2025–26 Women's Big Bash League season

This article is about the women's tournament. For the men's tournament, see 2025–26 Big Bash League season.

2025–26 Women's Big Bash League
Administrator(s)Cricket Australia
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and knockout finals
Official websiteWBBL

The 2025–26 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL|11 (also known as Weber Women's Big Bash League 2025 for sponsorship reasons) will be the 11th season of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the semi-professional women's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The Melbourne Renegades are the defending champions.[1]

Draft

The 2024–25 season players draft was held on 19 June 2025.[2][3][4]

Table of international draft selections[5][6]
Pick Team Player National team Notes
Round 1
1 Sydney Sixers Sophia Dunkley  England
2 Adelaide Strikers Sophie Ecclestone  England
3 Brisbane Heat Jemimah Rodrigues  India Retention pick
4 Hobart Hurricanes Danni Wyatt  England Retention pick
5 Melbourne Stars Amy Jones  England
6 Sydney Thunder Heather Knight  England Retention pick
7 Melbourne Renegades Hayley Matthews  West Indies Retention pick
8 Perth Scorchers Sophie Devine  New Zealand Pre-signed player
Round 2
9 Sydney Sixers Amelia Kerr  New Zealand Pre-signed player
10 Adelaide Strikers Laura Wolvaardt  South Africa Pre-signed player
11 Melbourne Stars Marizanne Kapp  South Africa Pre-signed player
12 Perth Scorchers Paige Scholfield  England
13 Hobart Hurricanes Nat Sciver-Brunt  England
14 Sydney Thunder Chamari Athapaththu  Sri Lanka Pre-signed player
15 Melbourne Renegades Alice Capsey  England
16 Brisbane Heat Passed
Round 3
17 Brisbane Heat Chinelle Henry  West Indies
18 Melbourne Renegades Passed
19 Sydney Thunder Shabnim Ismail  South Africa
20 Hobart Hurricanes Linsey Smith  England
21 Perth Scorchers Chloe Tryon  South Africa
22 Melbourne Stars Dani Gibson  England
23 Adelaide Strikers Passed
24 Sydney Sixers Passed
Round 4
25 Sydney Sixers Mady Villiers  England
26 Adelaide Strikers Tammy Beaumont  England
27 Melbourne Stars Passed
28 Perth Scorchers Passed
29 Hobart Hurricanes Passed
30 Sydney Thunder Passed
31 Melbourne Renegades Passed
32 Brisbane Heat Nadine de Klerk  South Africa Pre-signed player

Squads

Adelaide Strikers
Brisbane Heat
  • Coach: Mark Sorell
Hobart Hurricanes
Melbourne Renegades
Melbourne Stars
  • Coach: Andrew Christie
Perth Scorchers
Sydney Sixers
Sydney Thunder

Source: Cricket Australia

Teams and standings

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1   Adelaide Strikers 0 0 0 0 0 —
2   Brisbane Heat 0 0 0 0 0 —
3   Hobart Hurricanes 0 0 0 0 0 —
4   Melbourne Renegades 0 0 0 0 0 —
5   Melbourne Stars 0 0 0 0 0 —
6   Perth Scorchers 0 0 0 0 0 —
7   Sydney Sixers 0 0 0 0 0 —
8   Sydney Thunder 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played: unknown. Source: ESPNcricinfo

League progression

TeamGroup matchesPlayoffs
KCF
WinLossNo result
  • Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
  • Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Champions! 'Gades complete fairytale with maiden WBBL title". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Sixers overcome long odds as WBBL|11 Draft order, date revealed". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  3. ^ "🗓️ Mark your calendars 🗓️ Draft Day is coming!".
  4. ^ "Big Bash drafts moved earlier in bid to secure best overseas players". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  5. ^ "WBBL draft: Ecclestone moves to Strikers after Sixers pick Dunkley". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  6. ^ "As it happened in the WBBL|11 overseas player draft". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
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