Brisbane Heat (WBBL)

Brisbane Heat WBBL
Personnel
Captain Australia Kirby Short
Coach Australia Andy Richards
Team information
Colours      "Teal"
Founded 2015
Home ground The Gabba
Allan Border Field [1]
Capacity 42,000 (Gabba)
6,300 (Allan Border Field)
History
WBBL wins 0
WBBL02 (2016–17)

The Brisbane Heat WBBL team is a women's cricket team based in Brisbane, Australia. It competes in the Twenty20 Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), under the same name and team colours as the Brisbane Heat team in the Big Bash League mens' competition.[2]

One of eight founding teams in the league,[2] the WBBL team is coached by Andy Richards, and its inaugural captain was Delissa Kimmince.[3][4]

In January 2017, Kimmince stepped down from the captaincy and was replaced by Kirby Short.[5]

Current squad

As of the WBBL02 season (2016–17)

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No. Name Nat. Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsmen
36 Tess Cooper Australia Right-handed
1 Laura Harris Australia 18 August 1990
Smriti Mandhana 18 July 1996 Left-handed Right arm medium Overseas international
10 Kirby Short Australia 3 November 1986 Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain
All-rounders
15 Jemma Barsby Australia 4 October 1995 Left-handed Right-arm medium
23 Haidee Birkett Australia Right-handed Right-arm medium
5 Deandra Dottin 21 June 1991 Right-handed Right arm fast medium Overseas international
21 Jess Jonassen 5 November 1992 Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin
11 Delissa Kimmince 14 May 1989 Right-handed Right-arm medium
Wicketkeepers
6 Beth Mooney 14 January 1994 Left-handed
Pace bowlers
9 Holly Ferling 22 December 1995 Right-handed Right-arm fast medium
22 Courtney Hill Australia 9 January 1987 Right-arm
58 Sammy-Jo Johnson Australia 5 November 1992 Right-handed Right-arm medium fast
16 Georgia Prestwidge Australia 17 December 1997 Right-handed Right-arm medium
26 Kara Sutherland Australia 26 September 1991 Left-handed Left-arm fast medium
Spin bowlers
Li Yingying Right-arm off spin Associate Rookie

Sources [6][7][8]

Overseas internationals

Associate Rookies

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Holly Ferling Joins the Brisbane Heat". Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Eight teams announced for Women's BBL". Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Dillon, Phil (6 December 2016). "Heat full of burning desire for new season". Sunshine Coast Daily. APN News & Media. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Coaches: The team leading the Brisbane Heat!". Brisbane Heat. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  5. ↑ McInerney, Matthew (6 January 2017). "Short named to captain Brisbane Heat's WBBL side". Warwick Daily News. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  6. ↑ Dorries, Ben (15 November 2016). "Brisbane Heat sign Chinese cricket star Yingying Li for second season of Women’s BBL". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  7. ↑ Brisbane Heat Media (6 December 2016). "WBBL Squad Finalised". Brisbane Heat. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "Players". Brisbane Heat. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  9. 1 2 Brisbane Heat Media (18 September 2015). "Heat WBBL squad finalised". Brisbane Heat. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  10. ↑ Arnold, Rikki-Lee (5 December 2016). "Self-proclaimed ‘female Chris Gayle’ Deandra Dottin ready to bring the Heat for Brisbane". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  11. ↑ Staff writer (27 September 2016). "India’s Smriti Mandhana signed by Brisbane Heat in Women’s Big Bash League". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "Players Selected for WBBL Associate Rookie Program". International Cricket Council website. International Cricket Council. 10 December 2015. Archived from the original on 25 December 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  13. ↑ "Associate Rookies named for Rebel WBBL 02". International Cricket Council website. International Cricket Council. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
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