PREDICTED LINE UP 1-Jos Buttler 2-Shane Watson 3-Callum Ferguson 4-Joe Root 5-Jason Sangha 6-Daniel Sams 7-Arjun Nair 8-Chris Green 9-Gurinder Sandhu 10-Sam Rainbird 11-Fawad Ahmed TOP PREMIUM PLAYER SHANE WATSON (BAT/BWL $166,700) Two words describe Watson at the moment – IN FORM. Watson heads into BBL08 off the back of the recent T10 UAE tournament, where he scored 223 runs in 6 games, averaging 65 SuperCoach points per game. That was preceded by an outstanding IPL campaign for Watto, where he scored 555 runs at an average of 40, including scores of 117, 106 and 78. He is still also very handy with the ball, taking 6 wickets in the IPL. It’s easy to see why he was the number 1 ranked T20I batsman and all-rounder in the world when he retired for Australia two years ago, and since then, he hasn’t lost any of his ability. Whether you start with Watson or look to trade him in, he will be a very popular choice in SuperCoach for his round 4 double game...

PREDICTED LINE UP 1-Daniel Hughes 2-Jack Edwards 3- Joe Denly 4-Moises Henriques 5-Jordan Silk 6-Josh Philippe (wk) 7-Justin Avendano 8-Tom Curran 9-Sean Abbott 10-Steve O’Keefe 11-Ben Dwarshuis TOP PREMIUM PLAYER JOE DENLY (BAT $186,800) The classy English opener will once again be important for the Sixers, until he potentially leaves for international duties midway through the BBL. He is listed as a batsman only in SuperCoach, but is a very capable bowler. This is evidenced by his 20 wickets in the UK Vitality Blast, and his 4/19 in his last T20i for England. The Sixers do have numerous spinners (O’Keefe, Pope, Fallins, Lyon), but expect Denly to still bowl handy overs. Bowling aside, he is a tremendous batsman, scoring 323 runs in the Pakistan Super League and then 409 runs in the Vitality Blast this season. A reliable top order play with a career T20 average of nearly 30, Denly is a consistent performer, and therefore should be a top SuperCoach ...

PREDICTED LINE UP 1-Michael Klinger 2-David Willey 3-Mitch Marsh 4-Hilton Cartwright 5-Asthon Turner 6-Ashton Agar 7-Josh Inglis 8-Nathan Coulter-Nile 9-Andrew Tye 10-Jhye Richardson 11-Jason Behrendorff TOP PREMIUM PLAYER DAVID WILLEY (BAT/BWL $194,000) I’ve chosen David Willey over Andrew Tye here due to his role up the order with the bat. If Willey opens the batting as expected, in addition to leading the Scorchers attack with his swing bowling, then he should be a lock in for SuperCoaches in round 1. In the recent UK Vitality Blast, Willey was dominant, scoring 386 runs along with taking 9 wickets. An all-rounder of his ability being given the opportunity to open the batting and bowling is an elite SuperCoach option, and a great captaincy option for his round 1 double game week. TOP MID PRICED PLAYER NATHAN COULTER-NILE (BAT/BWL $125,000) Still getting back into swing of things after a series of frustrating injuries over the pas...

PREDICTED LINE UP 1-Ben Dunk 2-Travis Dean 3-Glenn Maxwell 4-Marcus Stoinis 5-Dwayne Bravo 6-Jonathan Merlo 7-Evan Gulbis 8-Adam Zampa 9-Scott Boland 10-Jackson Bird 11-Sandeep Lamichhane TOP PREMIUM PLAYER DWAYNE BRAVO (BAT/BWL $204,300) You could flip a coin between Bravo and Stoinis for this spot, but I’ve chosen Bravo due to his experience and remarkable consistency. The only downside to starting with Bravo is that the Stars don’t have a double game week until round 10. With that aside, Bravo is still one of the premier all-rounders in the world and will undoubtedly perform well again this BBL. In the recent Caribbean Premier League, he batted down the order at number 6 and 7 and still managed 209 runs at an amazing strike rate of 204.98, which shows how destructive he can be with that bat. He also picked up 13 wickets during that tournament, so he is in good form coming into the BBL and ready to again score plenty of SuperCoach points. TOP ...

PREDICTED LINE UP 1-Tim Ludeman 2-Cameron White 3-Tom Cooper 4-Daniel Christian 5-Mohammad Nabi 6-Will Sutherland 7-Jack Wildermuth 8-Kane Richardson 9-Chris Tremain 10-Cameron Boyce 11-Usman Khan Shinwari TOP PREMIUM PLAYER MOHAMMAD NABI (BAT/BWL $192,200) With players missing due to injury and international duties, Nabi should have a slightly higher position in the batting order this season, which will only add to his SuperCoach value. A big hitter of the ball, Nabi is coming into BBL08 off the back of a high score of 86 from 32 balls in the 2018 UK Vitality Blast. Nabi is mainly recognise d as a bowler, but rather than being a massive wicket taker, he is a highly economical off spinner. Given his expensive price and the fact the Renegades don’t have a double game week until round six, it will be hard to fit Nabi in your starting squad, but his ability to score points with both bat and ball still makes him a valuable SuperCoach player. TOP MI...

PREDICTED LINE UP 1-Darcy Short 2-Matthew Wade 3-Ben McDermott 4-George Bailey 5-Caleb Jewell 6-James Faulkner 7-Simon Milenko 8-Jofra Archer 9-Johan Botha 10-Clive Rose 11-Tymal Mills TOP PREMIUM PLAYER DARCY SHORT (BAT/BWL $258,900) The highest priced player in SuperCoach following a dominant BBL07, where he averaged 56 with a strike rate of 142, as well as picking up 3 wickets. He has somewhat struggled since then however, especially in the IPL and in his last seven T20s for Australia (only scoring over 14 once). This has seen Short suddenly leave many SuperCoach teams. However he has found some runs lately, including a quick fire 74 against India in the visitor’s only tour match. A record breaking 257 off 148 balls in the JLT One Day Cup can’t be ignored either. An explosive opener who bowls handy overs is a rarity in SuperCoach. His is extremely valuable, and an important player to have for his round 3 double game week. With possibly the highe...