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.
Elyse Jayne Villani is an Australian cricketer who played for the Australia national women's team from 2009 to 2019. She has also played domestic cricket for various teams in both the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).
Meghann Moira Lanning is a former Australian cricketer who formerly captained the national women's team. Lanning has been a member of seven successful world championship campaigns,winning two Women's Cricket World Cup and five ICC Women's World Twenty20 titles. She holds the record for the most Women's One Day International centuries and is the first Australian to score 2,000 Twenty20 International runs.
Jessica Louise Jonassen is an Australian cricketer from Rockhampton,Queensland. A left-arm orthodox bowler,Jonassen has been a member of the national women's team since 2012,going on to win four ICC T20 World Cups while becoming the fourth woman to have taken 100 One Day International wickets for Australia. Domestically,she is the current captain of both the Queensland Fire in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Brisbane Heat in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).
Smriti Shriniwas Mandhana is an Indian cricketer who represents the Indian women's national team. She plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Women's Premier League (WPL). In domestic cricket,she represents the Maharashtra cricket team.
Grace Margaret Harris is an Australian cricketer who made her international debut for the Australia women's cricket team in August 2015. An all-rounder,she is a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She plays for Queensland Fire in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and Brisbane Heat in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). Harris's older sister is fellow Brisbane Heat cricketer Laura Harris.
The Melbourne Stars (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 Renegades. To date,the Stars' best performance occurred in WBBL|06 when they ended the regular season as minor premiers before ultimately finishing as runners-up.
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.
Amanda-Jade Wellington is an Australian cricketer. She bowls right-arm leg spin and plays for the South Australian Scorpions in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Adelaide Strikers in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). Making her WNCL debut in 2012 at the age of 15,she is the youngest person to ever represent the state of South Australia in senior cricket. Since 2016 she has represented Australia in all three forms of international cricket,Tests,ODIs and T20Is.
Molly Rose Strano is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-arm off break bowler and right-handed batter for the Tasmanian Tigers in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Hobart Hurricanes in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).
Sophie Grace Molineux is an Australian cricketer from Bairnsdale,Victoria. A left-arm orthodox bowling all-rounder,Molineux has been a member of the national women's team since 2018. At domestic level,she currently plays for Victoria in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and captains the Melbourne Renegades in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). Molineux also represents WPL side Royal Challengers Bangalore
Erin Alexandra Burns is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She has appeared in one One Day Internationals and five Twenty20 Internationals for Australia,making her debut in September 2019 against the West Indies. She plays for New South Wales in the Women's National Cricket League and Sydney Sixers in the Women's Big Bash League. She has previously played for Tasmania,Wellington,Hobart Hurricanes,Australian Capital Territory and Birmingham Phoenix.
Alana Maria King is an Australian international cricketer. She also plays domestic cricket for Western Australia in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Perth Scorchers in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). An all-rounder,she bowls right-arm leg spin and bats right-handed. She previously played for Victoria and Melbourne Stars.
Annabel Jane Sutherland is an Australian cricketer who plays for the national cricket team as an all-rounder. At the domestic level,she plays for Victoria in the Women's National Cricket League and the Melbourne Stars in the Women's Big Bash League.
Nicole Maria Faltum is an Australian cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter for Victoria in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Melbourne Stars in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). She played for the Stars in the final of the 2020–21 WBBL season,which they ultimately lost to the Sydney Thunder.
Alice Rose Capsey is an English cricketer who currently plays for Surrey,South East Stars,Oval Invincibles,Delhi Capitals and Melbourne Stars. An all-rounder,she is a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. In 2021,Capsey was voted the inaugural PCA Women's Young Player of the Year. Capsey made her international debut for the England women's cricket team in July 2022.
The 2021–22 Melbourne Stars Women's season was the seventh in the team's history. Coached by Jarrad Loughman and captained by Meg Lanning,the Stars 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 finished the regular season in fifth place on the ladder,failing to qualify for the knockout stage 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 Adelaide Strikers Women's season was the eighth in the team's history. Coached by Luke Williams and captained by Tahlia McGrath,the Strikers finished the regular season of WBBL|08 in second position. They subsequently defeated the Brisbane Heat in the Challenger,thereby qualifying for a third Final appearance in four seasons. In the championship decider,the Strikers pulled off an upset victory against the Sydney Sixers to claim their maiden Women's Big Bash League title.
The 2022–23 Melbourne Stars Women's season was the eighth in the team's history. Coached by Jonathan Batty and captained by Nicole Faltum,the Stars finished the regular season of WBBL|08 in sixth position and failed to qualify for the finals.
