In its eight seasons, Big Bash League has been a witness to numerous mesmerizing bowling spells. Be it Lasith Malinga’s 6 wicket haul for 7 runs in the 2012-13 season or Andrew Tye’s hat tricks in the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons, the bowling performances in Australia’s premier Twenty20 League has kept fans on the edge of their seats.
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Rather unsurprisingly, the top five names on the Big Bash most wickets list are of Australian bowlers. Ben Laughlin is the leading wicket-taker of BBL with 95 dismissals to his credit. Following him on the BBL most wickets chart are Sean Abbott and Kane Richardson with 85 and 73 wickets respectively. All of these three players have been a part of the Big Bash League from its very first season. The top spinner on this list is Cameron Boyce, who has taken 65 wickets since the 2012-13 season and is fifth on the overall wicket-takers list.
The ninth season of the Big Bash League is scheduled to start from 17 December 2019. With the start of a new season, the race for taking the more wickets will resume too. Veterans of the tournament alongside the rookies will give their best to emerge on the top of the Big Bash League most wickets 2020 list. It will also be interesting to see if someone can challenge the most wickets in a season record made by Sean Abbot in the 2018-19 season, 24 wickets in 14 matches.
