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) was the 10th season of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the semi-professional women's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 27 October 2024, with the Melbourne Renegades victorious in the final held on 1 December 2024. Adelaide Strikers were the defending champions.
Background 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.
In July 2024, Cricket Australia introduced 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 The 2024–25 season players draft was held on 1 September 2024.
+ Table of international draft selections Team Round Pick Player National team Notes Adelaide Strikers16Retention Pick214colspan=2322Pre-signed player427 Brisbane Heat17215318colspan=2431Pre-signed player Hobart Hurricanes1129324Pre-signed player425colspan=2 Melbourne Renegades13211Pre-signed player319430colspan=2 Melbourne Stars14212Pre-signed player321428colspan=2 Perth Scorchers18Pre-signed player216317432colspan=2 Sydney Sixers12Retention Pick210Pre-signed player323colspan=2426 Sydney Thunder15Retention Pick213320Pre-signed player429
Teams and squads TeamCoachCaptainAustralian representativesOverseas players AdelaideStrikersLuke WilliamsTahlia McGrathDarcie BrownTahlia McGrathMegan Schutt Smriti Mandhana Laura Wolvaardt Orla Prendergast BrisbaneHeatMark SorellJess JonassenGrace HarrisJess Jonassen Nadine de Klerk Jemimah Rodrigues Shikha Pandey Lauren Winfield-Hill HobartHurricanesJude ColemanElyse VillaniNicola CareyHeather GrahamMolly StranoElyse Villani Lizelle Lee Chloe Tryon Danni Wyatt Suzie Bates Kathryn Bryce MelbourneRenegadesSimon HelmotSophie MolineuxSarah CoyteSophie MolineuxNaomi StalenbergTayla VlaeminckGeorgia Wareham Hayley Matthews Deandra Dottin Alice Capsey Linsey Smith Tara Norris MelbourneStarsJonathan BattyAnnabel SutherlandKim GarthMeg LanningAnnabel Sutherland Marizanne Kapp Deepti Sharma Yastika Bhatia Ines McKeon PerthScorchersBecky GrundySophie DevineStella Campbell Alana King Sophie Devine Amy Jones Dayalan HemalathaNi Made Putri Suwandewi Brooke Halliday SydneySixersCharlotte EdwardsEllyse PerryAlyssa HealyEllyse PerryAshleigh GardnerErin BurnsMaitlan Brown Amelia Kerr Sophie Ecclestone Hollie Armitage Sarah Bryce SydneyThunderLisa KeightleyPhoebe LitchfieldHannah DarlingtonPhoebe Litchfield Heather Knight Shabnim Ismail Georgia Adams
Squads Adelaide Strikers Brisbane Heat Hobart HurricanesMelbourne RenegadesMelbourne StarsPerth ScorchersSydney SixersSydney Thunder Sources:
Venues
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide Allan Border Field, Brisbane The Gabba, Brisbane Drummoyne Oval, Sydney Bellerive Oval, Hobart CitiPower Centre, Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne WACA Ground, Perth North Sydney Oval, Sydney Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Teams and standings
Points table
Win–loss table Below is a summary of results for each team's ten 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 AdelaideStrikers (ADS)BRH4 wicketsSYS11 runsSYT64 runsMLR2 wicketsBRH8 runsMLRHBH28 runsHBH38 runsPRS30 runsMLSN/RXXX7th BrisbaneHeat (BRH)ADSMLR28 runsHBH7 wicketsPRS28 runsSYT19 runsADS8 runsSYS12 runsMLSMLS9 wicketsSYS5 wickets→SYTMLR7 runs(DLS)2nd() HobartHurricanes (HBH)SYT31 runsSYT33 runsBRH7 wicketsMLS7 wicketsSYS6 runsPRS72 runsADS28 runsADS38 runsMLR22 runsPRS3 wicketsSYT6 wicketsXX4th () SYS3 wicketsBRH28 runsPRSADSPRS2 runsMLS15 runsADSMLS9 runsHBH22 runsSYT→→BRH(DLS)1st() MelbourneStars (MLS)PRS13 runsSYS32 runs(DLS)HBH7 wicketsSYS6 runs(DLS)MLR15 runsMLR9 runsBRH6 wicketsSYT4 wicketsBRH9 wicketsADSN/RXXX8th PerthScorchers (PRS)MLS13 runsMLRBRH28 runsMLR2 runsHBH72 runsSYT74 runsSYT7 wicketsADS30 runsSYSTiedHBH3 wicketsXXX5th SydneySixers (SYS)MLR3 wicketsADS11 runsMLS32 runs(DLS)HBH6 runsMLS6 runs(DLS)SYT18 runsBRH12 runsSYTN/RPRSTiedBRH5 wicketsXXX6th SydneyThunder (SYT)HBH31 runsHBH33 runsADS64 runsBRH19 runsSYSPRS74 runsPRSSYSN/RMLSMLR9 wicketsHBHBRH9 wicketsX3rd ()
Team's results→ Won Tied Lost
League progression
Summary
MATCH REPORT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 40 K C F
League stage On 9 July 2024, Cricket Australia confirmed the full schedule for the tournament.
Knockout stage
Knockout
Challenger
The Final
Statistics Highest totals ScoreTeamAgainstVenueDate 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 2/191 Hobart Hurricanes Adelaide Strikers Bellerive Oval, Hobart 13 November 2024 1/186 Melbourne Renegades Adelaide Strikers Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide 11 November 2024 Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most runs RunsPlayerTeam 424 Ellyse Perry Sydney Sixers 399 Lizelle Lee Hobart Hurricanes 386 Beth Mooney Perth Scorchers 342 Phoebe Litchfield Sydney Thunder 330 Georgia Voll Sydney Thunder Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets WicketsPlayerTeam20 Alana King Perth Scorchers Samantha Bates Sydney Thunder 17 Jess Jonassen Brisbane Heat16 Sophie Molineux Melbourne Renegades Ashleigh Gardner Sydney Sixers Source: ESPNcricinfo
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.PlayerTeamVotes=1st Ellyse PerrySydney Sixers25=1st Jess JonassenBrisbane Heat253rd Samantha BatesSydney Thunder194th Sophie MolineuxMelbourne Renegades185th Georgia VollSydney Thunder17 Source:
Other awards Award Player Team Golden bat Ellyse Perry Sydney Sixers Golden arm Alana King Young gun Chloe Ainsworth Perth Scorchers Source: Cricket Australia
Team of the tournament The team of the tournament was announced on 26 November 2024, as selected by the eight head coaches of the participating teams. Ellyse Perry (Sydney Sixers) Lizelle Lee (Hobart Hurricanes) Beth Mooney (wk) (Perth Scorchers) Georgia Voll (Sydney Thunder) Phoebe Litchfield (Sydney Thunder) Hayley Matthews (Melbourne Renegades) Sophie Molineux (c) (Melbourne Renegades) Alana King (Perth Scorchers) Chloe Ainsworth (Perth Scorchers) Shikha Pandey (Brisbane Heat) Samantha Bates (Sydney Thunder) 12th: Georgia Wareham (Melbourne Renegades)
See also 2024–25 Big Bash League season
Notes
References
Further reading
External links
League home at ESPN Cricinfo