The 2025–26 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL|11 (also known as Weber Women's Big Bash League 2025 for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th season of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the semi-professional women's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament was started on 9 November 2025, with the Hobart Hurricanes victorious in the final held on 13 December 2025.
The Melbourne Renegades were the defending champions, but failed to qualify during the regular season.
Background On 11 July 2025, it was announced that the 11th season of the tournament would begin on 9 November 2024, six days after the conclusion of the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup.
Draft The 2024–25 season players draft was held on 19 June 2025.
+ Table of international draft selections Pick Team Player National team NotesRound 1 1 Sydney Sixers 2 Adelaide Strikers 3 Brisbane Heat Retention pick 4 Hobart Hurricanes Retention pick 5 Melbourne Stars 6 Sydney Thunder Retention pick 7 Melbourne Renegades Retention pick; Withdrew 8 Perth Scorchers Pre-signed playerRound 2 9 Sydney Sixers Pre-signed player 10 Adelaide Strikers Pre-signed player 11 Melbourne Stars Pre-signed player 12 Perth Scorchers 13 Hobart Hurricanes 14 Sydney Thunder Pre-signed player 15 Melbourne Renegades 16 Brisbane Heat colspan=3Round 3 17 Brisbane Heat 18 Melbourne Renegades colspan=3 19 Sydney Thunder 20 Hobart Hurricanes 21 Perth Scorchers Withdrew 22 Melbourne Stars 23 Adelaide Strikers colspan=3 24 Sydney Sixers colspan=3Round 4 25 Sydney Sixers 26 Adelaide Strikers 27 Melbourne Stars colspan=3 28 Perth Scorchers colspan=3 29 Hobart Hurricanes colspan=3 30 Sydney Thunder colspan=3 31 Melbourne Renegades colspan=3 32 Brisbane Heat Pre-signed player
Squads Unless otherwise specified, all players are Australian.
Adelaide StrikersCoach: Luke WilliamsBrisbane HeatCoach: Mark SorellHobart HurricanesCoach: Jude ColemanMelbourne RenegadesCoach: Simon HelmotJemma Barsby Tammy Beaumont (ENG) Darcie Brown Sophie Ecclestone (ENG) Ellie Johnston Eleanor Larosa Anesu Mushangwe Tahlia McGrath (cap) Bridget Patterson Madeline Penna Megan Schutt Tabatha Saville Amanda-Jade Wellington Ella Wilson Laura Wolvaardt (SA)Lily Bassingthwaighte Bonnie Berry Lucy Bourke Nadine de Klerk (SA) Sianna Ginger Lucy Hamilton Nicola Hancock Grace Harris Chinelle Henry (WIN) Jess Jonassen (cap) Charli Knott Grace Parsons Georgia Redmayne Jemimah Rodrigues (IND) Mikayla WrigleyKathryn Bryce Nicola Carey Heather Graham Isabella Malgioglio Ruth Johnston Lizelle Lee Nat Sciver-Brunt (ENG) Hayley Silver-Holmes Amy Smith Lauren Smith Linsey Smith (ENG) Molly Strano Rachel Trenaman Elyse Villani (cap) Callie Wilson Danni Wyatt-Hodge (ENG)Charis Bekker Alice Capsey (ENG) Sarah Coyte Emma de Broughe Deandra Dottin (WIN) Hayley Matthews (WIN) Nicole Faltum Tess Flintoff Milly Illingworth Sara Kennedy Sophie Molineux (cap) Davina Perrin (ENG) Naomi Stalenberg Georgia Wareham Courtney Webb Issy Wong (ENG) Tayla VlaeminckMelbourne StarsCoach: Andrew ChristiePerth ScorchersCoach: Becky GrundySydney SixersCoach: Matthew MottSydney ThunderCoach: Lisa KeightleySophie Day Kim Garth Dani Gibson (ENG) Maisy Gibson Ella Hayward Amy Jones (ENG) Marizanne Kapp (SA) Meg Lanning Rhys McKenna Ines McKeon (FRA) Sasha Moloney Indigo Noble Georgia Prestwidge Sophie Reid Annabel Sutherland (cap)Chloe Ainsworth Maddy Darke Sophie Devine (cap) (NZL) Amy Edgar Mikayla Hinkley Ebony Hoskin Freya Kemp (ENG) Alana King Katie Mack Shay Manolini Lilly Mills Beth Mooney Chloe Piparo Paige Scholfield (ENG) Chloe Tryon (SA) Ruby StrangeCaoimhe Bray Maitlan Brown Erin Burns Mathilda Carmichael Lauren Cheatle Sophia Dunkley (ENG) Ashleigh Gardner (cap) Alyssa Healy Elsa Hunter (MAS) Amelia Kerr (NZL) Lauren Kua Emma Manix-Geeves Ellyse Perry Courtney Sippel Mady Villiers (ENG)Chamari Athapaththu (SL) Samantha Bates Ella Briscoe Hannah Darlington Sienna Eve Lucy Finn Hasrat Gill Laura Harris Shabnim Ismail (SA) Heather Knight (ENG) Anika Learoyd Phoebe Litchfield (cap) Taneale Peschel Georgia Voll Tahlia Wilson Source: Cricket Australia
Venues Adelaide Brisbane Hobart Adelaide Oval Karen Rolton Oval Allan Border Field Bellerive Oval Capacity; 53,500 Capacity; 5,000 Capacity; 6,500 Capacity; 19,500 Melbourne Perth Sydney CitiPower Centre WACA Ground Drummoyne Oval North Sydney Oval Capacity; 7,000 Capacity; 10,000 Capacity; 5,500 Capacity; 10,000
Teams and standings
Points table
League progression
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)MLSN/RMLRPRS9 runs(DLS)HBH4 wicketsPRS1 runBRHSYTN/RBRHHBHN/RSYS1 runXXX6th BrisbaneHeat (BRH)MLR(DLS)PRS23 runsHBH16 runs(DLS)SYT41 runsMLS18 runsADS6 wicketsSYSN/RADS6 wicketsSYT23 runsPRS7 wicketsXXX8th HobartHurricanes (HBH)SYT6 wicketsSYS6 wicketsBRH16 runs(DLS)ADSMLR(DLS)SYSMLSPRSMLS(DLS)ADSN/R→→PRS1st BRH7 wickets(DLS)SYT4 wicketsADSMLS4 wicketsHBH6 wickets(DLS)SYT8 wicketsPRS4 wicketsMLS45 runsPRS30 runsSYSXXX5th MelbourneStars (MLS)ADSN/RPRS(DLS)MLRSYS111 runs(DLS)BRH18 runHBH37 runMLR45 runHBH81 runs(DLS)SYS16 runsSYT9 wickets(DLS)PRSXX4th PerthScorchers (PRS)SYSBRH23 runsMLS16 runs(DLS)ADS9 runs(DLS)SYT9 wicketsADS1 runMLR4 wicketsHBHMLR30 runsBRH7 wicketsMLSSYSHBH2nd SydneySixers (SYS)PRSHBH6 wicketsSYT24 runsMLS111 runs(DLS)HBH11 runsBRHN/RSYTMLS16 runsMLR6 wicketsADS1 run→PRSX3rd SydneyThunder (SYT)HBHMLR4 wicketsSYS24 runsPRS9 wicketsBRH41 runsMLR8 wicketsADSN/RSYS6 wicketsBRH23 runsMLS9 wickets(DLS)XXX7th
Team's results→ Won Tied Lost
League stage
On 11 July 2025, Cricket Australia confirmed the full schedule for the tournament.
Knockout stage
Knockout
Challenger
The Final
Statistics Highest team totals ScoreTeamAgainstVenueDate219/4 (20 overs)Melbourne StarsSydney SixersNorth Sydney Oval, Sydney20 November 2025200/6 (20 overs)Sydney ThunderBrisbane HeatAllan Border Field, Brisbane21 November 2025189/3 (19.1 overs)Hobart HurricanesPerth ScorchersBellerive Oval, Hobart29 November 2025186/5 (20 overs)Perth ScorchersHobart Hurricanes 184/5 (20 overs)Melbourne StarsAdelaide StrikersJunction Oval, Melbourne10 November 2025Perth ScorchersMelbourne StarsWACA Ground, Perth9 December 2025Source: ESPNcricinfoLast updated: 9 December 2025
Most individual runs RunsPlayerTeam 549 Beth Mooney Perth Scorchers 479 Meg Lanning Melbourne Stars 432 Danni Wyatt-Hodge Hobart Hurricanes 412 Ellyse Perry Sydney Sixers 354 Sophia Dunkley Sydney SixersSource: ESPNcricinfoLast updated: 9 December 2025
Highest individual score RunsPlayerTeamOpposition 135 Meg Lanning Melbourne Stars Sydney Sixers 111 Ellyse Perry Sydney Sixers Adelaide Strikers 105 Beth Mooney Perth Scorchers Brisbane Heat 94* Beth Mooney Perth Scorchers Brisbane Heat 93* Marizanne Kapp Melbourne Stars Brisbane HeatSource: ESPNcricinfoLast updated: 9 December 2025
Most wickets WicketsPlayerTeam 19 Georgia Wareham Melbourne Renegades 19 Ashleigh Gardner Sydney Sixers 16 Sophie Day Melbourne Stars 16 Heather Graham Hobart Hurricanes 15 Sophie Devine Perth Scorchers 15 Linsey Smith Hobart HurricanesSource: ESPNcricinfoLast updated: 9 December 2025
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. PlayerTeamVotes1 Georgia Wareham Melbourne Renegades252 Meg Lanning Melbourne Stars24=3 Sophie Devine Perth Scorchers22=3 Danni Wyatt-Hodge Hobart Hurricanes225 Beth Mooney Perth Scorchers20
Team of the tournament The team of the tournament was announced on 11 December 2025, as selected by the eight head coaches of the participating teams. Danni Wyatt-Hodge (Hobart Hurricanes) Meg Lanning (Melbourne Stars) Beth Mooney (wk) (Perth Scorchers) Ellyse Perry (Sydney Sixers) Sophie Devine (Perth Scorchers) Ashleigh Gardner (Sydney Sixers) Georgia Wareham (c) (Melbourne Renegades) Heather Graham (Hobart Hurricanes) Kim Garth (Melbourne Stars) Shabnim Ismail (Sydney Thunder) Sophie Day (Melbourne Stars) 12th: Phoebe Litchfield (Sydney Thunder)
Other awards Award Player Team Golden bat Meg Lanning Melbourne Stars Most runs in regular season Golden arm Georgia Wareham Melbourne Renegades Most wickets in regular season Young gun Lucy Hamilton Brisbane Heat Best performance by player 21 or younger
See also 2025–26 Big Bash League season
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