Women's Big Bash League
Logo of the Women's Big Bash League | |
| Countries | Australia |
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| Administrator | Cricket Australia |
| Format | Twenty20 |
| First edition | 2015–16 |
| Latest edition | 2024–25 |
| Tournament format | Double round-robin and knockout finals |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Current champion | Melbourne Renegades |
| Most successful | Sixers, Strikers, Heat, Thunder – 2 titles each |
| Most runs | Beth Mooney – 4,665 |
| Most wickets | Jess Jonassen – 165 |
| TV | Seven Network Fox Cricket |
| Website | WBBL |
| Tournaments |
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The Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) also known as Weber WBBL for sponsorship reasons, is the Australian professional Women's Twenty20 Cricket league. The WBBL replaced the Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup, which ran from the 2007–08 season through to 2014–15. The competition features eight city-based franchises, branded identically to the men's Big Bash League (BBL). Teams are made up of current and former Australian national team members, the country's best young talent, and up to three overseas marquee players.
The league, which originally ran alongside the BBL, has experienced a steady increase in media coverage and popularity since its inception, moving to a fully standalone schedule for WBBL|05. In 2018, ESPNcricinfo included the inaugural season in its 25 Moments That Changed Cricket series, calling it "the tournament that kick-started a renaissance".
The Melbourne Renegades are the current champions, having won WBBL|10. The collective performance of the Sydney Sixers and the Sydney Thunder in the league's initial years—combining for four championships in the first six seasons—has partially echoed the dominance of New South Wales in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL), the 50-over counterpart of the WBBL.