2024–25 Hobart Hurricanes WBBL season explained

The 2024–25 Hobart Hurricanes Women's season 10th season of the Women's Big Bash League. Coached by Jude Coleman and captained by Elyse Villani.^{[1] [2]} They finished at the 6th place in the previous season's League stage.

The Hurricanes finished the regular season of WBBL|10 in fourth place and qualified for the finals. They were eliminated from the knockout phase of the tournament, losing to the Sydney Thunder in the Eliminator.

Squads

Personnel changes made ahead of the season included:

Lauren Smith signed with the Hurricanes, having previously played for the Sydney Thunder.

Callie Wilson and Zoe Cooke both signed with the Hurricanes.

The Hurricanes picked up Danni Wyatt-Hodge and Chloe Tryon in the overseas player draft. Tyron previously played with the Hurricanes in WBBL|5 and in WBBL|6.

Overseas players Shabnim Ismail and Bryony Smith were not retained in the draft by the Hurricanes.

Maisy Gibson departed the Hurricanes, signing with the Melbourne Stars.

Naomi Stalenberg departed the Hurricanes, signing with the Melbourne Renegades.

The Hurricanes signed two overseas replacement players who were Suzie Bates and Rosemary Mair.

Jude Coleman was appointed head coach, replacing Dan Marsh.

The table below lists the Hurricanes players and their key stats (including runs scored, batting strike rate, wickets taken, economy rate, catches and stumpings) for the season.

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

	Name		Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	G	R	SR	W style="background:#69359c; color:#e6e6fa;"	W	E style="background:#69359c; color:#e6e6fa;"	E	C style="background:#69359c; color:#e6e6fa;"	C	S style="background:#69359c; color:#e6e6fa;"	S	Notes
Batters
51	Tabatha Saville		13 April 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	7	76	104.10	-	-	1	-
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	11	292	110.60	-	-	2	-	Captain
22	Danni Wyatt-Hodge		22 April 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	7	125	128.86	-	-	1	-	Overseas Player
All-rounders
9	Suzie Bates		16 September 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	4	49	98.00	-	-	2	-	Overseas Replacement Player
73	Kathryn Bryce		17 November 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	10	84	133.33	5	7.91	6	-	Overseas ICC Associate Player
16	Nicola Carey		10 September 1993	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	11	228	115.73	12	8.24	3	-
11	Heather Graham		10 May 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	11	104	99.04	13	8.00	2	-	Australian Contracted
28	Ruth Johnston		28 February 2003	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	1	5	83.33	-	-	1	-
25	Chloe Tryon		25 January 1994	Right-handed	Left-arm off spin	9	83	110.66	4	7.41	8	-	Overseas Player
Wicket-keeper
67	Lizelle Lee		2 April 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	11	399	155.85	-	-	-	2	Overseas Player
Pace Bowlers
15	Zoe Cooke		17 September 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	1	2	50.00	1	7.50	-	-
4	Hayley Silver-Holmes		18 August 2003	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Injured, Out for the Season
7	Rosemary Mair		7 November 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	2	-	-	-	7.25	-	-	Overseas Replacement Player
5	Callie Wilson			Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	6	-	-	-	7.62	2	-
Spin Bowlers
14	Amy Smith		16 November 2004	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	8	8	80.00	9	5.24	4	-
6	Lauren Smith		6 October 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	11	50	119.04	8	6.64	2	-
26	Molly Strano		5 October 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	11	15	78.94	9	7.25	5	-

Notes and References

1. Web site: T20 World Cup puts squeeze on WBBL overseas stars. ESPNcricinfo. 9 July 2024.
2. Web site: WBBL's prime time boost for milestone 10th season. cricket.com.au. 9 July 2024.