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2019–20 Women's Big Bash League Season
The 2019–20 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL, 05 was the fifth season of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the semi-professional women's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament moved to a standalone calendar slot, shifting away from the men's BBL, beginning on 18 October and running to 8 December 2019. The Sydney Sixers entered the season as "hot favourites", but they lost five consecutive games in the back-half of the tournament and missed out on qualifying for finals for the first time after captain Ellyse Perry sustained a shoulder injury. Defending champions Brisbane Heat finished the regular season on top of the ladder, earning the right to host all three playoff matches at Allan Border Field. The Heat retained their title on 8 December 2019 when they defeated first-time finalist Adelaide Strikers, featuring Player of the Tournament Sophie Devine, by six wickets in the championship decider. Beth Mooney was named Player of the Final for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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WBBL may refer to: *Women's British Basketball League - the top women's basketball competition in the United Kingdom *Women's Big Bash League, an Australian T20 Women's Cricket Competition *WBBL (FM), a radio station (96.5 FM) licensed to serve Richton, Mississippi, United States *WLAW (AM), a radio station (1490 AM) licensed to serve Whitehall, Michigan, United States, which held the call sign WBBL-FM from 2019 to 2021 *WTNR (FM), a radio station (107.3 FM) licensed to serve Greenville, Michigan, which held the call sign WBBL-FM from 2009 to 2019 *WJRW, a radio station (1340 AM) licensed to serve Grand Rapids, Michigan, which held the call sign WBBL from 1994 to 2009 *WBBL (Virginia), a radio station in Richmond, Virginia, United States, which broadcast from 1924 to 1989 *N-acetylglucosaminyl-diphospho-decaprenol L-rhamnosyltransferase, an enzyme {{Disambiguation, callsign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth Mooney
Bethany Louise Mooney (born 14 January 1994) 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 and Perth Scorchers. 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. Early life and career Mooney was born in Shepparton, Victoria. She has a brother, Tom, and a sister, Gabrielle. As a child, she played many sports, ranging from soccer to tennis and Australian rules football. Shortly before her eighth birthday, she was invited to fill-in for her brother's cricket team; that invitation turned into her making regular appearances for Kialla Lakes Cricket Club. When Mooney was 10 years old, she and her family moved to Hervey Bay, Queensland, where she attended Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School and Xavier C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019–20 Brisbane Heat WBBL Season
The 2019–20 Brisbane Heat Women's season was the fifth in the team's history. Coached by Ashley Noffke and captained by Kirby Short, the Heat finished first on the WBBL05 ladder. They proceeded to defeat the Adelaide Strikers in the final at Allan Border Field by six wickets, successfully defending their WBBL04 title to claim a second consecutive championship. Keeper-batter Beth Mooney again earned Player of the Final honours, while Jess Jonassen won the Heat's Most Valuable Player award. Squad Each 2019–20 squad featured 15 players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas. Australian marquees are players who held a national women's team contract at the beginning of the WBBL, 05 signing period. The Heat made several personnel changes in the lead-up to the season: * Ashley Noffke replaced Peter McGiffin as head coach. * Josie Dooley signed with the Melbourne Renegades to establish herself as a wicket-keeper—a role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lauren Winfield
Lauren Winfield-Hill (; born 16 August 1990) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Yorkshire, Northern Diamonds, Oval Invincibles, Melbourne Stars and England. She plays as a right-handed batter and occasional wicket-keeper. She made her international debut in 2013, and was part of the England team that won the 2017 World Cup. She has previously played for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred and Brisbane Heat, Hobart Hurricanes and Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash. Career In the summer of 2014 she appeared 5 times in various games including the one against South Africa. She is the holder of one of the first tranche of 18 ECB central contracts for women players, which were announced in April 2014. Winfield was a member of the winning women's team at the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup held in England. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stafanie Taylor
Stafanie Roxann Taylor (born 11 June 1991) is a Jamaican cricketer who is a former captain of the West Indies women's cricket team. She has represented them over 250 times since her debut in 2008. A right-handed batter and off break bowler, Taylor was selected as the 2011 ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year – the first West Indian to receive the accolade. She was also the first woman to score 1,000 runs in ODIs for the West Indies. She plays domestic cricket for Jamaica and Guyana Amazon Warriors and has previously played for Auckland, Sydney Thunder, Adelaide Strikers, Western Storm, Southern Vipers, Southern Brave and Trailblazers. Born in Jamaica, Taylor broke into the West Indies team in 2008, aged 17, and immediately inserted herself as a key member of the team. She scored her highest Twenty20 total on debut, striking 90 runs from 49 balls to help her side to a large victory. In the 2016 World Twenty20, she was the highest run-scorer and named player of the series. She p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahlia McGrath
Tahlia May McGrath (born 10 November 1995) is an Australian cricketer. She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut against South Africa on 27 November 2016. She made her women's Test debut in The Women's Ashes in November 2017. Career After missing out on Australia's squad for the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, McGrath was recalled to the team when she was named in Australia's squad for the Women's Ashes. She was named in both the WODI squad and the Test squad. On 26 October 2017, she took her first international wicket in the second WODI match against England. She made her Test debut for Australia Women against England Women on 9 November 2017 in The Women's Ashes. In November 2018, she was named in the Adelaide Strikers' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season. In April 2019, Cricket Australia awarded her with a contract with the National Performance Squad ahead of the 2019–20 season. In April 2020, Cricket Australia awarded McGrath wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Coyte
Sarah Jane Cady ( née Coyte; born 30 March 1991) 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). In addition to her bowling prowess, Coyte has proven to be a handy lower-order batter and notable performer in tournament finals. She has won two world championships with Australia, seven WNCL championships with New South Wales and South Australia, and one WBBL championship with the Sydney Sixers. Her successful cricket career was established and maintained despite an ongoing battle with anorexia nervosa and other mental health issues which prompted a premature, albeit temporary, retirement from the game in 2017. Domestic career Women's National Cricket League New South Wales On 7 November 2009, Coyte made her WNCL debut playing for New South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda-Jade Wellington
Amanda-Jade Wellington (born 29 May 1997) 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. Career Youth and domestic career Inspired by Australian Test cricketer Shane Warne, Wellington taught herself to bowl leg spin in her backyard. Wellington began her career playing for Port Adelaide Cricket Club. She rose to prominence in December 2011 when she was the player of the tournament in the national under-15 championships, playing for her home state of South Australia, and the next season she was selected to play for the South Australian Scorpions, South Australia's represe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megan Schutt
Megan Schutt (born 15 January 1993) is an Australian cricketer who has played for the national team as a medium-fast bowler since 2012. Domestically, she plays for the South Australian Scorpions, for whom she debuted in 2009, and, since 2015, the Adelaide Strikers. She was the first cricketer to take a hat-trick for Australia in a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) match. Early life and education Schutt was born in Adelaide, into what she has praised as a "loving family", headed by her parents Brian and Sue. According to Schutt, "I'm 99 per cent my dad; I have my mum's eyes, but that's about it," and, "I thank y dadfor all my sporting-ness." However, he denies having been any good at sport. Together with her older sister Natalie, with whom she shared a bedroom, and her younger brother Warren, Schutt was raised in a modest home in Hackham West, an outer southern suburb of Adelaide. She attended Hackham West Primary School, then Wirreanda Secondary School, and although s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzie Bates
Suzannah Wilson Bates (born 16 September 1987) is a New Zealand cricketer and former captain of national women cricket team. Born at Dunedin, she plays domestic cricket for the Otago Sparks, as well as playing for the White Ferns. She currently holds the highest score and highest batting average in the New Zealand Women's Twenty20 cricket team. She won the ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year 2013. Bates again won ICC Women's ODI and T20I Cricketer of the Year 2015. Basketball Bates represented New Zealand in Women's basketball during the 2008 Summer Olympics. Suzie played professional basketball for the :fr:Christchurch Sirens in the Australian Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), starting 24 games between 2007 and 2008, before moving to the Otago Gold Rush in 2009 and the Logan Thunder (WNBL) in 2009/10. Bates joined the Otago Nuggets as an assistant coach for the 2021 New Zealand NBL season. Cricket On 8 June 2018, she scored her tenth century in WODIs, with 151 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Williams (cricketer)
Luke Williams (born 24 December 1979) is an Australian former cricketer. He played in five first-class matches for South Australia in 2000/01. Following his playing career, he became the coach of the South Australian Scorpions and the Adelaide Strikers in the Women's Big Bash League. See also * List of South Australian representative cricketers This is a list of cricketers who have represented South Australia in either a first-class, List A or Twenty20 match. South Australia's inaugural first-class match commenced on 10 November 1877, against Tasmania at the Adelaide Oval, its first ... References External links * 1979 births Living people Australian cricketers South Australia cricketers Cricketers from Adelaide {{Australia-cricket-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuriootpa, South Australia
Nuriootpa ( ) is a town in South Australia and the major commercial centre of the Barossa Valley, about an hour's drive north of the state capital, Adelaide. The name of the town is reputed to be the local Aboriginal word for "meeting place". Nuriootpa is situated at the north end of the Barossa Valley, near the Sturt Highway and has a population of over 6500 people, making it the largest town in the area. There are grape-vines growing on some of the buildings in the main streets, and vineyards surrounding the town. It is home to wineries including Penfolds, Elderton Wines and Wolf Blass. History The first recorded Europeans to visit the locality, on 3 March 1838, were the exploration party of John Hill, John Oakden, William Wood, and Charles Willis, ''en route'' to the Murray River from Adelaide. Since the 1930s, Nuriootpa has been cited as an example of inspired community development. The town's community owned and operated retail businesses have funded public facilities, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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