| Club: | Sydney Thunder |
| Finals Series: | Finals |
| Prevseason: | 2018–19 |
| Player Of The Season: | Hannah Darlington |
| Leading Runscorer: | Alex Blackwell – 317 |
| Regularseason Result: | 5–8 (6th) |
| Season: | 2019–20 |
| Regularseason Comp: | Record |
| Preseason Result: | WBBL |
| Preseason Comp: | League |
| Home Ground: | Drummoyne Oval |
| Captain: | Rachael Haynes |
| Coach: | Trevor Griffin |
| Nextseason: | 2020–21 |
The 2019–20 Sydney Thunder Women's season was the fifth in the team's history. Coached by Trevor Griffin and captained by Rachael Haynes, Sydney placed sixth in WBBL05 and failed to qualify for finals. Ending with the retirement of veterans Alex Blackwell and Rene Farrell,[1] [2] the season marked a changing of the guard for the Thunder through the unearthing of acclaimed young talent such as Hannah Darlington and Phoebe Litchfield.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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.[9]
Personnel changes made ahead of the season included:
Changes made during the season included:
The table below lists the Thunder players and their key stats (including runs scored, batting strike rate, wickets taken, economy rate, catches and stumpings) for the season.[21] [22] [23] [24]
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | |||||||||||||
| Samantha Arnold | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Local replacement player | |||
| 2 | Alex Blackwell | 31 August 1983 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 13 | 317 | 108.56 | – | – | 2 | – | ||
| 15 | Rachael Haynes | 26 December 1986 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | 12 | 166 | 85.56 | – | – | 2 | – | Captain, Australian marquee | |
| 36 | Phoebe Litchfield | 18 April 2003 | Left-handed | – | 11 | 187 | 96.89 | – | – | 3 | – | ||
| 10 | Naomi Stalenberg | 18 April 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 10 | 200 | 111.11 | – | – | 4 | – | ||
| All-rounders | |||||||||||||
| 23 | Saskia Horley |  | 23 February 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 4 | 27 | 108.00 | 0 | 10.00 | 0 | – | |
| 33 | Kate Peterson | | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 14 | Olivia Porter | 14 November 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Local replacement player | |
| 8 | Rachel Trenaman | | 18 April 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 2 | 21 | 190.90 | 0 | 13.33 | 0 | – | |
| Wicket-keepers | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Rachel Priest |  | 13 July 1985 | Right-handed | – | 13 | 296 | 124.36 | – | – | 5 | 8 | Overseas marquee |
| 21 | Tahlia Wilson | | 21 October 1999 | Right-handed | – | 5 | 94 | 87.03 | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Bowlers | |||||||||||||
| 34 | Samantha Bates | | 7 August 1992 | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 13 | 5 | 71.42 | 15 | 7.05 | 4 | – | |
| 4 | Nida Dar |  | 2 January 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 11 | 99 | 89.18 | 13 | 6.87 | 2 | – | Overseas marquee |
| 25 | Hannah Darlington | | 25 January 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 13 | 81 | 105.19 | 16 | 6.82 | 3 | – | |
| 88 | Rene Farrell | 13 January 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 12 | 77 | 126.22 | 11 | 7.27 | 2 | – | ||
| 54 | Lisa Griffith | | 28 August 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 11 | 36 | 102.85 | 2 | 9.26 | 2 | – | |
| 89 | Shabnim Ismail | 5 October 1988 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast | 13 | 4 | 44.44 | 10 | 5.88 | 5 | – | Overseas marquee | |
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