| Club: | Melbourne Renegades |
| Finals Series: | Finals |
| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Player Of The Season: | Courtney Webb |
| Leading Wicket Taker: | Leeson, Molineux – 11 |
| Leading Runscorer: | Lizelle Lee – 261 |
| Regularseason Result: | 4–8 (7th) |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Regularseason Comp: | Record |
| Preseason Result: | WBBL |
| Preseason Comp: | League |
| Captain: | Amy Satterthwaite |
| Coach: | Lachlan Stevens |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
The 2020–21 Melbourne Renegades Women's season was the sixth in the team's history. Coached by Lachlan Stevens and captained by Amy Satterthwaite, the Renegades played the entirety of WBBL06 in a bio-secure Sydney hub due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Suffering from a slew of fitness concerns throughout the tournament, it was the team's first campaign in which their performance on the points table did not improve from the previous year. The Renegades consequently finished the regular season in seventh place and failed to qualify for the finals.
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:
Changes made during the season included:
The table below lists the Renegades players and their key stats (including runs scored, batting strike rate, wickets taken, economy rate, catches and stumpings) for the season.[24] [25]
| Name | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | |||||||||||||
| 16 | Rebecca Carter |  | 16 July 1996 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 1 | 2 | 25.00 | – | – | 0 | – | Replacement player |
| 27 | Jess Duffin | 27 June 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Unavailable for the season | |
| 33 | Erin Fazackerley | | 3 July 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 6 | 5 | 27.77 | – | – | 1 | – | |
| 17 | Amy Satterthwaite | 7 October 1986 | Left-handed | Right-arm off spin | 13 | 204 | 78.16 | 1 | 11.00 | 5 | – | Captain, overseas marquee | |
| 11 | Courtney Webb | | 30 November 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 13 | 246 | 112.32 | 1 | 8.33 | 2 | – | |
| All-rounders | |||||||||||||
| 25 | Makinley Blows | | 12 December 1997 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 10 | 12 | 63.15 | 4 | 8.00 | 0 | – | |
| 23 | Sophie Molineux | | 17 January 1998 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 12 | 221 | 93.24 | 11 | 7.00 | 3 | – | Australian marquee |
| 32 | Georgia Wareham | | 26 May 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 6 | 139 | 146.31 | 3 | 7.60 | 2 | – | Australian marquee |
| 88 | Amy Yates | | 30 September 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 6 | 21 | 95.45 | – | – | 0 | – | Replacement player |
| Wicket-keepers | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Josie Dooley | | 21 January 2000 | Right-handed | – | 12 | 138 | 95.83 | – | – | 4 | 5 | |
| 67 | Lizelle Lee | 2 April 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 13 | 261 | 121.96 | – | – | 0 | 0 | Overseas marquee | |
| Bowlers | |||||||||||||
| 77 | Maitlan Brown | | 5 June 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 4 | 8 | 57.14 | 0 | 4.90 | 1 | – | |
| 12 | Ella Hayward | | 8 September 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 8 | 12 | 70.58 | 5 | 7.29 | 0 | – | |
| 74 | Carly Leeson | | 9 November 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 13 | 78 | 114.70 | 11 | 7.00 | 5 | – | |
| 7 | Rosemary Mair |  | 7 November 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 5 | 5 | 33.33 | 5 | 6.50 | 0 | – | Overseas marquee (replacement) |
| 8 | Courtney Neale | | 4 July 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 3 | – | – | 1 | 10.66 | 0 | – | |
| 5 | Molly Strano | | 5 October 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 13 | 24 | 77.41 | 8 | 7.30 | 6 | – | |
| 6 | Lea Tahuhu | | 23 September 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 5 | 9 | 100.00 | 4 | 6.82 | 1 | – | Overseas marquee |
All times are local time----------------------------------------------------In front of a sold out reduced-capacity home crowd,[26] the Sydney Sixers put on a 104-run opening partnership which came to an end during the 13th over when Alyssa Healy was stumped by Josie Dooley off the bowling of Molly Strano for 63. Two balls later, Ellyse Perry was dismissed for 37 by a spectacular diving catch from Courtney Webb, lauded as a contender for the best of the season.[27] [28] Marizanne Kapp (22 not out from 17 balls) and Erin Burns (19 off 11) helped the Sixers finish their innings with a total of 4/166.
On the first ball of the run chase, Lizelle Lee was dropped at backward point off the bowling of Perry. At just 3/70 in the 11th over, Webb joined Lee in the middle for the Melbourne Renegades to form a rapid 73-run stand from 33 deliveries. Sixers veteran Sarah Aley eventually broke through in the 16th over, removing Lee for 79 via a Burns catch in the outfield. Requiring 24 runs from the remaining 26 balls, Webb (46 not out off 28) saw the Renegades across the line with six wickets in hand inside the last over, mirroring her finishing heroics of a similarly tight encounter between the two teams in WBBL05.[29] The loss dramatically decreased the Sixers' chances of qualifying for finals heading into the final day of the regular season.[30]
The match was also shrouded in controversy, and the outcome potentially affected, due to an "administration error" self-reported by the Sixers before the commencement of the second innings. Hayley Silver-Holmes, who had missed several previous games due to injury, was named in the team line-up despite not having yet been granted approval by the W/BBL Technical Committee to be added back into the official squad. Upon discovering the mistake, the Sixers ensured Silver-Holmes took no active part in the game and Maddy Darke replaced her as a substitute fielder, leaving them a bowler short in what was essentially a must-win game. Cricket Australia (CA) fined the Sixers $25,000 ($15,000 suspended for twelve months) with CA's Head of Integrity and Security stating that the breach, "while serious in nature," had a "reduced impact due to the Club's actions" during the game.[31] [32] [33] ----
Courtney Webb (week 4 nominee)[39]