Sydney Sixers (WBBL)

The Sydney Sixers WBBL team is a women's cricket team based in Sydney, Australia, that competed in the inaugural women's Twenty20 Women's Big Bash League commenced in December, 2015. 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. The Hon. Gladys Berejiklian MP is the Patron of the team. Ellyse Perry made history by becoming the Sydney Sixers Women's first ever signing. The team is coached by Ben Sawyer.

Contents

• Current squad
• Overseas internationals
• Associate Rookies
• References

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.”.

On 12 October 2015, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that former Southern Stars all-rounder Lisa Sthalekar has come out of retirement to join the Sixers in their inaugural season. Lisa also signed with Network Ten to form part of the WBBL and BBL commentary team.

A squad of 15 players was announced leading into the tournament, which started on Sunday 6 December, with a total of five National and International players permitted in the total numbers. The team has committed to making each match in Sydney an event, playing many games at community venues including Drummoyne Oval, Waverley Oval and Hurstville Oval. Two games will be played at the SCG as feature double headers with the Men’s Sixers squad.

On 17 January, 2016, Sixers qualified for the finals despite losing the first six games in a row.