2024–25 Brisbane Heat WBBL season
| 2024–25 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | Mark Sorell | ||
| Captain(s) | Jess Jonassen | ||
| Home ground | Allan Border Field | ||
| League | WBBL | ||
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The 2024–25 Brisbane Heat Women's season was the team's 10th season of the Women's Big Bash League. They were coached by Mark Sorell and captained by Jess Jonassen. The team finished the regular season in 2nd and lost The Final to the Melbourne Renegades to finish runners-up.
Squads
The 2024–25 season saw the second WBBL Draft held on 1 September 2024 for overseas players. One international pre-signing per team was allowed to combat availability issues.
- Nadine de Klerk was pre-signed by the Heat, while Indian pair Jemimah Rodrigues, who had previously played for the Melbourne Renegades and Melbourne Stars, and Shikha Pandey, were also selected in the draft.
- English international Lauren Winfield-Hill was also signed as a replacement player.
- Bonnie Berry, Lucinda Bourke, Sianna Ginger, and Mikayla Wrigley were the domestic players added to their squad.
- Local player Ruby Strange was also signed as a replacement player.
- New Zealand international Amelia Kerr, and domestic player Courtney Sippel both departed to the Sydney Sixers.
- Georgia Voll departed to the Sydney Thunder.
- Mikayla Hinkley departed to the Perth Scorchers.
- Ellie Johnston departed to the Adelaide Strikers.
- International players Mignon du Preez and Bess Heath did not return to the Heat, the former not nominating for the draft due to her pregnancy.
2024-25 Brisbane Heat Squad:[1]
- Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Nat. | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||||
| 7 | Lucinda Bourke | 2 September 2005 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| 4 | Laura Harris | 18 August 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| 14 | Jemimah Rodrigues | 5 September 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | Overseas Draft Pick (Platinum) | |
| 13 | Lauren Winfield-Hill | 16 August 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | International Replacement Player | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 32 | Nadine de Klerk | 16 January 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas Draft Pick (Bronze) | |
| 11 | Sianna Ginger | 26 July 2005 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| 17 | Grace Harris | 18 September 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | ||
| 21 | Jess Jonassen | 5 November 1992 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | Captain | |
| 88 | Charli Knott | 29 November 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | ||
| 12 | Shikha Pandey | 12 May 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas Draft Pick (Gold) | |
| 25 | Ruby Strange | 25 November 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Local Replacement Player | |
| Wicket-keeper | ||||||
| 8 | Georgia Redmayne | 8 December 1993 | Left-handed | – | ||
| 43 | Mikayla Wrigley | 12 February 2004 | Right-handed | – | ||
| Bowlers | ||||||
| 2 | Bonnie Berry | 24 February 2006 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| 5 | Lucy Hamilton | 5 August 2006 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast | ||
| 44 | Nicola Hancock | 8 November 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
| 34 | Grace Parsons | 18 August 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | ||
Fixtures
Standing
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne Renegades (C) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.527 | Advance to the play-off phase |
| 2 | Brisbane Heat (R) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.384 | |
| 3 | Sydney Thunder (3rd) | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | −0.002 | |
| 4 | Hobart Hurricanes (4th) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.189 | |
| 5 | Perth Scorchers | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | −0.171 | |
| 6 | Sydney Sixers | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | −0.477 | |
| 7 | Adelaide Strikers | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | −0.357 | |
| 8 | Melbourne Stars | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | −0.205 |
Reference
- ^ "Full squads: Every club's list (so far) for WBBL|10". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 8 December 2024.