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Sam Harper Named BBL Player of the Tournament as Coaches Pick David Warner Captain

Umpire voting rewarded Harper's surge, underscoring a separate process to the coaches' XI that installed Warner as captain.

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Sam Harper has been crowned the BBL's best.
Melbourne Stars 'keeper Sam Harper has taken out the Big Bash League's top gong. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)
David Warner's hot batting form has earned him BBL team of the season selection, and as skipper. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

Overview

  • Harper topped the 3-2-1 umpire-voted leaderboard with 16, edging Liam Scott and David Warner on 15 apiece.
  • He produced 371 runs at 61.83 with a 155 strike rate in 10 games and contributed 13 wicketkeeping dismissals.
  • The coaches' Team of the Tournament installed Warner as captain and featured Harper, Finn Allen, Matthew Renshaw and Jack Edwards.
  • Melbourne Stars led all clubs with five picks, with Haris Rauf claiming a league-high 20 wickets and 41-year-old Peter Siddle included.
  • Contrasts marked the selections, as Warner led the league with 433 runs and two centuries for last-placed Thunder while table-topping Scorchers had no top-five votegetters, with omissions including Gurinder Sandhu and Joel Davies and Liam Scott named 12th man.