# 2016–17 Hobart Hurricanes WBBL season

The 2016–17 Hobart Hurricanes WBBL season was the second in the team's history. Coached by Julia Price and captained by Heather Knight, the team competed in the WBBL|02 competition.
At the conclusion of the group stage, the Hurricanes team was fourth on the ladder. The Hurricanes then lost to eventual WBBL|02 champions the Sydney Sixers in a semi-final to finish in equal third place (with the Brisbane Heat).

## Squad

The following is the Hurricanes women squad for WBBL|02. Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||
| | Gaby Lewis | (2001-03-27) 27 March 2001 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Associate Rookie |
| 99 | Sasha Moloney | (1992-07-14) 14 July 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | | |
| 20 | Amy Satterthwaite | (1986-10-07) 7 October 1986 (age 38) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas international |
| 74 | Emma Thompson | (1990-12-02) 2 December 1990 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| All-rounders |||||||
| 29 | Erin Burns | (1988-06-22) 22 June 1988 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | |
| 27 | Corinne Hall | (1987-10-12) 12 October 1987 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 12 | Brooke Hepburn | (1990-10-04) 4 October 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 5 | Heather Knight | (1990-12-26) 26 December 1990 (age 33) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Captain / Overseas international |
| | Hayley Matthews | (1998-03-19) 19 March 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas international |
| 10 | Meg Phillips | (1996-02-02) 2 February 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 4 | Veronica Pyke | (1981-11-04) 4 November 1981 (age 42) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| 2 | Celeste Raack | (1994-05-18) 18 May 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Wicketkeepers |||||||
| | Georgia Redmayne | (1993-12-08) 8 December 1993 (age 30) | Left-handed | | |
| Bowlers |||||||
| 9 | Katelyn Fryett | (1992-05-28) 28 May 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | |
| 11 | Julie Hunter | (1984-03-15) 15 March 1984 (age 40) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Sources

## Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Sydney Sixers (C) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0.442 |
| 2 | Perth Scorchers (RU) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.300 |
| 3 | Brisbane Heat | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.046 |
| 4 | Hobart Hurricanes | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | −0.034 |
| 5 | Melbourne Stars | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.256 |
| 6 | Sydney Thunder | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | −0.046 |
| 7 | Melbourne Renegades | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0.5 | 11.5 | −0.519 |
| 8 | Adelaide Strikers | 14 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −0.541 |
* The top four teams qualified for the semi finals.

## Fixtures
### Group stage

* Match 1 10 December 10:00 Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 5/120 (19 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 6/119 (20 overs) |
| Hayley Matthews 48 (38) Suzie Bates 2/14 (3 overs) | | Katherine Brunt 41 (24) Heather Knight 2/31 (4 overs) |
* Hobart Hurricanes won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining) North Sydney Oval No. 2 Umpires: Glen Stubbings and Marc Nickl Player of the match: Hayley Matthews (Hurricanes)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 5 11 December 10:45 Scorecard
| Perth Scorchers 4/142 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 9/125 (20 overs) |
| Elyse Villani 54 (45) Hayley Matthews 2/19 (4 overs) | | Veronica Pyke 27* (15) Katherine Brunt 2/18 (4 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 17 runs North Sydney Oval Umpires: Donovan Koch and Simon Lightbody Player of the match: Elyse Villani (Scorchers)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
* Streamed on cricket.com.au; broadcast by Network Ten
* Match 13 17 December 16:10 Scorecard
| Melbourne Renegades 5/130 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 4/133 (20 overs) |
| Kris Britt 51* (49) Amy Satterthwaite 2/22 (4 overs) | | Amy Satterthwaite 45* (43) Grace Harris 1/15 (4 overs) |
* Hobart Hurricanes won by 3 runs Queen Elizabeth Oval, Bendigo Umpires: Daryl Brigham and Stephen Brne Player of the match: Amy Satterthwaite
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 15 18 December 12:00 Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 5/121 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 6/121 (20 overs) |
| Amy Satterthwaite 52* (41) Molly Strano 1/14 (4 overs) | | Kris Britt 36 (37) Hayley Matthews 4/23 (4 overs) |
* Hobart Hurricanes won in the super over Queen Elizabeth Oval, Bendigo Umpires: Daryl Brigham and Stephen Brne Player of the match: Amy Satterthwaite
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 19 26 December 14:00 Scorecard
| Adelaide Strikers 3/146 (16.3 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 3/143 (20 overs) |
| Sophie Devine 103* (48) Veronica Pyke 1/21 (3 overs) | | Holly Knight 69 (47) Megan Schutt 1/15 (4 overs) |
* Adelaide Strikers won by 7 wickets (with 21 balls remaining) Gliderol Stadium, Adelaide Umpires: Luke Uthenwoldt and Cain Kemp Player of the match: Sophie Devine (Strikers)
* Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 22 27 December 14:00 Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes | v | Adelaide Strikers |
* Match abandoned Gliderol Stadium, Adelaide
* Match was washed out, Strikers second washout for the season
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 24 29 December 14:30 Scorecard
| Sydney Sixers 3/110 (18.2 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 8/106 (20 overs) |
| Hayley Matthews 27 (33) Sarah Aley 3/13 (3 overs) | | Ellyse Perry 44* (44) Hayley Matthews 2/20 (3.2 overs) |
* Sydney Sixers won by 7 wickets (with 10 balls remaining) Hurstville Oval, Sydney Umpires: Anthony Hobson and T Penman Player of the match: Sarah Aley (Sixers)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 34 5 January 18:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sydney Thunder 9/127 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 3/171 (20 overs) |
| Harmanpreet Kaur 32 (32) Brooke Hepburn 2/20 (4 overs) | | Heather Knight 47 (29) Rene Farrell 1/19 (3 overs) |
* Hobart Hurricanes won by 44 runs University of Tasmania Stadium, Launceston Umpires: Darren Close and Muhammad Qureshi Player of the match: Heather Knight (Hurricanes)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 36 8 January 13:45 Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 8/138 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat 2/153 (20 overs) |
| Amy Satterthwaite 57 (48) Jemma Barsby 3/34 (4 overs) | | Beth Mooney 78* (60) Amy Satterthwaite 1/18 (4 overs) |
* Brisbane Heat won by 15 runs Blundstone Arena, Hobart Umpires: Darren Close and Simon Lightbody Player of the match: Beth Mooney (Heat)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
* Double header with BBL game
* Streamed on cricket.com.au; broadcast by Network Ten
* Match 39 9 January 18:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Brisbane Heat 122 (19.4 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 2/123 (18.2 overs) |
| Smriti Mandhana 40 (33) Hayley Matthews 5/19 (3.4 overs) | | Georgia Redmayne 64* (50) Jess Jonassen 1/16 (4 overs) |
* Hobart Hurricanes won by 8 wickets (with 10 balls remaining) Blundstone Arena, Hobart Umpires: Darren Close and Muhammad Qureshi Player of the match: Hayley Matthews (Hurricanes)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and chose to bat
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 41 13 January 14:30 Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 8/118 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers 6/134 (20 overs) |
| Corinne Hall 42 (43) Sarah Aley 3/20 (4 overs) | | Ellyse Perry 60 (54) Julie Hunter 2/13 (4 overs) |
* Sydney Sixers won by 16 runs North Sydney Oval Umpires: G Stubbings and Ben Treloar Player of the match: Ellyse Perry (Sixers)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 48 16 January 18:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 4/117 (18.2 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder 9/115 (20 overs) |
| Erin Burns 38 (33) Harmanpreet Kaur 2/18 (4 overs) | | Alex Blackwell 49 (50) Amy Satterthwaite 5/17 (4 overs) |
* Hobart Hurricanes won by 6 wickets (with 10 balls remaining) Blundstone Arena, Hobart Umpires: Muhammad Qureshi and Harvey Wolff Player of the match: Amy Satterthwaite (Hurricanes)
* Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat
* Streamed by cricket.com.au
* Match 51 20 January 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Melbourne Stars 6/98 (12 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 3/115 (14 overs) |
| Emma Inglis 51 (31) Brooke Hepburn 2/14 (2 overs) | | Heather Knight 45 (31) Emma Kearney 1/19 (3 overs) |
* Melbourne Stars won by 4 wickets (D/L method) Blundstone Arena, Hobart Umpires: Darren Close and Harvey Wolff Player of the match: Emma Inglis (Stars)
* Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
* Melbourne Stars' target revised to 98 runs from 12 overs following a rain delay
* Streamed by cricket.com.au
* Match 54 21 January 11:45 Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 6/136 (19.5 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 8/135 (20 overs) |
| Heather Knight 35 (26) Kristen Beams 3/11 (4 overs) | | Meg Lanning 81 (55) Hayley Matthews 2/23 (3 overs) |
* Hobart Hurricanes won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining) Blundstone Arena, Hobart Umpires: Muhammad Qureshi and David Shepard Player of the match: Meg Lanning (Stars)
* Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to bat
* Double header with BBL game
* Broadcast by Network Ten

### Knockout phase
#### Semi-final

* 25 January 13:40 Scorecard
| Sydney Sixers 6/169 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 66 (14.1 overs) |
| Alyssa Healy 77 (45) Erin Burns 2/26 (4 overs) | | Erin Burns 14 (15) Ashleigh Gardner 2/9 (3 overs) |
* Sydney Sixers won by 103 runs The Gabba, Brisbane Umpires: Phillip Gillespie and Tony Wilds Player of the match: Alyssa Healy (Sixers)
* Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
* Was played as a double header prior to Semi Final 2 of the Men's BBL. Both matches were broadcast by Network Ten.