Former England seamer Tom Curran has been selected for the Big Bash League team of the tournament after a strong season with Melbourne Stars.
The 30-year-old took 17 wickets at an average of 17.50 and chipped in 60 runs from five innings as Stars finished fourth in the group stage, before going on to lose to Hobart Hurricanes in the knockout match.
Curran is joined by four Stars team-mates, including player of the tournament Sam Harper and Pakistan seamer Haris Rauf, who leads the competition’s wicket-taking standings with 20.
Stars captain Marcus Stoinis is selected for a record-equaling fifth time, while veteran David Warner is picked having topped the run-scoring charts with 433, despite Sydney Thunder finishing bottom.
New Zealand’s Finn Allen is the third player from overseas in an otherwise Australian line-up, and is one of five debutants picked for the squad after hitting a tournament record of 37 sixes for Perth Scorchers.
The team is selected by the eight BBL head coaches and players from six teams have been chosen for this year’s squad, with no-one from third-placed Hurricanes and seventh-placed Melbourne Renegades picked on this occasion.
Team of the tournament
1. Finn Allen* (Perth Scorchers)
2. Sam Harper* (Wicket keeper, Melbourne Stars)
3. David Warner (Captain, Sydney Thunder)
4. Matthew Renshaw* (Brisbane Heat)
5. Aaron Hardie (Perth Scorchers)
6. Marcus Stoinis (Melbourne Stars)
7. Jack Edwards* (Sydney Sixers)
8. Tom Curran (Melbourne Stars)
9. Haris Rauf (Melbourne Stars)
10. Lloyd Pope (Adelaide Strikers)
11. Peter Siddle (Melbourne Stars)
12. Liam Scott* (Adelaide Strikers)
*denotes first time selected in BBL Team of the Tournament