The Big Bash League (BBL) 2023-24 started on December 7, 2023 and will run till January 24, 2024 in Australia.

As many as eight teams are competing in a total of 44 matches across seven weeks in the 13th edition of the Big Bash League.

Some of the most talented T20 batters including the likes of Glenn Maxwell, Colin Munro, Chris Lynn, Aaron Finch, Moises Henriques, Alex Hales and Aaron Hardie are featuring in the Australian T20 League.

New Zealand batter Colin Munro slammed the first fifty of BBL 2023-24. Representing Brisbane Heat, Munro scored an unbeaten 99 off just 61 balls against Melbourne Stars in the opening match of the ongoing T20 tournament at The Gabba in Brisbane. 

Australian talisman Steve Smith has also started his BBL 2023-24 campaign on a good note. Steve Smith scored a scintillating half-century for Sydney Sixers against Melbourne Renegades at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

The likes of Daniel Hughes, Moises Henriques, Will Sutherland and Jordan Silk have also produced some brilliant batting performances for their respective franchises in the ongoing BBL.

Australia’s Aaron Hardie finished with the most runs in the Big Bash League last season. Playing for his BBL franchise Perth Scorchers, Aaron Hardie scored 460 runs in 15 matches at an average of 41.81 and a strike rate of 141.10. 

Adelaide Strikers’ Matthew Short was the second-highest run-scorer with 458 runs in 14 matches. 

Meanwhile, Australian swashbuckling batter Chris Lynn holds the record for the most runs in Big Bash League history. Between 2011 and 2023, Lynn has scored 3,421 runs in 113 matches with one century and 27 fifties to his name.

Here’s a look at the players with most runs in BBL 2023-24.

Most runs in BBL 2023-24

Player

Team

Matches

Runs

Colin Munro

Brisbane Heat

2

145

Steve Smith

Sydney Sixers

1

61

Daniel Hughes

Sydney Sixers

1

60

Moises Henriques

Sydney Sixers

2

60

Will Sutherland

Melbourne Renegades

2

51

Jordan Silk

Sydney Sixers

2

49

Jake Fraser-McGurk

Melbourne Renegades

2

48

Josh Philippe

Sydney Sixers

2

45

Caleb Jewell

Hobart Hurricanes

1

42

Sam Billings

Brisbane Heat

2

41

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