2020–21 Women's Big Bash League Season
The 2020–21 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL, 06 was the sixth season of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the semi-professional women's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament took place from 25 October to 28 November 2020. It was played entirely in Sydney due to ongoing state border restrictions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Brisbane Heat entered the season as double defending champions, having won back-to-back titles in WBBL04 and WBBL05. The Heat finished the regular season with seven-straight wins but suffered an "epic meltdown" in a twelve-run semi-final loss against the Sydney Thunder, ending their hunt for a three-peat. In the final, held at North Sydney Oval, the Sydney Thunder defeated the Melbourne Stars by seven wickets with 38 balls remaining to win their second Women's Big Bash League title. Shabnim Ismail was awarded Player of the Match after taking key early wickets against the top-qualifying Stars team, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cricket Australia
Cricket Australia (CA) is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the 'Australian Board of Control for International Cricket'. It is incorporated as an Australian Public Company, Company limited by guarantee, limited by guarantee. Cricket Australia operates all of the Australian national representative cricket sides, including the Australia national cricket team, Men's, Australia women's national cricket team, Women's and Australia national under-19 cricket team, Youth, Australia A cricket team, Australia A sides, along with various other national teams (such as Indigenous, disability or over-age teams) in conjunction with the relevant organisations. CA is also responsible for organising and hosting Test cricket, Test matches, one day internationals and Twenty20 International, T20 internationals in association with other nations, and scheduling home international fixtures. Background Cricket Australia is an adm ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Three-peat
In sports (especially in North America), a three-peat is winning three consecutive championships or tournaments. The term, a portmanteau of the words ''three'' and ''repeat'', originated with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association, during their unsuccessful campaign for a third consecutive championship during the 1988–89 season, having won the previous two NBA finals. Origin and trademark The term is a registered trademark owned by Pat Riley, the Lakers' head coach from 1981 to 1990. The original owner and assignor of the underlying THREE-PEAT "mark" was Bijan Khezri, former president of P.d.P. Paperon De Paperoni, a Delaware corporation. Khezri submitted in November 1988 a trademark application for the use of ''three-peat'' on shirts, jackets and hats. Around that time, the phrase was being used by members and fans of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team, of whom Pat Riley was the head coach, regarding the Lakers' quest that season to obtain what w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Stafanie Taylor
Stafanie Roxann Taylor (born 11 June 1991) is a Jamaican cricketer who is a former captain of the West Indies women's cricket team. She has represented West Indies women's cricket team, them over 250 times since her debut in 2008. A right-handed batter and off spin, off break bowler, Taylor was selected as the 2011 ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year – the first West Indian to receive the accolade. She was also the first woman to score 1,000 runs in ODIs for the West Indies. She plays domestic cricket for Jamaica women's national cricket team, Jamaica and Guyana Amazon Warriors (WCPL), Guyana Amazon Warriors and has previously played for Auckland Hearts, Auckland, Sydney Thunder (WBBL), Sydney Thunder, Adelaide Strikers (WBBL), Adelaide Strikers, Western Storm, Southern Vipers, Southern Brave and IPL Trailblazers, Trailblazers. Born in Jamaica, Taylor broke into the West Indies team in 2008, aged 17, and immediately inserted herself as a key member of the team. She scored her h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Amanda-Jade Wellington
Amanda-Jade Wellington (born 29 May 1997) is an Australian cricketer. She bowls right-arm leg spin and plays for the South Australian Scorpions in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Adelaide Strikers in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). Making her WNCL debut in 2012 at the age of 15, she is the youngest person to ever represent the state of South Australia in senior cricket. Since 2016 she has represented Australia in all three forms of international cricket, Tests, ODIs and T20Is. Career Youth and domestic career Inspired by Australian Test cricketer Shane Warne, Wellington taught herself to bowl leg spin in her backyard. Wellington began her career playing for Port Adelaide Cricket Club. She rose to prominence in December 2011 when she was the player of the tournament in the national under-15 championships, playing for her home state of South Australia, and the next season she was selected to play for the South Australian Scorpions, South Australia's represe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sarah Coyte
Sarah Jane Coyte; born 30 March 1991) is an Australian cricketer from Camden, New South Wales. A right-arm medium fast bowler, Coyte has taken a total of 100 wickets for the national women's team across Tests, ODIs and T20Is. She currently plays for the Melbourne Renegades in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). In addition to her bowling prowess, Coyte has proven to be a handy lower-order batter and notable performer in tournament finals. She has won two world championships with Australia, seven WNCL championships with New South Wales and South Australia, and one WBBL championship with the Sydney Sixers (WBBL), Sydney Sixers. Her successful cricket career was established and maintained despite an ongoing battle with anorexia nervosa and other mental health issues which prompted a premature, albeit temporary, retirement from the game in 2017. Domestic career Women's National Cricket League New South Wales On 7 November 2009, Coyte made her Women's National Cricket ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tahlia McGrath
Tahlia May McGrath (born 10 November 1995) is an Australian international cricketer who is the vice-captain of the Australia women's national cricket team. She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut South Africa women's cricket team in Australia in 2016–17, against South Africa on 27 November 2016. She made her women's Test debut in The Women's Ashes in November 2017. Career After missing out on Australia's squad for the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, McGrath was recalled to the team when she was named in Australia's squad for the English women's cricket team in Australia in 2017–18, Women's Ashes. She was named in both the WODI squad and the Test squad. On 26 October 2017, she took her first international wicket in the second WODI match against England. She made her Women's Test cricket, Test debut for Australia Women against English women's cricket team in Australia in 2017–18, England Women on 9 November 2017 in The Women's Ashes. In November 20 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Megan Schutt
Megan Louise Schutt (born 15 January 1993) is an Australian cricketer who has played for the Australia national women's cricket team, national team as a Fast bowling, fast-medium bowler since 2012. Domestically, she plays for the South Australian Scorpions, for whom she debuted in 2009, and, since 2015, the Adelaide Strikers (WBBL), Adelaide Strikers. She was the first cricketer to take a hat-trick (cricket), hat-trick for Australia in a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) match. Early life and education Schutt was born in Adelaide, into what she has praised as a "loving family", headed by her parents Brian and Sue. According to Schutt, "I'm 99 per cent my dad; I have my mum's eyes, but that's about it," and, "I thank [my dad] for all my sporting-ness." However, he denies having been any good at sport. Together with her older sister Natalie, with whom she shared a bedroom, and her younger brother Warren, Schutt was raised in a modest home in Hackham West, South Australia, Ha ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Suzie Bates
Suzannah Wilson Bates (born 16 September 1987) is a New Zealand cricketer and former captain of national women cricket team. Born in Dunedin, she plays domestic cricket for the Otago Sparks, as well as for the White Ferns. She currently holds the highest score and highest batting average in the New Zealand Women's Twenty20 cricket team. She won the ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year in 2013. Bates again won ICC Women's ODI and T20I Cricketer of the Year 2016. Basketball Bates represented New Zealand in Women's basketball during the 2008 Summer Olympics. Suzie played professional basketball for the Christchurch Sirens in the Australian Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), starting 24 games between 2007 and 2008, before moving to the Otago Gold Rush in 2009 and the Logan Thunder in 2009/10. Bates joined the Otago Nuggets as an assistant coach for the 2021 New Zealand NBL season. Cricket On 8 June 2018, she scored her tenth century in WODIs, with 151 runs against ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Luke Williams (cricketer)
Luke Williams (born 24 December 1979) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. Career Williams played in five first-class matches for South Australia in 2000/01. In 2006, Williams received Bradman Medal for South Australian Grade Cricketer of the Year. Following his playing career, he became the coach of the South Australian Scorpions and the Adelaide Strikers in the Women's Big Bash League. In 2023, Royal Challengers Bangalore appointed him as the head coach of their women's team for the second season of the Women's Premier League (WPL). See also * List of South Australian representative cricketers This is a list of cricketers who have represented South Australia in either a first-class, List A or Twenty20 match. South Australia's inaugural first-class match commenced on 10 November 1877, against Tasmania at the Adelaide Oval, its first ... References External links * 1979 births Living people Australian cricketers South Australia cricket ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2020–21 Adelaide Strikers WBBL Season
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Adelaide Strikers (WBBL)
The Adelaide Strikers (WBBL) are an Australian women's Twenty20 cricket team based in North Adelaide, South Australia. They compete in the Women's Big Bash League, and won their first championship in WBBL08. History Formation One of eight founding WBBL teams, the Adelaide Strikers are aligned with the men's team of the same name. At the official WBBL launch on 10 July 2015, Megan Schutt was unveiled as the team's first-ever player signing. Andrea McCauley was appointed as the Strikers' inaugural coach, while Lauren Ebsary became the team's inaugural captain. The Strikers played their first match on 12 December at Aurora Stadium against the Hobart Hurricanes, losing by two runs. Their first win came on 20 December at Allan Border Field against the Sydney Thunder, chasing down a target of 149 runs with six wickets in hand and six balls to spare. Rivalries Perth Scorchers In the league's early years, the Strikers and the Perth Scorchers experienced several ins ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Player Of The Tournament
Player may refer to: Role or adjective * Player (game), a participant in a game or sport ** Gamer, a player in video and tabletop games ** Athlete, a player in sports ** Player character, a character in a video game or role playing game who is controlled or controllable by a player * Player (political), a participant in politics who has or is perceived to have influence or power * Global player, a corporate organization that owns production of some good or service in at least one country other than its home country * Player, Shakespearan term for a stage actor * Player (slang), a philanderer, often male People * Allen Player (1893–1962), New Zealand cricketer * Willa Beatrice Player (1909-2003), American educator * Gary Player (born 1935), South African golfer * Scott Player (born 1969), NFL punter * T-Dre Player (born 1992), Canadian football player Art, entertainment, and media * ''The Player'', 1988 novel by Michael Tolkin, the basis for the 1992 film * ''The Player ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |