Hobart Hurricanes (WBBL) explained

The Hobart Hurricanes (WBBL) are a women's Twenty20 cricket team based in Bellerive, Tasmania. They compete in the Women's Big Bash League.

History

Formation

One of eight founding WBBL teams, the Hobart Hurricanes are aligned with the men's team of the same name.^[1] At the official WBBL launch on 10 July 2015, Julie Hunter was unveiled as the team's first-ever player signing.^{[2] [3]} Julia Price was appointed as the Hurricanes' inaugural coach, while Heather Knight became the inaugural captain.^{[4] [5]}

The Hurricanes played their first match on 11 December against the Melbourne Renegades at Aurora Stadium, winning by 35 runs.^[6]

Rivalries

Melbourne Stars

The Hurricanes and Melbourne Stars have combined to produce an inordinate amount of matches with close finishes, including:

• 16 January 2016, Blacktown ISP Oval: On a crumbling pitch, criticised earlier in the Australian summer for its sub-standard preparation,^[7] the Stars crawled to a first innings total of 7/96 before fighting back to have the Hurricanes at 4/49 in the twelfth over of the run chase. An unbroken stand of 48 runs from the next 51 balls between Corinne Hall and Amy Satterthwaite steered Hobart out of trouble, with Hall scoring a single on the final delivery to secure victory for the 'Canes.^[8]
• 20 January 2017, Blundstone Arena: In a rain-affected encounter, Hobart posted a first innings total of 3/115 off 14 overs. Chasing a revised target of 98 from twelve overs, Melbourne lost 4/7 late in the match (including the wicket of Emma Inglis for 51 off 31) to leave a required twelve runs from the last two balls for victory. Jess Cameron proceeded to hit a six off the penultimate legal delivery before Hurricanes off-spinner Amy Satterthwaite bowled a front-foot no-ball while also conceding a four on what would have otherwise been the final ball of the innings. With Satterthwaite having to bowl the final delivery again, Cameron scored the remaining single needed to pull off an unlikely six-wicket win for the Stars.^[9]
• 21 January 2017, Blundstone Arena: The following morning, on the last day of the WBBL|02 regular season, the Stars and Hurricanes met again—this time in what was effectively a quarter-final knockout match with the winner progressing to the semi-finals and the loser being eliminated from the tournament.^[10] Meg Lanning made 81 runs for the Stars in the first innings, earning Player of the Match honours, but was dismissed in the 19th over by a stunning Julie Hunter catch at square leg.^[11] A spell of 3/11 off four overs by Kristen Beams was not enough to defend the target of 136 as the Hurricanes scored the winning runs (through Corinne Hall again) with four wickets in hand and one ball remaining.^[12]

Sydney Sixers

The Hurricanes and Sydney Sixers have met in two semi-finals:

• 22 January 2016, Melbourne Cricket Ground: In a match initially shortened to 14 overs per side due to rain, the higher-ranked Hurricanes struggled in the first innings, managing a score of just 8/86. Further rain delays meant the Sixers' target was revised to 55 runs from eight overs, under the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method. Sydney cruised to victory with all ten wickets in hand and ten balls remaining. Veteran off-spinner Lisa Sthalekar was named Player of the Match for her bowling figures of 3/9 from three overs.^[13]
• 25 January 2017, The Gabba: Acting captain Alyssa Healy belted 77 runs off 45 balls to help the Sixers to 6/169 in the first innings. In reply, the Hurricanes were skittled for a miserly 66 runs, setting a new WBBL record for lowest all out total. The 103-run margin also set a new WBBL record for the largest victory by a team batting first.^[14]

The Sixers defeated the Hurricanes in their first eleven encounters, setting a WBBL record for the longest head-to-head winning streak. The Hurricanes finally defeated the Sixers on their twelfth attempt:

• 20 November 2019, North Sydney Oval: With captain Ellyse Perry sidelined due to a shoulder injury, the Sixers faltered early to a score of 5/30. A resurgence, led by Marizanne Kapp's unbeaten 55 off 40 balls, helped Sydney to a total of 7/134. Hobart's chase got off to a shaky start as they found themselves down 4/22 after five overs. A healthy partnership between batters Nicola Carey and Corinne Hall came to an end in the 15th over when Hall was spectacularly caught by former Hurricanes player Erin Burns in the outfield.^[15] With 44 runs required from the final 33 deliveries, Carey went on to make 55 not out while a quickfire 29 by Chloe Tryon sealed victory for the Hurricanes with five wickets in hand and ten balls remaining. In addition to snapping their elongated head-to-head losing streak, the win set a new mark for Hobart's highest successful run chase.^[16] Belinda Vakarewa, who sliced through the Sixers' top-order, was named Player of the Match for her bowling figures of 4/19.^[17]

Captaincy records

There have been six captains in the Hurricanes' history, including matches featuring an acting captain.

Captain	Span		Won	Lost
Heather Knight	2015–2017	30	15	15	0	50.00
Corinne Hall	2017–2020	35	7	27	1	20.59
Isobel Joyce	2018	5	2	3	0	40.00
Sasha Moloney	2018–2019	14	2	12	0	14.29
Rachel Priest	2021	14	5	8	1	38.46
Elyse Villani	2022-Present	39	18	19	2	46.15

Source:^[18]

Season summaries

Season			Finals	Coach	Captain	Most Runs	Most Wickets		Sources
2015–16WBBL	01	8–6	2nd	SF	Julia Price	Heather Knight	Heather Knight – 363	Veronica Pyke – 22	Heather Knight	[19] [20] [21]
2016–17WBBL	02	7-7	4th	SF	Julia Price	Heather Knight	Heather Knight – 334	Hayley Matthews – 20	Amy Satterthwaite	[22] [23] [24]
2017–18WBBL	03	2–12	8th	DNQ	Julia Price		Hayley Matthews, Georgia Redmayne - 297	Nicola Hancock – 11	Hayley Matthews	[25] [26] [27]
2018–19WBBL	04		8th	DNQ			Heather Knight – 374	Brooke Hepburn – 15	Heather Knight	[28] [29] [30]
2019-20 WBBL	05	4–9	7th	DNQ	Salliann Beams	Corinne Hall	Heather Knight – 282		Belinda Vakarewa	[31] [32] [33]
2020–21WBBL	06	3–9	8th	DNQ	Salliann Beams	Corinne Hall	Rachel Priest – 354		Rachel Priest	[34] [35] [36]
2021–22 WBBL	07	5–8	6th	DNQ	Salliann Beams	Rachel Priest	Mignon du Preez – 414	Molly Strano – 15	Tayla Vlaeminck	[37] [38] [39]
2022–23 WBBL	08	7–6	4th	EF	Dan Marsh	Elyse Villani	Mignon du Preez – 380	Molly Strano – 18		[40] [41]
2023-24WBBL	09	6-7	6th	DNQ	Dan Marsh	Elyse Villani	Lizzelle Lee - 409	Heather Graham - 16	Lizzelle Lee	[42] [43]
2024-25WBBL	10	5-5	4th	EF	Jude Coleman	Elyse Villani	Lizzelle Lee - 399	Heather Graham - 13		[44]

Legend

DNQ	Did not qualify	SF	Semi-finalists		Led the league
EF	Lost the Eliminator	RU	Runners-up	^	League record
CF	Lost the Challenger	C	Champions

Home grounds

Venue	Games hosted by season
01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	Total
Bellerive Oval	2	5	5	3	2	N/A	3	3	4	4	31
Invermay Park	–	–	–	–	1		1	–	–	–	2
Kingston Twin Ovals	2	–	–	–	–		–	–	–	–	2
Latrobe Recreation Ground	–	–	–	–	–		–	3	–	–	3
West Park Oval	–	–	–	2	2		–	–	–	–	4
York Park	4	1	2	2	–		4	–	2	–	15

Current squad

^[45]

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

	Name		Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
51	Tabatha Saville		13 April 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
10	Rachel Trenaman		18 April 2001	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	Injured, Out for the Season
2	Elyse Villani		6 October 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Captain
22	Danni Wyatt-Hodge		22 April 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	Overseas Player
All-rounders
9	Suzie Bates		16 September 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas Replacement Player
73	Kathryn Bryce		17 November 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas ICC Associate Player
16	Nicola Carey		10 September 1993	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
11	Heather Graham		10 May 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Australian Contracted
28	Ruth Johnston		28 February 2003	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin
25	Chloe Tryon		25 January 1994	Right-handed	Left-arm off spin	Overseas Player
Wicket-keeper
67	Lizelle Lee		2 April 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas Player
Bowlers
25	Zoe Cooke		17 September 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast
4	Hayley Silver-Holmes		18 August 2003	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	Injured, Out for the Season
14	Amy Smith		16 November 2004	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin
7	Rosemary Mair		7 November 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	Overseas Replacement Player
6	Lauren Smith		6 October 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin
26	Molly Strano		5 October 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin
5	Callie Wilson			Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast

Players

Australian representatives

The following is a list of cricketers who have played for the Hurricanes after making their debut in the national women's team (the period they spent as both a Hurricanes squad member and an Australian-capped player is in brackets):

Overseas marquees

WBBL|01

• Heather Knight
  • Hayley Matthews Amy Satterthwaite

WBBL|02

• Isobel Joyce
• Heather Knight
  • Hayley Matthews Amy Satterthwaite

WBBL|03

• Isobel Joyce
  • Hayley Matthews Veda Krishnamurthy
• Lauren Winfield

WBBL|04

• Alex Hartley
• Heather Knight
• Smriti Mandhana
• Hayley Matthews

WBBL|05

• Heather Knight
• Hayley Matthews
• Fran Wilson

WBBL|06

• Hayley Jensen
• Hayley Matthews
• Rachel Priest

WBBL|07

• Mignon du Preez
  • Richa Ghosh Rachel Priest

WBBL|08

• Mignon du Preez
• Hayley Jensen

WBBL|09

• Shabnim Ismail
• Lizelle Lee
• Bryony Smith

WBBL|10

• Suzie Bates
• Lizelle Lee
• Rosemary Mair
• Chloe Tryon
• Danni Wyatt-Hodge

Associate rookies

• Kim Garth (WBBL01)
• Gaby Lewis (WBBL02)
• Sarah Bryce (WBBL03)
• Kathryn Bryce (WBBL10)

Statistics and awards

Team stats

• Champions: WBBL 0 :T20 Spring Challenge 1 (2024)
• Runners-up: 0
• Minor premiers: 0
• Highest score in an innings: 3/212 (20 overs) vs Melbourne Renegades, 23 November 2023
• Highest successful chase: 3/176 (19.4 overs) vs Brisbane Heat, 2 November 2024
• Lowest successful defence: 7/117 (20 overs) vs Adelaide Strikers, 12 December 2015
• Largest victory:
  • Batting first: 93 runs vs Melbourne Renegades, 23 November 2023
  • Batting second: 56 balls remaining vs Melbourne Renegades, 7 November 2022
• Longest winning streak: 5 matches
• Longest losing streak: 10 matches

Source:^[46]

Individual stats

• Most runs: Heather Knight – 1,353
• Highest score in an innings: Lizelle Lee – 150 (75) vs Perth Scorchers, 10 November 2024
• Highest partnership: Lizelle Lee and Nicola Carey – 133 vs Adelaide Strikers, 13 November 2024
• Most wickets: Nicola Carey – 75
• Best bowling figures in an innings: Amy Satterthwaite – 5/17 (4 overs) vs Sydney Thunder, 16 January 2017
• Hat-tricks taken: Amy Satterthwaite vs Sydney Thunder, 16 January 2017^[47]
• Most catches (fielder): Heather Knight – 28
• Most dismissals (wicket-keeper): Georgia Redmayne – 30 (18 catches, 12 stumpings)

Source:

Individual awards

• Player of the Match:
  • Lizelle Lee - 6
  • Hayley Matthews – 5
  • Nicola Carey, Heather Knight, Amy Satterthwaite – 4 each
  • Mignon du Preez, Rachel Priest, Belinda Vakarewa – 3 each
  • Heather Graham, Corinne Hall – 2 each
  • Kathryn Bryce, Erin Burns, Erin Fazackerley, Maisy Gibson, Brooke Hepburn, Julie Hunter, Ruth Johnston, Heather Graham, Smriti Mandhana, Molly Strano, Elyse Villani, Danni Wyatt-Hodge – 1 each

• WBBL Team of the Tournament:
  • Heather Knight – WBBL01
  • Veronica Pyke – WBBL01
  • Belinda Vakarewa – WBBL05
  • Tayla Vlaeminck – WBBL07
  • Molly Strano – WBBL08
    • Lizelle Lee - WBBL|10 Others Records

Lizelle Lee has multiple WBBL records which she broke in WBBL|10, these are: the highest score in an innings (150* off 75 balls), the most sixes in an innings (12) and is the first and only player to score back to back WBBL centuries (150* & 103).

Sponsors

Year	Kit Manufacturer	Chest Sponsor	Back Sponsor	Breast Sponsor	Sleeve Sponsor
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WBBL|06| Tassal| Tassal| Blundstone|-align=center|WBBL|07| rowspan="4" | Nike| rowspan="2" | Hydro Tasmania| rowspan="2" | Hydro Tasmania| University of Tasmania|-align=center|WBBL|08|rowspan="3" | RedZed|-align=center|WBBL|09	Tasmania	Tasmania
WBBL|10|Shark |} See also Cricket Tasmania Hobart Hurricanes Tasmanian Roar External links ]

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