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 Adelaide Strikers Suzie Bates (NZ), Samantha Betts, Sarah Coyte, Sophie Devine (NZ), Eliza Doddrige, Ellen Falconer, Danielle Hazell (ENG), Tahlia McGrath, Tegan McPharlin, Bridget Patterson, Katelyn Pope, Alexandra Price, Tabatha Saville, Megan Schutt (AUS), Amanda-Jade Wellington (AUS) Brisbane Heat Jemma Barsby, Haidee Birkett, Josie Dooley, Grace Harris, Laura Harris, Sammy-Jo Johnson, Jess Jonassen (AUS), Delissa Kimmince, Charli Knott, Sune Luus (SA), Beth Mooney (AUS), Georgia Prestwidge, Kirby Short, Courtney Sippel, Lauara Wolvaardt (SA) Hobart Hurricanes Stefanie Daffara, Ashley Day, Erin Fazackerley, Katelyn Fryett, Corinne Hall, Brooke Hepburn, Heather Knight (ENG), Smriti Mandhana (IND), Hayley Matthews (WI), Sasha Moloney (c), Rhiann O'Donnell, Meg Phillips, Veronica Pyke, Georgia Redmayne, Emma Thompson, Alex Hartley (ENG, international replacement) Melbourne Renegades Maitlan Brown, Zoe Cooke, Jess Duffin, Emma Inglis, Erica Kershaw, Claire Koski, Anna Lanning, Sophie Molineux, Amy Satterthwaite (NZ), Molly Strano, Lea Tahuhu (NZ), Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham, Courtney Webb, Danni Wyatt (ENG) Melbourne Stars Kristen Beams (AUS), Mackinlay Blows, Elly Donald, Mignon du Preez (SA), Georgia Elwiss (ENG), Nicole Faltum, Holly Ferling, Nicola Hancock, Alana King, Lizelle Lee (SA), Katie Mack, Erin Osborne, Chloe Rafferty, Ange Reakes, Annabel Sutherland Perth Scorchers Megan Banting, Nicole Bolton (AUS), Mathilda Carmichael, Piepa Cleary, Kate Cross (ENG), Lauren Ebsary, Heather Graham, Amy Jones (ENG), Emma King, Meg Lanning (AUS), Taneale Peschel, Chloe Piparo, Emily Smith, Elyse Villani (AUS) Sydney Sixers Sarah Aley, Erin Burns, Stella Campbell, Lauren Cheatle (AUS), Ashleigh Gardner (AUS), Alyssa Healy (AUS), Clara Iemma, Marizanne Kapp (SA), Carly Leeson, Sara McGlashan (NZ), Ellyse Perry (AUS), Hayley Silver-Holmes, Lauren Smith, Dane van Niekerk (SA), Tahlia Wilson Sydney Thunder Sam Bates, Alex Blackwell (AUS), Nicola Carey, Hannah Darlington, Rene Farrell, Maisy Gibson, Lisa Griffith, Rachael Haynes, Saskia Horley, Harmanpreet Kaur (IND), Rachel Priest (NZ), Naomi Stalenberg, Stafanie Taylor (WI), Rachel Trenaman, Belinda Vakarewa 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 Adelaide Strikers Travis Head (c), Wes Agar, Alex Carey (wk), Michael Cormack, David Grant, Colin Ingram (OS), Rashid Khan (OS), Ben Laughlin, Jake Lehmann, Michael Neser, Liam O’Connor, Matt Short, Peter Siddle, Billy Stanlake, Cameron Valente, Jake Weatherald, Jon Wells, Nick Winter Brisbane Heat Max Bryant, Joe Burns, Ben Cutting, Brendan Doggett, Sam Heazlett, Matt Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Lalor, Chris Lynn (c), Brendon McCullum (int), James Pattinson, Jimmy Peirson (wk), Jack Prestwidge, Matthew Renshaw, Alex Ross, Mark Steketee, Mitch Swepson, Mujeeb Ur Rahman (int) Hobart Hurricanes Jofra Archer (OS), George Bailey, Johan Botha, Jake Doran, James Faulkner, Caleb Jewell, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Simon Milenko, Tymal Mills (OS), David Moody, Tim Paine, Tom Rogers, Clive Rose, D'Arcy Short, Aaron Summers, Matthew Wade (c) Melbourne Renegades Cameron Boyce, Dan Christian, Tom Cooper, Zak Evans, Aaron Finch, Marcus Harris, Mackenzie Harvey, Jon Holland, Tim Ludeman, Joe Mennie, Mohammad Nabi (OS), Kane Richardson, Usman Khan Shinwari (OS), Will Sutherland, Chris Tremain, Beau Webster, Cameron White, Jack Wildermuth, Harry Gurney (OS) Melbourne Stars Michael Beer, Jackson Bird, Scott Boland, Liam Bowe, Dwayne Bravo (OS), Jackson Coleman, Travis Dean, Ben Dunk, Seb Gotch, Evan Gulbis, Peter Handscomb, Sandeep Lamichhane (OS), Nic Maddinson, Glenn Maxwell (c), Jonathan Merlo, Liam Plunkett (OS), Marcus Stoinis, Daniel Worrall, Adam Zampa Perth Scorchers Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Hilton Cartwright, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kelly, Michael Klinger, Mitchell Marsh (c), Shaun Marsh, Joel Paris, Usman Qadir (OS), Jhye Richardson, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Sam Whiteman, David Willey (OS) Sydney Sixers Moises Henriques (c), Sean Abbott, Joe Denly (England), Mickey Edwards, Ben Dwarshuis, Daniel Hughes, Nathan Lyon, Peter Nevill, Stephen O’Keefe, Josh Philippe, Lloyd Pope, Jordan Silk, Henry Thornton, Tom Curran (England), Justin Avendano, Dan Fallins, Greg West, Jack Edwards Sydney Thunder Fawad Ahmed, Jos Buttler (OS), Pat Cummins, Callum Ferguson, Ryan Gibson, Chris Green, Liam Hatcher, Usman Khawaja, Jay Lenton, Nathan McAndrew, Arjun Nair, Kurtis Patterson, Sam Rainbird, Joe Root (OS), Daniel Sams, Gurinder Sandhu, Jason Sangha, Shane Watson, Anton Devcich (OS), Chris Jordan (OS) 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.
I don't know Billy I think the opposite mate, it is a contest and there is a good rivalry, but I think people really love the fact they can watch over dinner and a couple of beers after without taking it too seriously. Unlike tests and 1 dayers that very few have time to watch more than an hour or 2 of each day.
Updated the first post to include all WBBL and BBL squads The mens squads are almost complete and must be finalized by 6/12/2018 Really enjoyed watching the womens games so far !! Adelaide Strikers Current squad: Wes Agar, Alex Carey, Michael Cormack, David Grant, Travis Head, Colin Ingram (SA), Rashid Khan (AFG), Ben Laughlin, Jake Lehmann, Michael Neser, Liam O'Connor, Peter Siddle, Matt Short, Billy Stanlake, Jake Weatherald, Jon Wells, Nick Winter. In: Matt Short (Renegades), Cameron Valente (Heat). Out: Jono Dean (unsigned), Daniel Drew (unsigned). Roster spots to fill: none Internationals signed: two Brisbane Heat Current squad: Max Bryant, Joe Burns, Ben Cutting, Brendan Doggett, Sam Heazlett, Matt Kuhnemann, Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Lalor, Chris Lynn, Brendon McCullum (NZ), James Pattinson, James Peirson, Jack Prestwidge, Matt Renshaw, Alex Ross, Mujeeb Ur Rahman (AFG), Mark Steketee, Mitch Swepson. In: Matt Kuhnemann, James Pattinson (Renegades), Jack Prestwidge, Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afghanistan). Out: Shadab Khan (Pakistan), Cameron Valente (Strikers). Unsigned from BBL|07: Jason Floros, Cameron Gannon. Roster spots to fill: none Internationals signed: two Hobart Hurricanes Current squad: Jofra Archer (ENG), George Bailey, Johan Botha, Jake Doran, James Faulkner, Caleb Jewell, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Simon Milenko, Tymal Mills (ENG), David Moody, Tim Paine, Tom Rogers, Clive Rose, D'Arcy Short, Aaron Summers, Matthew Wade. In: Jake Doran, James Faulkner (Stars), Caleb Jewell. Out: Cameron Boyce (Renegades), Dan Christian (Renegades), Sam Rainbird (Thunder). Unsigned from BBL|07: Hamish Kingston, Nathan Reardon, Jake Reed. Roster spots to fill: one Internationals signed: two Melbourne Renegades Current squad: Cameron Boyce, Dan Christian, Tom Cooper, Zak Evans, Aaron Finch, Marcus Harris, Mackenzie Harvey, Jon Holland, Tim Ludeman, Joe Mennie, Mohammad Nabi (AFG), Kane Richardson, Usman Khan Shinwari (PAK), Will Sutherland, Chris Tremain, Beau Webster, Cameron White, Jack Wildermuth, Harry Gurney (ENG, international replacement) In: Cameron Boyce (Hurricanes), Dan Christian (Hurricanes), Zak Evans, Harry Gurney (England), Mackenzie Harvey, Will Sutherland (rookie), Usman Khan Shinwari (Pakistan). Out: Dwayne Bravo (Stars), Brad Hodge (retired), Brad Hogg (unsigned), James Pattinson (Heat), Matt Short (Strikers), Guy Walker (AFL). Roster spots to fill: none Internationals signed: two, plus one replacement Melbourne Stars Current squad: Michael Beer, Jackson Bird, Scott Boland, Liam Bowe, Dwayne Bravo (WI), Jackson Coleman, Travis Dean, Ben Dunk, Seb Gotch, Evan Gulbis, Peter Handscomb, Sandeep Lamichhane (NEP), Nic Maddinson, Glenn Maxwell, Jonathan Merlo, Marcus Stoinis, Daniel Worrall, Adam Zampa, Matt Parkinson (ENG, international replacement) In: Jackson Bird (Sixers), Dwayne Bravo (West Indies), Travis Dean (Renegades replacement), Sandeep Lamichhane (Nepal), Nic Maddinson (Sixers), Jonathan Merlo. Out: James Faulkner (Hurricanes), Sam Harper (unsigned), John Hastings (Sixers), Kevin Pietersen (retired), Rob Quiney (retired), Luke Wright. Roster spots to fill: none Internationals signed: two, plus one replacement Perth Scorchers Current squad: Ashton Agar, Cameron Bancroft, Jason Behrendorff, Hilton Cartwright, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kelly, Michael Klinger, Mitchell Marsh (c), Shaun Marsh, Joel Paris, Usman Qadir (Pakistan), Jhye Richardson, Ashton Turner, Andrew Tye, Sam Whiteman, David Willey (England). In: Matthew Kelly Out: Mitchell Johnson (retired), Adam Voges (retired/coach). Roster spots to fill: none Internationals signed: two Sydney Sixers Current squad: Sean Abbott, Justin Avendano, Ben Dwarshuis, Joe Denly (England), Jack Edwards, Mickey Edwards, Daniel Fallins, John Hastings*, Moises Henriques, Daniel Hughes, Nathan Lyon, Peter Nevill, Stephen O'Keefe, Josh Philippe, Lloyd Pope, Henry Thornton. In: Justin Avendano, Jack Edwards (rookie), Daniel Fallins, John Hastings* (Stars), Josh Philippe (Scorchers replacement), Lloyd Pope. Out: Jackson Bird (Stars), Johan Botha (Hurricanes), Doug Bollinger (retired), Nic Maddinson (Stars). Unsigned from BBL|07: Sam Billings (England), Jason Roy (England), Jordan Silk, Mitchell Starc. Roster spots to fill: two Internationals signed: one Sydney Thunder Current squad: Fawad Ahmed, Jos Buttler (ENG), Pat Cummins, Callum Ferguson, Ryan Gibson, Chris Green, Liam Hatcher, Usman Khawaja, Jay Lenton, Nathan McAndrew, Arjun Nair, Kurtis Patterson, Sam Rainbird, Joe Root (ENG), Daniel Sams, Gurinder Sandhu, Jason Sangha, Shane Watson, Anton Devcich (NZ, international replacement), Chris Jordan (ENG, international replacement). In: Joe Root (ENG), Sam Rainbird (Hurricanes), Daniel Sams (Sixers), Jason Sangha. Out: Aiden Blizzard (retired), Andrew Fekete, Mitch McClenaghan, Clint McKay (retired), Ben Rohrer (retired). Roster spots to fill: none Internationals signed: two, plus two replacements
I have updated the squads for BBL08 Here is the latest table for the WBBL, Very even competition so far which is great Highlight for me so far was Ellyse Perry's wonderful century against the Scorchers, 102 of just 59 balls
