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2024–25 Women's Big Bash League Season
The 2024–25 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL, 10 (also known as Weber Inc., Weber Women's Big Bash League 2024 for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th season of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the semi-professional women's cricket, women's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament was played from 27 October 2024, with the final held on 1 December 2024. Adelaide Strikers (WBBL), Adelaide Strikers were the defending champions. Background On 9 July 2024, it was announced that the 10th season of the tournament would begin on 27 October 2024, seven days after the conclusion of the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. In July 2024, Cricket Australia introduced a new domestic Twenty20 Cricket event, called T20 Spring Challenge, that forms part of the Australia domestic cricket season. The league was aimed to make up for the absence of high-profile matches in Australia every year and to expose talented players from Country. The new nine-team T20 featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cricket Australia
Cricket Australia (CA) is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the 'Australian Board of Control for International Cricket'. It is incorporated as an Australian Public Company, Company limited by guarantee, limited by guarantee. Cricket Australia operates all of the Australian national representative cricket sides, including the Australia national cricket team, Men's, Australia women's national cricket team, Women's and Australia national under-19 cricket team, Youth, Australia A cricket team, Australia A sides, along with various other national teams (such as Indigenous, disability or over-age teams) in conjunction with the relevant organisations. CA is also responsible for organising and hosting Test cricket, Test matches, one day internationals and Twenty20 International, T20 internationals in association with other nations, and scheduling home international fixtures. Background Cricket Australia is an adm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
The 2024 Women's T20 World Cup was the ninth edition of the Women's T20 World Cup. Originally scheduled to be hosted in Bangladesh from 3 to 20 October 2024, it was later relocated to the United Arab Emirates for the same dates due to political unrest in Bangladesh, although the Bangladesh Cricket Board still held the hosting rights. New Zealand won their first title defeating South Africa by 32 runs in the final at Dubai. The tournament featured 10 teams, including the hosts, the top six teams from the 2023 edition, next highest-ranked team in the ICC Women's ODI and T20I Team Rankings#T20I rankings, ICC Women's T20I Team Rankings not already qualified, and two other teams determined through the 2024 Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier, global qualifier. Scotland women's national cricket team, Scotland qualified for the Women's T20 World Cup for the first time. Australia women's national cricket team, Australia were the defending champions and were defeated in the 2024 Women's T20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orla Prendergast
Orla Patricia Prendergast (born 1 June 2002) is an Irish cricketer who plays for Dragons and Ireland. In August 2019, she was named in the Irish Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) squad for the 2019 Netherlands Women's Quadrangular Series. She made her WT20I debut for Ireland, against the Netherlands, on 8 August 2019. In August 2019, she was named in Ireland's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland. She also played for the Republic of Ireland women's national under-17 football team in 2018 and 2019, and at club level for Cabinteely F.C. She attended The High School, Dublin. In July 2020, she was awarded a non-retainer contract by Cricket Ireland for the following year. In September 2021, Prendergast was named in Ireland's Women's One Day International (WODI) squad for their series against Zimbabwe, the first WODI matches to be played by the Zimbabwe team. She made her WODI debut on 5 October 2021, for Ireland against Zimbabwe. In N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Wolvaardt
Laura Wolvaardt (born 26 April 1999) is a South African cricketer who currently plays for Western Province, Adelaide Strikers, Gujarat Giants, Manchester Originals and South Africa. She plays as a right-handed opening batter. She has previously played for Northern Superchargers and Brisbane Heat. Career Domestic Aged 13, Wolvaardt was selected to play for the Western Province U-19 girls' team. In October 2013, she made her first appearance for the Western Province women's cricket team in a Twenty20 match against Boland women's cricket team, scoring 13 runs from 18 balls. She made her limited overs cricket debut for Western Province in a November 2013 match against Boland, scoring 4 from 14 balls. She was the top scorer in the 2013 Cricket South Africa Under 19 Girls Week, and competed again in 2014 representing Western Province. Wolvaardt scored 46 in Western Province's final match of the 2015/16 Women's Provincial League, as they won the title for the fourth consecutiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smriti Mandhana
Smriti Mandhana (born 18 July 1996) is an Indian international cricketer and the vice-captain of the India women's national cricket team, national team. She is third on the list of list of cricketers by number of international centuries scored#Women's international cricket, most international centuries and List of women's One Day International cricket records#Batting records, ODI centuries. She is regarded as one of the greatest opening batter of all time. Mandhana plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore (WPL), Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Women's Premier League (cricket), Women's Premier League. In domestic cricket, she represents Maharashtra. She has won four ICC Awards including ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year, Cricketer of the Year and One Day International, ODI Cricketer of the Year. In June 2018, the Board of Control for Cricket in India, BCCI awarded Mandhana the Best International Cricketer during the BCCI Awards. In December 2018, the International Cricket Council, ... [...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 Louise Schutt (born 15 January 1993) is an Australian cricketer who has played for the Australia national women's cricket team, national team as a Fast bowling, fast-medium bowler since 2012. Domestically, she plays for the South Australian Scorpions, for whom she debuted in 2009, and, since 2015, the Adelaide Strikers (WBBL), Adelaide Strikers. She was the first cricketer to take a hat-trick (cricket), 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 [my dad] for 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, South Australia, Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darcie Brown
Darcie Rose Brown (born 7 March 2003) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a fast bowler for the South Australian Scorpions in the Women's National Cricket League, and for the Adelaide Strikers in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). She made her international debut for the Australia women's cricket team in March 2021, and earned a contract with Cricket Australia the following month. Early life Born and raised in Kapunda, a town in the Barossa Valley of South Australia, Brown is part of a sporting family. She, her two older brothers and her father have played A grade cricket together for the Kapunda team in the Barossa and Light competition, and she has also teamed up with her mother for the Northern Jets in the South Australia Cricket Association first grade women's district tournament. By the time Brown had reached her mid-teens, she was already participating in high level basketball, cricket, netball and Australian rules football competitions, and also playing tennis. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahlia McGrath
Tahlia May McGrath (born 10 November 1995) is an Australian international cricketer who is the vice-captain of the Australia women's national cricket team. She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut South Africa women's cricket team in Australia in 2016–17, 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 English women's cricket team in Australia in 2017–18, 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 Women's Test cricket, Test debut for Australia Women against English women's cricket team in Australia in 2017–18, England Women on 9 November 2017 in The Women's Ashes. In November 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Williams (cricketer)
Luke Williams (born 24 December 1979) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. Career Williams played in five first-class matches for South Australia in 2000/01. In 2006, Williams received Bradman Medal for South Australian Grade Cricketer of the Year. Following his playing career, he became the coach of the South Australian Scorpions and the Adelaide Strikers in the Women's Big Bash League. In 2023, Royal Challengers Bangalore appointed him as the head coach of their women's team for the second season of the Women's Premier League (WPL). 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 cricket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne Stars (WBBL)
The Melbourne Stars (WBBL) are an Australian women's Twenty20 cricket team based in St Kilda, Victoria, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, Victoria. They are one of two teams from Melbourne to compete in the Women's Big Bash League, the other being the Melbourne Renegades (WBBL), Melbourne Renegades. To date, the Stars' best performance occurred in 2020–21 Melbourne Stars WBBL season, WBBL06 when they ended the regular season as minor premiers before ultimately finishing as runners-up. History Formation One of eight founding WBBL teams, the Melbourne Stars are aligned with the Melbourne Stars, men's team of the same name. At the official WBBL launch on 10 July 2015, Meg Lanning was unveiled as the Stars' first-ever player signing. Lanning would also become the team's inaugural Captain (cricket), captain, while David Hemp was appointed as the inaugural coach. The Stars played their first match on 5 December against the Brisbane Heat (WBBL), Brisbane Heat at the Junction Oval, win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hobart Hurricanes (WBBL)
The Hobart Hurricanes (WBBL) are a women's Twenty20 cricket team based in Bellerive, Tasmania. 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. At the official WBBL launch on 10 July 2015, Julie Hunter was unveiled as the team's first-ever player signing. Julia Price was appointed as the Hurricanes' inaugural coach, while Heather Knight became the inaugural captain. The Hurricanes played their first match on 11 December against the Melbourne Renegades at Aurora Stadium, winning by 35 runs. 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, the Stars crawled to a first innings total of 7/96 before fighting back to hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
