Sydney Thunder (WBBL)

Sydney Thunder Women's Team

Captain:	Alex Blackwell
Coach:	Joanne Broadbent
Colours:	Electric green
Founded:	2015
Home ground:	Sydney Showground Stadium
Capacity:	21,500
Chief executive:	Nick Cummins
BBL wins:	1 (2016)

The Sydney Thunder Women's team is a cricket team based in Sydney, Australia that will compete in the inaugural women's Twenty20 Women's Big Bash League commencing in December, 2015.^[1] They will be one of 8 founding teams. They are a franchise aligned with the current men’s competition (Big Bash League) - adopting the same colours and team name.

Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland said in a media release., “We see T20 as the premium format of the women’s game and the WBBL is an exciting concept that will increase the promotion and exposure of women’s cricket”.^[2] Sutherland also said, “Our existing female domestic competitions are arguably the strongest in the world, with the continued success of the top-ranked women’s team, the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars, a testament to that.”

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nat.	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
	Alex Blackwell		(1983-08-31) 31 August 1983	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Team's Captain
	Mikayla Hinkley		(1998-05-01) 1 May 1998	Right-handed	Right arm medium
All-rounders
	Nicola Carey		(1993-09-10) 10 September 1993	Left-handed	Right arm medium
	Stefanie Daffara		(1995-06-13) 13 June 1995	Right-handed	Right arm medium
	Rachael Haynes		(1986-12-26) 26 December 1986	Left-handed	Left arm medium
	Naomi Stalenberg		(1994-04-18) 18 April 1994	Right-handed	Right arm medium
	Stafanie Taylor		(1991-06-11) 11 June 1991	Right-handed	Right arm off spin	Overseas player
Wicketkeepers
	Claire Koski		(1991-03-13) 13 March 1991	Right-handed
Pace bowlers
	Lauren Cheatle		(1998-11-06) 6 November 1998	Left-handed	Left arm fast medium
	Rene Farrell		(1987-01-13) 13 January 1987	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
	Belinda Vakarewa		(2000-01-22) 22 January 2000	Right-handed	Right arm fast medium
Spin bowlers
	Samantha Bates			Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox spin
	Maisy Gibson		(1996-09-14) 14 September 1996	Left-handed	Leg spin
	Erin Osborne		(1989-06-27) 27 June 1989	Right-handed	Right arm off spin

Source^[3][4]

References

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