Michael Fisher

'Fish' is a self-confessed sports geek who loves the strategy and thinking involved with fantasy sports. He worked for Queensland Cricket for over a decade and now works as a Sport Governance consultant. His experience with cricket dates back to playing through juniors and his early twenties, when he struggled to hit one off the square before turning his hand to administration. He enjoys participating in multiple fantasy sports, having had the most success in NRL SuperCoach a best season ranking of 9th overall, plus 3 x top 100 and 3 x top 500 overall finishes. He finished a very respectable 14th overall in SuperCoach BBL in 2021/22. He’s been participating in Fantasy/SuperCoach BBL since the competition’s started, rarely missing out on a top 1,000 finish.

BBL

Watchlist, round 3: Rising and falling player stocks

We shortlist the Supercoach BBL players whose stocks are rising and falling across every position for the current week.

BBL

Watchlist, round 2: Rising and falling player stocks

We shortlist the Supercoach BBL players whose stocks are rising and falling across every position for the current week.

BBL

Updated watchlist: Rising and falling player stocks, round 1

We shortlist the Supercoach BBL players whose stocks are rising and falling across every position for the current week.

BBL

Team reveal: 14th placed finisher Fish drops SC BBL14 squad

Former 14th placed Supercoach Big Bash finisher Michael Fisher reveals his early squad for the upcoming BBL14 campaign.

Deep dive

Watchlist: Ranking every club’s trade targets, Rd 8 & 9

Former 14th placed finisher Michael Fisher ranks every club's priority trade targets for Supercoach Big Bash Round 8 and 9.

Deep dive

Watchlist: Ranking every club’s trade targets, Rd 6 & 7

Former 14th placed finisher Michael Fisher ranks every club's priority trade targets for Supercoach Big Bash Round 6 and 7.

Deep dive

Watchlist: Ranking every club’s trade targets, Rd 5

Former 14th placed finisher Michael Fisher ranks every club's priority trade targets for Supercoach Big Bash Round 5.

Deep dive

Watchlist: Ranking every club’s trade targets, Rd 4

Former 14th placed finisher Michael Fisher ranks every club's priority trade targets for Supercoach Big Bash Round 4.

Deep dive

Watchlist: Ranking every club’s trade targets, Rd 3

Former 14th placed finisher Michael Fisher ranks every club's priority trade targets for Supercoach Big Bash Round 3.

Deep dive

Watchlist: Ranking every club’s trade targets, Rd 2

Former 14th placed finisher Michael Fisher ranks every club's priority trade targets for Supercoach Big Bash Round 2.

Targets

Watchlist: Positional rankings, trade plans, Rd 12/13

Last year's 22nd placed finisher Michael Fisher ranks his top targets for every position, and reveals his team and trade plans.

Targets

Watchlist: Positional rankings, trade plans, Rd 10/11

Last year's 22nd placed finisher Michael Fisher ranks his top targets for every position, and reveals his team and trade plans.

Targets

Watchlist: Positional rankings, team, trade plans, Rd 9

Last year's 22nd placed finisher Michael Fisher ranks his top targets for every position, and reveals his team and trade plans.

Targets

Watchlist: Positional rankings, team, trade plans, Rd 6

Last year's 22nd placed finisher Michael Fisher ranks his top targets for every position, and reveals his team and trade plans.

Targets

Watchlist: Positional rankings, team, trade plans, Rd 5

Last year's 22nd placed finisher Michael Fisher ranks his top targets for every position, and reveals his team and trade plans.

Targets

Watchlist: Positional rankings, team, trade plans, Rd 4

Last year's 22nd placed finisher Michael Fisher ranks his top targets for every position, and reveals his team and trade plans.

watchlist

Watchlist: Positional rankings, team, trade plans, Rd 3

Last year's 22nd placed finisher Michael Fisher ranks his top targets for every position, and reveals his team and trade plans.

BBL

Watchlist: Positional rankings, team, trade plans, Rd 2

Last year's 22nd placed finisher Michael Fisher ranks his top targets for every position, and reveals his team and trade plans.

Wicket-takers

Updated Watchlist: Bowlers to target in BBL12

In our updated watchlist, we take a look at the key bowlers to target early on in the upcoming Big Bash season.

Willow watch

Updated Watchlist: Batters to target in BBL12

In our updated watchlist, last year's 22nd placed finisher Michael Fisher takes a look at the key batters to target early on in the season.

Gloveman

Updated Watchlist: Wicket-keepers to target in BBL12

In our updated watchlist, we take a look at the key wicket-keepers to target early on in the upcoming Big Bash season.

Decision time

Sit v start: Who to play in your final 17, Rd 25?

We rank the fringe 17 players in your NRL SuperCoach squad to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Decision time

Sit v start: Who to play in your final 17, Rd 24?

We rank the fringe 17 players in your NRL SuperCoach squad to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Decision time

Sit v start: Who to play in your final 17, Rd 23?

We rank the fringe 17 players in your NRL SuperCoach squad to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Decision time

Sit v start: Who to play in your final 17, Rd 22?

We rank the fringe 17 players in your NRL SuperCoach squad to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Decision time

Sit v start: Who to play in your final 17, Rd 16?

We rank the fringe 17 players in your NRL SuperCoach squad to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Decision time

Sit v start: Who to play in your final 17, Rd 15?

We rank the fringe 17 players in your NRL SuperCoach squad to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Decision time

Sit v start: Who to play in your final 17, Rd 14?

We rank the fringe 17 players in your NRL SuperCoach squad to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Decision time

Sit v start: Who to play in your final 17, Rd 12?

We rank the fringe 17 players in your NRL SuperCoach squad to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Decision time

Sit v start: Who to play in your final 17, Rd 10?

We rank the fringe 17 players in your NRL SuperCoach squad to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Decision time

Sit v start: Who to play in your final 17, Rd 8?

We rank the fringe 17 players in your NRL SuperCoach squad to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Vital calls

Sit v start: Who to play in your final 17, Rd 7?

We rank the fringe 17 players in your NRL SuperCoach squad to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Vital calls

Sit v start: Who to play in your final 17, Rd 6?

We rank the fringe 17 players in your NRL SuperCoach squad to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Vital calls

Sit v start: Who to play in your final 17, Rd 5?

We rank the fringe 17 players in your NRL SuperCoach squad to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Vital calls

Sit v start: Who to play in your final 17, Rd 4?

We rank the fringe 17 players in your NRL SuperCoach squad to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Vital calls

Sit v start: Who to play in your final 17, Rd 3?

We rank the fringe 17 players in your NRL SuperCoach squad to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Vital calls

Sit v start: Who to play in your final 17, Rd 2?

We rank the fringe 17 players in your NRL SuperCoach squad to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Vital calls

Strategy Playbook: Who to sit/start in Rd 1?

We rank the fringe 17 players in your NRL SuperCoach squad to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Team tips

Talking Tactics: Five keys to SuperCoach success

Ranked 17th overall, Fish drops the five key strategic ploys that have aided his SuperCoach BBL season thus far.

Crystal ball

Strategy Playbook: Predicting top 44 run home scorers

Fish takes a deep dive into the projected output of the top 44 SuperCoach players for the run home, based on 'positional scoring v team' analysis.

Tough calls

Strategy Playbook: Who to sit/start in Round 20?

We take a deep dive into the projected output of fringe 17 players to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Critical thinking

Strategy Playbook: Who to sit/start in Round 19?

We take a deep dive into the projected output of fringe 17 players to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Critical thinking

Strategy Playbook: Who to sit/start in Round 18?

We take a deep dive into the projected output of fringe 17 players to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Critical thinking

Strategy Playbook: Who to sit/start in Round 16?

We take a deep dive into the projected output of fringe 17 players to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Critical thinking

Strategy Playbook: Who to sit/start in Round 15?

We take a deep dive into the projected output of fringe 17 players to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Critical thinking

Strategy Playbook: Who to sit/start in Round 14?

We take a deep dive into the projected output of fringe 17 players to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Fire away!

Listen now! Subscriber special: Rd 13 question and answer

It's live! In our subscriber special, an SC Playbook contributor will be answering your questions via audio each week.

Critical thinking

Strategy Playbook: Who to sit/start in Round 12?

We take a deep dive into the projected output of fringe 17 players to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Critical thinking

Strategy Playbook: Who to sit/start in Round 11?

We take a deep dive into the projected output of fringe 17 players to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Clutch calls

Strategy Playbook: Who to sit/start in Round 10?

We take a deep dive into the projected output of fringe 17 players to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Clutch calls

Strategy Playbook: Who to sit/start in Round 9?

We take a deep dive into the projected output of fringe 17 players to help you decide who to sit and start in your weekly team.

Critical thinking

Strategy Playbook: Self-analysing your SuperCoach team

We take a deep dive into the relevant weekly strategies to help you with your NRL SuperCoach trade tactics.

Fire away!

Listen now! Subscriber special: Rd 7 question and answer

It's live! In our subscriber special, an SC Playbook contributor will be answering your questions via audio each week.

Critical thinking

Strategy Playbook: What’s your plan moving forward?

We take a deep dive into the relevant weekly strategies to help you with your NRL SuperCoach trade tactics.

Critical thinking

Strategy Playbook: When is the right time to take risks?

We take a deep dive into the relevant weekly strategies to help you with your NRL SuperCoach trade tactics.

Critical thinking

Strategy Playbook: Seven questions for seven positions

We take a deep dive into the relevant weekly strategies to help you with your NRL SuperCoach trade tactics.

Critical thinking

Strategy Playbook: Key SuperCoach tactical considerations

We take a deep dive into the relevant weekly strategies to help you with your NRL SuperCoach trade tactics.

In-depth

Positional analysis: 7 key questions to start the year

Our newest SC Playbook NRL contributor Michael Fisher crunches the key statistics to help you gain an edge on SuperCoach rivals.

Stat breakdown

Matchups Analysis: Sydney Sixers vs Perth Scorchers

Match-ups are vital to SuperCoach success, luckily Fish has put the work in to find the best ones to target and avoid in Round 17.

Stat breakdown

Matchups Analysis: Brisbane Heat vs Perth Scorchers

Match-ups are vital to SuperCoach success, luckily Fish has put the work in to find the best ones to target and avoid in Round 16.

Winning edge

POD Hunter: Low-ownership picks, run home

We take a look at the best low-ownership options to set you apart from SuperCoach BBL rivals.

Winning edge

POD Hunter: Low-ownership run home picks

We take a look at the best low-ownership options to set you apart from SuperCoach BBL rivals.

Winning edge

POD Hunter: Unique players to find an edge, Rd 10

We take a look at the best low-ownership options to set you apart from SuperCoach BBL rivals.

Winning edge

POD Hunter: Unique players to find an edge, Rd 9

We take a look at the best low-ownership options to set you apart from SuperCoach BBL rivals.

Winning edge

POD Hunter: Unique players to find an edge, Rd 8

We take a look at the best low-ownership options to set you apart from SuperCoach BBL rivals.

Winning edge

POD Hunter: Unique players to find an edge, Rd 7

We take a look at the best low-ownership options to set you apart from SuperCoach BBL rivals.

Winning edge

POD Hunter: Unique players to find an edge, Rd 6

We take a look at the best low-ownership options to set you apart from SuperCoach BBL rivals.

Winning edge

POD Hunter: Unique players to find an edge, Rd 5

We take a look at the best low-ownership options to set you apart from SuperCoach BBL rivals.

Winning edge

POD Hunter: Unique players to find an edge, Rd 4

We take a look at the best low-ownership options to set you apart from SuperCoach BBL rivals.

Winning edge

POD Hunter: Unique players to find an edge, Rd 3

We take a look at the best low-ownership options to set you apart from SuperCoach BBL rivals.

Winning edge

POD Hunter: Unique players to find an edge, Rd 2

We take a look at the best low-ownership options to set you apart from SuperCoach BBL rivals.

Vital role

Positional analysis: All-rounder breakdown, verdict

We take an in-depth look at the all-rounder position, assessing the best options to get you off to a flyer.

In-depth

Positional analysis: Batting breakdown, verdict

We take an in-depth look at the batting position, assessing the best options to get you off to a flyer.

BWL Spotlight

Positional analysis: Bowler breakdown, verdict

We take an in-depth look at the bowler position, assessing the best options to get you off to a flyer.

WKP spotlight

Positional analysis: Wicketkeeper breakdown, verdict

We take an in-depth look at the wicketkeeper position, assessing the best options to get you off to a flyer.