WBBL04 FIXTURES Scorchers v Hurricanes at Junction Oval, Saturday December 1, 10:40am Stars v Sixers at Junction Oval, Saturday December 1, 1:50pm Strikers v Heat at Junction Oval, Sunday December 2, 10:40am Renegades v Thunder at Junction Oval, Sunday December 2, 1:50pm Sixers v Scorchers at North Sydney Oval, Friday December 7, 7:10pm Hurricanes v Stars at Burnie, Saturday December 8, 2pm Renegades v Strikers at Junction Oval, Saturday December 8, 2:10pm Heat v Scorchers at North Sydney Oval, Saturday December 8, 2:50pm Sixers v Thunder at North Sydney Oval, Saturday December 8, 7:10pm Hurricanes v Stars at Burnie, Sunday December 9, 10:30am Strikers v Renegades at TBC, Sunday December 9, 2:10pm Thunder v Heat at North Sydney Oval, Sunday December 9, 2:50pm Stars v Scorchers at Casey Fields, Saturday December 15, 10am Strikers v Thunder at Bellerive Oval, Saturday December 15, 2:50pm Hurricane v Sixers at Bellerive Oval, Saturday December 15, 7pm Stars v Scorchers at Casey Fields, Sunday December 16, 10am Thunder v Strikers at Bellerive Oval, Sunday December 16, 10:10am Sixers v Hurricanes at Bellerive Oval, Sunday December 16, 1:50pm Renegades v Heat at TBC, Sunday December 16, 2:10pm Hurricanes v Scorchers at Bellerive Oval, Tuesday December 18, 12pm Heat v Stars at the Gabba, Wednesday December 19, 1:50pm Thunder v Hurricanes at TBC, Friday December 21, 1:50pm Stars v Strikers at TBC, Friday December 21, TBC Sixers v Heat at SCG, Saturday December 22, 11:10am Scorchers v Renegades at WACA, Saturday December 22, 4:30pm Strikers v Stars at Adelaide Oval, Sunday December 23, 1:20pm Sixers v Heat at Hurstville Oval, Sunday December 23, 2:10pm Scorchers v Renegades at WACA, Sunday December 23, 2pm Thunder v Hurricanes at Sydney Showground Stadium, Monday December 24, 2:50pm Scorchers v Heat at Perth Stadium, Wednesday December 26, 7:45pm Sixers v Renegades at SCG, Thursday December 27, 2:50pm Sixers v Strikers at Hurstville Oval, Friday December 28, 2:10pm Scorchers v Thunder at Lilac Hill, Saturday December 29, 10am Hurricanes v Heat at Launceston, Saturday December 29, 2:10pm Renegades v Stars at Docklands, Saturday December 29, 2:50pm Scorchers v Thunder at Lilac Hill, Sunday December 30, 10am Hurricanes v Heat at Launceston, Sunday December 30, 1:50pm Strikers v Sixers at Adelaide Oval, Monday December 31, 1:20pm Stars v Renegades at MCG, Tuesday January 1, 2:50pm Thunder v Sixers at Sydney Showground Stadium, Wednesday January 2, 2:50pm Renegades v Hurricanes at TBC, Thursday January 3, 2:50pm Thunder v Stars at Blacktown, Saturday January 5, 2pm Heat v Strikers at Harrup Park, Saturday January 5, 6:15pm Scorchers v Sixers at Lilac Hill, Sunday January 6, 10am Thunder v Stars at Blacktown, Sunday January 6, 2pm Heat v Renegades at Harrup Park, Sunday January 6, 3pm Thunder v Renegades at Sydney Showground Stadium, Tuesday January 8, 1:50pm Strikers v Hurricanes at Karen Rolton Oval, Tuesday January 8, 1:40pm Strikers v Hurricanes at Karen Rolton Oval, Wednesday January 9, 1:40pm Heat v Stars at the Gabba, Thursday January 10, 12:50pm Strikers v Scorchers at Traeger Park, Saturday January 12, 10:50am Renegades v Hurricanes at Junction Oval, Saturday January 12, 1pm Heat v Thunder at Cairns, Saturday January 12, 6:15pm Scorchers v Strikers at Traeger Park, Sunday January 13, 10:50am Renegades v Sixers at TBC, Sunday January 13, 2:50pm Stars v Sixers at MCG, Monday January 14, 2:50pm Semi-finals on January 19 Final January 26 - Fox Sports and Channel 7 will broadcast 23 matches of this summer’s WBBL, with the remainder to be streamed on CA’s website WBBL SQUADS *To be Finalized PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS WBBL01 - Sydney Thunder WBBL02 - Sydney Sixers WBBL03 - Sydney Sixers BBL08 FIXTURES Brisbane Heat v Adelaide Strikers at the Gabba, December 19, 6:15pm Melbourne Renegades v Perth Scorchers at Docklands, December 20, 7:15pm Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Stars at TBC, December 21, 7:15pm Sydney Sixers v Perth Scorchers at the SCG, December 22, 3:30pm * Brisbane Heat v Hobart Hurricanes at Carrara Stadium, December 22, 6:00pm * Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Renegades at Adelaide Oval, December 23, 6:45pm Hobart Hurricanes v Melbourne Stars at Bellerive Oval, December 24, 3:45pm Sydney Thunder v Sydney Sixers at Sydney Showground, December 24, 7:15pm Perth Scorchers v Adelaide Strikers at Perth Stadium, December 26, 4:15pm Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Stars at the SCG, December 27, 7:15pm Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney Thunder at Bellerive, December 28, 7:15pm Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Sixers at Docklands, December 29, 7:00pm * Hobart Hurricanes v Perth Scorchers at York Park, December 30, 7:15pm Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Thunder at Adelaide Oval, December 31, 6:45pm Brisbane Heat v Sydney Sixers at Carrara Stadium, January 1, 1:45pm Melbourne Stars v Melbourne Renegades at the MCG, January 1, 7:15pm Sydney Thunder v Perth Scorchers at Sydney Showground, January 2, 7:15pm Melbourne Renegades v Adelaide Strikers at TBC, January 3, 7:15pm Hobart Hurricanes v Sydney Sixers at Bellerive Oval, January 4, 7:15pm Melbourne Stars v Sydney Thunder at Carrara Stadium, January 5, 5:15pm * Perth Scorchers v Brisbane Heat at Perth Stadium, January 5, 6:30pm * Adelaide Strikers v Sydney Sixers at Adelaide Oval, January 6, 6:45pm Melbourne Renegades v Hobart Hurricanes at Docklands, January 7, 7:15pm Sydney Thunder v Brisbane Heat at Sydney Showground, January 8, 7:15pm Melbourne Stars v Perth Scorchers at MCG, January 9, 7:15pm Brisbane Heat v Melbourne Renegades at the Gabba, January 10, 6:15pm Adelaide Strikers v Melbourne Stars at Adelaide Oval, January 11, 6:30pm * Sydney Thunder v Adelaide Strikers at Sydney Showground, January 13, 2:45pm * Melbourne Renegades v Brisbane Heat at TBC, January 13, 6:35pm Perth Scorchers v Sydney Sixers at Perth Stadium, January 13, 6:35pm Melbourne Stars v Hobart Hurricanes at MCG, January 14, 7:15pm Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Renegades at SCG, January 16, 7:15pm Brisbane Heat v Sydney Thunder at The Gabba, January 17, 6:15pm Perth Scorchers v Hobart Hurricanes at Perth Stadium, January 18, 6:30pm * Melbourne Renegades v Melbourne Stars at Docklands Stadium, January 19, 6:45pm * Sydney Sixers v Brisbane Heat at SCG, January 20, 7:15pm Adelaide Strikers v Hobart Hurricanes at Adelaide Oval, January 21, 6:45pm Sydney Thunder v Melbourne Renegades at Sydney Showground, January 22, 7:15pm Melbourne Stars v Adelaide Strikers at TBC, January 23, 2:45pm Sydney Sixers v Hobart Hurricanes at SCG, January 23, 7:15pm Perth Scorchers v Sydney Thunder at Perth Stadium, January 24, 6:40pm Melbourne Stars v Brisbane Heat at MCG, January 27, 7:40pm Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Renegades at Perth Stadium, January 28, 6:15pm Hobart Hurricanes v Brisbane Heat at Bellerive Oval, January 29, 4:00pm * Sydney Sixers v Adelaide Strikers at SCG, January 29, 7:00pm * Melbourne Renegades v Sydney Thunder at Docklands Stadium, January 30, 7:15pm * Hobart Hurricanes v Adelaide Strikers at York Park, January 31, 7:40pm Brisbane Heat v Perth Scorchers at The Gabba, February 1, 7:40pm Sydney Sixers v Sydney Thunder at SCG, February 2, 7:00pm * Adelaide Strikers v Brisbane Heat at Adelaide Oval, February 3, 5:45pm * Perth Scorchers v Melbourne Stars at Perth Stadium, February 3, 6:15pm Hobart Hurricanes v Melbourne Renegades at Bellerive Oval, February 7, 7:40pm Brisbane Heat v Melbourne Stars at The Gabba, February 8, 7:40pm Adelaide Strikers v Perth Scorchers at Traeger Park, February 9, 1:15pm Sydney Thunder v Hobart Hurricanes at TBC, February 9, 6:15pm * Melbourne Stars v Sydney Sixers at MCG, February 10, 2:45pm Semi final 1, February 14 at TBC Semi final 2, February 15 at TBC Grand Final, February 17 at TBC *All games will be broadcast on Fox Sports and the Seven Network with 16 matches televised exclusively by Fox Sports BBL08 SQUADS *To be Finalized PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS BBL01 - Sydney Sixers BBL02 - Brisbane Heat BBL03 - Perth Scorchers BBL04 - Perth Scorchers BBL05 - Sydney Thunder BBL06 - Perth Scorchers BBL07 - Adelaide Strikers
Love how they talk up the WBL as being hugely popular when you see them on TV playing at local grounds and the only crowd is a man walking his dog in the backgrounds. Seriously it is YEARS away from being popular, stop trying to act as if it is relevant.
WBBL is growing and will only get stronger, It is relevant Crowds were up 25% last year compared to WBBL02 in 2016/2017 The Sydney derby on the opening weekend last season got a crowd of 16,380 which is double what you get in some NRL games Ratings are growing too with an average audience of 223,000 nationally and over 1.8m Live Streams last year The new broadcast deal will be great for the womens game
They need to get a bit more serious about this if they are going to keep people interested. People mostly watched for fun and novelty value at the start, but it actually needs to be a real sporting contest to keep people coming back.
