Melbourne Renegades (WBBL)

Melbourne Renegades WBBL

Personnel
Captain	Sarah Elliot
Coach	Lachlan Stevens
Team information
Colours	Red   Black
Founded	2015
Home ground	Docklands Stadium
Capacity	56,347
Secondary home ground(s)	Junction Oval
Secondary ground capacity	10,000
Official website	melbournerenegades.com.au
Current season

The Melbourne Renegades WBBL team is a women's Twenty20 cricket team based in Melbourne, Australia that competes in the Women's Big Bash League.

History

The Renegades is one of 8 founding teams with their franchise aligned with the current men’s competition (Big Bash League) - adopting the same colours and team name. The team's inaugural coach is Lachlan Stevens.

Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland said in a media release, “We see T20 as the premium format of the women’s game and the WBBL is an exciting concept that will increase the promotion and exposure of women’s cricket”. Sutherland also said, “Our existing female domestic competitions are arguably the strongest in the world, with the continued success of the top-ranked women’s team, the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars, a testament to that.”. The first signing for the club was former Southern Star Sarah Elliott.

The Renegades will play their inaugural WBBL match against the Hobart Hurricanes at Aurora Stadium, in Launceston, Tasmania on December 11.