WBBL1 FINAL SIXERS JANUARY 24, 2016 V FACT SHEET SYDNEY THUNDER LIBRARY

The establishment of the Australian Women’s Big Bash League In July 2015 announced the establishment of the Australian Women’s Big Bash League, to be known as the WBBL, beginning in season 2015/16. The tournament is being contested by eight teams across the six states aligned with the eight sides in the men’s T20 Big Bash league. There are, as a result, two teams in Sydney and and one each in the other state capitals. The WBBL fixture list comprises 56 first round matches played at major centres around Australia with teams playing each other twice followed by semi-finals and a final.

Final WBBL Table for 2015/16

Team M W L N/R A Pts NetRR Sydney Thunder 14 9 5 0 0 18 0.358 Hurricanes 14 8 6 0 0 16 0.190 14 8 6 0 0 16 -0.070 Scorchers 14 7 7 0 0 14 0.166 Melbourne Stars 14 7 7 0 0 14 0.034 Heat 14 7 7 0 0 14 -0.094 Strikers 14 6 8 0 0 12 -0.131 14 4 10 0 0 8 -0.463

*Table at completion of the home & away season 17/01/2016

WBBL Home and Away Round results

Visitor team → Strikers Heat Hurricanes Renegades Stars Scorchers Sixers Thunder Home team ↓ Strikers Hurricanes Strikers Stars Strikers Sixers Strikers 6 runs 9 Super 19 runs 35 runs 23 runs 6 wickets Heat Heat Renegades Stars Heat Heat Heat Brisbane Heat 8 wickets 6 wickets 7 wickets 20 runs 5 wickets 35 runs 14 runs Sixers Hurricanes Hurricanes Hurricanes Hurricanes Hurricanes Thunder Hobart Hurricanes 25 runs 2 runs 33 runs 4 runs 6 wickets 1 26 runs (D/L) Melbourne Renegades Heat Hurricanes Stars Scorchers Sixers Renegades Renegades 15 runs 27 runs 35 runs 8 runs 9 wickets 25 runs 36 runs Strikers Stars Hurricanes Renegades Scorchers Stars Stars Melbourne Stars 50 runs 10 runs 30 runs 5 wickets 6 wickets 9 wickets 14 runs (D/L) Strikers Scorchers Scorchers Scorchers Scorchers Scorchers Thunder 6 wickets 2 runs 4 wickets 9 wickets 8 wickets 9 wickets 22 runs Sixers Heat Sixers Sixers Stars Sixers Sixers Sydney Sixers 36 runs 9 wickets 2 wickets 8 wickets 7 wickets 5 wickets 21 runs Thunder Thunder Thunder Thunder Thunder Thunder Thunder Sydney Thunder 18 runs 5 wickets 8 runs 6 wickets 6 runs 8 wickets 9 wickets

Today’s Final Match Squads

SYDNEY SIXERS WBBL SQUAD Coach: . (C), , Rhiannon Dick, , , , Sara Hungerford, , , Sara McGlashan, , Ange Reakes, , and Kara Sutherland.

SYDNEY THUNDER WBBL SQUAD Coach: Jo Broadbent (C), Charlotte Anneveld, Sam Bates, , Lauren Cheatle, Stefanie Daffara, , , , Mikayla Hinkley, , , Naomi Stalenberg, , Belinda Vakarewa

Australian Women’s Domestic (T20) – A Brief History Spirit (4/135) defeated the Breakers (6/118) by 17 runs in an unofficial women’s domestic T20 match which was organised by at the Richmond Cricket Ground on December 20, 2006. Victoria batted first with player-of-the-match Catherine Fitzpatrick top scoring with 42 runs off 30 balls (1 six, 4 fours). She was supported by Sarah Edwards 37 (32 balls, 1 four) and Rachael Haynes 25 (31 balls, 3 fours).

In reply for NSW Lisa Sthalekar top scored with 36 (26 balls, 6 fours) supported by 30 (22 balls, 4 fours). Vic Spirit’s Clea Smith was the only multiple taker of the match with figures of 2/19 off four overs. Although she went wicketless Vic Spirit’s Catherine Fitzpatrick, was the most economical bowler of the match conceding only 14 runs from her four overs. It was the tight by the Victorians that contained the New South Wales batters and won the match. In November 2007 a series of five matches were played as part of a women’s interstate T20 tournament. Each state played two matches but no final was programmed. The participating teams were New South Wales, , Victoria, Queensland and .

In the 2008/09 season the women’s domestic T20 competition was expanded with two tournaments being staged. The Women’s Interstate T20 tournament consisted of a series of five matches played by the same states that had played the previous season. Each state played two matches but there was no final. The second tournament was the Women’s Cup. This was the first extended Australian women’s T20 tournament and was contested by Queensland 2nd XI, New South Wales 2nd XI, Victoria 2nd XI, South Australia 2nd XI, Western Australia 2nd XI and Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) (1st XIs). The tournament comprised 21 matches with the seven teams playing each other once. The cup was won by New South Wales and Victoria was runner-up.

In 2009/10 one T20 tournament was played - the Australian Women’s T20 Cup. It commenced with seven first eleven teams from the six states and the ACT competing in 21 matches with all teams playing each other once. At the end of the round-robin series New South Wales and Victoria had each won five matches but the former had a superior . However in the final Victoria defeated New South Wales to win the Cup.

From 2010/11 onwards the same seven teams have contested the tournament but the programme was extended to 42 matches with all teams playing each other twice. In 2013/14 semi-finals were added to the programme but were deleted for the 2014/15 season. Final placings from 2009/10 onwards are shown below.

Season Winner Runner Up Location 2009/10 Victoria New South Wales 2010/11 Victoria New South Wales Adelaide Oval 2011/12 Victoria New South Wales Docklands , Melb. 2012/13 New South Wales Western Australia WACA Ground, Perth 2013/14 Queensland Australian Capital Territory WACA Ground, Perth 2014/15 New South Wales Victoria , The Journey to the WBBL#1 Semi Finals 3rd Match: Sydney Thunder Women v Sydney Sixers Women at 34th Match: Hobart Hurricanes Women v Sydney Thunder Women Sydney - Dec 6, 2015 Sydney Sixers Women 101/9 (20/20 ov); at Hobart - Jan 2, 2016. Sydney Thunder Women 135/7 (20/20 Sydney Thunder Women 103/1 (13.2/20 ov). Sydney Thunder ov); Hobart Hurricanes Women 127/8 (20/20 ov). Sydney Women won by 9 wickets (with 40 balls remaining) Thunder Women won by 8 runs 6th Match: Perth Scorchers Women v Sydney Sixers Women at 37th Match: Hobart Hurricanes Women v Sydney Thunder Women Perth - Dec 12, 2015 Sydney Sixers Women 81 (18.4/20 ov); at Hobart - Jan 3, 2016. Sydney Thunder Women 121/5 (20/20 Perth Scorchers Women 82/1 (13.2/20 ov) Perth Scorchers ov); Hobart Hurricanes Women 95 (18.2/20 ov). Sydney Thunder Women won by 9 wickets (with 40 balls remaining) Women won by 26 runs 8th Match: Brisbane Heat Women v Sydney Sixers Women at Perth 40th Match: Melbourne Renegades Women v Sydney Sixers - Dec 12, 2015 Brisbane Heat Women 190/3 (20/20 ov); Sydney Women at Melbourne - Jan 8, 2016. Sydney Sixers Women Sixers Women 155/7 (20/20 ov) Brisbane Heat Women won by 164/5 (20/20 ov); Melbourne Renegades Women 139/8 (20/20 35 runs ov). Sydney Sixers Women won by 25 runs 10th Match: Sydney Sixers Women v Brisbane Heat Women at 41st Match: Sydney Sixers Women v Adelaide Strikers Women at Perth - Dec 13, 2015. Sydney Sixers Women 114/7 (20/20 ov); Melbourne - Jan 9, 2016. Sydney Sixers Women 156/4 (20/20 Brisbane Heat Women 115/1 (18/20 ov). Brisbane Heat Women ov); Adelaide Strikers Women 133 (20/20 ov). Sydney Sixers won by 9 wickets (with 12 balls remaining) Women won by 23 runs 14th Match: Sydney Thunder Women v Adelaide Strikers Women at 42nd Match: Melbourne Renegades Women v Sydney Thunder Brisbane - Dec 18, 2015. Sydney Thunder Women 121/5 (20/20 Women at Melbourne (Docklands) - Jan 9, 2016. Melbourne ov); Adelaide Strikers Women 103/9 (20/20 ov). Sydney Thunder Renegades Women 139/8 (20/20 ov); Sydney Thunder Women Women won by 18 runs 103 (19.4/20 ov) Melbourne Renegades Women won by 36 runs 15th Match: Melbourne Stars Women v Sydney Sixers Women at 43rd Match: Adelaide Strikers Women v Sydney Sixers Women at Sydney - Dec 18, 2015. Sydney Sixers Women 101/9 (20/20 ov); Melbourne - Jan 9, 2016 Sydney Sixers Women 146/6 (20/20 Melbourne Stars Women 104/1 (16.1/20 ov). Melbourne Stars ov); Adelaide Strikers Women 110/8 (20/20 ov). Sydney Sixers Women won by 9 wickets (with 23 balls remaining) Women won by 36 runs 17th Match: Sydney Thunder Women v Melbourne Renegades 44th Match: Sydney Sixers Women v Melbourne Renegades Women at Brisbane - Dec 19, 2015. Melbourne Renegades Women at Melbourne - Jan 10, 2016. Melbourne Renegades Women 128/9 (20/20 ov); Sydney Thunder Women 130/4 Women 128/6 (20/20 ov); Sydney Sixers Women 129/2 (14.3/20 (19.3/20 ov). Sydney Thunder Women won by 6 wickets (with 3 ov). Sydney Sixers Women won by 8 wickets (with 33 balls balls remaining) remaining) 18th Match: Sydney Sixers Women v Melbourne Stars Women at 46th Match: Melbourne Stars Women v Sydney Thunder Women at Sydney - Dec 19, 2015. Sydney Sixers Women 80/9 (20/20 ov); Sydney - Jan 15, 2016. Melbourne Stars Women 114/7 (20/20 Melbourne Stars Women 81/3 (15.5/20 ov). Melbourne Stars ov); Sydney Thunder Women 49/7 (10/10 ov, target: 64). Women won by 7 wickets (with 25 balls remaining) Melbourne Stars Women won by 14 runs (D/L method) 23rd Match: Adelaide Strikers Women v Sydney Thunder Women at 47th Match: Hobart Hurricanes Women v Sydney Sixers Women at Brisbane - Dec 20, 2015. Sydney Thunder Women 148/6 (20/20 Sydney - Jan 15, 2016. Sydney Sixers Women 98/7 (15/15 ov); ov); Adelaide Strikers Women 149/4 (19/20 ov). Adelaide Hobart Hurricanes Women 74/7 (15/15 ov, target: 100). Sydney Strikers Women won by 6 wickets (with 6 balls remaining) Sixers Women won by 25 runs (D/L method) 24th Match: Sydney Sixers Women v Perth Scorchers Women at 49th Match: Sydney Sixers Women v Sydney Thunder Women at Sydney - Dec 20, 2015. Perth Scorchers Women 107/8 (20/20 Sydney - Jan 16, 2016. Sydney Sixers Women 172/6 (20/20 ov); ov); Sydney Sixers Women 108/5 (18.5/20 ov). Sydney Sixers Sydney Thunder Women 151/9 (20/20 ov). Sydney Sixers Women won by 5 wickets (with 7 balls remaining) Women won by 21 runs 25th Match: Brisbane Heat Women v Sydney Thunder Women at 53rd Match: Sydney Thunder Women v Melbourne Stars Women at Brisbane - Dec 20, 2015. Brisbane Heat Women 141/8 (20/20 Sydney - Jan 17, 2016. Sydney Thunder Women 104/9 (20/20 ov); Sydney Thunder Women 127/9 (20/20 ov). Brisbane Heat ov); Melbourne Stars Women 98/8 (20/20 ov). Sydney Thunder Women won by 14 runs Women won by 6 runs 28th Match: Perth Scorchers Women v Sydney Thunder Women at 54th Match: Sydney Sixers Women v Hobart Hurricanes Women at Perth - Dec 27, 2015. Sydney Thunder Women 139/3 (20/20 ov); Sydney - Jan 17, 2016. Hobart Hurricanes Women 126/4 (20/20 Perth Scorchers Women 117 (19.1/20 ov). Sydney Thunder ov); Sydney Sixers Women 127/8 (20/20 ov). Sydney Sixers Women won by 22 runs Women won by 2 wickets (with 0 balls remaining) 29th Match: Perth Scorchers Women v Sydney Thunder Women at 1st Semi-Final: Sydney Thunder Women v Perth Scorchers Perth - Dec 28, 2015. Perth Scorchers Women 152/3 (20/20 ov); Women at Adelaide - Jan 21, 2016. Sydney Thunder Women Sydney Thunder Women 156/2 (19.4/20 ov). Sydney Thunder 118/6 (20/20 ov); Perth Scorchers Women 110/9 (20/20 ov). Women won by 8 wickets (with 2 balls remaining). Sydney Thunder Women won by 8 runs 33rd Match: Sydney Thunder Women v Brisbane Heat Women at 2nd Semi-Final: Hobart Hurricanes Women v Sydney Sixers Hobart - Jan 2, 2016. Brisbane Heat Women 94 (20/20 ov); Women at Melbourne - Jan 22, 2016. Hobart Hurricanes Sydney Thunder Women 97/5 (12.4/20 ov). Sydney Thunder Women 86/8 (14/14 ov); Sydney Sixers Women 55/0 (6.2/8 Women won by 5 wickets (with 44 balls remaining) ov, target: 55) Sydney Sixers Women won by 10 wickets (with 10 balls remaining) (D/L method) Women’s Big Bash League Records Highest team scores WBBL largest victories By Runs Team Score Overs RR Inns Opposition Groun Match Date Winner Margin Target Opposition Ground Match Date

Heat 190/3 20.0 9.50 1 v Sixers Perth 12 Dec 2015 Strikers 50 runs 170 v Stars Melbourne 10 Jan 2016

Sixers 172/6 20.0 8.60 1 v Thunder Sydney 16 Jan 2016 Sixers 36 runs 147 v Strikers Melbourne 9 Jan 2016

Strikers 169/4 20.0 8.45 1 v Stars Melb 10 Jan 2016 Renegades 36 runs 140 v Thunder Melb (Docklands) 9 Jan 2016 Sixers 164/5 20.0 8.20 1 v.Renegades Melb 8 Jan 2016 Stars 158/1 20.0 7.90 1 v Strikers Melb 8 Jan 2016 WBBL largest victories By Wickets Winner Margin B/Rem Target Overs Opposition Ground Match Date WBBL largest victories By balls remaining in the second innings Sixers 10 wickets 10 55 6.2 V Hurricanes MCG 22 Jan 2016

Winner Margin B/ Rem Target Overs Max Opposition Ground Match Date Thunder 9 wickets 40 102 13.2 v Sixers Sydney 6 Dec 2015

Thunder 5 wickets 44 95 12.4 20.0 v Heat Hobart 2 Jan 2016 Scorchers 9 wickets 40 82 13.2 v Sixers Perth 12 Dec 2015

Thunder 9 wickets 40 102 13.2 20.0 v Sixers Sydney 6 Dec 2015 Hurricanes 9 wickets 22 84 16.2 v Strikers Launceston 13 Dec 2015

Scorchers 9 wickets 40 82 13.2 20.0 v Sixers Perth 12 Dec 2015 Heat 9 wickets 12 115 18.0 v Sixers Perth 13 Dec 2015

Stars 9 wickets 23 102 16.1 v Sixers Sydney 18 Dec 2015

Scorchers 9 wickets 24 131 16.0 v Renegades Adelaide 16 Jan 2016

Scorchers 9 wickets 28 109 15.2 v Renegades Adelaide 17 Jan 2016

WBBL Season runs WBBL Season wickets Player Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s Player Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wks BBI Ave Econ SR 4 5 MM Lanning (Stars) 14 14 4 560 90 56.00 492 113.82 0 5 0 57 9 RM Farrell(Thunder) 15 15 57.1 0 315 24 4/18 13.12 5.51 14.2 1 0 CM Edwards(Scorchers) 14 14 4 444 88* 44.40 416 106.73 0 4 0 61 1 V Pyke(Hurricanes) 15 15 52.0 1 288 22 3/19 13.094 5.53 14.1 0 0 EA Perry(Sixers) 15 15 3 422 67* 33.33 443 95.257 0 3 0 42 4 MJG Nielsen(Stars) 10 10 38.0 1 198 18 3/12 11.00 5.21 12.6 0 0 BL Mooney(Heat) 14 14 2 400 64 33.33 386 103.62 0 4 0 40 2 M Strano(Renegades) 14 14 49.1 1 301 18 5/15 16.72 6.12 16.3 0 1 SJ Taylor(Strikers) 14 14 2 393 78* 32.75 341 115.24 0 2 0 40 0 L Cheatle(Thunder) 15 15 57.0 3 340 18 4/20 18.88 5.96 19.0 1 0 NR Sciver(Stars) 14 14 52.4 0 329 18 2/9 18.27 6.24 17.5 0 0

High individual scores Big Bash League 4+ in an innings Player Runs Balls 4s 6s SR Team Opposition Ground Match Date Player Dis Ct St Inns Team Opposition Ground Match Date

GM Harris 103 55 14 4 187.27 Heat v Sixers Perth 12 Dec 2015 CJ Koski 5 2 3 2 Thunder v Hurricanes Hobart 3 Jan 2016 MM Lanning 90 58 12 2 155.17 Stars v Heat Melbourne 5 Dec 2015 BL Mooney 4 3 1 1 Heat v Sixers Perth 13 Dec 2015 CM Edwards 88* 66 13 1 133.33 Scorchers v Thunder Perth 28 Dec 2015 BL Mooney 4 3 1 1 Heat v Strikers Brisbane 19 Dec 2015 MM Lanning 84* 61 7 3 137.70 Stars v Strikers Melbourne 8 Jan 2016 CJ Koski 4 2 2 1 Thunder v Heat Hobart 2 Jan 2016 AJ Healy 81 54 10 1 150.00 Sixers v Renegades Melbourne 8 Jan 2016

SJ Taylor 4 1 3 1 Strikers v Renegades Adelaide 17 Jan 2016

Big Bash League Most wickets in an innings RH Priest 4 0 4 2 Renegades v Strikers Adelaide 17 Jan 2016 Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Econ Team Opposition Ground Match Date Big Bash League 3+ catches in an innings M Strano 4.0 1 15 5 3.75 Renegades v Stars Melbourne 2 Jan 2016 Player Ct Inns Team Opposition Ground Match Date

HL Ferling 3.0 0 8 4 2.66 Heat v Scorchers Perth 11 Dec 2015

JL Jonassen 3 1 Heat v Scorchers Perth 13 Dec 2015

SE Aley 3.0 0 8 4 2.66 Sixers v Hurricanes Sydney 15 Jan 2016

HC Knight 3 2 Hurricanes v Scorchers Sydney 19 Dec 2015

GL Triscari 2.0 0 10 4 5.00 Stars v Thunder Sydney 15 Jan 2016

EA Burns 3 2 Hurricanes v Heat Hobart 1 Jan 2016

Big Bash League partnerships per wicket Big Bash League partnerships over 100 Wkt Runs Partners Team Opposition Ground Match Date Partners Runs Wkt Team Opposition Ground Match Date

1st 156 BL Mooney, GM Harris Heat v Sixers Perth 12 Dec 2015 MM Lanning, M du Preez 156* 2nd Stars v Strikers Melbourne 8 Jan 2016

2nd 156* MM Lanning, M du Preez Stars v Strikers Melbourne 8 Jan 2016 BL Mooney, GM Harris 156 1st Heat v Sixers Perth 12 Dec 2015

3rd 101 EA Perry, SJ McGlashan Sixers v Strikers Melbourne 9 Jan 2016 AJ Healy, EA Perry 130 1st Sixers v Renegades Melbourne 8 Jan 2016

4th 61 SJ Coyte, S Nitschke Strikers v Scorchers Adelaide 1 Jan 2016 CM Edwards, EJ Villani 124 1st Scorchers v Stars Perth 27 Dec 2015

5th 83* BL Mooney, DM Kimmince Heat v Hurricanes Hobart 3 Jan 2016 RL Haynes, SR Taylor 118 1st Thunder v Scorchers Perth 28 Dec 2015

6th 50 EJ Inglis, A Lanning Stars v Strikers Melbourne 10 Jan 2016 EA Perry, SJ McGlashan 101 3rd Sixers v Strikers Melbourne 9 Jan 2016

7th 41 SW Bates, C Piparo Scorchers v Heat Perth 13 Dec 2015 CM Edwards, EJ Villani 101 1st Scorchers v Renegades Adelaide 17 Jan 2016

8th 34 JCL Wallace, P Cleary Scorchers v Strikers Adelaide 31 Dec 2015 MM Lanning, KM Mack 100 1st Stars v Sixers Sydney 18 Dec 2015

9th 46 SE Aley, A Gardner Sixers v Scorchers Perth 12 Dec 2015

10th 29 LK Ebsary, A Wellington Strikers v Renegades Adelaide 15 Jan 2016

Fact Sheet research and writing by MCC Library volunteers Ross Perry and Ray Webster. Edited by MCC Librarian David Studham and MCC Deputy Librarian Trevor Ruddell Statistics courtesy of our friends at Cricket Archive and Big Bash Board. please visit http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk and http://bigbashboard.com/ For the MCC Library on Instagram and Twitter follow @MelbCCLibrary and post #MelbCCLibrary The MCC Library’s matchday fact sheets can be accessed through the MCC website