BBL 2021-22: 5 Highest BBL Team Scores
BBL 2021-22: Big Bash League has reached its final stages and things are getting heated up. Perth Scorchers have already reached the playoff stage and they will be meeting their arch-rivals Sydney Sixers. Adelaide Strikers and Hobart Hurricane already met in the first play-off of BBL and Strikers came out as the winners.
In the T20 format of cricket, the shock value is the highest. This means any team can shock the opposition with their performance at any team. It has been observed in the past that in BBL, any underdog team has got the ability to play an exceptional inning and win the game. Here’s minute by minute BBL live score today.
Mostly, winning in a T20 format depends upon the quality of batsmen a team has. The simple formula to win a T20 game is to score more and let the opposition feel the pressure. If the batsman has scored a humongous score, it also takes away the pressure from the bowling attack.
If the pressure on the bowling attack is minimal, the results will be more positive and a game can easily be won. In this article, we have compiled a list of 5 teams, who gave a huge score to their opposition to chase and created history in BBL.
5) Sydney Thunder (219/7)
BBL 2021-22: 5 Highest BBL Team Scores
In a league fixture of BBL between Sydney Thunder and Melbourne Stars, Thunder made history by taking their T20 score beyond the figure of 200. In 20 overs, at the cost of 7 wickets, Thunder scored 219 runs and gave a huge target to their opposing team. Stars won the toss and gave an opportunity to Thunder to bat first. This is where things went wrong for Stars. Usman Khawaja and Alex Hales opened the innings for Thunder and gave it a good start. Nobody expected what Hales had in mind that day. From the first ball, Hales started smashing the ball left-right, and center. Thunder lost his wicket at a score of 89 runs where Hales had a contribution of 71 runs in just 21 balls. By the 20th over it was clear that Sydney Thunder will be coming out as winners in the game.
4) Melbourne Stars (219/1)
BBL 2021-22: 5 Highest BBL Team Scores
In another fixture of the BBL league match in January 2020, Melbourne Stars faced Sydney Sixers. The mayhem Stars created on that day haunts Sixers to date. The match was taking place at MCG and the Sixers won the toss and chose to ball first. They were unknown of the consequences of their decision. For Stars, Marcus Stoinis and Holton Cartwright made their way to start the match and it turned out they had some special plans for the evening. Stoinis played a brilliant inning of 147 runs on 79 balls with a strike rate of 186.08. He remained not out till the 20th over. Cartwright scored 59 runs at 40 balls with a strike rate of 147.50. He lost his wicket at 207 runs to Tom Curran. By the end of the 20th over Melbourne Stars were at 219 at a loss of just 1 wicket. Get our today’s IPL betting tips and Do check our free guide here.
3) Melbourne Renegades (222/4)
BBL 2021-22: 5 Highest BBL Team Scores
The 24th match between Melbourne Renegades and Hobart Hurricanes will go down in the history of BBL as one of the best T20 games ever played. Both the teams had given their 100% but in the end, the team with more perseverance won the game. In the 2017 season of BBL, things were looking great for Melbourne Renegades. They were scheduled to face Hobart Hurricanes in a league fixture. At Marvel Stadium, Hurricanes won the toss and gave an opportunity to Renegades to bat first. Renegades’ innings were opened by Marcus Harris and Aaron Finch. All thanks to the contribution from Finch, Cameron White, and Tom Cooper, Renegades ended up their score at 222 in 20 overs at a loss of 4 wickets.
2) Hobart Hurricanes (223/8)
BBL 2021-22: 5 Highest BBL Team Scores
After Renegades’ massive scoreline, it was time for Hobart Hurricanes to chase the humungous score. For Hurricanes, D’Arcy Short and Tim Paine opened the innings. Their opening partnership was decimated very early and things were looking great for Renegades. Then came Ben McDermott on the field and changed everything for his team. He was focused and knew his plan from the first ball he faced. In just 52 balls, McDermott scored 114 runs with a strike rate of 219.23. With the help of George Baily at the other end, Hobart Hurricanes won the game by completing their chance on the last ball of the match. Hurricanes scored 223 runs at a loss of 8 wickets. Learn how to get 1xbet bonus here.
1) Melbourne Stars (273/2)
BBL 2021-22: 5 Highest BBL Team Scores
Melbourne Stars is one of the most unpredictable teams BBL tournaments have ever witnessed. However, things were not good for stars since the beginning of the tournament and they ended the tournament with just 26 points and by being 6th on the point table. In the last match of Stars, against Hobart Hurricanes, they shocked everyone by finishing their BBL campaign in style. Melbourne Stars at MCG, while batting first, scored 273 runs at a loss of 2 wickets. Glenn Maxwell, their opening batter, had a major contribution of 154 runs in 64 balls. He recorded his strike rate at 243.63 and was declared the man of the match.
