He’s the pre-eminent stats man in KFC SuperCoach and Brice Mitchell has joined our team for BBL11. Check out his advice on the key stats to choose your line-up.
Brice Mitchell has built a reputation as one of the most knowledgeable maths brains in the KFC SuperCoach community.
This summer, he finally joins our official KFC SuperCoach team to help BBL SuperCoaches identify the key stats to help their teams.
Follow this guide, and you’ll be well on your way to creating and then supercharging your KFC SuperCoach team during BBL11.
Runs, wickets, strike rates, bowling economy rates and fielding statistics are the key cricket stats to target when deciding on players for your KFC SuperCoach team.
But there’s also some KFC SuperCoach-specific stats and terminology you need to be aware of, such as break evens and double game rounds.
Firstly, it’s important to reflect on last season.
Here’s a breakdown of how KFC SuperCoach points were scored in BBL10:
- 45 per cent of points for batting
- 43 per cent of points for bowling
- 12 per cent of points for fielding
BATTING STATS
In simple terms, more runs at a faster rate equal big KFC SuperCoach points.
You’ll get a KFC SuperCoach point for each run. The more runs, the better!
But if you reach the magical milestones of 20, 50 or 100, you’ll unlock even more KFC SuperCoach points
At the first milestone (20 runs) the SR bonus kicks in:
Make a quick 20 runs off 10 balls, and that’s 45 KFC SuperCoach points — the ultimate return from your opening batsman or middle order finisher!
In BBL10, the players who accumulated the most strike rate bonus points were Josh Philippe (185), Alex Hales (180), Ben Cutting (170), Chris Lynn (160), and Tim David (150).
And you’ll get a bonus 10 points each 50 you make in the same innings. Alex Hales, Chris Lynn, Alex Carey, James Vince and Colin Munro reached that milestone in more innings than any other players in BBL10.
Last season, runs contributed towards 76 per cent of batting points, 20 per cent was awarded in SR bonuses, and only 4 per cent was for 50s or 100s.
BOWLING STATS
Everyone loves a wicket celebration.
And you have good reason to celebrate in KFC SuperCoach too, as they are worth 20 points. Even better if it’s a caught and bowled, as you’ll get 10 points for a catch too!
In BBL10, wickets contributed towards 63 per cent of all bowling points.
If you get a bag of three wickets, you’ll get a wicket bonus of 10 points.
In BBL10, 36 players got at least one wicket bonus, only two players achieved five bags of 3+ wickets last year — Jhye Richardson and Ben Dwarshuis.
Dot balls are only worth one KFC SuperCoach point, but they certainly add up, contributing to 20 per cent of all bowling points in BBL10.
So who should we be targeting?
In BBL10, Scott Boland, Jhye Richardson and Jason Behrendorff were the leaders for dot balls across the season, but Daniel Worrall, Adam Milne, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Brendan Doggett and Rashid Khan averaged nine or more dots a game.
Economy rates contributed to 15 per cent of bowling points and are the ultimate reward for a stingy spell in T20 cricket.
The key to getting a consistent ER bonus is not only being economical, but also meeting the minimum criteria of at least three overs.
Ur Rahman, Doggett, Mitch Swepson, Arjun Nair, Imad Wasim and Adam Zampa were among those most likely to benefit from KFC SuperCoach’s economy bonus last season.
Maidens are an extremely rare event in T20 cricket and only contributed towards 1 per cent of bowling points in BBL10.
Nail it, and it’s big points though.
You get 15 points for the maiden, six points for dot balls and become a great chance for maximum economy rate bonus and wickets as pressure builds.
In BBL10, Heat quick Xavier Bartlett was the only player to achieve this twice.
Extras are the stat you want to avoid in KFC SuperCoach.
Wides and no balls will not only cost you -1 points, but they will add to your runs against and make it less likely of picking up the ER bonus.
Stars paceman Liam Hatcher finished with the unwanted record of the most extras across BBL10 with 18 extras in nine games.
FIELDING STATS
Other stats that contribute to your KFC SuperCoach score include players that are involved in wickets in the field through catches, stumpings and run outs.
They say catches win matches!
Well, the same could be said about catches in KFC SuperCoach as they are worth 10 points and they contributed to 85 per cent of all fielding points awarded in BBL10.
Despite run outs and stumpings being worth 20 and 15 points respectively, these events are rare and only contributed to 15 per cent and 3 per cent of the fielding points overall respectively.
Wicket keepers (Alex Carey, John Philippe, Josh Inglis) and fielders in dangerous catching positions (Glenn Maxwell, Ashton Agar, Jordan Silk, Dan Christian) can add vital points to your total though, something worth considering if you’re torn between two trade targets.
OTHER KEY KFC SUPERCOACH TERMS
Break evens (commonly referred to as BE)
You’ll hear this term mentioned a lot in KFC SuperCoach content, in both NRL and AFL formats as well as BBL.
It is a term which has become central to the strategy in KFC SuperCoach
Those that aren’t familiar with the term might ask, what does it mean?
A player’s break even is the number which determines whether their price goes up or down.
TAKE THIS EXAMPLE:
Mitch Marsh’s BE is 42 for Round 1.
If he scores above 42 in Round 1, his price goes up.
If he scores below 42 in Round 1, his price goes down.
If he scores 42, he will maintain his price.
Trading in players with low BEs (BEs that are lower than their expected score or average) is one way to generate team value.
Likewise, trading out players that have high BEs is a way to avoid price drops and losing team value.
It’s what we refer to as “playing the BEs”.
DOUBLE GAME ROUNDS
This is pretty straightforward, but crucial to the strategy in KFC SuperCoach BBL.
Targeting players that have two games in a round (a double game round/week = DGR) is the best way to lift your KFC SuperCoach score each round, as scores from both games count towards your total.
But don’t get trapped, as there are some rounds where teams don’t play (a bye round).
You don’t want to get with too many players from one team for this reason.
And, just because a player has a DGR, it doesn’t make them a good selection.
Check out the other stats in this article to help you select the best players for your team.
And when you’re done, take a look at my basic fixture planner.
CAPTAINCY TIPS
Nailing your captain is another critical part of playing KFC SuperCoach BBL.
Each round, you select a vice-captain and captain. You’ll get double points for your captain.
Simple right?
The vice-captaincy loophole which applies in AFLSC and NRLSC is even more valuable in BBLSC due to the volatile nature of scores.
Select a VC that plays early in the round.
Then, if they score well, whack the C on a non-playing player to double your VC score.
Originally published as KFC SuperCoach BBL: Stats man Brice Mitchell names the statistics to focus on
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