Hobart Hurricanes (WBBL)

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Hobart Hurricanes.

Hobart Hurricanes (WBBL)

League	Women's Big Bash League
Personnel
Captain	Elyse Villani
Coach	Jude Coleman
Team information
City	Hobart
Colours	Purple
Home ground	Ninja Stadium
History
Twenty20 debut	11 December 2015 (2015-12-11)
WBBL  wins	0
T20 Spring Challenge  wins	1 (2024)
Official website	Hobart Hurricanes
Current season

The Hobart Hurricanes (WBBL) are a women's Twenty20 cricket team based in Bellerive, Tasmania. ^[a] They compete in the Women's Big Bash League.

History

Formation

One of eight founding WBBL teams, the Hobart Hurricanes are aligned with the men's team of the same name. ^[2] At the official WBBL launch on 10 July 2015, Julie Hunter was unveiled as the team's first-ever player signing. ^{[3] [4]} Julia Price was appointed as the Hurricanes' inaugural coach, while Heather Knight became the inaugural captain. ^{[5] [6]}

The Hurricanes played their first match on 11 December against the Melbourne Renegades at Aurora Stadium, winning by 35 runs. ^[7]

Rivalries

Melbourne Stars

The Hurricanes and Melbourne Stars have combined to produce an inordinate amount of matches with close finishes, including:

• 16 January 2016, Blacktown ISP Oval: On a crumbling pitch, criticised earlier in the Australian summer for its sub-standard preparation, ^[8] the Stars crawled to a first innings total of 7/96 before fighting back to have the Hurricanes at 4/49 in the twelfth over of the run chase. An unbroken stand of 48 runs from the next 51 balls between Corinne Hall and Amy Satterthwaite steered Hobart out of trouble, with Hall scoring a single on the final delivery to secure victory for the 'Canes. ^[9]
• 20 January 2017, Blundstone Arena: In a rain-affected encounter, Hobart posted a first innings total of 3/115 off 14 overs. Chasing a revised target of 98 from twelve overs, Melbourne lost 4/7 late in the match (including the wicket of Emma Inglis for 51 off 31) to leave a required twelve runs from the last two balls for victory. Jess Cameron proceeded to hit a six off the penultimate legal delivery before Hurricanes off-spinner Amy Satterthwaite bowled a front-foot no-ball while also conceding a four on what would have otherwise been the final ball of the innings. With Satterthwaite having to bowl the final delivery again, Cameron scored the remaining single needed to pull off an unlikely six-wicket win for the Stars. ^[10]
• 21 January 2017, Blundstone Arena: The following morning, on the last day of the WBBL|02 regular season, the Stars and Hurricanes met again—this time in what was effectively a quarter-final knockout match with the winner progressing to the semi-finals and the loser being eliminated from the tournament. ^[11] Meg Lanning made 81 runs for the Stars in the first innings, earning Player of the Match honours, but was dismissed in the 19th over by a stunning Julie Hunter catch at square leg. ^[12] A spell of 3/11 off four overs by Kristen Beams was not enough to defend the target of 136 as the Hurricanes scored the winning runs (through Corinne Hall again) with four wickets in hand and one ball remaining. ^[13]

Sydney Sixers

The Hurricanes and Sydney Sixers have met in two semi-finals:

• 22 January 2016, Melbourne Cricket Ground: In a match initially shortened to 14 overs per side due to rain, the higher-ranked Hurricanes struggled in the first innings, managing a score of just 8/86. Further rain delays meant the Sixers' target was revised to 55 runs from eight overs, under the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method. Sydney cruised to victory with all ten wickets in hand and ten balls remaining. Veteran off-spinner Lisa Sthalekar was named Player of the Match for her bowling figures of 3/9 from three overs. ^[14]
• 25 January 2017, The Gabba: Acting captain Alyssa Healy belted 77 runs off 45 balls to help the Sixers to 6/169 in the first innings. In reply, the Hurricanes were skittled for a miserly 66 runs, setting a new WBBL record for lowest all out total. The 103-run margin also set a new WBBL record for the largest victory by a team batting first. ^[15]

The Sixers defeated the Hurricanes in their first eleven encounters, setting a WBBL record for the longest head-to-head winning streak. The Hurricanes finally defeated the Sixers on their twelfth attempt:

• 20 November 2019, North Sydney Oval: With captain Ellyse Perry sidelined due to a shoulder injury, the Sixers faltered early to a score of 5/30. A resurgence, led by Marizanne Kapp's unbeaten 55 off 40 balls, helped Sydney to a total of 7/134. Hobart's chase got off to a shaky start as they found themselves down 4/22 after five overs. A healthy partnership between batters Nicola Carey and Corinne Hall came to an end in the 15th over when Hall was spectacularly caught by former Hurricanes player Erin Burns in the outfield. ^[16] With 44 runs required from the final 33 deliveries, Carey went on to make 55 not out while a quickfire 29 by Chloe Tryon sealed victory for the Hurricanes with five wickets in hand and ten balls remaining. In addition to snapping their elongated head-to-head losing streak, the win set a new mark for Hobart's highest successful run chase. ^[17] Belinda Vakarewa, who sliced through the Sixers' top-order, was named Player of the Match for her bowling figures of 4/19. ^[18]

Captaincy records

There have been seven captains in the Hurricanes' history, including matches featuring an acting captain.

Captain	Span	M	Won	Lost	NR	W–L%
Heather Knight	2015–17	30	15	14	1	51.72
Corinne Hall	2017–20	37	7	27	3	20.59
Isobel Joyce	2018	5	2	3	0	40
Sasha Moloney	2018–19	14	2	12	0	14.29
Rachel Priest	2021	14	5	8	1	38.46
Elyse Villani	2022–24	39	18	19	2	49.15
Heather Graham	2023	1	0	1	0	0

Source: ^[19]

Season summaries

Chart of yearly table positions for Hobart Hurricanes in WBBL

Season	W–L	Pos.	Finals	Coach	Captain	Most Runs	Most Wickets	Most Valuable Player	Refs
2015–16	8–6	2nd	SF	Julia Price	Heather Knight	Heather Knight – 363	Veronica Pyke – 22	Heather Knight	[20] [21] [22]
2016–17	7-6	4th	SF	Julia Price	Heather Knight	Heather Knight – 334	Hayley Matthews – 20	Amy Satterthwaite	[23] [24] [25]
2017–18	2–12	8th	DNQ	Julia Price	Corinne Hall [b]	Hayley Matthews and Georgia Redmayne – 297	Nicola Hancock – 11	Hayley Matthews	[26] [27] [28]
2018–19	2–12	8th	DNQ	Salliann Beams	Sasha Moloney	Heather Knight – 374	Brooke Hepburn – 15	Heather Knight	[29] [30] [31]
2019	4–9	7th	DNQ	Salliann Beams	Corinne Hall	Heather Knight – 282	Belinda Vakarewa – 20	Belinda Vakarewa	[32] [33] [34]
2020	3–9	8th	DNQ	Salliann Beams	Corinne Hall	Rachel Priest – 354	Hayley Matthews – 12	Rachel Priest	[35] [36] [37]
2021	5–8	6th	DNQ	Salliann Beams	Rachel Priest	Mignon du Preez – 414	Molly Strano – 15	Tayla Vlaeminck	[38] [39] [40]
2022	7–6	4th	EF	Dan Marsh	Elyse Villani	Mignon du Preez – 380	Molly Strano – 18	–	[41] [42] [43]
2023	6-7	6th	DNQ	Dan Marsh	Elyse Villani [c]	Lizelle Lee – 409	Heather Graham – 16	Lizelle Lee	[44] [45] [46]
2024	5-5	4th	EF	Jude Coleman	Elyse Villani	Lizelle Lee – 399	Heather Graham – 13	Nicola Carey	[47] [48] [49]

Legend

DNQ	Did not qualify	SF	Semi-finalists	*	Led the league
EF	Lost the Eliminator	RU	Runners-up	^	League record
CF	Lost the Challenger	C	Champions

Home grounds

Venue	Games hosted by season
	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	Total
Bellerive Oval	2	5	5	3	2	N/A [d]	3	3	4	4	31
Invermay Park	–	–	–	–	1		1	–	–	–	2
Kingston Twin Ovals	2	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	2
Latrobe Recreation Ground	–	–	–	–	–		–	3	–	–	3
West Park Oval	–	–	–	2	2		–	–	–	–	4
York Park	4	1	2	2	–		4	–	2	–	15

Current squad

The squad of the Hobart Hurricanes for the 2025–26 Women's Big Bash League season as of 11 August 2025. ^{[51] [52]}

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nat.	Birth Date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Additional Info.
Batters
2	Elyse Villani		6 October 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Captain
22	Danni Wyatt-Hodge		22 April 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Overseas Draft Pick (Platinum)
All-rounders
16	Nicola Carey		10 September 1993	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
11	Heather Graham		10 May 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
28	Ruth Johnston		28 February 2003	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin
39	Nat Sciver-Brunt		20 August 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas Draft Pick (Platinum)
Wicket-keeper
67	Lizelle Lee		2 April 1992	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
4	Hayley Silver-Holmes		18 August 2003	Right-handed	Right-arm fast
14	Amy Smith		16 November 2004	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin
6	Lauren Smith		6 October 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin
50	Linsey Smith		10 March 1995	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	Overseas Draft Pick (Silver)
26	Molly Strano		5 October 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin

Players

Australian representatives

The following is a list of cricketers who have played for the Hurricanes after making their debut in the national women's team (the period they spent as both a Hurricanes squad member and an Australian-capped player is in brackets):

• Julie Hunter (WBBL|01–02)
• Nicola Carey (WBBL|05–11)
• Belinda Vakarewa (WBBL|05–07)
• Tayla Vlaeminck (WBBL|05–07)
• Naomi Stalenberg (WBBL|06–09)
• Molly Strano (WBBL|07–11)
• Heather Graham (WBBL|08–11)
• Elyse Villani (WBBL|08–11)

Overseas marquees

• Heather Knight (WBBL|01–02, 04–05)
• Hayley Matthews (WBBL|01–06)
• Amy Satterthwaite (WBBL|01–02)
• Isobel Joyce (WBBL|02–03)
• Veda Krishnamurthy (WBBL|03)
• Lauren Winfield-Hill (WBBL|03)
• Alex Hartley (WBBL|04)
• Smriti Mandhana (WBBL|04)
• Chloe Tryon (WBBL|05–06, 10)
• Fran Wilson (WBBL|05)
• Hayley Jensen (WBBL|06, 08)
• Rachel Priest (WBBL|06–07)
• Mignon du Preez (WBBL|07–08)
• Richa Ghosh (WBBL|07)
• Lizelle Lee (WBBL|08–10)
• Shabnim Ismail (WBBL|09)
• Bryony Smith (WBBL|09)
• Suzie Bates (WBBL|10)
• Rosemary Mair (WBBL|10)
• Danni Wyatt-Hodge (WBBL|10–11)
• Nat Sciver-Brunt (WBBL|11)
• Linsey Smith (WBBL|11)

Associate rookies

• Kim Garth (WBBL|01)
• Gaby Lewis (WBBL|02)
• Sarah Bryce (WBBL|03)
• Kathryn Bryce (WBBL|10)

Statistics and awards

Statistics and records updated through to the end of WBBL |10

Team stats

• Champions: 0
• Runners-up: 0
• Minor premiers: 0

• Highest score in an innings: 3/212 (20 overs) vs Melbourne Renegades, 23 November 2023
• Highest successful chase: 3/176 (19.4 overs) vs Brisbane Heat, 2 November 2024
• Lowest successful defence: 7/117 (20 overs) vs Adelaide Strikers, 12 December 2015
• Largest victory:
  • Batting first: 93 runs vs Melbourne Renegades, 23 November 2023
  • Batting second: 56 balls remaining vs Melbourne Renegades, 7 November 2022
• Longest winning streak: 5 matches
• Longest losing streak: 10 matches

Source: ^[53]

Individual stats

• Most runs: Heather Knight – 1,353
• Highest score in an innings: Lizelle Lee – 150* (75) vs Perth Scorchers, 10 November 2024
• Highest partnership: Lizelle Lee and Nicola Carey – 133 vs Adelaide Strikers, 13 November 2024
• Most wickets: Nicola Carey – 75
• Best bowling figures in an innings: Amy Satterthwaite – 5/17 (4 overs) vs Sydney Thunder, 16 January 2017
• Hat-tricks taken: Amy Satterthwaite vs Sydney Thunder, 16 January 2017 ^{[54] [55]}
• Most catches (fielder): Heather Knight – 28
• Most dismissals (wicket-keeper): Georgia Redmayne – 30 (18 catches, 12 stumpings)

Source: ^[53]

Individual awards

• Player of the Match:
  • Lizelle Lee - 6
  • Hayley Matthews – 5
  • Nicola Carey, Heather Knight, Amy Satterthwaite – 4
  • Mignon du Preez, Rachel Priest, Belinda Vakarewa – 3
  • Heather Graham, Corinne Hall – 2
  • Kathryn Bryce, Erin Burns, Erin Fazackerley, Maisy Gibson, Brooke Hepburn, Julie Hunter, Ruth Johnston, Heather Graham, Smriti Mandhana, Molly Strano, Elyse Villani, Danni Wyatt-Hodge – 1
• WBBL Team of the Tournament:
  • Heather Knight – WBBL|01
  • Veronica Pyke – WBBL|01
  • Belinda Vakarewa – WBBL|05
  • Tayla Vlaeminck – WBBL|07
  • Molly Strano – WBBL|08
  • Lizelle Lee - WBBL|10

• Others Records

Lizelle Lee has multiple WBBL records which she broke in WBBL|10 , these are: the highest score in an innings (150* off 75 balls), the most sixes in an innings (12) and is the first and only player to score back to back WBBL centuries (150* & 103).

Sponsors

Year	Kit Manufacturer	Chest Sponsor	Back Sponsor	Breast Sponsor	Sleeve Sponsor
WBBL|01	Majestic	Rebel	Cripps	Cripps	Rebel
WBBL|02			Davey Street	Davey Street
WBBL|03			(none)
WBBL|04		MyState	MyState	Cadbury
WBBL|05
WBBL|06		Tassal	Tassal		Blundstone
WBBL|07	Nike	Hydro Tasmania	Hydro Tasmania		University of Tasmania
WBBL|08					RedZed
WBBL|09		Tasmania	Tasmania
WBBL|10				Shark

See also

• Sports portal
• Cricket portal

• Cricket Tasmania
• Hobart Hurricanes
• Tasmanian Roar

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Notes

1. Administrative and training base ^[1]
2. Isobel Joyce stood in as acting captain for five games.
3. Heather Graham stood in as acting captain for one game.
4. All WBBL|06 matches were scheduled to be played in Sydney due to the COVID-19 pandemic ^[50]

External links

• Official website