Captain: Rachel Priest City: Melbourne Ground Docklands Stadium | Coach: Lachlan Stevens Colours: Red Black Founded 2015 | |
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League: Women's Big Bash League Overseas player(s): Lea Tahuhu, Rachel Priest, Danielle Wyatt Profiles | ||
The Melbourne Renegades Women team is a women's Twenty20 cricket team based in Melbourne, Australia that competes in the Women's Big Bash League.
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History
The Renegades is one of 8 founding teams with their franchise aligned with the current men’s competition (Big Bash League) - adopting the same colours and team name. The team's inaugural coach is Lachlan Stevens.
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”. 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.”. The first signing for the club was former Southern Star Sarah Elliott.
The Renegades will play their inaugural WBBL match against the Hobart Hurricanes at Aurora Stadium, in Launceston, Tasmania on December 11.
Current squad
The following is the Renegades women squad for the 2016–17 Women's Big Bash League season as of 03 January 2017.
Former players
Overseas internationals
Associate rookies