BBL|04 Internationals
Kieron Pollard (Adelaide Strikers) $98,600
Johan Botha (Adelaide Strikers) $58,300
Andrew Flintoff (Brisbane Heat) $80,000
Samuel Badree (Brisbane Heat) $72,500
Daniel Vettori (Brisbane Heat) $79,700
Darren Sammy (Hobart Hurricanes) $93,500
Alex Hales (Hobart Hurricanes) $59,600
Jesse Ryder (Melbourne Renegades) $85,000
Dwayne Bravo (Melbourne Renegades) $115,400
Kevin Pietersen (Melbourne Stars) $93,500
Luke Wright (Melbourne Stars) $103,700
Michael Carberry (Perth Scorchers) $92,500
Yasir Arafat (Perth Scorchers) $101,200
Dwayne Smith (Sydney Sixers) $89,000
Michael Lumb (Sydney Sixers) $61,200
Jacques Kallis (Sydney Thunder) $92,500
Eoin Morgan (Sydney Thunder) $91,100
Fantasy players must choose 15 players to make up their squad – five batsmen and bowlers, three allrounders and two wicketkeepers – and have $1million to spend.
Participants can create their own private leagues, in which they’ll be able to include and compete against some of the BBL’s biggest names.