2020–21 Women's Big Bash League season


The 2020–21 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL|06 will be the sixth season of Women's Big Bash League, the semi-professional women's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament is scheduled to run from 17 October to 29 November 2020. Brisbane Heat are the double defending champions, having won back-to-back titles in 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season|WBBL|04 and 2019–20 Women's Big Bash League season|WBBL|05.

Teams

Each squad is to be made up of 15 active players. Teams can sign up to five 'marquee players', with a maximum of three of those from overseas. Marquees are classed as any overseas player, or a local player who holds a Cricket Australia national contract at the start of the WBBL signing period.
The table below lists each team's marquee players and other key details for the season.

Personnel changes

Local players

Local player movements made ahead of the season included:
Overseas player movements made ahead of the season included:
Coaching changes made ahead of the season included:
Captaincy changes made ahead of the season included:
released the fixture for WBBL|06 on 15 July 2020 with the stipulation that it is subject to any change that may be required as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament was once again scheduled as a 56-match double round-robin, followed by a finals series featuring the top four qualifiers.
Although the fixture features at least a weekend of matches in each team's home market, it largely revolves around a three-week mid-season Sydney hub for all eight clubs. Alistair Dobson, Cricket Australia Head of Big Bash Leagues, explained that "by focusing parts of the competition in a central location, it provides optionality should the COVID-19 situation affect the flow of the season."
Television coverage of the competition is set to be increased from previous seasons with the Seven Network broadcasting 26 games, up from the 23 that were aired in WBBL|05. The remaining 33 games will be streamed on and the . All 59 matches will also be available to watch live and on demand via Kayo.
All times are local time

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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Knockout phase

Semi-finals

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Final

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