Get the low down on all the player movement after a busy off-season for the Women’s Big Bash clubs | There’s been player movement aplenty this season! So we suggest you head straight HERE to check out who’ll be donning your clubs colours. All your favourite Australian stars will be in action, alongside some of the biggest names in world cricket from England, New Zealand, West Indies, South Africa and Pakistan.
For a detailed look at every team – plus exclusive insights from Aussie legend and Fox Cricket guru Mel Jones – check out these guides:
Complete squad lists for WBBL|05
Adelaide Strikers
Marquees signed: Five, plus a replacement
In: Katie Mack (Stars), Stafanie Taylor (Eng, Thunder), Lauren Winfield (Eng)
Out: Dani Hazell (Eng), Samantha Betts (Scorchers), Katelyn Pope, Eliza Doddridge
Squad: Suzie Bates (NZ), Darcie Brown, Sarah Coyte, Sophie Devine (NZ), Ellie Falconer, Katie Mack, Tahlia McGrath, Tegan McPharlin, Annie O’Neill, Bridget Patterson, Alex Price, Tabatha Saville, Megan Schutt (Aus), Stafanie Taylor (WI), Amanda-Jade Wellington (Aus), Lauren Winfield (Eng, replacement)
Brisbane Heat
Marquee players signed: Five
In: Amelia Kerr (NZ), Maddy Green (NZ), Mikayla Hinkley (Hurricanes), Lilly Mills
Out: Jemma Barsby (Scorchers), Josie Dooley (Renegades), Sune Luus (SA), Laura Wolvaardt (SA)
Squad: Lilly Mills, Charli Knott, Haidee Birkett, Maddy Green (NZ), Grace Harris, Laura Harris, Mikayla Hinkley, Sammy-Jo Johnson, Jess Jonassen (Aus), Amelia Kerr (international), Delissa Kimmince (Aus), Beth Mooney (Aus), Georgia Prestwidge, Kirby Short, Courtney Sippel.
Hobart Hurricanes
Marquee players signed: Four, plus a replacement
In: Nicola Carey (Thunder), Maisy Gibson (Thunder), Belinda Vakarewa (Thunder), Tayla Vlaeminck (Renegades), Fran Wilson (Eng), Chloe Tryon (SA), Emily Smith (Scorchers)
Out: Veronica Pyke (retired), Georgia Redmayne (Scorchers), Mikayla Hinkley (Heat), Ashley Day, Rhiann O’Donnell, Smriti Mandhana, Emma Thompson
Squad: Corinne Hall (c), Nicola Carey (Aus), Stefanie Daffara, Erin Fazackerley, Katelyn Fryett, Maisy Gibson, Brooke Hepburn, Heather Knight (Eng), Hayley Matthews (WI, replacement), Sasha Moloney, Meg Phillips, Emily Smith, Chloe Tryon (SA), Belinda Vakarewa, Tayla Vlaeminck, Fran Wilson (Eng)
Melbourne Renegades
Marquee players signed: Five
In: Josie Dooley (Heat), Tammy Beaumont (Eng), Makinley Blows (Stars), Carly Leeson (Sixers), Courtney Neale
Out: Tayla Vlaeminck (Hurricanes), Amy Satterthwaite (maternity), Emma Inglis, Anna Lanning, Zoe Cooke
Squad: Tammy Beaumont (Eng), Makinley Blows, Maitlan Brown, Josie Dooley, Jess Duffin, Erica Kershaw, Claire Koski, Carly Leeson, Sophie Molineux (Aus), Courtney Neale, Molly Strano, Lea Tahuhu (NZ), Georgia Wareham (Aus), Courtney Webb, Danni Wyatt (Eng)
Melbourne Stars
Marquee players signed: Four
In: Elyse Villani (Scorchers), Emma Inglis (Renegades), Lucy Cripps, Tess Flintoff, Katey Martin
Out: Katie Mack (Strikers), Makinley Blows (Renegades), Georgia Elwiss, Elly Donald, Chloe Rafferty
Squad: Kristen Beams, Lucy Cripps, Mignon du Preez (SA), Nicole Faltum, Holly Ferling, Tess Flintoff, Nicola Hancock, Emma Inglis, Alana King, Lizelle Lee (SA), Katey Martin (NZ), Erin Osborne, Angela Reakes, Annabel Sutherland, Elyse Villani (Aus)(c)
Perth Scorchers
Marquee players signed: Five
In: Jemma Barsby (Heat), Samantha Betts (Strikers), Kath Hempenstall (WA), Georgia Redmayne (Hurricanes), Nat Sciver (Eng), Kim Garth (Ireland)
Out: Lauren Ebsary (retired), Elyse Villani (Stars), Megan Banting, Emily Smith, Kate Cross, Bhavish Devchand, Hayley Jensen
Squad: Jemma Barsby, Samantha Betts, Nicole Bolton (Aus), Mathilda Carmichael, Piepa Cleary, Kim Garth (Ireland), Heather Graham, Kath Hempenstall, Amy Jones (Eng), Emma King, Meg Lanning (Aus), Taneale Peschel, Chloe Piparo, Georgia Redmayne, Natalie Sciver (Eng)
Sydney Sixers
Marquee players signed: Five
In: Maddy Darke, Emma Hughes, Stella Campbell, Alisha Burns
Out: Sara McGlashan (retired), Tahlia Wilson (Thunder), Carly Leeson (Renegades), Clara Iemma
Squad: Sarah Aley, Alisha Bates, Erin Burns, Stella Campbell, Lauren Cheatle, Maddy Darke, Ashleigh Gardner (Aus), Alyssa Healy (Aus), Jodie Hicks, Emma Hughes, Marizanne Kapp (SA), Ellyse Perry (Aus) (c), Hayley Silver-Holmes, Dane van Niekerk (SA), Lauren Smith
Sydney Thunder
Marquee players signed: Four
In: Tahlia Wilson (Sixers), Nida Dar (Pakistan), Shabnim Ismail (SA), Kate Peterson, Phoebe Litchfield
Out: Nicola Carey (Hurricanes), Maisy Gibson (Hurricanes), Belinda Vakarewa (Hurricanes), Stafanie Taylor (Strikers), Harmanpreet Kaur
Squad: Rachael Haynes (Aus) (c), Sam Bates, Alex Blackwell, Nida Dar (Pak), Hannah Darlington, Rene Farrell, Lisa Griffith, Saskia Horley, Shabnim Ismail (SA), Kate Peterson, Rachel Priest (NZ), Naomi Stalenberg, Rachel Trenaman, Tahlia Wilson
