Brisbane Heat (WBBL)

Brisbane Heat Women's Team

Coach:	Andy Richards [1]
Colours:	"Teal"
Founded:	2015
Home ground:	The Gabba Allan Border Field [2]
Capacity:	42,000 (Gabba) 6,300 (Allan Border Field)
BBL wins:	0

The Brisbane Heat Women's team is a cricket team based in Brisbane, Australia that will compete in the inaugural women's Twenty20 Women's Big Bash League commencing in December, 2015.^[3] 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 team is coached by Andy Richards.

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”.^[4] 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
12	Ashleigh Barty		(1996-04-24) 24 April 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
10	Kirby Short		(1986-11-03) 3 November 1986	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
7	Megan White		(1980-07-30) 30 July 1980	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
17	Grace Harris		(1993-09-18) 18 September 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
11	Delissa Kimmince		(1989-05-14) 14 May 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Team's Captain
Wicketkeepers
19	Jodie Fields		(1984-06-19) 19 June 1984	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium
6	Beth Mooney		(1994-01-14) 14 January 1994	Left-handed
5	Lauren Winfield		(1990-08-16) 16 August 1990	Right-handed		Overseas player
Pace bowlers
15	Jemma Barsby		(1995-10-04) 4 October 1995	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
16	Kate Cross		(1991-10-03) 3 October 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	Overseas player
9	Holly Ferling		(1995-12-22) 22 December 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium
22	Courtney Hill		(1987-01-09) 9 January 1987		Right-arm
58	Sammy-Jo Johnson		(1992-11-05) 5 November 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast
Spin bowlers
21	Jess Jonassen		(1992-11-05) 5 November 1992	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox spin
21	Norma Ovasuru		(1989-07-10) 10 July 1989	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	Associate Rookie

Source^[5][6][7][8]

References

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