2019–20 Women's Big Bash League season
The 2019–20 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL|05 is the fifth season of Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the semi-professional women's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament moved to a standalone calendar slot, shifting away from the men's BBL, beginning on 18 October and running to 8 December 2019.[1][2]
 2019–20 WBBL season logo | |
| Dates | 18 October 2019 – 8 December 2019 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round robin and knockout finals |
| Champions | Brisbane Heat (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Adelaide Strikers |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches played | 59 |
| Player of the series | Sophie Devine (ADS) |
| Most runs | Sophie Devine (ADS) – 769 |
| Most wickets | Molly Strano (MLR) – 24 |
| Official website | WBBL |
The Sydney Sixers entered the season as "hot favourites",[3][4][5] but they lost five consecutive games in the back-half of the tournament and missed out on qualifying for finals for the first time after captain Ellyse Perry sustained a shoulder injury.[6][7][8] Defending champions Brisbane Heat finished the regular season on top of the ladder, earning the right to host all three playoff matches at Allan Border Field.[9]
The Heat retained their title on 8 December 2019 when they defeated first-time finalist Adelaide Strikers, which featured Player of the Tournament Sophie Devine, by six wickets in the championship decider. Beth Mooney was named Player of the Final for the second consecutive season.[10]
Teams
Each 2019–20 squad featured 15 active players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas. Australian marquees are players who held a national women's team contract at the time of signing on for their WBBL|05 team.[11]
Australian marquee and domestic players
The pre-season was noted as particularly busy for player transfers which produced some of the biggest recruiting achievements in the tournament's five-year history.[11]
After finishing the last two tournaments on the bottom of the ladder, the Hobart Hurricanes managed to bolster their stocks by luring across Nicola Carey, Belinda Vakarewa and Maisy Gibson from the Sydney Thunder, as well as Tayla Vlaeminck from the Melbourne Renegades.[12][13][14][15] Conversely the reigning champions, Brisbane Heat, suffered the losses of Josie Dooley to the Renegades and Jemma Barsby to the Perth Scorchers.[16][17]
Other local player movements included Elyse Villani departing the Scorchers to captain the Melbourne Stars, while Katie Mack left the Stars to join the Adelaide Strikers.[18][19] The Hurricanes completed their roster with the readdition of Emily Smith, filling the wicket-keeping role left vacant by Georgia Redmayne's shift to the Scorchers.[20][21] On 18 November 2019, Smith was banned for the remainder of WBBL|05 after contravening Cricket Australia's anti-corruption policy with a social media post. Under a special exemption, Tasmanian Tigers member Emma Manix-Geeves was brought into the Hurricanes squad as a replacement.[22][23][24][25][26]
Overseas marquee players
There were several changes to overseas marquee allocations. Englishwoman Tammy Beaumont, previously a Striker, joined the Renegades after a year away from the league.[27] She replaced New Zealand's Amy Satterthwaite, who would miss the season through maternity.[28]
South African Chloe Tryon joined the Hurricanes for 2019–20 along with England's Fran Wilson—a member of the Thunder's WBBL|03 campaign.[29] Nat Sciver returned for the Scorchers after not partaking in the previous season, replacing England teammate Kate Cross.[30] Announced to join Sciver at Perth was Ireland's Kim Garth, appearing in the league for the first time since winning a second championship with the Sydney Sixers.[31][32] However, some members of past title-winning squads would be absent: the Heat did not renew their contracts with Proteas pair Laura Wolvaardt and Suné Luus,[33] instead they brought White Ferns duo Maddy Green and Amelia Kerr on board;[34][35] and Kiwi Sara McGlashan's time at the Sixers came to an end when she announced her retirement from professional cricket in January 2019.[36]
Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana did not re-sign for the Thunder and Hurricanes respectively on account of a conflicting national team schedule, marking the first WBBL season to not feature any Indian-born players.[37][38] This fixturing clash followed a dispute between the BCCI and CA earlier in the year when Australia's top talent (such as Meg Lanning, Ellyse Perry and Alyssa Healy) were excluded from the 2019 Women's T20 Challenge—an exhibition tournament serving as a potential precursor to a future female equivalent of the Indian Premier League.[39] ESPNcricinfo reported this breakdown was part of a wider disagreement between the two boards that revolved around the BCCI's insistence on CA honouring a touring commitment to play a men's bi-lateral ODI series in India in January 2020.[40]
Jamaican Stafanie Taylor ended her four-year run with the Thunder and was subsequently contracted by the Strikers. Due to international cricket commitments with the West Indies, Taylor was unavailable for the majority of WBBL|05 and would share a marquee position with England's Lauren Winfield.[41] The Thunder filled their vacant overseas marquee spots by acquiring the services of Nida Dar—making her the first Pakistani woman to sign a deal with an international cricket league—and South Africa's Shabnim Ismail—returning to the competition after a short inaugural season stint with the Melbourne Renegades.[42][43]
New Zealander Sophie Devine (Strikers) and South African Marizanne Kapp (Sixers) became the only foreigners to play in each of the first five WBBL seasons with one team.[44][45]
On 19 November, the Sydney Sixers announced the signing of Englishwoman Hollie Armitage, replacing captain Ellyse Perry who would miss five games due to a shoulder injury.[46][47]
After scoring a T20I century for Sri Lanka against Australia on 29 September 2019,[48] former Renegade Chamari Atapattu stated in a post-match press conference she had not been offered a contract for the upcoming Women's Big Bash season despite her eagerness to participate, underlining the league's fierce competition for overseas marquee selection.[49] However, it was announced on 30 November that Atapattu had signed with the Renegades for their last regular season game and finals.[50] She replaced Tammy Beaumont who—along with Danni Wyatt, Nat Sciver, Amy Jones and Lauren Winfield—would miss out on the WBBL|05 finals due to national team commitments.[50][51][52]
Coaching staff
Victorious WBBL|04 coach Peter McGiffin stepped down from his role at Brisbane and was replaced by Australian women's team assistant Ashley Noffke in June 2019.[53] The Thunder and Strikers also made key changes ahead of the fifth season, appointing Super League title-winner Trevor Griffin and former first-class batsman Luke Williams to their respective head coach positions.[54][55]
Despite being ruled out of playing duties, the Renegades announced Amy Satterthwaite would continue to contribute off-field in a specialist coaching capacity throughout the WBBL|05 season.[28]
Points table
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brisbane Heat (C) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.723 |
| 2 | Adelaide Strikers (RU) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.601 |
| 3 | Perth Scorchers | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.026 |
| 4 | Melbourne Renegades | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0.117 |
| 5 | Sydney Sixers | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.076 |
| 6 | Sydney Thunder | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 11 | −0.487 |
| 7 | Hobart Hurricanes | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 9 | −0.197 |
| 8 | Melbourne Stars | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | −0.734 |
- The four top ranked teams qualified for the semi-finals
Win–loss table
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's results→ | Won | Tied | Lost | N/R |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Last updated: 8 December 2019
Fixtures
All times are local time
Week 1
Sydney Sixers 6/192 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder 9/143 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
Hobart Hurricanes 5/164 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars 9/144 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Melbourne Renegades 8/117 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers 4/120 (15.2 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Brisbane Heat 6/165 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers 73 (14.4 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
Melbourne Stars 7/136 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes 5/137 (18.3 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Brisbane Heat 9/150 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder 3/153 (18.5 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
- Phoebe Litchfield became the youngest player to score a half-century in the WBBL[59]
Adelaide Strikers 5/152 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades 5/154 (19 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Week 2
Perth Scorchers 5/132 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades 6/133 (19.1 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Adelaide Strikers 8/113 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes 7/110 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
Brisbane Heat 7/146 (20 overs) |
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Perth Scorchers 1/147 (18.2 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
Melbourne Stars 9/107 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers 2/108 (17.1 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
- Marizanne Kapp became the fifth player to take a WBBL hat-trick,[61] joining Nicole Bolton,[62][63] Gemma Triscari,[64][65] Amy Satterthwaite[66][67] and Dane van Niekerk[68][69]
Sydney Thunder 8/132 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades 8/129 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Perth Scorchers 9/115 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers 3/116 (14.4 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
Hobart Hurricanes 8/123 (20 overs) |
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Brisbane Heat 5/124 (19.5 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
Melbourne Stars 5/141 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder 6/142 (19.4 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Week 3
Melbourne Renegades 1/134 (15 overs) |
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Perth Scorchers 2/77 (7 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
- Match reduced to 15 overs per side due to rain delay
- Perth Scorchers' target revised to 73 from 7 overs due to rain delay
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
Melbourne Renegades 8/120 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers 6/121 (19.5 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
Melbourne Stars 3/155 (20 overs) |
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Perth Scorchers 6/135 (20 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
Brisbane Heat 139 (19.1 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers 2/143 (19 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Sydney Sixers 0/199 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars 6/154 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
- Alyssa Healy and Ellyse Perry set a new record for the highest partnership in a domestic women's T20 (199 runs)[73]
Adelaide Strikers 8/141 (20 overs) |
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Brisbane Heat 1/142 (17.1 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Hobart Hurricanes 6/148 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder 4/149 (18.1 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Week 4
Hobart Hurricanes 5/150 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades 6/151 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Perth Scorchers 3/173 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers 4/171 (20 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
Sydney Sixers 7/123 (20 overs) |
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Brisbane Heat 3/127 (16.5 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Perth Scorchers 5/151 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder 6/144 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Hobart Hurricanes 8/108 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades 2/109 (15.4 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Adelaide Strikers 4/164 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars 8/147 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
- Sophie Devine set a new WBBL record for the most sixes scored off consecutive deliveries (five)[75]
- Madeline Penna suffered a new WBBL record for the most expensive over bowled (31 runs)[75]
Week 5
Perth Scorchers 6/116 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder 105 (19.4 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Sydney Sixers 2/172 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes 133 (18 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Melbourne Stars 4/165 (20 overs) |
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Brisbane Heat 1/168 (19.3 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
- Beth Mooney became the first player to score 400 runs in five consecutive WBBL seasons[77][78]
Sydney Sixers 3/152 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder 8/112 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
Brisbane Heat 8/128 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder 96 (19.1 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
Adelaide Strikers 2/153 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars 8/96 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Sydney Sixers 4/139 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades 8/141 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
Perth Scorchers 8/112 (20 overs) |
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Brisbane Heat 2/113 (16.1 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Week 6
Brisbane Heat 5/153 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades 9/147 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Melbourne Stars 6/149 (20 overs) |
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Perth Scorchers 1/151 (19.1 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
- Melbourne Stars eliminated from finals contention
Sydney Thunder 4/112 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers 4/113 (19.1 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Sydney Sixers 7/134 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes 5/139 (18.2 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
- Hobart Hurricanes defeated Sydney Sixers for the first time in WBBL history[85]
Brisbane Heat 9/157 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes 7/150 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
Perth Scorchers 5/152 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers 9/100 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Melbourne Renegades 3/165 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars 3/169 (19.2 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
- Brisbane Heat qualified for finals
Adelaide Strikers 3/143 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes 7/141 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
- Hobart Hurricanes eliminated from finals contention
Adelaide Strikers 6/161 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder 6/161 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
- Adelaide Strikers qualified for finals
Sydney Sixers 6/164 (20 overs) |
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Perth Scorchers 2/165 (19.2 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Week 7
Brisbane Heat 4/183 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades 4/185 (19 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
- Melbourne Renegades set a new record for highest successful run chase in WBBL history[89]
Sydney Thunder 6/162 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars 5/144 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Melbourne Stars 4/162 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades 4/163 (19.5 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
- Sydney Thunder eliminated from finals contention
Sydney Sixers 9/93 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers 2/94 (15.1 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
- Perth Scorchers qualified for finals
- Adelaide Strikers defeated Sydney Sixers for the first time in WBBL history[91]
Perth Scorchers 107 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes 4/113 (15.4 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Melbourne Renegades 6/151 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder 7/122 (20 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
- Melbourne Renegades qualified for finals, Sydney Sixers eliminated from finals contention
- Former Australian players Alex Blackwell and Rene Farrell made their last WBBL appearances[92][93]
Sydney Sixers 7/177 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers 7/164 (20 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Melbourne Stars 6/87 (10 overs) |
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Brisbane Heat 2/88 (8.4 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field
- Match reduced to 10 overs per side due to rain delay
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
- Former Australian player Kristen Beams made her last WBBL appearance[94]
Perth Scorchers 4/167 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes 6/132 (20 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Cricket Network
Knockout phase
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 1 | Brisbane Heat | 6/166 | |||||||
| 4 | Melbourne Renegades | 4/163 | |||||||
| Brisbane Heat | 4/162 | ||||||||
| Adelaide Strikers | 7/161 | ||||||||
| 2 | Adelaide Strikers | 2/130 | |||||||
| 3 | Perth Scorchers | 7/126 | |||||||
Semi-finals
Perth Scorchers 7/126 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers 2/130 (18.1 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
Melbourne Renegades 4/163 (20 overs) |
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Brisbane Heat 6/166 (18 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
Final
Adelaide Strikers 7/161 (20 overs) |
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Brisbane Heat 4/162 (18.1 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field
- Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
- Brisbane Heat won their second WBBL title
Statistics
Highest totals
| Team | Score | Against | Venue | Date | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Sixers | 0/199 (20 overs) | Melbourne Stars | WACA Ground | 3 November 2019 | |||||
| Sydney Sixers | 6/192 (20 overs) | Sydney Thunder | North Sydney Oval | 18 October 2019 | |||||
| Melbourne Renegades | 4/185 (19 overs) | Brisbane Heat | Allan Border Field | 27 November 2019 | |||||
| Brisbane Heat | 4/183 (20 overs) | Melbourne Renegades | Allan Border Field | 27 November 2019 | |||||
| Sydney Sixers | 7/177 (20 overs) | Adelaide Strikers | Hurstville Oval | 1 December 2019 | |||||
| Last Updated: 8 December 2019 | |||||||||
Most runs
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sophie Devine |
Adelaide Strikers | 16 | 16 | 769 | 76.90 | 130.33 | 88 | 0 | 9 |
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Brisbane Heat | 16 | 16 | 743 | 74.30 | 125.08 | 86 | 0 | 9 |
| Jess Duffin |
Melbourne Renegades | 14 | 13 | 544 | 68.00 | 138.77 | 76* | 0 | 5 |
| Meg Lanning |
Perth Scorchers | 15 | 15 | 531 | 40.84 | 118.26 | 101 | 1 | 4 |
 Lizelle Lee |
Melbourne Stars | 14 | 14 | 475 | 36.53 | 131.94 | 103* | 1 | 4 |
| Last Updated: 8 December 2019 | |||||||||
Most wickets
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molly Strano |
Melbourne Renegades | 15 | 15 | 24 | 16.91 | 7.40 | 4/28 | 13.7 |
| Jess Jonassen |
Brisbane Heat | 16 | 16 | 22 | 18.31 | 6.83 | 4/13 | 16.0 |
| Belinda Vakarewa |
Hobart Hurricanes | 13 | 13 | 20 | 15.80 | 6.09 | 4/19 | 15.5 |
| Sophie Devine |
Adelaide Strikers | 16 | 16 | 19 | 20.68 | 6.77 | 3/13 | 18.3 |
| Sarah Coyte |
Adelaide Strikers | 16 | 16 | 19 | 21.26 | 6.94 | 3/9 | 18.3 |
| Last Updated: 8 December 2019 | ||||||||
Awards
Player of the tournament
Player of the Tournament votes are awarded on a 3-2-1 basis by the two standing umpires at the conclusion of every match, meaning a player can receive a maximum of six votes per game.
| Pos. | Player | Team | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sophie Devine |
Adelaide Strikers | 48 |
| 2nd | Beth Mooney |
Brisbane Heat | 35 |
| 3rd |  Danielle Wyatt |
Melbourne Renegades | 33 |
| =4th | Jess Duffin |
Melbourne Renegades | 31 |
| =4th | Meg Lanning |
Perth Scorchers | 31 |
| =4th | Ellyse Perry |
Sydney Sixers | 31 |
| 5th | Jess Jonassen |
Brisbane Heat | 27 |
Source: WBBL|05 Player of the Tournament
Team of the tournament
Cricket Australia appointed a panel of experts to select a Team of the Tournament that recognises the standout performers of WBBL|05. The team is intended to mimic regular conditions such as a maximum of three overseas players, a realistic mix of batters and bowlers, as well as a captain and a wicket-keeper.
The members of the selection panel were cricket.com.au journalist Laura Jolly, Head of Big Bash Leagues Alistair Dobson, Australian women's cricket team head coach Matthew Mott, former Australian captain Belinda Clark, former players Lisa Sthalekar (Seven Network) and Mel Jones (Fox Cricket) and ABC commentator Alister Nicholson.[97]
- Sophie Devine (Adelaide Strikers)
- Beth Mooney (Brisbane Heat) – wicket-keeper
- Danielle Wyatt (Melbourne Renegades)
- Meg Lanning (Perth Scorchers)
- Ellyse Perry (Sydney Sixers)
- Jess Duffin (Melbourne Renegades) – captain
- Jess Jonassen (Brisbane Heat)
- Marizanne Kapp (Sydney Sixers)
- Molly Strano (Melbourne Renegades)
- Megan Schutt (Adelaide Strikers)
- Belinda Vakarewa (Hobart Hurricanes)
- Ashley Noffke (Brisbane Heat) – coach
Source: WBBL|05 Team of the Tournament
Young gun award
Players under 21 years of age at the start of the season are eligible for the Young Gun Award. Weekly winners are selected over the course of the season by a panel of Cricket Australia officials based on match performance, on-field and off-field attitude, and their demonstration of skill, tenacity and good sportsmanship. Each weekly winner receives a $500 Rebel gift card and the overall winner receives a $5000 cash prize, as well as access to a learning and mentor program.[98]
The nominees for the WBBL|05 Young Gun were:
- Week 1: Phoebe Litchfield (Sydney Thunder)
- Week 2: Tayla Vlaeminck (Hobart Hurricanes)
- Week 3: Hannah Darlington (Sydney Thunder) – winner
- Week 4: Tahlia Wilson (Sydney Thunder)
- Week 5: Courtney Webb (Melbourne Renegades)
- Week 6: Annabel Sutherland (Melbourne Stars)
- Week 7: Stella Campbell (Sydney Sixers)
Sydney Thunder medium-pacer Hannah Darlington took out the overall award on the back of a standout debut season in which she claimed 16 wickets at an average of 21.31 and economy rate of 6.82.[99]
Most valuable players
Each team designated an award to adjudge and recognise their most outstanding contributor for the season.
- Adelaide Strikers Most Valuable Player: Sophie Devine[100]
- Brisbane Heat Most Valuable Player: Jess Jonassen[101]
- Hobart Hurricanes Player of the Tournament: Belinda Vakarewa[102]
- Melbourne Renegades Player of the Season: Jess Duffin[103]
- Melbourne Stars Player of the Season: Lizelle Lee[104]
- Perth Scorchers Player of the Year: Nat Sciver[105]
- Sydney Sixers Player of the Tournament: Marizanne Kapp[106]
- Sydney Thunder Alex Blackwell Medal: Hannah Darlington[107]
Audience
A total of 23 matches are to be televised on free-to-air by the Seven Network, and simulcast on Fox Cricket in the fifth season of the Women's Big Bash.[108] The remaining 36 matches will be live streamed on the Cricket Australia website. All 59 matches are available to watch live or on demand via the streaming service Kayo Sports.[109]
Below are the television ratings for every game that was broadcast on television during the season.[110]
| Match No. | Teams | Average TV Ratings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven Network | Fox Cricket | |||||
| National | 5 metro cities | Subscription | ||||
| Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 1 & 2 | ||
| 1 | Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder[111] | 375,000 | 325,000 | 230,000 | 186,000 | 43,000 |
| 4 | Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat[112] | 163,000 | 178,000 | 89,000 | 105,000 | 28,000 |
| 6 | Sydney Thunder vs Brisbane Heat[113][114] | 86,000 | 125,000 | 32,000 | ||
| 9 | Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes[115] | 15,000 | ||||
| 10 | Brisbane Heat vs Perth Scorchers[115] | 123,000 | 98,000 | 69,000 | 52,000 | 23,000 |
| 13 | Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers | |||||
| 14 | Brisbane Heat vs Hobart Hurricanes | |||||
| 16 | Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Renegades[116] | 5,000 & 40,000 | ||||
| 18 | Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Sixers[117] | 30,000 | ||||
| 19 | Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Stars[117] | 123,000 | 140,000 | 70,000 | 82,000 | 25,000 |
| 21 | Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars[118] | 263,000 | 164,000 | |||
| 25 | Adelaide Strikers vs Perth Scorchers[119] | 108,000 | 114,000 | 63,000 | 67,000 | 32,000 |
| 29 | Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Stars | |||||
| 33 | Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers[120] | 138,000 | 158,000 | 83,000 | 91,000 | 27,000 |
| 34 | Sydney Thunder vs Brisbane Heat[121] | 175,000 | 209,000 | 97,000 | 122,000 | 27,000 |
| 36 | Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Renegades[122] | 137,000 | 33,000 | |||
| 42 | Hobart Hurricanes vs Brisbane Heat[123] | 39,000 | ||||
| 45 | Hobart Hurricanes vs Adelaide Strikers[124][125] | 167,000 | 174,000 | 104,000 | 111,000 | 40,000 |
| 50 | Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades[126] | 17,000 | ||||
| 53 | Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Thunder | |||||
| Semi-final 1 | Adelaide Strikers vs Perth Scorchers[127] | 89,000 | 103,000 | 37,000 | ||
| Semi-final 2 | Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Renegades[127] | 123,000 | 148,000 | 60,000 | ||
| Final | Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers[128] | 162,000 | 205,000 | 94,000 | ||
See also
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Notes
- Number of games hosted at each venue is indicated in brackets
- Only includes players who debuted for Australia before the tournament
- Player did not hold a Cricket Australia contract at the beginning of the WBBL|05 signing period
- Replacement player