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2015–16 Women's Big Bash League
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Logo of the 2015–16 Women's Big Bash League season

Dates5 December 2015 – 24 January 2016[1]
Administrator(s)Cricket Australia
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Double round robin and knockout finals
ChampionsSydney Thunder (1st title)
Participants8
Matches59
Player of the seriesMeg Lanning (MLS)
Most runsMeg Lanning (MLS) – 560
Most wicketsRene Farrell (SYT) – 26
Official websitebigbash.com.au/wbbl

The 2015–16 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL|01 was the first season of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the semi-professional women's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament ran from 5 December 2015 to 24 January 2016.[2]

In the final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the Sydney Thunder defeated cross-town rivals, the Sydney Sixers, to win the inaugural championship title. Thunder all-rounder Erin Osborne managed bowling figures of 3/21 in the decider and was named Player of the Final.[3]

Melbourne Stars captain Meg Lanning was the leading run-scorer of WBBL|01 and was consequently named Player of the Tournament, although her team narrowly missed out on qualifying for finals. Sydney Thunder medium-pace bowler Rene Farrell was the tournament's leading wicket-taker.[4]

Teams were aligned with franchises in the men's Big Bash League and each squad consisted of 14 players,[5] with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas.[6] Australian marquees were defined as players who made at least ten limited-overs appearances for the national team between 1 July 2012 and 1 July 2015.[7]

Team Home ground[a] Secondary grounds[a] Coach Captain Australian
representatives[b] 		Overseas marquees[c]
Adelaide Strikers Adelaide Oval No. 2 (3) Adelaide Oval (2) Andrea McCauley Lauren Ebsary Sarah Coyte
Megan Schutt
Lauren Ebsary[d]
Shelley Nitschke[d] 		New Zealand Sophie Devine
Trinidad and Tobago Stacy-Ann King
England Sarah Taylor
Brisbane Heat The Gabba (4) Allan Border Field (1) Andy Richards Delissa Kimmince Holly Ferling
Jodie Fields
Jess Jonassen
Grace Harris[d]
Delissa Kimmince[d]
Megan White[d] 		England Kate Cross
England Lauren Winfield
Hobart Hurricanes Aurora Stadium (4) Blundstone Arena (2)
Kingston Twin Ovals (2) 		Julia Price Heather Knight Julie Hunter England Heather Knight
Barbados Hayley Matthews
New Zealand Amy Satterthwaite
Melbourne Renegades Junction Oval (2) Etihad Stadium (1) Lachlan Stevens Sarah Elliott Kris Britt[d]
Sarah Elliott[d] 		New Zealand Rachel Priest
South Africa Dane van Niekerk
England Danielle Wyatt
South Africa Shabnim Ismail[e]
Melbourne Stars Junction Oval (4) Melbourne Cricket Ground (2) David Hemp Meg Lanning Kristen Beams
Meg Lanning 		South Africa Mignon du Preez
New Zealand Morna Nielsen
England Nat Sciver
New Zealand Hayley Jensen[e]
Perth Scorchers WACA Ground (5) Aquinas College (2) Lisa Keightley Nicole Bolton Nicole Bolton
Elyse Villani 		New Zealand Suzie Bates
England Katherine Brunt
England Charlotte Edwards
Barbados Deandra Dottin[e]
Sydney Sixers Sydney Cricket Ground (2) Drummoyne Oval (2)
Hurstville Oval (1)
Waverley Oval (1) 		Ben Sawyer Ellyse Perry Alyssa Healy
Ellyse Perry
Lisa Sthalekar[d] 		England Laura Marsh
South Africa Marizanne Kapp
New Zealand Sara McGlashan
Sydney Thunder Sydney Showground Stadium (1) Howell Oval (1)
University Oval No.1 (1) 		Joanne Broadbent Alex Blackwell Alex Blackwell
Rene Farrell
Rachael Haynes
Erin Osborne 		Jamaica Stafanie Taylor
Lauren Cheatle of Sydney Thunder bowls to Elyse Villani of Perth Scorchers during the Scorchers v Thunder match at the WACA Ground, Perth, on 28 December 2015. The other batter is Charlotte Edwards, and the wicket-keeper is Claire Koski.
Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Sydney Thunder (C) 14 9 5 0 18 0.358
2 Hobart Hurricanes 14 8 6 0 16 0.190
3 Sydney Sixers (RU) 14 8 6 0 16 −0.070
4 Perth Scorchers 14 7 7 0 14 0.166
5 Melbourne Stars 14 7 7 0 14 0.034
6 Brisbane Heat 14 7 7 0 14 −0.094
7 Adelaide Strikers 14 6 8 0 12 −0.131
8 Melbourne Renegades 14 4 10 0 8 −0.463

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.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 SF F Pos.
Adelaide Strikers (ADS) HBH
2 runs 		HBH
9 wkts 		SYT
18 runs 		BRH
8 wkts 		SYT
6 wkts 		PRS
35 runs 		PRS
6 wkts 		MLS
19 runs 		SYS
23 runs 		SYS
36 runs 		MLS
50 runs 		MLR
S/O 		BRH
6 runs 		MLR
15 runs 		X X 7th
Brisbane Heat (BRH) MLS
20 runs 		MLS
10 runs 		PRS
2 runs 		SYS
35 runs 		SYS
9 wkts 		PRS
5 wkts 		MLR
27 runs 		ADS
8 wkts 		MLR
7 wkts 		SYT
14 runs 		HBH
33 runs 		SYT
5 wkts 		HBH
6 wkts 		ADS
6 runs 		X X 6th
Hobart Hurricanes (HBH) MLR
35 runs 		MLR
4 runs 		ADS
2 runs 		ADS
9 wkts 		PRS
1 run 		PRS
4 wkts 		MLS
30 runs 		BRH
33 runs 		SYT
8 runs 		SYT
26 runs 		BRH
6 wkts 		SYS
25 runs 		MLS
6 wkts 		SYS
2 wkts 		SYS
10 wkts 		X 2nd
(SF)
Melbourne Renegades (MLR) HBH
35 runs 		HBH
4 runs 		BRH
27 runs 		SYT
6 wkts 		BRH
7 wkts 		MLS
5 wkts 		MLS
8 runs 		SYS
25 runs 		SYT
36 runs 		SYS
8 wkts 		ADS
S/O 		PRS
9 wkts 		ADS
15 runs 		PRS
9 wkts 		X X 8th
Melbourne Stars (MLS) BRH
20 runs 		BRH
10 runs 		SYS
9 wkts 		SYS
7 wkts 		HBH
30 runs 		PRS
6 wkts 		PRS
8 wkts 		MLR
5 wkts 		MLR
8 runs 		ADS
19 runs 		ADS
50 runs 		SYT
14 runs 		HBH
6 wkts 		SYT
6 runs 		X X 5th
Perth Scorchers (PRS) BRH
2 runs 		SYS
9 wkts 		BRH
5 wkts 		HBH
1 run 		HBH
4 wkts 		SYS
5 wkts 		MLS
6 wkts 		MLS
8 wkts 		SYT
22 runs 		SYT
8 wkts 		ADS
35 runs 		ADS
6 wkts 		MLR
9 wkts 		MLR
9 wkts 		SYT
8 runs 		X 4th
(SF)
Sydney Sixers (SYS) SYT
9 wkts 		PRS
9 wkts 		BRH
35 runs 		BRH
9 wkts 		MLS
9 wkts 		MLS
7 wkts 		PRS
5 wkts 		MLR
25 runs 		ADS
23 runs 		ADS
36 runs 		MLR
8 wkts 		HBH
25 runs 		SYT
21 runs 		HBH
2 wkts 		HBH
10 wkts 		SYT
3 wkts 		3rd
(RU)
Sydney Thunder (SYT) SYS
9 wkts 		ADS
18 runs 		MLR
6 wkts 		ADS
6 wkts 		BRH
14 runs 		PRS
22 runs 		PRS
8 wkts 		BRH
5 wkts 		HBH
8 runs 		HBH
26 runs 		MLR
36 runs 		MLS
14 runs 		SYS
21 runs 		PRS
6 runs 		PRS
8 runs 		SYS
3 wkts 		1st
(C)
Team's results→ Won Tied Lost N/R

The format of the group stage was a double round-robin tournament. Several matches were scheduled at neutral venues with as many as five teams playing multiple matches in one city on the same weekend. There were 8 double-header regular season fixtures with the men's Big Bash League, as well as the semi-finals and final.

  • Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
  • Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
  • Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
  • Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
  • Played as double header with Perth Scorchers exhibition game
  • Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
  • Sophie Molineux (Melbourne Renegades) made her women's Twenty20 debut
  • Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
  • Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
  • Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
  • Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat
  • Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
  • Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
  • Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat
  • Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
  • Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat
  • Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat
  • Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
  • Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
  • Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat
  • Double header with men's BBL match
  • Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat

Melbourne Renegades won by 7 wickets (with 19 balls remaining)
The Gabba, Brisbane
Umpires: MS Branch, BR Farrell
Player of the match: Danielle Wyatt (Renegades)

  • Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat
  • Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat
  • Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field
  • Double header with men's BBL match
  • Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat
  • Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
  • Double header with men's BBL match

Perth Scorchers won by 8 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: H Botes, J Hewitt
Player of the match: Elyse Villani (Scorchers)

  • Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
  • Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat
  • Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat

Adelaide Strikers won by 35 runs
Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 10,500[12]
Umpires: L Uthenwoldt, AK Wilds
Player of the match: Megan Schutt (Strikers)

  • Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat
  • Double header with men's BBL match

Adelaide Strikers won by 6 wickets (with 9 balls remaining)
Adelaide Oval
Umpires: C Kemp, DB Mealey
Player of the match: Sarah Coyte (Strikers)

  • Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
  • Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
  • Double header with men's BBL match
  • Former Australian player Jodie Fields made her last WBBL appearance
  • Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat
  • Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat
  • Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
  • Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
  • Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
  • Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
  • Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
  • Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat
  • Double header with men's BBL match
  • Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
  • Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat
  • Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat
  • Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
  • Sydney Thunder's target was revised to 64 runs off 10 overs due to rain
  • Gemma Triscari became the second player to take a WBBL hat-trick
  • Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
  • Match reduced to 15 overs per team due to rain
  • Hobart Hurricanes' target revised to 100 runs
  • Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat
  • Melbourne Renegades eliminated from finals contention
  • Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
  • Double header with men's BBL match
  • Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
  • Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat
  • Hobart Hurricanes and Sydney Thunder qualified for finals[18]
  • Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat
  • Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat
  • Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
  • Sydney Sixers qualified for finals, Brisbane Heat eliminated from finals contention
  • Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat
  • Adelaide Strikers eliminated from finals contention
  • Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
  • Perth Scorchers qualified for finals, Melbourne Stars eliminated from finals contention
  • Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat
  • Played as a double header with men's BBL semi-final
  • Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
  • Match reduced to 14 overs per team due to rain
  • Sydney Sixers' target revised to 55 runs from 8 overs
  • Played as a double header with men's BBL semi-final
  • Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
  • Sydney Thunder won the inaugural WBBL title
  • Played as a double header with men's BBL final
Team Score Against Venue Date
Brisbane Heat 3/190 (20 overs) Sydney Sixers Aquinas College 12 December 2015
Sydney Sixers 6/172 (20 overs) Sydney Thunder Sydney Cricket Ground 16 January 2016
Adelaide Strikers 4/169 (20 overs) Melbourne Stars Junction Oval 10 January 2016
Sydney Sixers 5/164 (20 overs) Melbourne Renegades Junction Oval 8 January 2016
Melbourne Stars 1/158 (20 overs) Adelaide Strikers Junction Oval 8 January 2016
Last Updated: 25 January 2016
Player Team Mat Inns Runs Ave SR HS 100 50
Australia Meg Lanning Melbourne Stars 14 14 560 56.00 113.82 90 0 5
England Charlotte Edwards Perth Scorchers 15 15 462 42.00 103.58 88* 0 4
Australia Ellyse Perry Sydney Sixers 16 16 430 33.07 94.29 67* 0 3
Australia Alex Blackwell Sydney Thunder 16 16 410 35.55 101.23 45 0 0
Australia Beth Mooney Brisbane Heat 14 14 400 33.33 103.62 64 0 4
Last Updated: 24 January 2016
Player Team Mat Inns Wkts Ave Econ BBI SR
Australia Rene Farrell Sydney Thunder 16 16 26 12.96 5.50 4/18 15.1
Australia Veronica Pyke Hobart Hurricanes 14 14 22 13.09 5.53 3/19 14.1
Australia Sarah Aley Sydney Sixers 16 16 19 15.78 6.20 4/8 15.2
New Zealand Morna Nielsen Melbourne Stars 10 10 18 11.00 5.21 3/12 12.6
Australia Molly Strano Melbourne Renegades 14 14 18 16.72 6.12 5/15 16.3
Last Updated: 24 January 2016

Player of the tournament

[edit]

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.[4][19]

Pos. Player Team Votes
1st Australia Meg Lanning Melbourne Stars 36
2nd England Charlotte Edwards Perth Scorchers 31
3rd England Heather Knight Hobart Hurricanes 28
4th Australia Ellyse Perry Sydney Sixers 26
=5th Jamaica Stafanie Taylor Sydney Thunder 23
=5th Australia Beth Mooney Brisbane Heat 23
7th Australia Jess Jonassen Brisbane Heat 20
=8th South Africa Marizanne Kapp Sydney Sixers 19
=8th England Danielle Wyatt Melbourne Renegades 19
10th New Zealand Amy Satterthwaite Hobart Hurricanes 18

Team of the tournament

[edit]

An honorary XI recognising the standout performers of WBBL|01 was named by bigbash.com.au:

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 Cricket Australia 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.[20]

The WBBL|01 Young Gun title was awarded to Sydney Thunder fast bowler Lauren Cheatle, who claimed 18 wickets at an economy rate of 5.81 across the season.[19][21]

"Player of the match" tally

[edit]

Player Team Won
Meg Lanning Melbourne Stars 6
Charlotte Edwards Perth Scorchers 4
Heather Knight Hobart Hurricanes 3
Alex Blackwell Sydney Thunder 2
Sarah Coyte Adelaide Strikers 2
Rene Farrell Sydney Thunder 2
Grace Harris Brisbane Heat 2
Marizanne Kapp Sydney Sixers 2
Sara McGlashan Sydney Sixers 2
Beth Mooney Brisbane Heat 2
Ellyse Perry Sydney Sixers 2
Naomi Stalenberg Sydney Thunder 2
Stafanie Taylor Sydney Thunder 2
Elyse Villani Perth Scorchers 2
Danni Wyatt Melbourne Renegades 2
Sarah Aley Sydney Sixers 1
Katherine Brunt Perth Scorchers 1
Erin Burns Hobart Hurricanes 1
Lauren Cheatle Sydney Thunder 1
Lauren Ebsary Adelaide Strikers 1
Holly Ferling Brisbane Heat 1
Corinne Hall Hobart Hurricanes 1
Katie-Jane Hartshorn Perth Scorchers 1
Alyssa Healy Sydney Sixers 1
Julie Hunter Hobart Hurricanes 1
Jess Jonassen Brisbane Heat 1
Hayley Matthews Hobart Hurricanes 1
Erin Osborne Sydney Thunder 1
Bridget Patterson Adelaide Strikers 1
Rachel Priest Melbourne Renegades 1
Amy Satterthwaite Hobart Hurricanes 1
Megan Schutt Adelaide Strikers 1
Lisa Sthalekar Sydney Sixers 1
Molly Strano Melbourne Renegades 1
Sarah Taylor Adelaide Strikers 1
Gemma Triscari Melbourne Stars 1
Lauren Winfield Brisbane Heat 1

A total of ten matches were televised on free-to-air in the first season of Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) on One HD and Channel Ten. The average TV ratings for these matches are given below.

Initially only eight matches (seven regular season double-headers and the grand final) were scheduled to be televised on One HD. Due to higher than expected viewership, Channel Ten decided to move the Melbourne Derby on 2 January,[22] the Sydney Smash on 16 January and the grand final to the primary channel, and also added coverage of the two semi finals on One.[23][24]

Match No Teams Average TV Ratings References Broadcast Channel
National 5 metros
20 Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers 250,000 165,000 [25][26][27] One HD
24 Sydney Sixers vs Perth Scorchers 183,000 132,000 [25][27] One HD
30 Adelaide Strikers vs Perth Scorchers 126,000 [27] One HD
32 Hobart Hurricanes vs Brisbane Heat 158,000 [27] One HD
34 Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades 372,000 254,000 [27][28] Channel Ten
43 Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Thunder 9 January 2016 One HD
50 Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder 16 January 2016 Channel Ten
SF1 Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Thunder 21 January 2016 One HD
SF2 Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Sixers 22 January 2016 One HD
Final Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder 24 January 2016 Channel Ten
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  12. ^ Thank you to the amazing @StrikersWBBL and @StrikersBBL supporters there were 10,500 of you seeing the girls win twitter.com/StrikersWBBL. Retrieved on 31 Dec 2015
  13. ^ A fantastic victory in front of an equally fantastic crowd of 4,283 twitter.com/HurricanesWBBL. Retrieved on 1 Jan 2016
  14. ^ Crowd by end of #WBBL01 at @MCG: 12,901. Great turn-out. Retrieved on 2 January 2016
  15. ^ 12,900 through the gate already #teamgreen twitter.com/StarsBBL. Retrieved on 2 January 2016
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  1. ^ a b Number of games hosted at each venue is indicated in brackets
  2. ^ Only includes players who debuted for Australia before the tournament
  3. ^ Englishwoman Nicky Shaw was classed as a local player when signing for the Scorchers due to her permanent residence in Australia and having made a lack of recent international cricket appearances
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Did not qualify as a marquee player
  5. ^ a b c Replacement player