2019–20 Adelaide Strikers WBBL season

Each 2019–20 squad featured 15 active players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas. Australian marquees are players who held a national women's team contract at the time of signing for their WBBL|05 team.[1]

Notable details for the squad included:

• New Zealand marquee Sophie Devine returned for the Strikers to become one of only two overseas players, along with South African Marizanne Kapp (member of the Sydney Sixers), to play in each of the first five WBBL seasons with one team.[2][3]
• Luke Williams was appointed as head coach, taking over from Andrea McCauley.[4]
• Katie Mack joined the Strikers after spending four seasons with the Melbourne Stars.[5]
• Overseas marquee Stafanie Taylor moved across from the Sydney Thunder but was unavailable for the middle portion of the season due to national team commitments with the West Indies.[6]
• England marquee Lauren Winfield was signed as a replacement player—initially for 10 games but this tenure was extended due to a knee injury to Taylor.[6][7] Winfield, however, would be unavailable for finals due to national team commitments, prompting calls from recently appointed CA Board member Mel Jones for greater cooperation between nations and better planning on scheduling.[7][8]

The table below lists the Strikers players and their key stats (including runs scored, batting strike rate, wickets taken, economy rate, catches and stumpings) for the season.[9][10][11]

No.	Name	Nat.	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	G	R	SR	W	E	C	S	Notes
Batters
11	Suzie Bates		16 September 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	16	325	99.38	7	7.60	7	–	Captain, overseas marquee
2	Katie Mack		14 September 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	16	56	91.80	–	–	5	–
5	Annie O'Neil		18 February 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	3	–	–	–	–	1	–
21	Bridget Patterson		4 December 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	16	319	117.71	–	–	10	–
13	Tabatha Saville		13 April 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
58	Lauren Winfield		16 August 1990	Right-handed	–	12	105	93.75	–	–	4	–	Overseas marquee (replacement)
All-rounders
77	Sophie Devine		1 September 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	16	769	130.33	19	6.77	10	–	Overseas marquee
9	Tahlia McGrath		10 November 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	16	327	106.86	14	6.66	2	–
28	Stafanie Taylor		11 June 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	2	33	106.45	3	7.14	1	–	Overseas marquee
Wicket-keepers
7	Tegan McPharlin		7 August 1988	Right-handed	–	16	38	100.00	–	–	4	5
Bowlers
20	Darcie Brown		7 March 2003	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
15	Sarah Coyte		30 March 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	16	26	173.33	19	6.94	4	–
3	Ellie Falconer		3 August 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
12	Alex Price		5 November 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	15	–	–	0	8.85	3	–
27	Megan Schutt		15 January 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	16	–	–	15	5.60	4	–	Australian marquee
10	Amanda-Jade Wellington		29 May 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	16	104	157.57	16	7.01	5	–	Australian marquee

•   The four top ranked teams qualified for the semi-finals

All times are local time

• Most runs: Sophie Devine – 769 (1st in the league)[19]
• Highest score in an innings: Sophie Devine – 88 (56) vs Sydney Thunder, 24 November[20]
• Most wickets: Sarah Coyte, Sophie Devine – 19 each (equal 4th in the league)[21]
• Best bowling figures in an innings: Sarah Coyte – 3/9 (4 overs) vs Sydney Sixers, 30 November[22]
• Most catches (fielder): Sophie Devine, Bridget Patterson – 10 each (equal 1st in the league)[23]
• Player of the Match awards:
  • Sophie Devine – 6
  • Sarah Coyte – 2
  • Suzie Bates, Tahlia McGrath, Bridget Patterson – 1 each
• Strikers Most Valuable Player: Sophie Devine[24]
• WBBL|05 Player of the Tournament: Sophie Devine (winner)[25]
• WBBL|05 Team of the Tournament: Sophie Devine, Megan Schutt[26]