2015–16 Women's Big Bash League season

2015–16 Women's Big Bash League

Dates	5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) – 24 January 2016 (2016-01-24)[1]
Administrator(s)	Cricket Australia
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Group stage and knockout
Champions	Sydney Thunder
Participants	8
Player of the series	Meg Lanning
Most runs	Meg Lanning (Melbourne Stars) 560 runs
Most wickets	Rene Farrell (Sydney Thunder) 26 wickets
Official website	bigbash.com.au

The 2015–16 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL|01 was the first season of Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the semi-professional women's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament ran from 5 December 2015 to 24 January 2016.^[2] Each WBBL team consisted of a squad of 14 players and were aligned with the men's teams in the Big Bash League.^[3]

In the grand final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the minor premiers Sydney Thunder defeated cross town rivals the Sydney Sixers to win the inaugural Women's Big Bash League.^[4]

Points table

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Sydney Thunder	14	9	5	0	18	+0.358
Hobart Hurricanes	14	8	6	0	16	+0.190
Sydney Sixers	14	8	6	0	16	-0.074
Perth Scorchers	14	7	7	0	14	+0.166
Melbourne Stars	14	7	7	0	14	+0.034
Brisbane Heat	14	7	7	0	14	-0.094
Adelaide Strikers	14	6	8	0	12	-0.131
Melbourne Renegades	14	4	10	0	8	-0.459

     Teams qualified for the semi-finals      Teams eliminated after Group Stage

Group Stage

Fixtures

Format of the group stage is a double round-robin tournament, where each team will play each other team twice. Games are grouped into weekends, where four teams may play in one city over that weekend. This means that teams will host matches in their opponent's home city, or in a neutral city. Because there are 56 games played over 7 weekends, it is common to have multiple matches in a day (up to five), and matches being played simultaneously at different grounds.

There are 8 double header fixtures with the men's Big Bash League, and the semi-finals and final will also be played as a double header.

Weekend 1

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Weekend 2

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Weekend 3

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Weekend 4

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Weekend 5

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Weekend 6

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Weekend 7

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Super Over
Delivery	Adelaide Strikers			Melbourne Renegades
	Bowler	Batsman	Runs	Bowler	Batsman	Runs
1	Kris Britt	Sophie Devine	1	Samantha Betts	Danielle Wyatt	0
2	Kris Britt	Lauren Ebsary	4lb	Samantha Betts	Danielle Wyatt	1
3	Kris Britt	Lauren Ebsary	1	Samantha Betts	Kris Britt	wd
4	Kris Britt	Sophie Devine	6	Samantha Betts	Kris Britt	1
5	Kris Britt	Sophie Devine	6	Samantha Betts	Danielle Wyatt	2
6	Kris Britt	Sophie Devine	1,W	Samantha Betts	Danielle Wyatt	1
7				Samantha Betts	Kris Britt	6
		Total	1/19		Total	0/12

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Semi Finals

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Final

Statistics

Highest Totals

Team	Score	Against	Ground	Date
Brisbane Heat	3/190 (20 overs)	Sydney Sixers	Aquinas College, Perth	000000002015-12-12-000012 December 2015
Sydney Sixers	6/172 (20 overs)	Sydney Thunder	Sydney Cricket Ground	000000002016-01-16-000016 January 2016
Adelaide Strikers	4/169 (20 overs)	Melbourne Stars	Junction Oval, Melbourne	000000002016-01-10-000010 January 2016
Sydney Sixers	5/164 (20 overs)	Melbourne Renegades	Junction Oval, Melbourne	000000002016-01-08-00008 January 2016
Melbourne Stars	1/158 (20 overs)	Adelaide Strikers	Junction Oval, Melbourne	000000002016-01-08-00008 January 2016
Last Updated: 24 January 2016[15]

Most runs

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave	SR	HS	100	50
Meg Lanning	Melbourne Stars	14	14	560	56.00	113.82	90	0	5
Charlotte Edwards	Perth Scorchers	15	15	462	42.00	103.58	88*	0	4
Ellyse Perry	Sydney Sixers	16	16	430	33.07	94.29	67*	0	3
Alex Blackwell	Adelaide Strikers	16	16	410	35.55	101.23	45	0	0
Beth Mooney	Brisbane Heat	14	14	400	33.33	103.62	64	0	4

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 January 2016

Most wickets

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Wkts	Ave	Econ	BBI	SR
Rene Farrell	Sydney Thunder	16	16	26	12.96	5.50	4/18	15.1
Veronica Pyke	Hobart Hurricanes	14	14	22	13.09	5.53	3/19	14.1
Sarah Aley	Sydney Sixers	16	16	19	15.78	6.20	4/8	15.2
Morna Nielsen	Melbourne Stars	10	10	18	11.00	5.21	3/12	12.6
Molly Strano	Melbourne Renegades	14	14	18	16.72	6.12	5/15	16.3

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 January 2016.

Audience

A total of ten matches were televised on free-to-air in the first season of Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) on One HD and Channel Ten. The average TV ratings for these matches are given below.

Initially only eight matches (seven regular season double-headers and the grand final) were scheduled to be televised on One HD. Due to higher than expected viewership, Channel Ten decided to move the Melbourne Derby on 2 January,^[16] the Sydney Smash on 16 January and the grand final to the primary channel, and also added coverage of the two semi finals on One.^[17][18]

Match No	Teams	Average TV Ratings		References	Broadcast Channel
		National	5 metros
20	Brisbane Heat vs Adelaide Strikers	250,000	165,000	[19][20][21]	One HD
24	Sydney Sixers vs Perth Scorchers	183,000	132,000	[19][21]	One HD
30	Adelaide Strikers vs Perth Scorchers		126,000	[21]	One HD
32	Hobart Hurricanes vs Brisbane Heat		158,000	[21]	One HD
34	Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades	372,000	254,000	[21][22]	Channel Ten
43	Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Thunder			9 January 2016	One HD
50	Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder			16 January 2016	Channel Ten
SF1	Perth Scorchers vs Sydney Thunder			21 January 2016	One HD
SF2	Hobart Hurricanes vs Sydney Sixers			22 January 2016	One HD
Final	Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder			24 January 2016	Channel Ten

References

External links

• Official fixtures

Women's Big Bash League Seasons 2015–16 Participating teams Adelaide Strikers Women Brisbane Heat Women Hobart Hurricanes Women Melbourne Renegades Women Melbourne Stars Women Perth Scorchers Women Sydney Sixers Women Sydney Thunder Women Related Topics Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup Women's National Cricket League

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