Perth Scorchers (WBBL)

Perth Scorchers Women's Team

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Personnel
Coach	Mark Atkinson
Team information
Colours	"Orange"
Founded	2015
Home ground	WACA Ground Aquinas College
Capacity	22,000

The Perth Scorchers Women's team is a cricket team based in Perth, Australia that will compete in the inaugural women's Twenty20 Women's Big Bash League commencing in December 2015. They will be one of eight founding teams. They are a franchise aligned with the current men’s competition (Big Bash League) – adopting the same colours and team name. The team is coached by Mark Atkinson.

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".

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nat.	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
12	Nicole Bolton		(1989-01-17) 17 January 1989	Left-handed	Right arm off spin	Team's Captain
23	Charlotte Edwards		(1979-12-17) 17 December 1979	Right-handed	Right arm leg spin	Overseas player
11	Heather Graham		(1996-10-05) 5 October 1996	Right-handed	Right arm medium fast
28	Chloe Piparo		(1994-09-05) 5 September 1994	Right-handed	Right arm off spin
3	Elyse Villani		(1989-10-06) 6 October 1989	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
All-rounders
10	Suzie Bates		(1987-09-16) 16 September 1987	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Overseas player
5	Deandra Dottin		(1991-06-21) 21 June 1991	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium	Overseas player
	Laura Delany		(1992-12-24) 24 December 1992	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium	Associate Rookie
Wicketkeepers
4	Megan Banting		(1996-02-11) 11 February 1996	Right-handed	Right arm medium
32	Jenny Wallace		(1980-12-20) 20 December 1980	Right-handed
Pace bowlers
20	Emma Biss		(1990-05-31) 31 May 1990	Right-handed	Right arm medium
26	Katherine Brunt		(1985-07-02) 2 July 1985	Right-handed	Right arm medium fast	Overseas player
8	Piepa Cleary		(1996-07-17) 17 July 1996	Right-handed	Right arm medium
16	Katie-Jane Hartshorn		(1994-06-20) 20 June 1994	Right-handed	Left-arm chinaman
52	Nicky Shaw		(1981-12-30) 30 December 1981	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium	Overseas player
Spin bowlers
2	Emma King		(1992-03-25) 25 March 1992	Right-handed	Right arm off spin

Source Note: Jess Cameron signed a contract to play the 2015–2016 season, however on 20 October 2015 it was reported that she would be taking an indefinite break from cricket and will not take part at the Women's Big Bash League.