WBBL 2024-25 Predictions, Schedule, Squads & Live Broadcasting Options

The Women’s Big Bash League is a T20 tournament played in Australia as a part of the domestic women’s T20 competition. If you are looking for the WBBL 2024-25 betting tips, Schedule, Squads & Live Broadcasting Options for all the matches for this tournament, you have come to the right place.

Everything about the WBBL 2024-25

What is the WBBL? The WBBL stands for the Women’s Big Bash League, a competition which is played at their women’s domestic level in the T20 format. It was introduced following the success of the Big Bash League which was the men’s version of the same competition.

Much like the BBL, eight teams participate in the WBBL as well, which have been mentioned below.

These eight teams feature on a home and away basis, playing once apiece against four teams and twice against three of the other sides. At the end of these 40 league stage matches, the team that finishes at the top of the table gets a direct entry into the final and the team ending second makes the Challenger.

Teams finishing third and fourth face off in a knockout match with the winner then making the Challenger. The team winning the Challenger enters the final.

WBBL Squads 2024-25 Players List

The WBBL squads were announced earlier this year after the teams retained a few of their players and picked a few more through a draft that was held on September 1, 2024. Here’s the final squads and players for the WBBL 2024-25 which also includes the players left out from the previous season.

Adelaide Strikers Women

• Players: Jemma Barsby, Darcie Brown, Maggie Clark, Ellie Johnston, Katie Mack, Eleanor Larosa, Smriti Mandhana, Anesu Mushangwe, Tahlia McGrath, Bridget Patterson, Madeline Penna, Orla Prendergast, Megan Schutt, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Laura Wolvaardt
• In: Maggie Clark, Ellie Johnston (Heat), Eleanor Larosa, Smriti Mandhana, Orla Prendergast
• Out: Dani Gibson, Georgia Adams (Thunder), Courtney Neale, Annie O’Neil, Ella Wilson

Brisbane Heat Women

• Players: Bonnie Berry, Nadine de Klerk, Sianna Ginger, Lucy Hamilton, Nicola Hancock, Grace Harris, Laura Harris, Jess Jonassen, Charli Knott, Shikha Pandey, Grace Parsons, Georgia Redmayne, Jemimah Rodrigues, Mikayla Wrigley
• In: Bonnie Berry, Sianna Ginger, Shikha Pandey, Jemimah Rodrigues, Mikayla Wrigley
• Out: Amelia Kerr (Sixers), Georgia Voll (Thunder), Courtney Sippel (Sixers), Ellie Johnston (Strikers)

Hobart Hurricanes Women

• Players: Suzie Bates, Nicola Carey, Zoe Cooke, Heather Graham, Ruth Johnston, Lizelle Lee, Hayley Silver-Holmes, Tabatha Saville, Amy Smith, Lauren Smith, Molly Strano, Rachel Trenaman, Chloe Tryon, Elyse Villani, Callie Wilson, Danni Wyatt
• In: Lauren Smith (Thunder), Chloe Tryon, Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Suzie Bates
• Out: Maisy Gibson (Stars), Shabnim Ismail, Bryony Smith, Naomi Stalenberg (Renegades)

Melbourne Renegades Women

• Players: Alice Capsey, Sarah Coyte, Emma de Broughe, Josie Dooley, Deandra Dottin, Nicole Faltum, Ella Hayward, Milly Illingworth, Hayley Matthews, Sophie Molineux, Georgia Prestwidge, Naomi Stalenberg, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham, Courtney Webb
• In: Alice Capsey, Deandra Dottin, Nicole Faltum (Stars), Milly Illingworth (Stars), Naomi Stalenberg (Hurricanes)
• Out: Tammy Beaumont, Jess Duffin, Harmanpreet Kaur, Ellen Falconer, Erica Kershaw, Rhiann O’Donnell

Melbourne Stars Women

• Players: Yastika Bhatia, Sophie Day, Tess Flintoff, Kim Garth, Maisy Gibson, Hasrat Gill, Liv Henry, Marizanne Kapp, Meg Lanning, Rhys McKenna, Sasha Moloney, Sophie Reid, Deepti Sharma, Annabel Sutherland
• In: Yastika Bhatia, Maisy Gibson (Hurricanes), Marizanne Kapp (Thunder), Deepti Sharma, Hasrat Gill
• Out: Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Sophia Dunkley, Nicole Faltum (Renegades), Milly Illingworth (Renegades)

Perth Scorchers Women

• Players: Chloe Ainsworth, Stella Campbell, Piepa Cleary, Maddy Darke, Sophie Devine, D Hemalatha, Amy Edgar, Mikayla Hinkley, Amy Jones, Alana King, Lilly Mills, Beth Mooney, Chloe Piparo
• In: D Hemalatha, Mikayla Hinkley (Heat)
• Out: Taneale Peschel (Thunder), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Lauren Winfield-Hill

Sydney Sixers Women

• Players: Holly Armitage, Maitlan Brown, Erin Burns, Mathilda Carmichael, Lauren Cheatle, Sophie Ecclestone, Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa Healy, Amelia Kerr, Isabella Malgioglio, Kate Pelle, Ellyse Perry, Kate Peterson, Courtney Sippel
• In: Holly Armitage, Sophie Ecclestone, Amelia Kerr (Heat), Isabella Malgioglio, Courtney Sippel (Heat)
• Out: Chloe Tryon, Suzie Bates, Jess Kerr, Lindsey Smith

Sydney Thunder Women

• Players: Georgia Adams, Chamari Athapaththu, Samantha Bates, Hannah Darlington, Sienna Eve, Saskia Horley, Shabnim Ismail, Sammy Jo-Johnson, Heather Knight, Anika Learoyd, Phoebe Litchfield, Claire Moore, Taneale Peschel, Georgia Voll, Tahlia Wilson
• In: Georgia Adams, Sienna Eve, Shabnim Ismail, Taneale Peschel (Scorchers), Georgia Voll (Heat)
• Out: Lauren Bell, Marizanne Kapp (Stars), Lauren Smith (Hurricanes)

WBBL 2024-25 Schedule & Fixtures

Previous WBBL Winners

• 2023-24: Adelaide Strikers
• 2022-23: Adelaide Strikers
• 2021-22: Perth Scorchers
• 2020-21: Sydney Thunder
• 2019-20: Brisbane Heat
• 2018-19: Brisbane Heat
• 2017-18: Sydney Sixers
• 2016-17: Sydney Sixers
• 2015-16: Sydney Thunder

What Happened in the Previous Edition of the WBBL?

In a closely contested final, Adelaide Strikers edged out Brisbane Heat by three runs to defend their WBBL title having won it in the 2022-23 edition of the competition too.

Adelaide was restricted to 125/5 from their 20 overs but Amanda-Jade Wellington’s 3/16 prevented Brisbane from getting to the target. This included a last over in which Wellington conceded eight runs.

Earlier in the season, Adelaide Strikers had ended at the top of the points table with 22 points from 14 matches while Perth Scorchers were second. Brisbane Heat then defeated Sydney Thunder to make the Challenger before they got past Perth Scorchers to enter the final.

2023-24 WBBL Stats

Best Batters (Most Runs)

• Beth Mooney: 557
• Chamari Athapaththu: 552
• Grace Harris: 501
• Ellyse Perry: 496
• Sophie Devine: 489

Best Bowlers (Most Wickets)

• Sophie Day: 27
• Jess Jonassen: 24
• Amanda-Jade Wellington: 23
• Annabel Sutherland: 23
• Nicola Hancock: 23

How to Watch the WBBL 2024-25 Live Streaming & on Television?