The 2019–20 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL, 05 was the fifth season of the

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(WBBL), the semi-professional

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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 The Sydney Sixers are an Australian professional franchise men's cricket team, competing in Australia's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League (BBL). Along with the Sydney Thunder, the Sixers are the successors of the New ...

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 Ellyse Alexandra Perry (born 3 November 1990) is an Australian sportswoman who has represented her country in cricket and association football. Having debuted for both the national cricket team and the national soccer team at the age of 16, s ...

sustained a shoulder injury. Defending champions

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finished the regular season on top of the ladder, earning the right to host all three

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matches at

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. The Heat retained their title on 8 December 2019 when they defeated first-time finalist

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, featuring Player of the Tournament

Sophie Devine Sophie Frances Monique Devine (born 1 September 1989) is a New Zealand sportswoman, who has represented New Zealand in both cricket for the New Zealand national women's cricket team (''White Ferns''), and in field hockey as a member of the New ...

, by six wickets in the championship decider.

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was named Player of the Final for the second consecutive season.

Teams

Each 2019–20 squad featured 15 active players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas. Australian marquees were defined as players who held a national women's team contract at the time of signing on for their WBBL, 05 team. The table below lists each team's marquee players and other key details for the season.

Personnel changes

The pre-season was noted as particularly busy for player transfers which produced some of the biggest recruiting achievements in the tournament's five-year history.

Local players

The table below lists local player movements made ahead of the season. Changes made during the season included: * On 18 November 2019, Emily Smith was banned for the remainder of WBBL, 05 after contravening Cricket Australia's anti-corruption policy with a social media post. Under a special exemption,

Tasmanian Tigers The Tasmanian cricket team, nicknamed the Tigers, represents the Australian state of Tasmania in cricket. They compete annually in the Australian domestic senior men's cricket season, which consists of the first-class Sheffield Shield and the ...

member Emma Manix-Geeves was brought into the

Hobart Hurricanes The Hobart Hurricanes are an Australian professional men's T20 franchise cricket team based in Tasmania, Australia. They compete in Australia's domestic T20 cricket competition known as the Big Bash League, which is a league where many in ...

squad as a replacement.

Overseas players

Harmanpreet Kaur Harmanpreet Kaur ( ; born 8 March 1989) is an Indian cricketer who serves as the captain of the India Women's National Cricket Team in all formats . She plays as an all-rounder for the Indian women's cricket team; and was awarded the Arjuna Awa ...

and

Smriti Mandhana Smriti Shriniwas Mandhana ( ; born 18 July 1996) 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 Mah ...

did not re-sign for the

Sydney Thunder The Sydney Thunder are an Australian franchise professional cricket team, competing in Australia's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League. Along with the Sydney Sixers, the Thunder are the successors of the New South Wale ...

and Hobart Hurricanes respectively on account of a conflicting

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schedule, marking the first WBBL season to not feature any Indian-born players. This fixturing clash followed a dispute between the

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and CA earlier in the year when Australia's top talent (such as

Meg Lanning Meghann Moira Lanning (born 25 March 1992) is an Australian cricketer who currently Captain (cricket), captains the Australia national women's cricket team, national women's team. She has been a member of six successful world championship camp ...

, Ellyse Perry and

Alyssa Healy Alyssa Jean Healy (born 24 March 1990) is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Australian women's national team and New South Wales in domestic cricket, as well as the Sydney Sixers in the WBBL. She made her international debut in Februa ...

) were excluded from the 2019 Women's T20 Challenge—an exhibition tournament serving as a potential precursor to a future female equivalent of the

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reported this breakdown was part of a wider disagreement between the two boards that revolved around the BCCI's insistence on CA honouring a touring commitment to play a men's bi-lateral ODI series in India in January 2020. The table below lists changes to overseas player allocations made ahead of the season. Changes made during the season included: * On 19 November, the Sydney Sixers announced the signing of English marquee

Hollie Armitage Hollie Jade Armitage (born 14 June 1997) is an English cricketer who currently captains Yorkshire and Northern Diamonds, as well as playing for Northern Superchargers and Central Districts. An all-rounder, she plays as a right-handed batter an ...

, replacing captain Ellyse Perry who would miss five games due to a shoulder injury. * After scoring a

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for

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against Australia on 29 September 2019,

Chamari Atapattu Atapattu Mudiyanselage Chamari Jayangani (born 9 February 1990, also known as Chamari Athapaththu) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and the current captain of the women's Twenty20 International team of Sri Lanka. She had a short stint as the captain o ...

stated in a post-match press conference she had not been offered a contract for the upcoming Women's Big Bash League season despite her eagerness to participate again (she had previously played for the

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in WBBL, 03), underlining the league's fierce competition for marquee signings. However, it was announced on 30 November that Atapattu had signed with the Renegades for their last regular season game and finals. She replaced

Tammy Beaumont Tamsin Tilley Beaumont (born 11 March 1991) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Kent, The Blaze, Welsh Fire, Sydney Thunder and England. She plays primarily as an opening batter and occasional wicket-keeper. She has previously play ...

who—along with

Danni Wyatt Danielle Nicole Wyatt (born 22 April 1991) is an English cricketer who plays for Sussex, Southern Vipers, Southern Brave and England. She plays as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off break. She made her England debut ...

Nat Sciver Natalie Ruth Sciver-Brunt (; ; born 20 August 1992) is an English cricketer. She was the first cricketer for England to take a hat-trick in a Women's Twenty20 International match. The " Natmeg" shot is named after Sciver, from when she has hit ...

, Amy Jones and Lauren Winfield—would miss out on the WBBL, 05 finals due to national team commitments.

Leadership

Coaching changes made ahead of the season included: *

Ashley Noffke Ashley Allan Noffke (born 30 April 1977) is a former Australian professional cricketer who played domestically for Queensland (1998–2009) and Western Australia (2009–2010). Noffke, who primarily played as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, als ...

was appointed head coach of the Brisbane Heat, replacing Peter McGiffin. *

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was appointed head coach of the Sydney Thunder, replacing

Joanne Broadbent Joanne Broadbent (born 29 November 1965) is an Australian former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting left-handed and bowling left-arm medium. She appeared in 10 Test matches and 60 One Day Internationals for Australia between 199 ...

. * Luke Williams was appointed head coach of the Adelaide Strikers, replacing

Andrea McCauley Andrea McCauley (born 23 September 1965) is an Australian former cricketer and cricket coach. She appeared in one Test match and one One Day International for Australia in 1990, both against New Zealand. She played domestic cricket for South Aus ...

. Captaincy changes made ahead of the season included: *

Corinne Hall Corinne Louise Hall (born 12 October 1987) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter and occasional right-arm off break bowler for Sydney Thunder in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). She has previously played for New Sou ...

reassumed the captaincy of the Hobart Hurricanes, after Sasha Moloney (2–12 win–loss record) stepped into the position for a season. *

Jess Duffin Jessica Evelyn Duffin (; born 27 June 1989) 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 reputa ...

was appointed captain of the Melbourne Renegades, replacing

Amy Satterthwaite Amy Ella Satterthwaite (born 7 October 1986) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting left-handed and bowling either right-arm medium or off break. She appeared in 145 One Day Internationals and 111 Twenty20 Inter ...

. Despite not playing due to maternity leave, the Renegades announced Satterthwaite would continue to contribute off-field in a specialist coaching capacity throughout WBBL, 05. *

Rachael Haynes Rachael Louise Haynes (born 26 December, 1986) 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 ...

was appointed captain of the Sydney Thunder, replacing

Alex Blackwell Alexandra Joy Blackwell (born 31 August 1983) is a former professional cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia as a specialist batter. In October 2017, she made her 250th international appearance for the Australian women's cricke ...

(36–22). *

Elyse Villani Elyse Jayne Villani (born 6 October 1989) 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) ...

was appointed captain of the Melbourne Stars, replacing

Kristen Beams Kristen Maree Beams (born 6 November 1984) is an Australian former cricket player. Beams played one Test, thirty One Day Internationals and eighteen Twenty20 Internationals for the Australia national women's cricket team between 2014 and 2017. ...

(7–12). Captaincy changes made during the season included: * Alex Blackwell stood in as acting captain of the Sydney Thunder for one game on 10 November, replacing Rachael Haynes who was sidelined with a foot injury. *

Molly Strano Molly Rose Strano (born 5 October 1992) 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' ...

stood in as acting captain of the Melbourne Renegades for one game on 17 November, replacing Jess Duffin. It was later revealed Duffin was sidelined due to

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. * Alyssa Healy stood in as acting captain of the Sydney Sixers for five games from 20 November to 1 December, replacing Ellyse Perry who was sidelined with a shoulder injury.

Points table

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Win–loss table

Below is a summary of results for each team's fourteen regular season matches, plus finals where applicable, in chronological order. A team's opponent for any given match is listed above the margin of victory/defeat.

Fixtures

''All times are local time''

Week 1

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Thunder batters

and

Phoebe Litchfield Phoebe Litchfield (born 18 April 2003) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a left-handed batter and occasional right-arm leg break bowler. She plays for the New South Wales Breakers in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the S ...

set a new WBBL record for highest fourth-wicket

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in their pursuit of the Heat's 9/150. The unbeaten 97-run stand, which got the Thunder over the line with seven balls to spare, was noted for the 20-year age gap between the two batting partners. At 16 years and 185 days, Litchfield also set a new WBBL record as the youngest player to score a half-century. ---- ----

Week 2

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Week 3

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Week 4

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Week 5

---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- The Renegades, requiring 28 runs off the last 12 deliveries with only three wickets in hand, pulled off a "great escape" victory against the Sixers through a last-ball

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from Courtney Webb against the bowling of

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. It marked the first time a WBBL team had won a match when needing more than four runs off the final legal delivery. The ramifications of the result were season-shaping as the Renegades went on to edge out the Sixers for fourth spot on the ladder, making it the first season the Sixers would fail to qualify for finals. ---- ----

Week 6

---- ---- ---- ---- The Sixers entered the match having defeated the Hurricanes in their first eleven encounters, holding a WBBL record for the longest head-to-head winning streak. With captain

sidelined due to a shoulder injury, they faltered early to a score of 5/30. A resurgence, led by

'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 Nicola Jane Carey (born 10 September 1993) is an Australian cricketer who plays for the national cricket team as an all-rounder, batting left-handed and bowling right-arm medium pace. At the domestic level, she plays in the Women's National Cri ...

and

came to an end in the 15th over when Hall was spectacularly caught by former Hurricanes player

Erin Burns Erin Alexandra Burns (born 22 June 1988) 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 de ...

in the outfield. With 44 runs required from the final 33 deliveries, Carey went on to make 55 not out while a quickfire 29 by

Chloe Tryon Chloe-Lesleigh Tryon (born 25 January 1994) is a South African cricketer. She has appeared for South Africa in all formats of the game. Career On her debut for South Africa, a Twenty20 International against West Indies in the 2010 Women's Worl ...

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.

Belinda Vakarewa Belinda Waimakare Vakarewa (born 22 January 1998) is an Australian cricketer from Griffith, New South Wales. She plays as a fast bowler for the Sydney Thunder in the Women's Big Bash League. Vakarewa has also made one international appearance f ...

, who sliced through the Sixers' top-order, was named Player of the Match for her bowling figures of 4/19. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

Week 7

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Knockout phase

----

Semi-finals

---- ---- In the first-ever semi-final encounter between the two teams, the Renegades batted first and were slow out of the blocks to be down 2/59 in the ninth over. An ensuing 80-run partnership from 58 balls between

Josie Dooley Josephine Erin Dooley (born 21 January 2000) is an Australian cricketer who plays for the South Australian Scorpions in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL). A right-handed wicket-keeper-batsman, wicket-keeper-batter, Dooley also plays for ...

and

ended when the latter was

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off the bowling of

Jess Jonassen Jessica Louise Jonassen (born 5 November 1992) is an Australian cricketer from Rockhampton, Queensland. A left-arm orthodox bowling all-rounder, Jonassen has been a member of the national women's team since 2012, going on to win four ICC T20 W ...

. A quickfire cameo of 22 off 8 by

Georgia Wareham Georgia Lee Wareham (born 26 May 1999) 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 ...

finished the innings promisingly while Dooley, having won a championship with the Brisbane Heat in the previous season, top-scored for the Renegades with 50 not out. The Heat top-order batters of

Maddy Green Madeline Lee Green (born 20 October 1992) is a New Zealand cricketer who currently plays for Wellington and New Zealand. In April 2018, she won the Ruth Martin Cup for her domestic batting at the New Zealand Cricket Awards. On 8 June 2018, she sc ...

, Jess Jonassen and

Grace Harris Grace Margaret Harris (born 18 September 1993) 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. Sh ...

then "produced fireworks," collectively scoring 126 runs while only facing 79 balls.

picked up wickets throughout the second innings, although Brisbane only required 15 runs with 27 balls remaining by the time she claimed her (and the Renegades') fourth. Despite a mini-collapse late in the chase, the Heat hauled in the target of 164 with a comfortable buffer of twelve balls to spare, knocking the Renegades out of the tournament. ----

Final

---- The Heat gained early ascendancy through quick bowler

Georgia Prestwidge Georgia Kate Prestwidge (born 17 December 1997) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-arm Fast bowling, medium Bowling (cricket), bowler and right-handed Batting (cricket), batter for Queensland Fire in the Women's National Cricket Lea ...

, who dismissed Player of the Tournament

for just five. A "superb" knock of 55 runs from 33 balls by

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 Leagu ...

helped the Strikers to recover to a competitive score of 7/161. The match swung heavily toward Brisbane's favour in the fifth over of the run chase when Sammy-Jo Johnson hit four sixes against the bowling of Devine, though Johnson would be out caught-and-bowled on the last ball of the over. When Devine returned to bowl the eleventh over of the innings, Heat batter

was dropped by Wellington at extra cover. Jonassen then scored a boundary from each of the next three deliveries she faced, taking Brisbane's required scoring rate down to less than a run a ball. The Heat went on to win with six wickets in hand and eleven balls remaining, claiming their second consecutive championship. For her contribution of 56 not out,

was named Player of the Final. ----

Statistics

Highest totals

Most runs

Most wickets

Awards

Player of the tournament

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Team of the tournament

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appointed a panel of experts to select a Team of the Tournament that recognises the standout performers of WBBL, 05. The team is intended to mimic regular conditions such as a maximum of three overseas players, a realistic mix of batters and bowlers, as well as a

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and a

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. The members of the selection panel were cricket.com.au journalist Laura Jolly, Head of Big Bash Leagues Alistair Dobson,

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head coach

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, former Australian captain

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, former players

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Young gun award

Players under 21 years of age at the start of the season are eligible for the Young Gun Award. Weekly winners are selected over the course of the season by a panel of

officials based on match performance, on-field and off-field attitude, and their demonstration of skill, tenacity and good sportsmanship. Each weekly winner receives a $500

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gift card and the overall winner receives a $5000 cash prize, as well as access to a learning and mentor program. The nominees for the WBBL, 05 Young Gun were: *Week 1:

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) *Week 2:

Tayla Vlaeminck Tayla Jade Vlaeminck (born 27 October 1998) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-arm fast bowler and right-handed batter for Australia, Victoria and Melbourne Renegades. Early life Vlaeminck was raised in Bendigo, where she play ...

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) *Week 3:

Hannah Darlington Hannah Joy Darlington (born 25 January 2002) 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 ...

(

) – ''winner'' *Week 4: Tahlia Wilson (

) *Week 5: Courtney Webb (

) *Week 6:

Annabel Sutherland Annabel Sutherland (born 12 October 2001) is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Australia national women's cricket team, national cricket team as an all-rounder. At the domestic level, she plays for Victoria women's cricket team, Victoria ...

(

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) *Week 7:

Stella Campbell Stella Campbell (born 15 June 2002) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter for the New South Wales Breakers in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Sydney Sixers in the Women's B ...

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medium-pacer

took out the overall award on the back of a standout debut season in which she claimed 16 wickets at an

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of 21.31 and

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of 6.82.

Most valuable players

Each team designated an award to adjudge and recognise their most outstanding contributor for the season. *

Most Valuable Player:

Player of the Tournament:

Player of the Season:

Lizelle Lee Lizelle Lee (born 2 April 1992) is a South African cricketer who played for the South Africa women's national cricket team from 2013 to 2022. She has played for Western Storm and Surrey Stars in the Women's Cricket Super League, as well as Melbou ...

Player of the Year:

Player of the Tournament:

Alex Blackwell Medal:

"Player of the match" tally

The table below shows the number of Player of the Match awards won by each player throughout the season. The career tally indicates the number of awards won by a player throughout her entire time in the league at the conclusion of the season, including awards won while previously playing for a different WBBL team.

Audience

A total of 23 matches are to be televised on free-to-air by the

, and simulcast on

in the fifth season of the Women's Big Bash. The remaining 36 matches will be live streamed on th
Cricket Australia
website. All 59 matches are available to watch live or on demand via the streaming service

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. Below are the television ratings for every game that was broadcast on television during the season.Mediaweek Australia
twitter.com/MediaweekAUS. Retrieved on 19 October 2019

References

Notes

External links

Official fixtures

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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Teams

Personnel changes

Local players

Overseas players

Leadership

Points table

Win–loss table

Fixtures

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Highest totals

Most runs

Most wickets

Awards

Player of the tournament

Team of the tournament

Young gun award

Most valuable players

"Player of the match" tally

Audience

See also

References

Further reading

Notes

External links