WBBL season 5

[NUFAN]

Looking forward to this tournament which starts tomorrow. Great that its a standalone tournament and the games are often at tv friendly times.

In total, 23 games are on TV. This is messy but..

Date Match Venue Time (local) Broadcast
Friday 18 October Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder North Sydney Oval 7.40pm Fox/Seven
Saturday 19 October Melbourne Stars vs Hobart Hurricanes Junction Oval 2pm –
Saturday 19 October Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades Karen Rolton Oval 2pm –
Saturday 19 October Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat North Sydney Oval 7.10pm Fox/Seven
Sunday 20 October Melbourne Stars vs Hobart Hurricanes Junction Oval 2pm –
Sunday 20 October Sydney Thunder vs Brisbane Heat North Sydney Oval 2.10pm Fox/Seven
Sunday 20 October Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Renegades Karen Rolton Oval 2pm –
Wednesday 23 October Melbourne Renegades vs Perth Scorchers Junction Oval 1pm –
Saturday 26 October Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes Allan Border Field 9.40am Fox/Seven
Saturday 26 October Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars Hurstville 2pm –
Saturday 26 October Brisbane Heat vs Perth Scorchers Allan Border Field 1.10pm Fox/Seven
Saturday 26 October Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Renegades Blacktown 7pm –
Sunday 27 October Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers Allan Border Field 9.40am Fox/Seven
Sunday 27 October Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars Bankstown 2pm –
Sunday 27 October Brisbane Heat vs Hobart Hurricanes Allan Border Field 1.10pm Fox/Seven
Friday 1 November Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Renegades WACA 5.40pm Fox/Seven
Saturday 2 November Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Thunder West Park Oval 2pm –
Saturday 2 November Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Sixers WACA 12.10pm Fox/Seven
Saturday 2 November Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Stars WACA 3.55pm Fox/Seven
Saturday 2 November Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers Harrup Park 6.15pm –
Sunday 3 November Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Thunder West Park Oval 11am –
Sunday 3 November Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars WACA 11.10am Fox/Seven
Sunday 3 November Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers Harrup Park 3pm –
Saturday 9 November Melbourne Renegades vs Hobart Hurricanes Junction Oval 1pm –
Saturday 9 November Adelaide Strikers vs Perth Scorchers Karen Rolton Oval 1.40pm Fox/Seven
Saturday 9 November Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat North Sydney Oval 3pm –
Sunday 10 November Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Thunder Karen Rolton Oval 10am –
Sunday 10 November Melbourne Renegades vs Hobart Hurricanes TBC 1pm –
Sunday 10 November Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Stars Karen Rolton Oval 1.40pm Fox/Seven
Tuesday 12 November Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Thunder WACA 5.30pm –
Wednesday 13 November Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Sixers. Invermay TBC 11am –
Wednesday 13 November Melbourne Stars vs Brisbane Heat Junction Oval 2pm –
Friday 15 November Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers Drummoyne Oval 7.10pm Fox/Seven
Saturday 16 November Melbourne Stars vs Adelaide Strikers TBC 2pm –
Saturday 16 November Sydney Thunder vs Brisbane Heat Drummoyne Oval 7.10pm Fox/Seven
Sunday 17 November Perth Scorchers vs Brisbane Heat Drummoyne Oval 10am –
Sunday 17 November Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Renegades Drummoyne Oval 2.10pm Fox/Seven
Wednesday 20 November Melbourne Renegades vs Brisbane Heat Junction Oval 10am –
Wednesday 20 November Melbourne Stars vs Perth Scorchers Junction Oval 2pm –
Wednesday 20 November Sydney Thunder vs Adelaide Strikers TBC 2.30pm –
Wednesday 20 November Sydney Sixers vs Hobart Hurricanes North Sydney Oval 5.30pm –
Friday 22 November Hobart Hurricanes vs Brisbane Heat Blundstone Arena 7.10pm Fox/Seven
Saturday 23 November Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Sixers Lilac Hill 10am –
Saturday 23 November Melbourne Renegades vs Melbourne Stars Eastern Oval Ballarat 2pm –
Saturday 23 November Hobart Hurricanes vs Adelaide Strikers Blundstone Arena 7.10pm Fox/Seven
Sunday 24 November Adelaide Strikers vs Sydney Thunder Blundstone Arena 10am –
Sunday 24 November Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Sixers Lilac Hill 10am –
Wednesday 27 November Brisbane Heat vs Melbourne Renegades Allan Border Field 1.10pm –
Wednesday 27 November Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder Manuka Oval 2.30pm –
Saturday 30 November Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades Junction Oval 10.40am Fox/Seven
Saturday 30 November Sydney Sixers vs Adelaide Strikers Hurstville Oval 2pm –
Saturday 30 November Perth Scorchers vs Hobart Hurricanes Lilac Hill 2pm –
Sunday 1 December Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Thunder Junction Oval 10.40am Fox/Seven
Sunday 1 December Sydney Sixers vs Adelaide Strikers Hurstville Oval 2pm –
Sunday 1 December Perth Scorchers vs Hobart Hurricanes Lilac Hill 2pm –
Sunday 1 December Melbourne Stars vs Brisbane Heat Junction Oval 3pm –
Semi-finals
Saturday 7 December TBC vs TBC TBC TBC Fox/Seven
Saturday 7 December TBC vs TBC TBC TBC Fox/Seven
Final
Sunday 8 December TBC vs TBC TBC TBC Fox/Seven

 

[NUFAN]

GAS, you were saying Strikers are reliant on NZ players. Dont forget Stafanie Taylor and of course Schutt and Wellington are good. Sarah Coyte might be handy. The player I dont really get for them is Tahlia McGrath. Seems to be rated higher than I rate her.

 

[_Ed_]

Great to see Amelia Kerr sign with the Heat. I hope she'll do really well, and it should help with her development.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

GAS, you were saying Strikers are reliant on NZ players. Dont forget Stafanie Taylor and of course Schutt and Wellington are good. Sarah Coyte might be handy. The player I dont really get for them is Tahlia McGrath. Seems to be rated higher than I rate her.

Taylor is only doing about half the season iirc, she's still a good signing though. Schutt will be her usual reliable self no doubt.

Well0 the one I am really interested to watch, can she have a big tournament and work her way back past Wareham in the pecking order? She's been working on her batting a fair bit over the off season as well, may get the odd opportunity up the order on occasion

 

[NUFAN]

Oh man Amanda-Jades batting was so dire last year, hope she improves.

Hurricanes roster seems to have improved (it needed to tbf).

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Did Hayley Mathews got picked by any team?

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Oh man Amanda-Jades batting was so dire last year, hope she improves.

Hurricanes roster seems to have improved (it needed to tbf).

Yeah, she's better than that though, hopefully we can see evidence of this. Made 60 on the weekend, but the gulf in quality between grade cricket and the WBBL is obviously vast.

Keep an eye out on young Darcie Brown too, genuinely a real livewire with ball in hand. If she can avoid injury she'll be playing for Australia before her 20th birthday. You heard it here first

 

[nightprowler10]

Wouldn't mind keeping an eye on Nida Dar, first Pak player to sign on to one of these T20 leagues.

 

[_Ed_]

I love the level of international representation in WBBL.

 

[Prince EWS]

Well0 the one I am really interested to watch, can she have a big tournament and work her way back past Wareham in the pecking order? She's been working on her batting a fair bit over the off season as well, may get the odd opportunity up the order on occasion

I'm going to cling onto my unpopular and largely unsubstantiated opinion that Alana King is better based on the fact that all her best games have been the ones I've watched tbh.

#TJBlyf

 

[_Ed_]

Haha, I enjoyed Healy's "bring your husband to work day" remark.

 

[NUFAN]

Lol yeah.

I quite like Ismail. Noticed her playing for RSA a few times and yeah looks alright. 2 bad misfields have cost 7 runs already.

 

[_Ed_]

2 bad misfields have cost 7 runs already.

Yeah, although the 16-year-old pulled off a superb save on the boundary as well.

 

[_Ed_]

That's a top catch. Great start to Dar's WBBL career too.

 

[stephen]

Sydney sixes are totally stacked aren't they. Still can't believe the Heat beat them last season.

 

[stephen]

Ellyse Perry <3

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Lol yeah.

I quite like Ismail. Noticed her playing for RSA a few times and yeah looks alright. 2 bad misfields have cost 7 runs already.

She does sometimes get wayward with her bowling. Kinda like Jahanara Alam. I put both of them in the same category as bowlers.

 

[NUFAN]

Sydney sixes are totally stacked aren't they. Still can't believe the Heat beat them last season.

They kind of are but they have such a weird setup since in their top 6 bats, 4 of them are in their best 5/6 bowlers + keeper.

 

[NUFAN]

Tahlia McGrath with a duck.

 

[NUFAN]

They kind of are but they have such a weird setup since in their top 6 bats, 4 of them are in their best 5/6 bowlers + keeper.

In todays game, the number 11 bowled 1 over. The number 9 and 7 didnt bowl at all. I can sort of get Lauren Smith as she is kinda energetic in the field but yeah inbalanced.