Rachael Louise Haynes is an Australian former international cricketer who has won six world championships as a member of the national women's team. A left-handed batter,Haynes was vice-captain of Australia from 2017 to 2022. Domestically,she achieved prolonged success in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL),winning seven titles with New South Wales and two with the Sydney Thunder.
Jessica Evelyn Duffin is an Australian sportswoman. In cricket,she has made 117 international appearances and won four world championships as a member of the Australian women's team. A right-handed batter with a reputation as a big game performer,Duffin was named Player of the Final in both the 2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20 and 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup tournaments. She also won the 2013 Belinda Clark Award for being adjudged Australia's best international women's cricketer over the previous year. Her domestic career has included playing for Victoria in the Women's National Cricket League and captaining the Melbourne Renegades in the Women's Big Bash League.
Sarah Jane Cady is an Australian cricketer from Camden,New South Wales. A right-arm medium fast bowler,Coyte has taken a total of 100 wickets for the national women's team across Tests,ODIs and T20Is. She currently plays for the Melbourne Renegades in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).
Bethany Louise Mooney is an Australian professional cricketer who plays for the national cricket team as a batter in all three formats of the game. At the domestic level,she plays as a wicket-keeper-batter for Western Australia,Perth Scorchers in WBBL and for Gujarat Giant in WPL. In March 2020,at the conclusion of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020,she became the world's number one batter in Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket.
The Women's Big Bash League is the Australian women's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition. The WBBL replaced the Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup,which ran from the 2007–08 season through to 2014–15. The competition features eight city-based franchises,branded identically to the men's Big Bash League (BBL). Teams are made up of current and former Australian national team members,the country's best young talent,and up to three overseas marquee players.
The Melbourne Renegades (WBBL) are an Australian women's Twenty20 cricket team based in St Kilda,Victoria. They are one of two teams from Melbourne to compete in the Women's Big Bash League,the other being the Melbourne Stars.
Courtney Anne Webb is a cricketer and Australian rules footballer from Launceston,Tasmania. A right-handed batter and right-arm medium-pace bowler,Webb currently plays for South Australia in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and for the Melbourne Renegades in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).
The 2017–18 Melbourne Renegades Women's season was the third in the team's history. Coached by Tim Coyle,they finished the regular season of WBBL|03 in sixth place. Captain and new recruit Amy Satterthwaite won the league-wide Player of the Tournament award,though the Renegades nevertheless once again failed to qualify for finals. In promising signs for the team's future,all-rounder Sophie Molineux won the WBBL Young Gun Award,for which leg spinner Georgia Wareham and pace bowler Maitlan Brown were also nominated.
Georgia Lee Wareham is an Australian cricketer who plays for the national cricket team as a leg spin bowler. At the domestic level,she plays for Victoria and the Melbourne Renegades. In April 2018,she played six matches on an Under 19 tour of South Africa,taking a total of nine wickets including 4/17 in a 50-over match against the Emerging South Africa team.
Maitlan Joy Brown is an Australian cricketer. She plays as a right-arm fast bowler and right-handed batter for the New South Wales Breakers in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL),and for the Sydney Sixers in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).
Tayla Jade Vlaeminck is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-arm fast bowler and right-handed batter for Australia,Victoria and Melbourne Renegades.
The 2018–19 Melbourne Renegades Women's season was the fourth in the team's history. Coached by Tim Coyle and captained by Amy Satterthwaite,they finished fourth in the regular season of WBBL|04 and qualified for finals for the first time in the team's history.
Rhiann Kate O'Donnell is an Australian cricketer who plays for Melbourne Renegades in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). An all-rounder,she bats right-handed and bowls right-arm medium pace.
Josephine Erin Dooley is an Australian cricketer who plays for the South Australian Scorpions in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL). A right-handed wicket-keeper-batter,Dooley also plays for the Melbourne Renegades in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).
Hannah Joy Darlington is an Australian cricketer who made her debut for the national women's team in September 2021. A right-arm medium-pace bowler,Darlington is the current captain of the Sydney Thunder in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) and vice-captain of the New South Wales Breakers in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL). In 2021,she won the Betty Wilson Young Cricketer of the Year award.
The 2019–20 Melbourne Renegades Women's season was the fifth in the team's history. Coached by Tim Coyle and captained by Jess Duffin,the Renegades finished the regular season of WBBL|05 in fourth place and qualified for finals. They were subsequently knocked out of the tournament by the defending champions,the Brisbane Heat,in a four-wicket semi-final loss at Allan Border Field.
Carly May Leeson is an Australian cricketer who plays for the ACT Meteors in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL). An all-rounder,she bats right-handed and bowls right-arm medium pace. She has previously played for Sydney Sixers,New South Wales and Melbourne Renegades.
The 2021–22 Melbourne Renegades Women's season was the seventh in the team's history. Coached by Simon Helmot and captained by Sophie Molineux,the Renegades were not scheduled to play any WBBL|07 games in their home state of Victoria due to ongoing border restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. They nevertheless finished the regular season in second position—their best performance across the WBBL's first seven editions—catapulted by a standout campaign from Indian marquee Harmanpreet Kaur,who was named Player of the Tournament.
The 2022–23 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL|08 was the eighth season of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL),the semi-professional women's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament was played from 13 October to 26 November 2022. The Perth Scorchers entered the season as the defending champions,having won their maiden title in WBBL|07,but failed to qualify for the finals.
The 2022–23 Melbourne Renegades Women's season was the eighth in the team's history. Coached by Simon Helmot and captained by Sophie Molineux,the Renegades finished the regular season of WBBL|08 in seventh position and failed to qualify for the finals.
