2020–21 Hobart Hurricanes WBBL season

Each 2020–21 squad was made up of 15 active players. Teams could sign up to five 'marquee players', with a maximum of three of those from overseas. Marquees are classed as any overseas player, or a local player who holds a Cricket Australia national contract at the start of the WBBL|06 signing period.[2]

Personnel changes made ahead of the season included:

• New Zealand marquee Rachel Priest signed with the Hurricanes—her third WBBL team, having previously played for the Sydney Thunder and the Melbourne Renegades.[3]
• Erin Fazackerley departed the Hurricanes, signing with the Melbourne Renegades.[4]
• England marquee Heather Knight departed the Hurricanes, signing with the Sydney Thunder.[5]
• Naomi Stalenberg signed with the Hurricanes, departing the Sydney Thunder.[6]
• New Zealand's Hayley Jensen was added to the Hurricanes squad as a marquee replacement player after Tayla Vlaeminck was ruled out of the season through injury. However, Jensen would still only be eligible to play in the place of a fellow overseas marquee player, if or when required.[6][7]
• Erica Kershaw signed with the Hurricanes, departing the Melbourne Renegades.[6]
• Chloe Rafferty signed with the Hurricanes, having played with the Melbourne Stars in WBBL|05 as an injury replacement.[6][8]

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

No.	Name	Nat.	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	G	R	SR	W	E	C	S	Notes
Batters
27	Corinne Hall		12 October 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	13	79	101.28	–	–	1	–	Captain
15	Erica Kershaw		23 December 1991	Left-handed	Right-arm leg spin	8	26	50.98	–	–	1	–
10	Naomi Stalenberg		18 April 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	13	162	92.57	–	–	4	–
74	Emma Thompson		12 February 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	6	61	101.66	–	–	0	–
25	Chloe Tryon		25 January 1994	Right-handed	Left-arm orthodox	13	164	107.89	2	7.20	2	–	Overseas marquee
All-rounders
	Chloe Abel			Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Injury replacement
16	Nicola Carey		10 September 1993	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	13	158	79.39	11	6.92	7	–	Australian marquee
50	Hayley Matthews		19 March 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	11	128	91.42	12	6.03	1	–	Overseas marquee
99	Sasha Moloney		14 July 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	12	94	87.03	3	6.59	1	–
Wicket-keepers
3	Rachel Priest		13 June 1985	Right-handed	–	13	354	118.00	–	–	4	3	Overseas marquee
33	Emily Smith		19 January 1995	Right-handed	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Injury replacement
Bowlers
	Nell Bryson-Smith				Left-arm orthodox	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Injury replacement
13	Maisy Gibson		14 September 1996	Left-handed	Right-arm leg spin	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Unavailable for the season (injury)
12	Brooke Hepburn		4 October 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	11	5	27.77	4	8.16	1	–
87	Hayley Jensen		7 October 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2	8	53.33	0	7.42	0	–	Overseas marquee (replacement)
7	Chloe Rafferty		16 June 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	3	0	–	1	6.50	0	–
14	Amy Smith		16 November 2004	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	13	31	59.61	8	7.38	1	–
47	Belinda Vakarewa		22 January 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	12	7	70.00	8	6.12	4	–
30	Tayla Vlaeminck		27 October 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Unavailable for the season (injury)

•   The top 4 teams advance to the knockout phase

All times are local times

• Most runs: Rachel Priest – 354 (10th in the league)[13]
• Highest score in an innings: Rachel Priest – 92* (63) vs Sydney Sixers, 14 November[14]
• Most wickets: Hayley Matthews – 12 (equal 15th in the league)[15]
• Best bowling figures in an innings: Nicola Carey – 3/14 (3.5 overs) vs Melbourne Renegades, 3 November[16]
• Most catches: Nicola Carey – 7 (equal 6th in the league)[17]
• Player of the Match awards:
  • Nicola Carey, Hayley Matthews, Rachel Priest – 1 each
• WBBL|06 Young Gun: Amy Smith (week 3 nominee)[18]
• Hurricanes Most Valuable Player: Rachel Priest[19]