2024–25 Women's Big Bash League season
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| Dates | 27 October 2024 – 1 December 2024 |
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| Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and knockout finals |
| Host(s) |  Australia |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 43 |
| Official website | WBBL |
The 2024–25 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL|10 (also known as Weber Women's Big Bash League 2024 for sponsorship reasons) is the 10th season of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the semi-professional women's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament is being played from 27 October 2024, with the final scheduled to be held on 1 December 2024.[1][2][3] Adelaide Strikers are the defending champions.[4][5]
Background
[edit]On 9 July 2024, it was announced that the 10th season of the tournament would begin on 27 October 2024, seven days after the conclusion of the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[1]
In July 2024, Cricket Australia introduces a new domestic Twenty20 Cricket event, called T20 Spring Challenge, that forms part of the Australia domestic cricket season. The league was aimed to make up for the absence of high-profile matches in Australia every year and to expose talented players from Country. The new nine-team T20 features teams aligned with the eight Big Bash clubs along with the ACT Meteors. The T20 Spring Challenge bascially acts as a preseason tournament for the WBBL, with the inaugural winners being Hobart Hurricanes.
Draft
[edit]The 2024–25 season players draft was held on 1 September 2024.[6][7][8][9]
Teams and squads
[edit]
Squads
[edit]| Teams | Squads[14][8] |
|---|---|
| Adelaide Strikers | |
| Brisbane Heat | |
| Hobart Hurricanes | |
| Melbourne Renegades | |
| Melbourne Stars | |
| Perth Scorchers | |
| Sydney Sixers | |
| Sydney Thunder |
Venues
[edit]
- Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
- Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide
- Allan Border Field, Brisbane
- The Gabba, Brisbane
- Drummoyne Oval, Drummoyne
- Bellerive Oval, Hobart
- CitiPower Centre, Melbourne
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
- WACA Ground, Perth
- North Sydney Oval, Sydney
- Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Standing
[edit]Points table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney Thunder | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1.062 | Advance to the knockout stage |
| 2 | Hobart Hurricanes | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.432 | |
| 3 | Brisbane Heat | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −0.001 | |
| 4 | Melbourne Renegades | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −0.001 | |
| 5 | Sydney Sixers | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −0.389 | |
| 6 | Perth Scorchers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −0.502 | |
| 7 | Melbourne Stars | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.191 | |
| 8 | Adelaide Strikers | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | −0.801 |
Updated to match(es) played on 10 November 2024. Source: ESPNcricinfo
Win–loss table
[edit]Below is a summary of results for each team's fourteen regular season matches, plus finals where applicable, in chronological order. A team's opponent for any given match is listed above the margin of victory/defeat.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | K | C | F | Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Strikers (ADS) |
BRH 4 wickets |
SYS 11 runs |
SYT 64 runs |
MLR 2 wickets |
BRH 8 runs | |||||||||
| Brisbane Heat (BRH) |
ADS 4 wickets |
MLR 28 runs |
HBH 7 wickets |
PRS 28 runs |
SYT 19 runs |
ADS 8 runs | ||||||||
| Hobart Hurricanes (HBH) |
SYT 31 runs |
SYT 33 runs |
BRH 7 wickets |
MLS 7 wickets |
SYS 6 runs |
PRS 72 runs | ||||||||
| Melbourne Renegades (MLR) |
SYS 3 wickets |
BRH 28 runs |
PRS 6 wickets |
ADS 2 wickets |
PRS 2 runs |
MLS 15 runs | ||||||||
| Melbourne Stars (MLS) |
PRS 13 runs |
SYS 32 runs (DLS) |
HBH 7 wickets |
SYS 6 runs (DLS) |
MLR 15 runs | |||||||||
| Perth Scorchers (PRS) |
MLS 13 runs |
MLR 6 wickets |
MLS 28 runs |
MLR 2 runs |
HBH 72 runs | |||||||||
| Sydney Sixers (SYS) |
MLR 3 wickets |
ADS 11 runs |
MLS 32 runs (DLS) |
HBH 6 runs |
MLS 6 runs (DLS) |
SYT 18 runs | ||||||||
| Sydney Thunder (SYT) |
HBH 31 runs |
HBH 33 runs |
ADS 64 runs |
BRH 19 runs |
SYS 18 runs |
| Team's results→ | Won | Tied | Lost | N/R |
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Summary
[edit]| Visitor team → | ADS | BRH | HBH | MLR | MLS | PRS | SYS | SYT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home team ↓ | ||||||||
| Adelaide Strikers | Heat 4 wickets | Match 29 | Match 23 | Match 32 | Thunder 64 runs | |||
| Brisbane Heat | Heat 8 runs | Hurricanes 7 wickets | Heat 28 runs | Match 36 | Match 40 | |||
| Hobart Hurricanes | Match 25 | Match 35 | Hurricanes 72 runs | Sixers 6 runs | Hurricanes 31 runs | |||
| Melbourne Renegades | Renegades 2 wickets | Renegades 15 runs | Renegades 6 wickets | Sixers 3 wickets | Match 37 | |||
| Melbourne Stars | Match 39 | Match 30 | Stars 7 wickets | Match 28 | Sixers 6 runs (D/L) | |||
| Perth Scorchers | Scorchers 28 runs | Match 38 | Scorchers 2 runs | Scorchers 13 runs | Match 27 | |||
| Sydney Sixers | Strikers 11 runs | Match 26 | Stars 32 runs (D/L) | Match 34 | Thunder 18 runs | |||
| Sydney Thunder | Thunder 19 runs | Thunder 33 runs | Match 33 | Match 24 | Match 31 |
| Home team won | Visitor team won |
- Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
- Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.
Fixtures
[edit]On 9 July 2024, Cricket Australia confirmed the full schedule for the tournament.[1]
Adelaide Strikers
5/133 (20 overs) |
v
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Brisbane Heat
6/134 (18 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
Melbourne Renegades
8/178 (20 overs) |
v
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Sydney Sixers
7/179 (19 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Perth Scorchers
8/122 (20 overs) |
v
|
Melbourne Stars
109 (19.2 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Hobart Hurricanes
7/141 (20 overs) |
v
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Sydney Thunder
110 (18 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
Adelaide Strikers
171 (20 overs) |
v
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Sydney Sixers
9/160 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Brisbane Heat
8/169 (20 overs) |
v
|
Melbourne Renegades
9/141 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Thunder
5/146 (17 overs) |
v
|
Hobart Hurricanes
8/113 (17 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 17 overs per side due to rain.
Sydney Thunder
5/212 (20 overs) |
v
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Adelaide Strikers
148 (19.2 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Melbourne Stars
4/195 (20 overs) |
v
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Sydney Sixers
4/56 (8.3 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
- Sydney Sixers were 32 runs behind of the DLS par score of 88 from 8.3 overs.
Brisbane Heat
5/173 (20 overs) |
v
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Hobart Hurricanes
3/176 (19.4 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
Perth Scorchers
140 (19.4 overs) |
v
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Melbourne Renegades
4/145 (17.4 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.
Hobart Hurricanes
7/133 (20 overs) |
v
|
Melbourne Stars
3/136 (17.5 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
Adelaide Strikers
5/157 (20 overs) |
v
|
Melbourne Renegades
8/158 (20 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat.
Perth Scorchers
8/142 (20 overs) |
v
|
Brisbane Heat
114 (18 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Sixers
7/155 (20 overs) |
v
|
Hobart Hurricanes
9/149 (20 overs) |
Danni Wyatt-Hodge 30 (26)
Caoimhe Bray 2/13 (3 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Thunder
5/170 (20 overs) |
v
|
Brisbane Heat
151 (19.1 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
Perth Scorchers
108 (19.5 overs) |
v
|
Melbourne Renegades
8/106 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
Melbourne Stars
7/122 (18 overs) |
v
|
Sydney Sixers
1/104 (15 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 18 overs per side due to rain.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
- Sydney Sixers were 6 runs ahead of the DLS par score of 98 from 15 overs.
Melbourne Renegades
6/146 (20 overs) |
v
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Melbourne Stars
9/131 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Brisbane Heat
6/175 (20 overs) |
v
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Adelaide Strikers
4/167 (20 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field.
Hobart Hurricanes
3/203 (20 overs) |
v
|
Perth Scorchers
131 (19.3 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
- Lizelle Lee scored the highest individual score in the Women's Big Bash League.[15]
Sydney Thunder
6/158 (20 overs) |
v
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Sydney Sixers
140 (19.4 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Knockout stage
[edit]| Knockout | Challenger | Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | 1st placed team | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 2nd placed team | CW | Winner of Challenger | ||||||||||
| 3 | 3rd placed team | EW | Winner of Eliminator | ||||||||||
| 4 | 4th placed team | ||||||||||||
Knockout
[edit]Challenger
[edit]The Final
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Highest totals
[edit]| Score | Team | Against | Venue | Date | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/212 | Sydney Thunder | Adelaide Strikers | North Sydney Oval, Sydney | 1 November 2024 | ||||||
| 3/203 | Hobart Hurricanes | Perth Scorchers | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | 10 November 2024 | ||||||
| 4/195 | Melbourne Stars | Sydney Sixers | North Sydney Oval, Sydney | 1 November 2024 | ||||||
| 7/179 | Sydney Sixers | Melbourne Renegades | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 27 October 2024 | ||||||
| 8/178 | Melbourne Renegades | Sydney Sixers | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | 27 October 2024 | ||||||
Source: ESPNcricinfo[16]
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Most runs
[edit]| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellyse Perry | Sydney Sixers | 6 | 6 | 315 | 78.75 | 150.71 | 86 | 0 | 3 | |
| Lizelle Lee | Hobart Hurricanes | 6 | 6 | 221 | 44.20 | 160.14 | 150* | 1 | 0 | |
| Grace Harris | Brisbane Heat | 6 | 6 | 198 | 33.00 | 135.61 | 75 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heather Knight | Sydney Thunder | 4 | 4 | 185 | 61.66 | 171.29 | 59* | 0 | 2 | |
| Beth Mooney | Perth Scorchers | 5 | 5 | 182 | 36.40 | 134.81 | 77 | 0 | 1 | |
| Phoebe Litchfield | Sydney Thunder | 5 | 5 | 38.00 | 141.08 | 51 | 0 | 1 | ||
Source: ESPNcricinfo[17]
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Most wickets
[edit]| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samantha Bates | Sydney Thunder | 5 | 5 | 15 | 4/21 | 7.26 | 5.73 | 7.60 | ||
| Alana King | Perth Scorchers | 5 | 5 | 13 | 5/16 | 10.07 | 6.89 | 8.76 | ||
| Alice Capsey | Melbourne Renegades | 6 | 6 | 12 | 5/25 | 11.41 | 6.90 | 9.91 | ||
| Heather Graham | Hobart Hurricanes | 6 | 6 | 3/19 | 13.33 | 6.95 | 11.50 | |||
| Sophie Molineux | Melbourne Renegades | 4 | 4 | 9 | 4/17 | 13.55 | 7.62 | 10.66 | ||
| Sophie Ecclestone | Sydney Sixers | 6 | 6 | 3/18 | 21.11 | 7.91 | 16.00 | |||
Source: ESPNcricinfo[18]
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See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
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