This year’s Women’s Big Bash League will kick off from 18th October. The fifth edition of WBBL will have 8 teams competing against each other for winning the coveted title on December 8th.
The 8 participating teams are:
Sydney Thunder Women, Adelaide Strikers, Melbourne Stars Women, Sydney Sixers Women, Hobart Hurricanes Women, Melbourne Renegades Women, Perth Scorchers, and Brisbane Heat Women.
The teams have tweaked their squads, dropped some players and added new faces. All in all the combination of players in the squads looks exciting.
Here have a look at the complete lists of squads of the 8 teams :
1. Sydney Thunder Women:
Alex Blackwell, Nicola Carey, Hannah Darlington, Rachael Haynes, Naomi Stalenberg, Harmanpreet Kaur, Saskia Horley, Rachel Priest, Lisa Griffith, Rene Farrell, Rene Farrell, Samantha Bates, Maisy Gibson, and Rachel Trenaman
2. Adelaide Strikers :
Bridget Patterson, Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine, Tabatha Saville, Stafanie Taylor, Sarah Coyte, Eliza Doddridge, Tahlia McGrath, Tegan McPharlin, Samantha Betts, Ellen Falconer, Katelyn Pope, Megan Schutt, Alex Price, Danielle Hazell, and Amanda-Jade Wellington
3. Melbourne Stars Women :
Makinley Blows, Lizelle Lee, Mignon du Preez, Alana King, Katie Mack, Georgia Elwiss, Nicola Hancock, Elly Donald, Annabel Sutherland, Angela Reakes, Nicole Faltum, Holly Ferling, Chloe Rafferty, Kristen Beams, and Erin Osborne
4. Sydney Sixers Women :
Ashleigh Gardner, Erin Burns, Clara Iemma, Marizanne Kapp, Carly Leeson, Ellyse Perry, Dane van Niekerk, Hayley Silver-Holmes, Alyssa Healy, Sara McGlashan, Tahlia Wilson, Sarah Aley, Lauren Cheatle, Stella Campbell, and Lauren Smith
5. Hobart Hurricanes Women:
Sasha Maloney, Sasha Maloney, Stefanie Daffara, Erin Fazackerley, Corinne Hall, Hayley Matthews, Meg Phillips, Veronica Pyke, Georgia Redmayne, Katelyn Fryett, and Brooke Hepburn
6. Melbourne Renegades Women :
Amy Satterthwaite, Jess Duffin, Erica Kershaw, Claire Koski, Anna Lanning, Sophie Molineux, Molly Strano, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham, Courtney Webb, Danielle Wyatt, Emma Inglis, Maitlan Brown, Lea Tahuhu, and Zoe Cooke
7. Perth Scorchers :
Nicole Bolton, Lauren Ebsary, Meg Lanning, Chloe Piparo, Elyse Villani, Mathilda Carmichael, Bhavisha Devchand, Heather Graham, Hayley Jensen, Taneale Peschel, Megan Banting, Amy Jones, Emily Smith, Hayleigh Brennan, Piepa Cleary, and Emma King
8. Brisbane Heat Women :
Laura Harris, Kirby Short, Laura Wolvaardt, Charli Knott, Jemma Barsby, Haidee Birkett, Grace Harris, Jess Jonassen, Delissa Kimmince, Courtney Sippel, Beth Mooney, Josie Dooley, Sammy-Jo Johnson, Georgia Prestwidge, and Sune Luus
To read more about the upcoming WBBL, click here
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