BBL 2019-20, most runs, wickets after December 31: Ferguson leapfrogs past Carey, Sams closes down on Abbott

Callum Ferguson might not have been happy with the colour of the Golden Cap, but he has not shown signs of conceding it. At Adelaide, he led from the front against Adelaide Strikers with a 46-ball 73, becoming the first to breach the 200-run mark this season. Teammate Usman Khawaja, too, broke through to the top ten with a 50-ball 63; he is now at fifth place.

Later in the day, Alex Carey (19 in 11) and Jake Weatherald (52 in 37) also went past 200. They are placed second and third respectively on the runs chart, while Jonathan Wells (26 in 22) finished at fourth.

Player	Team	R	Ave	SR	100	50
Callum Ferguson	Thunder	229	76.33	149.7	0	3
Alex Carey	Strikers	205	41.00	130.6	0	1
Jake Weatherald	Strikers	204	40.80	150.0	0	2
Jonathan Wells	Strikers	187	93.50	145.0	0	2
Usman Khawaja	Thunder	167	33.40	134.7	0	2
Aaron Finch	Renegades	157	39.25	138.9	0	2
Marcus Stoinis	Stars	155	51.66	126.0	0	1
Shaun Marsh	Renegades	150	37.50	127.1	0	1
Josh Philippe	Sixers	140	35.00	122.8	0	1
Beau Webster	Renegades	131	131.00	156.0	0	1

Daniel Sams (4-0-32-2) went past the three men tied on 8 wickets to secure the second place on the wickets chart. He is behind only Sean Abbott of Sydney Sixers, who is currently injured. Sams’ teammates Chris Morris (4-0-37-2) and Arjun Nair (3-0-19-2) are now joint ninth.

For the Strikers, Rashid Khan’s rough outing (4-0-44-1) could not prevent him from reaching joint sixth place. Tom Curran, who did not play, stayed at joint third.

Player	Team	W	Ave	Econ	4WI
Sean Abbott	Sixers	11	13.45	7.40	0
Daniel Sams	Thunder	9	15.22	7.90	0
Riley Meredith	Hurricanes	8	10.50	5.89	0
Kane Richardson	Renegades	8	11.75	6.19	2
Tom Curran	Sixers	8	20.50	8.63	0
James Faulkner	Hurricanes	7	6.71	5.87	0
Haris Rauf	Stars	7	6.71	5.87	1
Chris Jordan	Scorchers	7	17.14	8.00	0
Rashid Khan	Strikers	7	18.28	7.83	0
Benjamin Manenti	Sixers	6	14.50	7.90	0
Qais Ahmed	Hurricanes	6	14.66	6.28	1
Adam Zampa	Stars	6	16.16	6.92	0
Chris Morris	Thunder	6	17.33	8.66	0
Arjun Nair	Thunder	6	18.00	6.75	0
Ben Dwarshuis	Sixers	6	21.83	6.83	0