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The 2024–25 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL, 10 (also known as
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Women's Big Bash League 2024 for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th season of the
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(WBBL), the semi-professional
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domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament was played from 27 October 2024, with the final held on 1 December 2024.
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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
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. In July 2024,
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introduced a new domestic Twenty20 Cricket event, called
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, that forms part of the Australia domestic cricket season. The league was aimed to make up for the absence of high-profile matches in
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every year and to expose talented players from Country. The new nine-team T20 features teams aligned with the eight Big Bash clubs along with the
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. The
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bascially acts as a preseason tournament for the WBBL, with the inaugural winners being
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.


Draft

The 2024–25 season players draft was held on 1 September 2024.


Teams and squads


Squads

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Venues

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Teams and standings


Points table


Win–loss table

Below is a summary of results for each team's ten 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.


League progression


Summary

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League stage

On 9 July 2024,
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Play-offs

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Knockout

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Challenger

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The Final


Statistics


Highest totals

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Most runs

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Most wickets

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Awards


Player of the tournament

Player of the Tournament votes are awarded on a 3-2-1 basis by the two standing umpires at the conclusion of every match, meaning a player can receive a maximum of six votes per game. *Source:


Other awards

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Team of the tournament

The team of the tournament was announced on 26 November 2024, as selected by the eight head coaches of the participating teams. *
Ellyse Perry Ellyse Perry (born 3 November 1990) is an Australian cricketer and former soccer, soccer player. Having debuted for both the Australia women's national cricket team, national cricket and Australia women's national soccer team, national soccer t ...
(Sydney Sixers) *
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 Melb ...
(Hobart Hurricanes) *
Beth Mooney Bethany Louise Mooney (born 14 January 1994) is an Australian professional cricketer who plays for the Australia women's national cricket team, national cricket team as a batting (cricket), batter in all three formats of the game. At the domes ...
( wk) (Perth Scorchers) *
Georgia Voll Georgia Voll (born 5 August 2003) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter and occasional right-arm off break bowler for the Queensland Fire in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Sydney Thunder in the Women ...
(Sydney Thunder) *
Phoebe Litchfield Phoebe Elizabeth Susan Litchfield (born 18 April 2003) is an Australian international cricketer who plays as a left-handed Batting (cricket), batter who represents Australia in all three formats of the game. She plays for the New South Wales Br ...
(Sydney Thunder) *
Hayley Matthews Hayley Kristen Matthews (born 19 March 1998) is a Barbadian sportswoman. She plays international cricket for the West Indies and Mumbai Indians as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off break. She plays domestic cricket ...
(Melbourne Renegades) *
Sophie Molineux Sophie Grace Molineux (born 17 January 1998) 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 pla ...
( c) (Melbourne Renegades) *
Alana King Alana Maria King (born 22 November 1995) is an Australian international cricketer. She also plays domestic cricket for Western Australia women's cricket team, Western Australia in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Perth Scorcher ...
(Perth Scorchers) *
Chloe Ainsworth Chloe Cathryn Ainsworth (born 14 September 2005) is an Australian cricketer who currently plays for Western Australia in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and Perth Scorchers in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). She plays as a right ...
(Perth Scorchers) *
Shikha Pandey Squadron Leader Shikha Pandey (born 12 May 1989) is an Indian cricketer and former officer in the Indian Air Force. She plays for the India women's national cricket team, national cricket team as a right-arm medium pacer and middle-order batter, ...
(Brisbane Heat) * Samantha Bates (Sydney Thunder) *12th:
Georgia Wareham Georgia 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 on an ...
(Melbourne Renegades)


See also

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2024–25 Big Bash League season The 2024–25 Big Bash League season or BBL, 14 was the fourteenth season of the Big Bash League (BBL), the professional men's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament was played from 15 December 2024, with the final ...


Notes


References


Further reading

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External links

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League home at ESPN Cricinfo
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