Hobart Hurricanes

The Hobart Hurricanes are an Australian professional men’s T20 cricket team based in Tasmania, Australia. They compete in Australia’s domestic T20 cricket competition known as The Big Bash League (BBC) Their team represents Hobart. The Hurricanes play their home matches at Blundstone Arena.

History:

2011-2012 season:

Hobart Hurricanes started their inaugural season with a bang, beating Perth Scorchers by 31 runs. Sydney Sixers, Adelaide Strikers and Sydney Thunder faced the same fate as Hurricanes won their first four games of the campaign. They lost two of the remaining three games but still managed to make it to the semifinal as the second-placed team. However, they lost to eventual winners Sydney Sixers in the semifinal.

2012-2013 season:

Following the semifinal finish in the inaugural season, the Hurricanes started the new season on a winning note, beating Brisbane Heat by eight wickets. However, things just did not go their way for the rest of the season. They managed to win three games in a row at one stage but missed out on the semifinal finish due to poor net run-rate. The Hurricanes finished the season at the sixth position.

2013-2014 season:

After missing out on the semifinal finish due to poor net run-rate in the previous season, the Hurricanes made it to finals this term for the same reason.  Their first game of the season did not yield any result before they won their second to start the season on a good note. However, they managed to win just 2 of their remaining six games but advanced to the semifinals ahead of Brisbane Heat and Melbourne Renegades. In the semifinal, they crushed Melbourne Stars by seven wickets to advance to their first final. However, their hopes of winning their first-ever BBL title was ended by Perth Scorchers in the final.

2014-2015 season:

The Hurricanes started the season with a thumping 52-run win over Melbourne Stars. However, it was not the precursor of how the rest of the season would unfold. They never managed to gain the momentum and ended the season at the fifth position after managing three wins from eight games.

2015-2016 season:

Hobart Hurricanes suffered a crushing 95-run loss to Sydney Sixers in their season-opener. However, they quickly bounced back and won the next three games. But they could not win any more game for the rest of the season and ended at seventh position with just 3 wins from 8 games.

2016-2017 season:

The new season did not change Hurricanes’ fortunes as they failed to improve their seventh-spot finish in the last season. The Hobart-based franchise started the season on a promising note,  beating last season’s finalists Sydney Sixers by 60 runs. However, things soon god pretty bad as they lost two games in a row. They eventually ended the season at the seventh position with just 3 wins in 8 games.

2017-2018 season:

The seventh season of the competition saw the teams playing ten games instead of eight like the previous seasons. Hobart Hurricanes began their season with two heavy defeats against Melbourne Renegades and Sydney Thunder. However, they quickly bounced back and won the next five games to seal a spot in the semifinal. In the semifinal, they thrashed Perth Scorchers by 71 runs before losing to Adelaide Strikers in the final.

Here are some other details about the team:

Most runs:

 

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave
TD Paine	2012-2018	47	46	2	1198	91	27.22
GJ Bailey	2012-2018	43	39	10	1023	74*	35.27
JW Wells	2011-2017	45	39	10	885	72	30.51
BR Dunk	2013-2016	31	30	0	814	96	27.13
DJM Short	2016-2018	19	19	1	770	122*	42.77
TR Birt	2011-2015	34	33	3	743	74	24.76
BR McDermott	2017-2018	15	15	3	480	114	40
OA Shah	2011-2014	22	21	8	472	69	36.3
DT Christian	2015-2018	28	26	6	469	58	23.45
Shoaib Malik	2013-2015	17	16	4	315	66*	26.25
AC Blizzard	2012-2014	14	13	3	308	78*	30.8
RT Ponting	2011-2013	8	8	1	253	63*	36.14
MS Wade	2017-2018	12	11	2	251	71	27.88
PA Jaques	2011-2012	8	8	1	234	73	33.42
AJ Doolan	2017-2018	8	8	1	186	70*	26.57
KC Sangakkara	2015-2017	13	13	1	173	43	14.41
MW Hill	2015-2016	5	5	0	169	64	33.8
EP Gulbis	2012-2015	19	14	2	136	22	11.33
DJG Sammy	2014-2016	11	10	5	123	38*	24.6
S Milenko	2016-2018	11	7	4	121	66*	40.33
CJ Boyce	2014-2018	41	17	6	89	24*	8.09
BW Hilfenhaus	2011-2015	22	14	9	86	38*	17.2
CA Rose	2015-2018	25	10	7	79	29*	26.33
BJ Webster	2017-2017	5	4	1	76	67*	25.33
TIF Triffitt	2011-2012	8	7	2	76	21	15.2
AD Hales	2014-2015	5	5	0	71	34	14.2
XJ Doherty	2011-2015	30	7	4	46	15*	15.33
CA Wakim	2018-2018	1	1	0	43	43	43
B Laughlin	2011-2014	30	10	2	41	10	5.12
JC Archer	2017-2018	12	6	5	40	25*	40
Naved-ul-Hasan	2011-2012	8	3	1	35	30*	17.5
NJ Reardon	2018-2018	3	1	0	32	32	32
RJG Lockyear	2011-2012	6	3	0	30	23	10
HP Kingston	2016-2017	4	3	1	29	17	14.5
MJ Johnston	2011-2012	5	4	2	28	13*	14
SB Styris	2012-2013	5	3	0	26	24	8.66
AD Mascarenhas	2014-2014	4	3	1	24	16	12
TT Bresnan	2015-2015	4	4	1	20	13	6.66
J Clark	2018-2018	1	1	0	19	19	19
BM Duckett	2018-2018	1	1	0	18	18	18
M Wright	2018-2018	1	1	0	14	14	14
SCJ Broad	2016-2017	8	2	1	14	11*	14
SW Willis	2018-2018	1	1	0	13	13	13
MG Hogan	2012-2013	8	4	2	13	5*	6.5
CP Jewell	2018-2018	1	1	0	12	12	12
NT Ellis	2018-2018	1	1	1	11	11*	–
T van der Gugten	2014-2014	1	1	1	9	9*	–
JK Reed	2015-2017	10	1	1	8	8*	–
JJ Krejza	2011-2013	11	3	0	8	5	2.66
JM Mennie	2013-2015	8	3	0	7	4	2.33

 

Most wickets:

 

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Econ
CJ Boyce	2014-2018	41	40	137.3	0	1143	43	1/7
B Laughlin	2011-2014	30	30	110.4	1	831	39	7.5
XJ Doherty	2011-2015	30	29	105	4	747	31	1/6
BW Hilfenhaus	2011-2015	22	22	84.3	3	641	26	1/6
DT Christian	2015-2018	28	24	71	0	590	22	1/7
DE Bollinger	2012-2014	23	23	82.5	3	654	21	1/6
JK Reed	2015-2017	10	10	31	0	277	16	1/7
JC Archer	2017-2018	12	12	46.2	1	369	16	1/6
Naved-ul-Hasan	2011-2012	8	8	31.5	0	255	15	1/7
SW Tait	2015-2017	12	12	43.2	0	401	14	1/8
CA Rose	2015-2018	25	25	72	0	559	14	1/6
Shoaib Malik	2013-2015	17	13	40	0	299	11	7.47
JJ Krejza	2011-2013	11	11	38	0	324	11	8.52
EP Gulbis	2012-2015	19	18	44	0	379	11	1/7
JM Mennie	2013-2015	8	8	23	2	198	9	1/7
SCJ Broad	2016-2017	8	8	29.3	0	243	8	8.23
TS Mills	2017-2018	10	10	40	0	389	8	9.72
SL Rainbird	2015-2017	7	7	23	0	194	6	8.43
S Milenko	2016-2018	11	6	12	0	135	5	1/10
AD Mascarenhas	2014-2014	4	4	16	0	147	5	9.18
DJM Short	2016-2018	19	13	24.2	0	221	5	1/8
MG Hogan	2012-2013	8	8	28	0	226	5	1/7
TT Bresnan	2015-2015	4	4	14	0	119	4	1/7
TS Rogers	2017-2018	4	4	15	0	140	4	1/8
HP Kingston	2016-2017	4	4	10	0	111	3	1/10
DJG Sammy	2014-2016	11	10	24	0	220	3	1/8
J Clark	2018-2018	1	1	4	0	33	2	8.25
RJG Lockyear	2011-2012	6	4	6	0	63	2	1/9
SB Styris	2012-2013	5	5	13.2	0	115	2	1/7
RT Ponting	2011-2013	8	2	2	0	23	1	1/10
NT Ellis	2018-2018	1	1	4	0	28	1	1/6
M Wright	2018-2018	1	1	3	0	28	1	1/8
RP Meredith	2018-2018	2	2	6	0	63	1	1/9
MJ Johnston	2011-2012	5	5	13	0	99	1	1/6
JW Wells	2011-2017	45	2	1.1	0	9	0	7.71
MA Higgs	2013-2013	1	1	2	0	20	0	10
J Botha	2018-2018	1	1	4	0	21	0	5.25
BR Dunk	2013-2016	31	2	2	0	21	0	10.5
L Neil-Smith	2018-2018	1	1	1	0	22	0	22
AW Summers	2017-2017	1	1	3	0	31	0	10.33
T van der Gugten	2014-2014	1	1	3	0	32	0	10.66
JE Taylor	2018-2018	1	1	4	0	39	0	9.75
BJ Webster	2017-2017	5	2	6	0	48	0	8

 

Most dismissals as wicketkeeper:

 

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Dismissals	Ct	Stumping
TD Paine	2012-2018	47	42	37	28	9
BR Dunk	2013-2016	31	7	6	6	0
MS Wade	2017-2018	12	10	5	5	0
TIF Triffitt	2011-2012	8	7	3	3	0
TR Birt	2011-2015	34	1	1	1	0
BM Duckett	2018-2018	1	1	0	0	0

 

Current squad:

 

Jofra Archer (OS)

George Bailey

Johan Botha

Alex Doolan

Jake Doran

James Faulkner

Caleb Jewell

Ben McDermott

Riley Meredith

Simon Milenko

Tymal Mills (OS)

David Moody

Tim Paine

Tom Rogers

Clive Rose

D’Arcy Short

Aaron Summers

Matthew Wade

 

*Stats and squad updated before the start of BBL 2018-19