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2025-26 Women's Big Bash League Betting Preview
The 2025-26 cricket season of the Women's Big Bash League will be the eleventh tournament and will also be known as WBBL11.
There will be plenty of pre-season to get these players ready this season, the T20 Spring Challenge will take place for a second tournament, it was created to fill the absence of high-profile matches in Australia and Hobart Hurricanes were crowned the first-ever champions.
Heading into the new season, the Melbourne Renegades will be the defending champions, having won their first-ever title in 2024. This was a vast improvement on previous seasons, but can they back up that win?
Could they join the list of dual winners of the WBBL which features the Adelaide Strikers, Brisbane Heat, Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder, could one of those four make it a record-breaking third this season?
Remember that throughout the season the OLBG Cricket Tipsters will be making predictions on each and every match, these will include matchwinner and top scorers for both of the participating teams.
Women's Big Bash League Teams
Here are the eight teams heading into the new season of the WBBL, the two Melbourne teams (Renegades & Stars) share their home ground at the CitiPower Centre in St Kilda, Victoria.
| Team | Venue | Coach | Captain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide Strikers | Karen Rolton Oval | TBC | TBC |
| Brisbane Heat | Allan Border Field | TBC | TBC |
| Hobart Hurricanes | Blundstone Arena | TBC | TBC |
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| Team | Venue | Coach | Captain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne Renegades | CitiPower Centre | TBC | TBC |
| Melbourne Stars | CitiPower Centre | TBC | TBC |
| Perth Scorchers | WACA Ground | TBC | TBC |
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| Team | Venue | Coach | Captain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Sixers | North Sydney Oval | TBC | TBC |
| Sydney Thunder | Blacktown ISP Oval | TBC | TBC |
Past Women's Big Bash League Winners
Of the eight Women's Big Bash League teams, six of those have been crowned champions which considering there have only been ten previous seasons shows that this is a competitive tournament.
Four teams have been crowned champions twice, Sydney Sixers, Brisbane Heat & the Adelaide Strikers all winning back-to-back championships whilst the Sydney Thunder are the other dual winners.
The Perth Scorchers (WBBL07) and Melbourne Renegades (WBBL10) are the other teams to have won the championship which leaves just the Hurricanes and Stars as the only two winless teams.
| Season | Champions | Most Runs | Most Wickets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 (WBBL1) | Sydney Thunder | Meg Lanning (560) | Rene Farrell (26) |
| 2016–17 (WBBL2) | Sydney Sixers | Meg Lanning (503) | Sarah Aley (28) |
| 2017–18 (WBBL3) | Sydney Sixers | Ellyse Perry (552) | Katherine Brunt (23) |
| 2018–19 (WBBL4) | Brisbane Heat | Ellyse Perry (778) | Heather Graham (22) |
| 2019–20 (WBBL5) | Brisbane Heat | Sophie Devine (769) | Molly Strano (24) |
| 2020-21 (WBBL6) | Sydney Thunder | Beth Mooney (551) | Sammy-Jo Johnson (22) |
| 2021-22 (WBBL7) | Perth Scorchers | Beth Mooney (547) | Amanda-Jade Wellington (23) |
| 2022-23 (WBBL8) | Adelaide Strikers | Beth Mooney (434) | Megan Schutt (27) |
| 2023-24 (WBBL9) | Adelaide Strikers | Beth Mooney (557) | Sophie Day (27) |
| 2024-25 (WBBL10) | Melbourne Renegades | Ellyse Perry (424) | Alana King (20) Samantha Bates (20) |
WBBL Team Historical Records
The table below shows the record of each team in the WBBL since the tournament creation.
Women's Big Bash League Team Records and Statistics
What is the highest team total in the WBBL?
The highest score in the WBBL came in 2017 when the Sydney Sixers set the Stars 243 to win and things didn't start off great for the Sixers, they lost Healy for just four runs, however, Perry and Gardner put on a 150 partnership, Perry finished the innings 91 not out from 49 balls and Gardner was dismissed for 114 from just 52 balls, a strike rate of over 219%, the team finished the innings with a run rate of 12.10 and figures of 242/4.
The two-hundred run mark has only been breached nine times during the history of this tournament, the closest anyone got to the record was the Heat in 2023 when they scored 229, the Sixers and the Thunder have both hit 200+ twice during their history.
What is the lowest team total in the WBBL?
It was an embarrassing day for the Stars in 2023 when they set the lowest score in the history of this tournament, they were set 178 to win by the Strikers, however, not a single Stars player got into double digits and the team were bowled out for a total of just 29 with Dunkley top scoring with 9!
That is by far the lowest total with the next being 66 which has been achieved twice, in total, eight teams have scored sub-80. Of the bottom twelve lowest scores, the Renegades (x4) appear the most and then the Hurricanes (x3).
What is the largest victory by runs?
There have been three games which have finished with a victory of over 100 runs and top of the pile are the Strikers with their 148-run victory over the Stars in the already mentioned match when the Stars were bowled out for 29.
The other two matches saw the Scorchers defeat the Renegades by 104 runs and the Sixers beat the Hurricanes by 103 runs, the Scorchers also beat the Hurricanes by 98 runs giving them two of the top four largest victories.
What is the largest victory by wickets?
There has been a total of nine victories by ten wickets, which means the team chased down the target without losing a single wicket and five of those nine targets were over 100 too.
From those nine matches, the Scorchers appeared four times chasing down targets of 141, 135, 98 & 134 without losing records, the other teams were the Renegades (x2), Heat (x2) and the Sixers.
Women's Big Bash League Batting Records and Statistics
Who is the all-time leading run scorer in the WBBL?
The all-time leading run scorer in the WBBL before the 2025-26 season is Beth Mooney who in 141 innings has picked up a total of 5,051 runs, which is an average of 46.33 and a strike rate of 125.24. She has ended 32 innings not out, she has hit three centuries and forty-four half centuries finding the boundary 628 times with 591 fours and 37 sixes, she is only one of two players to have passed the 4,000 run mark with Ellyse Perry being the other and the only player with over 5,000 runs which she passed during the WBBL10 season.
Top Five Women's Big Bash League Run Scorers
- 5,051 Runs - Beth Mooney
- 4,689 Runs - Ellyse Perry
- 3,960 Runs - Sophie Devine
- 3,695 Runs - Elyse Villani
- 3,167 Runs - Meg Lanning
Who set the highest-scoring innings?
There have been plenty of 100+ innings from the players over the years with twenty-eight in total, the highest of those came from Lizelle Lee in 2024 when she scored 150 not out for the Hurricanes against the Scorchers, which came from just 75 balls, a 200 strike rate with twelve fours and twelve sixes during her seventy-nine minutes at the crease.
The closest to her is Grace Harris who during the 2023 season hit 136 not out for the Heat against the Scorchers with an impressive 230.50 strike rate.
Top Five Women's Big Bash League Six Scorers
- 147 Sixes - Sophie Devine
- 96 Sixes - Lizelle Lee
- 90 Sixes - Grace Harris
- 90 Sixes - Ashleigh Gardner
- 74 Sixes - Ellyse Perry
Women's Big Bash League Bowling Records and Statistics
Who is the all-time leading wicket-taker in the WBBL?
Jess Jonassen tops the list for most wickets taken in the WBBL, she has taken 179 wickets in her 147 matches and her best figures have been 4/13, in fact, she has taken a four-wicket haul a total of seven times! Her economy is 6.59, her average is 19.17 and her strike rate 17.45.
Heading into the 2025-26 season, she is currently twenty wickets clear of Molly Strano who is in the second spot and twenty-two ahead of Amanda-Jade Wellington back in third.
Top Five Women's Big Bash League Wicket Takers
- 179 Wickets - Jess Jonassen
- 159 Wickets - Molly Strano
- 157 Wickets - Amanda-Jade Wellington
- 149 Wickets - Megan Schutt
- 141 Wickets - Heather Graham
Top Five Women's Big Bash League Economic Bowlers (100+ Overs)
- 5.38 - Katherine Sciver-Brunt
- 5.61 - Marizanne Kapp
- 5.91 - Megan Schutt
- 5.92 - Kristen Beams
- 6.11 - Lea Tahuhu
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Records were sourced from ESPN cricinfo and past winners and team information from Wikipedia.
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