The 2016–17 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL, 02 was the second season of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the semi-professional women's

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domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament ran from 10 December 2016 to 28 January 2017. The

Sydney Sixers The Sydney Sixers is 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 Spee ...

finished the round-robin stage of the tournament in first place and, despite a late-season injury to captain

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, went on to claim their maiden championship. In the final, held at the WACA, Sydney defeated the Perth Scorchers by seven runs in a "veritable classic". Sixers medium-pace bowler Sarah Aley was named Player of the Final, managing figures of 4/23 in the decider and also clinching the title of WBBL, 02 leading wicket-taker. Brisbane Heat wicket-keeper Beth Mooney was named Player of the Tournament, while

Melbourne Stars Melbourne Stars are an Australian Twenty20 franchise cricket team, based in Melbourne, Victoria that competes in Australia's Twenty20 competition, the Big Bash League. The Stars wear a green uniform and play their home matches at the Melbou ...

captain Meg Lanning topped the leading run-scorer table for the second-straight season.

Teams

Each 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 made at least ten limited-overs appearances for the

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between 1 July 2013 and 1 July 2016. The table below lists each team's marquee players and other key details for the season.

Personnel changes

Local players

The table below lists local player movements made ahead of the season.

Overseas players

The table below lists changes to overseas marquee allocations made ahead of the season. Changes made during the season included: *

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marquee Lauren Winfield returned to the Brisbane Heat as a replacement player. *

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marquee Isobel Joyce signed with the Hobart Hurricanes as a replacement player. * England marquee Danielle Hazell signed with the

as a replacement player. * England marquee Rebecca Grundy signed with the Perth Scorchers as a replacement player. * England marquee Amy Jones signed with the

as a replacement player.

Leadership

Captaincy changes made ahead of the season included: * Tegan McPharlin was appointed captain of the

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, replacing Lauren Ebsary ( 6–8 win–loss record). * Rachel Priest was appointed captain of the

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, replacing Sarah Elliott ( 3–7 win–loss record). * Suzie Bates was appointed captain of the Perth Scorchers, replacing

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( 7–8 win–loss record). Captaincy changes made during the season included: * Kirby Short assumed the captaincy of the Brisbane Heat, replacing Delissa Kimmince ( 11–11 win–loss record). * Kristen Beams stood in as acting captain of the Melbourne Stars for one game, replacing Meg Lanning who was sidelined with a hamstring injury.

Points table

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

Format of the group stage was a double

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, with teams playing each other twice. Some matches were played in neutral cities as a result of occasional carnival weekends where as many as all eight teams were scheduled at the same venue. There were 14 double header fixtures with the men's Big Bash League, and the semi-finals and final were also played as a double header.

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Statistics

Highest totals

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Most runs

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Most wickets

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Awards

Player of the tournament

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Team of the tournament

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) * Beth Mooney ( Brisbane Heat) *

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) * Ashleigh Gardner (

) * Sophie Devine (

) * Jess Jonassen ( Brisbane Heat) * Katherine Brunt ( Perth Scorchers) * Marizanne Kapp (

) * Sarah Aley (

) * Kristen Beams (

) * Molly Strano (

)

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

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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 Rebel 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, 02 Young Gun were: * Week 1: Sophie Molineux (

) * Week 2: Ashleigh Gardner (

) – ''winner'' * Week 3: Tahlia McGrath (

) * Week 4:

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( Perth Scorchers) * Week 5: Lauren Smith (Sydney Sixers) * Week 6: Jemma Barsby ( Brisbane Heat) * Week 7: Amanda-Jade Wellington (Adelaide Strikers)

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Ashleigh Gardner was named the Young Gun of WBBL, 02, having scored 414 runs with the bat and claiming ten wickets with the ball throughout the season.

Audience

There was greater television coverage than the previous season, with twelve games aired live by

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, including four stand-alone games on the opening weekend. This included the

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match, which was shown on Network Ten's primary channel during prime time—a first for a stand-alone women's sporting match in Australia. The remaining 47 games were streamed live through Cricket Australia'sbr>Live app
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References

Notes

External links

Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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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

Audience

References

Notes

Further reading

Notes

External links