| Club: | Sydney Thunder |
| Season: | 2021–22 |
| Captain: | Rachael Haynes, Hannah Darlington |
| Coach: | Trevor Griffin |
| Home Ground: | N/A |
| Preseason Comp: | League |
| Preseason Result: | WBBL |
| Regularseason Result: | 4–8 (7th) |
| Finals Series: | Finals |
| Finals Result: | Did not qualify |
| Player Of The Season: | Smriti Mandhana |
| Leading Runscorer: | Smriti Mandhana – 377 |
| Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
| Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
The 2021–22 Sydney Thunder Women's season was the seventh in the team's history. Coached by Trevor Griffin, the Thunder entered WBBL07 as the defending champions but ended the regular season in seventh place on the ladder, recording their worst finishing position across the league's first seven editions. Due to ongoing border restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were not scheduled to play any games in their home state of New South Wales for the season.[1] After captain Rachael Haynes announced she would be unlikely to participate in the season due to family reasons, Hannah Darlington was appointed to stand in as Haynes' replacement.[2]
Each 2021–22 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 were defined as any overseas player, or a local player who holds a Cricket Australia national contract at the start of the WBBL|07 signing period.[3]
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.[6] [7]
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | |||||||||||||
| 29 | Corinne Hall | 12 October 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 10 | 90 | 83.33 | – | – | 1 | – | ||
| 15 | Rachael Haynes | 26 December 1986 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Captain, Australian marquee | |
| 4 | Anika Learoyd | 14 April 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 11 | 92 | 78.63 | 0 | 15.50 | 1 | – | ||
| 36 | Phoebe Litchfield | 18 April 2003 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 13 | 263 | 109.12 | – | – | 9 | – | ||
| 81 | Smriti Mandhana |  | 18 July 1996 | Left-handed | Right-arm off spin | 13 | 377 | 130.44 | – | – | 4 | – | Overseas marquee |
| All-rounders | |||||||||||||
| 58 | Sammy-Jo Johnson |  | 5 November 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 11 | 146 | 125.86 | 10 | 7.66 | 1 | – | |
| 33 | Kate Peterson | | 3 December 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 10.33 | 3 | – | |
| 14 | Olivia Porter | 14 November 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 24 | Deepti Sharma | | 24 August 1997 | Left-handed | Right-arm off spin | 13 | 211 | 106.56 | 13 | 7.15 | 8 | – | Overseas marquee |
| Wicket-keepers | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Emily Smith | | 19 January 1995 | Right-handed | – | 1 | 5 | 125.00 | – | – | 0 | 2 | Injury replacement |
| 21 | Tahlia Wilson | | 21 October 1999 | Right-handed | – | 12 | 178 | 81.65 | – | – | 3 | 2 | |
| Bowlers | |||||||||||||
| 34 | Samantha Bates | | 17 August 1992 | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 13 | 2 | 66.66 | 12 | 5.76 | 2 | – | |
| 25 | Hannah Darlington | | 25 January 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 13 | 60 | 105.26 | 16 | 6.38 | 4 | – | Acting captain |
| 12 | Jessica Davidson | | 3 May 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2 | Lauren Smith | | 6 October 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 13 | 41 | 105.12 | 4 | 8.66 | 3 | – | |
| 8 | Issy Wong | 15 May 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 13 | 56 | 155.55 | 9 | 7.27 | 2 | – | Overseas marquee | |
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