2017–18 Women's Big Bash League season


The 2017–18 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL|03 was the third season of Women's Big Bash League, the semi-professional women's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament was scheduled from 9 December 2017 to 4 February 2018.
In the final, Sydney Sixers, the defending champions, beat Perth Scorchers by 9 wickets to retain the title.

Teams

Each squad featured 15 active players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas. Australian marquees are classed as players who made at least ten limited-overs appearances for the national team in the three years prior to the cut-off date.

Points table

Win–loss table

Below is a summary of results for each team's fourteen regular season matches, plus finals where applicable, in chronological order. A team's opponent for any given match is listed above the margin of victory/defeat.
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X4th
XX5th
XX8th
XX6th
XX7th
X2nd

Fixtures

Week 1

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Week 2

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Week 3

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Week 4

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Week 5

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Week 6

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Week 7

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Week 8

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Knockout phase

All knockout phase matches were played as double headers with the men's tournament, hence the venues for both semi-finals and the final were determined using the standings of the 2017–18 Big Bash League season#Points Table|BBL|07 points table.
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Semi-finals

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Final

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Statistics

Highest totals

Most runs

Most wickets

Awards

Player of the tournament

Player of the Tournament votes are awarded on a 3-2-1 basis by the two standing umpires at the conclusion of every match, meaning a player can receive a maximum of six votes per game.
Pos.PlayerTeamVotes
1st Amy SatterthwaiteMelbourne Renegades35
2nd Elyse VillaniPerth Scorchers28
3rd Ellyse PerrySydney Sixers27
=4th Beth MooneyBrisbane Heat25
=4th Suzie BatesAdelaide Strikers25

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Team of the tournament

An honorary XI recognising the standout performers of WBBL|03 was named by :
Players under 21 years of age at the start of the season are eligible for the Young Gun Award. Weekly winners are selected over the course of the season by a panel of Cricket Australia officials based on match performance, on-field and off-field attitude, and their demonstration of skill, tenacity and good sportsmanship. Each weekly winner receives a $500 Rebel gift card and the overall winner receives a $5000 cash prize, as well as access to a learning and mentor program.
Melbourne Renegades all-rounder Sophie Molineux was named the Young Gun of WBBL|03 after scoring 318 runs and taking 6 wickets. The other nominees for the award were Sydney Sixers’ Ashleigh Gardner, Renegades teammates Georgia Wareham and Maitlan Brown, Adelaide Strikers batter Tabatha Saville, as well as bowlers Annabel Sutherland from the Melbourne Stars and Belinda Vakarewa from the Sydney Thunder.

Audience

A total of twelve matches were televised on free-to-air in the third season of Women's Big Bash League on Network Ten, including four on the opening weekend. The remaining 47 matches were live streamed on the or website as well as the for mobile.
Below are the television ratings for every game that was broadcast by Network Ten during the season.
The Super Over of match 42 drew ratings of 296,000 nationally, and 185,000 in the 5 metro cities.