| Club: | Sydney Sixers |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Coach: | Ben Sawyer |
| Captain: | Ellyse Perry |
| Home Ground: | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| Preseason Comp: | League |
| Preseason Result: | WBBL |
| Regularseason Result: | 10–4 (1st) |
| Finals Series: | Finals |
| Finals Result: | Champions |
| Leading Runscorer: | Ellyse Perry – 552 |
| Leading Wicket Taker: | Sarah Aley – 23 |
| Player Of The Season: | Ellyse Perry |
| Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
| Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
The 2017–18 Sydney Sixers Women's season was the third in the team's history. Coached by Ben Sawyer and captained by Ellyse Perry, the Sixers entered WBBL03 as the defending champions. They finished the regular season on top of the points table for the second season in a row and proceeded to reach a third-consecutive championship decider.
In the final, the Sixers claimed back-to-back titles with a comfortable nine-wicket defeat of the Perth Scorchers at Adelaide Oval, during which Sarah Coyte punctuated an emphatic return to top-level domestic cricket by claiming figures of 4/17 and earning Player of the Match honours.[1] [2]
Each WBBL|03 squad featured 15 active players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas. Australian marquees were defined as players who made at least ten limited-overs appearances for the national team in the three years prior to the cut-off date (24 April 2017).[3] [4]
Personnel changes for the Sixers ahead of the season included:
The backend of the tournament was notable for the comeback of medium-pace bowler Sarah Coyte, who had previously played for the Adelaide Strikers until retiring at the conclusion of WBBL|02.[10] With South African marquee players Marizanne Kapp and Dane van Niekerk unavailable for the climax of the competition, coach Ben Sawyer approached Coyte—who had been playing cricket for her local club Penrith occasionally during the summer—about signing for the Sixers as a replacement player.[11] Upon returning to the league, she delivered "exemplary bowling"[12] performances to claim ten wickets at an average of 8.10 in four matches.[13]
England marquee Amy Jones also signed as a replacement player for the Sixers, having performed a similar role for the team during WBBL|02.[14]
The table below lists the Sixers players and their key stats (including runs scored, batting strike rate, wickets taken, economy rate, catches and stumpings) for the season.
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | |||||||||||||
| 29 | Erin Burns |  | 22 June 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 16 | 285 | 118.25 | 4 | 6.14 | 9 | – | |
| 40 | Amy Jones | 13 June 1993 | Right-handed | – | 4 | 19 | 76.00 | – | – | 0 | – | Marquee replacement | |
| 28 | 28 March 1982 | Right-handed | – | 16 | 145 | 97.97 | – | – | 3 | – | Overseas marquee | ||
| 33 | | 27 December 1990 | Right-handed | 15 | 60 | 120.00 | 0 | 10.00 | 4 | – | |||
| All-rounders | |||||||||||||
| 6 | Ashleigh Gardner | | 15 April 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 14 | 347 | 138.80 | 5 | 6.89 | 4 | – | |
| 4 | Jodie Hicks | | 19 January 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| 13 | Clara Iemma | 31 October 1998 | Left-handed | Right-arm off spin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 9 | Emily Leys | | 18 February 1993 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 8 | Ellyse Perry | | 3 November 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 16 | 552 | 98.57 | 5 | 7.10 | 3 | – | Captain, Australian marquee |
| 20 | Dane van Niekerk | 14 May 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 12 | 145 | 115.07 | 20 | 5.57 | 7 | – | Overseas marquee | |
| Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||
| 77 | Alyssa Healy | 24 March 1990 | Right-handed | – | 16 | 421 | 136.68 | – | – | 8 | 6 | Australian marquee | |
| Bowlers | |||||||||||||
| 3 | | 3 June 1984 | Right-handed | 16 | 29 | 116.00 | 23 | 6.13 | 0 | – | |||
| 5 | Lauren Cheatle | 6 November 1998 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast medium | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 14 | Sarah Coyte | 30 March 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 4 | – | – | 10 | 5.06 | 1 | – | Marquee replacement | |
| 34 | 25 April 1996 | Right-handed | 14 | 3 | 37.50 | 13 | 5.86 | 5 | – | Associate rookie | |||
| 17 | Marizanne Kapp | 4 January 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 12 | 50 | 76.92 | 12 | 4.72 | 3 | – | Overseas marquee | |
| 74 | Carly Leeson | | 9 November 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2 | | 6 October 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 16 | 26 | 123.80 | 7 | 7.76 | 6 | – | ||
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