2023–24 Sydney Sixers WBBL season
| 2023 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Coach | Charlotte Edwards | ||
| Captain(s) | Ellyse Perry | ||
| Home ground | North Sydney Oval | ||
| League | WBBL | ||
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The 2023–24 Sydney Sixers Women's season is the ninth in the team's history. Coached by Charlotte Edwards and captained by Ellyse Perry.[1][2][3][4][5][6] the Sixers finished the regular season of WBBL|08 in first position and set a new league record with eleven wins. They consequently qualified for their fifth Final appearance, returning to the knockout phase of the tournament for the first time since WBBL|04. In the championship decider, held at North Sydney Oval, the Sixers were defeated in an upset by the Adelaide Strikers. [7]
Squad[edit]
Nicole Bolton (retired), Ange Reakes (retired), Sophie Ecclestone (injury), Stella Campbell (Scorchers) and Angela Genford from last year's squad miss out this year's squad.[8] The 2023–24 season saw a players draft being held for the first time for Women's Big Bash League on 3 September 2023 for overseas players. Each club was able to sign up to three overseas players (not including replacement players).
- Sydney Sixers picked Kiwi pacer Jess Kerr and South African all-rounder Chloe Tryon through draft while New Zealand's star all-rounder Suzie Bates was signed by direct nomination, skipping the draft.[9][10]
- Linsey Smith of England was picked as replacement player for Sophie Ecclestone.
- Mathilda Carmichael, Gabby Sutcliffe and Kate Pelle are the new domestic players who signed with Sixers.[11]
| No. | Name | Nat. | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | G | R | SR | W | E | C | S | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Mathilda Carmichael | 
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4 April 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||
| All-rounders | |||||||||||||
| 11 | Suzie Bates | 
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16 September 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas | |||||||
| 29 | Erin Burns |
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22 June 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | ||||||||
| 6 | Ashleigh Gardner |
|
15 April 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | Australian marquee | |||||||
| 8 | Ellyse Perry |
|
3 November 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Captain, Australian marquee | |||||||
| 30 | Chloe Tryon | 
|
25 January 1994 | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Overseas | |||||||
| Wicket-keepers | |||||||||||||
| 77 | Alyssa Healy |
|
24 March 1990 | Right-handed | – | Australian marquee | |||||||
| 10 | Kate Pelle |
|
17 January 2006 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||
| Bowlers | |||||||||||||
| 9 | Jade Allen |
|
13 November 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | ||||||||
| 88 | Maitlan Brown |
|
5 June 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | ||||||||
| 33 | Jess Kerr |
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18 January 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas | |||||||
| 5 | Lauren Cheatle |
|
6 November 1998 | Left-handed | Left-arm fast medium | ||||||||
| 50 | Linsey Smith | 
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10 March 1995 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Overseas | |||||||
| 16 | Gabrielle Sutcliffe |
|
11 April 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||||||||
| 22 | Emma Hughes |
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13 November 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||||||||
| 35 | Kate Peterson |
|
3 December 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | ||||||||
| Reference: [12][13][14] | |||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Sixers blockbuster Weber WBBL 09 fixture confirmed". The Sydney 6Sixers. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Sixers to kick off Weber WBBL 09 summer". The Sydney 6Sixers. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Perry back for two more seasons Pez re-signs wbbl 09 wbbl 10". The Sydney 6Sixers. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Bates locked in for Weber WBBL 09". The Sydney 6Sixers. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Teen Allen spins again for Sixers". The Sydney 6Sixers. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Sixers to don game-changing Nike kits as countdown to season opener begins". The Sydney 6Sixers. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ Warren, Adrian (26 November 2022). "Strikers stun Sixers to lift WBBL trophy". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "Lock it in: All the squads for WBBL|09 | cricket.com.au". www.cricket.com.au. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ "Lock it in: All the squads for WBBL|09 | cricket.com.au". www.cricket.com.au. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ "WBBL Draft recap: Kapp goes first in inaugural draft | cricket.com.au". www.cricket.com.au. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ "Lock it in: All the squads for WBBL|09 | cricket.com.au". www.cricket.com.au. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ "Official Sydney Sixers Home | Sydney Sixers - BBL". www.sydneysixers.com.au. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ "Sydney Sixers Women - WBBL, 2023 Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ "WBBL preview: Sixers seeking to 'go one better' | cricket.com.au". www.cricket.com.au. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
