Want to know who’s in and out of form? Honeyball has done the hard work for you, recalling all the best and worst BBL-contracted performers from T20 franchise leagues in 2025.
Indian Premier League (March 22 to June 3)
Mitch Marsh was the standout of the BBL contingent in the IPL this year, finishing fifth in the Orange Cap race for most runs with 627 runs in 13 knocks opening the batting for Lucknow Super Giants. Marsh was consistent with 6 half-centuries and a hundred, with a 163 strike rate. He also didn’t bowl a ball.
Josh Inglis and Marcus Stoinis’ Punjab Kings made the final, with both playing key roles with the bat. Inglis scored 278 runs in 11 knocks at first drop with a strike rate of 162.57, while Stoinis only made 160 runs in his middle-order role but had the seventh best strike rate in the IPL at 186.04. Glenn Maxwell had a bit-part role in that side, playing 7 games, scoring 48 runs and taking 4 wickets.
Tim David played 12 games for the title-winning RCB but not the final. He was eighth overall for strike, plundering 187 runs at 185.14 in his usual middle-order role.
Pakistani Super League (April 11 to May 25)
The PSL is very relevant this year with the influx of seven Pakistanis into BBL|15. Heat recruit Shaheen Shah Afridi captained Lahore Qalandars to the title, with Hobart’s Bangladeshi leggie Rishad Hossain and Stars quick Haris Rauf in the side.
Afridi starred with 3-24 in the final and finished as the leading wicket-taker with 19 scalps in 13 games at 16.42 with an economy rate of 7.76. Rauf was joint second for most wickets (17) but went for 10.28 per over. Rishad managed 13 wickets in 7 games.
Adelaide recruit Hasan Ali was joint second for wickets with 17 from only 10 games, with an average of 20.47 and economy rate of 9.03 for Karachi Kings. Fellow Strikers draftee Luke Wood was good up front for Peshawar with 11 wickets in 8 games with a stand-out economy rate of 7.13.
Thunder import Shadab Khan was inside the top 10 for wickets with 14 from 10 games for Islamabad United, possessing an impressive economy rate of 7.9. Thunder batsman David Warner finished sixth overall for runs scored, 368, from 11 knocks at 33.45 with a strike rate of 153.97.
Renegades recruit Mohammad Rizwan was seventh for runs (367 at 52.42), with Sixers import Babar Azam in ninth with 288 runs at 36, with an underwhelming strike rate of 128.57.
Kiwis Tim Seifert, Colin Munro and Finn Allen all scored 200+ runs to sit inside the top 20 PSL run scorers. Mitch Owen had limited opportunities, but finished with the second best strike rate (192.45), with Sam Billings in fourth (161 runs at 185.05).
T20 Blast (May 29 – September 13)
Hobart speedster Riley Meredith topped the wickets charts with 28 for champions Somerset, including two 4fas. He went at 16.32 with an economy rate of 8.62. He missed the finals day with all Australians recalled.
D’Arcy Short posted five half-centuries for Gloucestershire to finish fourth for runs (551 at 42.38 with a strike rate of 136). Stars recruit Joe Clarke was Notts’ top scorer with 420 runs at 30. Chris Lynn only played 4 games but finished with the comp’s second best strike rate of 198.21, posting 2 half-centuries and a ton.
Behind Lynn, Hilton Cartwright and Daniel Sams had the third and fourth best strike rates, clubbing some handy middle-order runs.
Sixers import Sam Curran did well with 365 runs at a 142 strike rate for Surrey, plus 21 wickets at 18.47 with an 8.46 economy rate.
Among the bowlers, Strikers left-armer Luke Wood had the seventh most wickets with 22 in 11 games with an economy of 8.69. Thunder bowler Nathan McAndrew took 23 in 14 games.
Sixers all-rounder Ben Dwarshuis had a good tournament for Worcs with 18 wickets in 13 games, on top of 226 runs in 11 innings with a 167 strike rate.
From an economy rate perspective, Scorchers import David Payne was inside the top 10 at 6.77 from 14 games, taking 17 wickets. Chris Jordan and Chris Green were among the stingiest too, with 18 and 21 wickets respectively.
Global Super League (July 10-18)
There wasn’t much to glean from this short West Indies-based tournament. Ben McDermott impressed for Hobart with 119 runs in 4 knocks with a strike rate of 170. Nikhil Chaudhary was tight with the ball, with an economy rate of 4.67 but only bowled 6 overs in 4 games.
Major League Cricket (June 12 to July 13)
Mitch Owen’s star continued to rise in the USA in June and July, winning the Player of the Series and leading Washington Freedom to the final which they lost to MI New York. Unlike the BBL Final, Owen was dismissed for a golden duck in the decider.
Owen finished with the ninth most runs (313) with the fourth best strike rate (194.4) opening the batting. He also bowled 30 overs in 12 games, taking 14 wickets at 19.85 to cap a stellar tournament.
Adelaide’s Matt Short finished fourth for run scorers with 360 from 8 knocks at 45 and a 164 strike rate, plus wickets with the ball. Scorchers opener Finn Allen was seventh for runs with 333 from 9 knocks but that included an incredible 151 from 51 balls, where he was dismissed by Owen. Allen did record an MLC-best strike rate of 225.
Renegades import Hassan Khan was impressive with 225 runs with the MLC’s fifth best strike rate of 187.5 for San Francisco in his middle-order role. He also took 12 wickets with the ball.
Heat paceman Xavier Bartlett led the league for wickets (18), with Stars import Haris Rauf second (17) and Sixers all-rounder Jack Edwards equal fifth (14). Thunder recruit Lockie Ferguson only played 4 games but finished with the best economy rate.
Glenn Maxwell scored a century but otherwise finished with 252 runs from 10 knocks at 31.5 with a 175 strike rate, along with 10 wickets with an economy rate of 8.36.
The Hundred (August 5-31)
Sam Curran and Tom Curran helped the Oval Invincibles to the crown, in a side that also featured BBL-contracted players Sam Billings, Adam Zampa and Jason Behrendorff.
Sixers import Sam Curran finished ninth overall for runs (238) at 4 with a superb strike rate of 176.29, plus he took 12 wickets in 9 games, with an economy rate of 8.55. Tom Curran claimed 12 scalps in 9 games, while Behrendorff took 10 wickets in 9 games with an economy of 7.48.
Stars recruit Joe Clarke had a good tournament for Birmingham Phoenix, finishing 10th for runs with 229 at 28.62. David Warner managed 200 runs in 8 knocks for London Spirit.
Hurricanes all-rounder import Rehan Ahmed impressed with 189 runs from 9 knocks for Trent Rockets, alongside the second most wickets in the comp with 12 with his legbreaks, with an economy rate of 7.64.
Riley Meredith dominated again in the UK with 12 wickets in 6 games for Welsh Fire, including 4-9 against the Manchester Originals.
Stars big-hitter Marcus Stoinis was effective with the ball, taking 12 wickets in 10 games, plus 146 runs with the bat, including 64 from 38 in the final for Trent Rockets.
Chris Green (11 wickets) and David Payne (10 wickets) were both good during the tournament, while Jamie Overton took 8 wickets in 6 games and belted 70 runs at a strike rate of 184.21 from 5 knocks.
Caribbean Premier League (August 14 – September 21)
Heat recruit Colin Munro helped Trinbago Knight Riders to the title and finished with the third most runs, scoring 416 runs in 13 knocks at 32 with a strike rate of 162.5 at the top of the order.
Renegades recruit Tim Seifert finished fourth in the CPL for runs (396 with 169.23 strike rate). Ben McDermott was good again in the Caribbean with 251 runs in 11 knocks.
Thunder all-rounder Daniel Sams finished seventh for wickets with 14 at 19.42 for Barbados Royals but struggled with the bat, managing only 25 runs in 5 knocks. Gades recruit Hassan Khan only managed 45 runs from 7 knocks and 3 wickets in 7 games in a disappointing campaign.
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