2023–24 Sydney Sixers WBBL season
The 2023–24 Sydney Sixers Women's season is the ninth in the team's history. Coached by Charlotte Edwards and captained by Ellyse Perry.[1][2][3][4][5][6] the Sixers finished the regular season of WBBL|08 in first position and set a new league record with eleven wins. They consequently qualified for their fifth Final appearance, returning to the knockout phase of the tournament for the first time since WBBL|04. In the championship decider, held at North Sydney Oval, the Sixers were defeated in an upset by the Adelaide Strikers. [7]
2023 season | |||
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Coach | Charlotte Edwards | ||
Captain(s) | Ellyse Perry | ||
Home ground | North Sydney Oval | ||
League | WBBL | ||
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Squad
Nicole Bolton (retired), Ange Reakes (retired), Sophie Ecclestone (injury), Stella Campbell (Scorchers) and Angela Genford from last year's squad miss out this year's squad.[8] The 2023–24 season saw a players draft being held for the first time for Women's Big Bash League on 3 September 2023 for overseas players. Each club was able to sign up to three overseas players (not including replacement players).
- Sydney Sixers picked Kiwi pacer Jess Kerr and South African all-rounder Chloe Tryon through draft while New Zealand's star all-rounder Suzie Bates was signed by direct nomination, skipping the draft.[9][10]
- Linsey Smith of England was picked as replacement player for Sophie Ecclestone.
- Mathilda Carmichael, Gabby Sutcliffe and Kate Pelle are the new domestic players who signed with Sixers.[11]
No. | Name | Nat. | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | G | R | SR | W | E | C | S | Notes |
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Batters | |||||||||||||
4 | Mathilda Carmichael | 4 April 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||
All-rounders | |||||||||||||
11 | Suzie Bates | 16 September 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas | ||||||||
29 | Erin Burns | 22 June 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | |||||||||
6 | Ashleigh Gardner | 15 April 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | Australian marquee | ||||||||
8 | Ellyse Perry | 3 November 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Captain, Australian marquee | ||||||||
30 | Chloe Tryon | 25 January 1994 | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Overseas | ||||||||
Wicket-keepers | |||||||||||||
77 | Alyssa Healy | 24 March 1990 | Right-handed | – | Australian marquee | ||||||||
10 | Kate Pelle | 17 January 2006 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||
Bowlers | |||||||||||||
9 | Jade Allen | 13 November 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | |||||||||
88 | Maitlan Brown | 5 June 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | |||||||||
33 | Jess Kerr | 18 January 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas | ||||||||
5 | Lauren Cheatle | 6 November 1998 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast medium | |||||||||
50 | Linsey Smith | 10 March 1995 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Overseas | ||||||||
16 | Gabrielle Sutcliffe | 11 April 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||||||||
22 | Emma Hughes | 13 November 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |||||||||
35 | Kate Peterson | 3 December 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | |||||||||
Reference: [12][13][14] |
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