Ahead of the 10th season of the KFC BBL, we're taking a look at some of the biggest hitters in tournament history and want you to vote for your favourite
Vote: Biggest Hitters of the BBL, Round 2
There have been thousands of sixes hit over nine seasons of the KFC Big Bash League, but we want to know who has been the biggest and best six hitter in the competition's history.
In the lead up to the start of the new season on December 10, we want you to pick your favourite six hitters in BBL history in a series of head-to-head match-ups before we're left with just one, who will be crowned the unofficial Biggest Hitter of the BBL.
We've narrowed the field down to 16 of the best power hitters the competition has seen, with the winner to be revealed on the eve of the new season.
Fans can have their say in a series of head-to-head polls over the two weeks, with votes to be tallied across the KFC BBL social channels on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
Match 11: Aaron Finch v D'Arcy Short
Voting in this match-up is now closed. Aaron Finch (67%) won the vote over D'Arcy Short (33%)
Aaron Finch (Melbourne Renegades)
Matches: 63
Sixes: 83 (Rank 2)
Balls per six: 19.9 (Rank 29)
% of runs in sixes: 22.1 (Rank 31)
When you think of clearing the rope in the Big Bash League, the name Aaron Finch quickly comes to mind. The second most prolific six-hitter in the tournament’s history, the powerful opener averages 1.3 sixes per game and always dominates the highlights packages whenever he’s at his big-hitting best. Finch also has the distinction of forcing a rule change in the competition; balls that hit the roof at Marvel Stadium are now worth six runs after the Renegades opener was robbed of a maximum when he hit the roof in a match in 2012.
D'Arcy Short (Hobart Hurricanes)
Matches: 43
Sixes: 71 (Rank 5)
Balls per six: 17.3 (Rank 22)
% of runs in sixes: 24.1 (Rank 27)
A powerhouse at the top of the order for the Hobart Hurricanes, D'Arcy Short is more about volume of runs than just six-hitting ability, but he's no stranger to clearing the rope. An average of 1.65 sixes per game puts him behind only Chris Lynn amongst the competition's top 10 run-scorers and Short has hit some of the biggest sixes the BBL has seen, including a handful onto the roof at Blundstone Arena.