# 2019–20 Hobart Hurricanes WBBL season

The 2019–20 Hobart Hurricanes Women's season was the fifth in the team's history. Coached by Salliann Briggs and captained by Corinne Hall, the Hurricanes finished seventh in WBBL|05. They consequently failed to qualify for the finals for the third-consecutive season, but managed to avoid the wooden spoon for the first time since WBBL|02.

## Squad

Each 2019–20 squad featured 15 active players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas. Australian marquees are players who held a national women's team contract at the beginning of the WBBL|05 signing period.
Personnel changes made ahead of the season included:
* Nicola Carey signed with the Hurricanes, departing the Sydney Thunder and becoming the team's first Australian marquee player since the retirement of Julie Hunter in 2016–17.
* Maisy Gibson and Belinda Vakarewa signed with the Hurricanes, also departing the Sydney Thunder.
* Tayla Vlaeminck signed with the Hurricanes, departing the Melbourne Renegades.
* Corinne Hall returned to the Hurricanes captaincy role, taking over from Sasha Moloney.
* English marquee Fran Wilson and South African marquee Chloe Tryon signed with the Hurricanes.
* Barbadian marquee Hayley Matthews signed as a replacement player for English marquee Heather Knight in the event of the Hurricanes qualifying for finals, but such a scenario did not eventuate.
* In what was effectively a straight swap with the Perth Scorchers, wicket-keeper Emily Smith joined the Hurricanes in place of the departing Georgia Redmayne.
* On 18 November 2019, Smith was banned for the remainder of WBBL|05 after contravening Cricket Australia's anti-corruption policy with a social media post. Under a special exemption, Emma Manix-Geeves was brought into the Hurricanes squad as a replacement.
The table below lists the Hurricanes players and their key stats (including runs scored, batting strike rate, wickets taken, economy rate, catches and stumpings) for the season.
| No. | Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | G | R | SR | W | E | C | S | Notes |
| Batters ||||||||||||||
| 7 | Stefanie Daffara | 13 June 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 4 | 14 | 53.84 | – | – | 1 | – | |
| 3 | Erin Fazackerley | 3 July 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 13 | 243 | 123.97 | 1 | 8.00 | 9 | – | |
| 27 | Corinne Hall | 12 October 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 13 | 237 | 119.69 | – | – | 2 | – | Captain |
| 5 | Heather Knight | 26 December 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 13 | 282 | 102.54 | 6 | 6.75 | 5 | – | Overseas marquee |
| 99 | Sasha Moloney | 14 July 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 4 | 23 | 100.00 | – | – | 1 | – | |
| 25 | Chloe Tryon | 25 January 1994 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | 13 | 248 | 178.41 | 1 | 7.71 | 5 | – | Overseas marquee |
| 35 | Fran Wilson | 7 November 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 13 | 210 | 96.33 | – | – | 3 | – | Overseas marquee |
| All-rounders ||||||||||||||
| 16 | Nicola Carey | 10 September 1993 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 13 | 267 | 96.04 | 13 | 7.60 | 3 | – | Australian marquee |
| 50 | Hayley Matthews | 19 March 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Overseas marquee (replacement) |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||||||||||
| 21 | Emma Manix-Geeves | 12 August 2000 | Right-handed | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | Replacement player |
| 33 | Emily Smith | 19 January 1995 | Right-handed | – | 8 | 17 | 94.44 | – | – | 1 | 2 | |
| Bowlers ||||||||||||||
| 13 | Maisy Gibson | 14 September 1996 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 13 | 57 | 91.93 | 14 | 7.37 | 4 | – | |
| 12 | Brooke Hepburn | 4 October 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 10 | Meg Phillips | 2 February 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 5 | 38 | 66.66 | 2 | 7.16 | 0 | – | |
| 47 | Belinda Vakarewa | 22 January 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 13 | 3 | 100.00 | 20 | 6.09 | 8 | – | |
| 30 | Tayla Vlaeminck | 27 October 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 13 | 23 | 121.05 | 10 | 6.60 | 1 | – | |

## Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Brisbane Heat (C) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.723 |
| 2 | Adelaide Strikers (RU) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.601 |
| 3 | Perth Scorchers | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.026 |
| 4 | Melbourne Renegades | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0.117 |
| 5 | Sydney Sixers | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.076 |
| 6 | Sydney Thunder | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 11 | −0.487 |
| 7 | Hobart Hurricanes | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 9 | −0.197 |
| 8 | Melbourne Stars | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | −0.734 |
* The four top ranked teams qualified for the semi-finals

## Fixtures

All times are local time
* Match 2 19 October 2019 14:00 Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 5/164 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 9/144 (20 overs) |
| Chloe Tryon 46* (18) Erin Osborne 2/44 (4 overs) | | Erin Osborne 40 (37) Maisy Gibson 3/26 (4 overs) |
* Hobart Hurricanes won by 20 runs CitiPower Centre, Melbourne Umpires: Greg Azzopardi and Daryl Brigham Player of the match: Belinda Vakarewa (Hobart Hurricanes)
* Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Cricket Network
* Match 5 20 October 2019 14:10 Scorecard
| Melbourne Stars 7/136 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 5/137 (18.3 overs) |
| Lizelle Lee 25 (21) Belinda Vakarewa 2/22 (4 overs) | | Nicola Carey 60* (46) Kristen Beams 2/23 (3 overs) |
* Hobart Hurricanes won by 5 wickets (with 9 balls remaining) CitiPower Centre, Melbourne Attendance: 488 Umpires: Dale Ireland and Mattis van Eck Player of the match: Nicola Carey (Hobart Hurricanes)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Cricket Network
* Match 9 26 October 2019 09:40 Scorecard
| Adelaide Strikers 8/113 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 7/110 (20 overs) |
| Sarah Coyte 24 (13) Maisy Gibson 2/15 (4 overs) | | Nicola Carey 39 (37) Amanda-Jade Wellington 2/18 (3 overs) |
* Adelaide Strikers won by 3 runs Allan Border Field, Brisbane Umpires: Darren Close and Stephen Dionysius Player of the match: Sarah Coyte (Adelaide Strikers)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
* Match 14 27 October 2019 13:10 Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 8/123 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat 5/124 (19.5 overs) |
| Heather Knight 61* (49) Jess Jonassen 4/20 (4 overs) | | Beth Mooney 44* (50) Nicola Carey, Maisy Gibson 1/18 (4 overs) |
* Brisbane Heat won by 5 wickets (with 1 ball remaining) Allan Border Field, Brisbane Attendance: approx. 1,600 Umpires: Andrew Hamilton and Berend du Plessis Player of the match: Jess Jonassen (Brisbane Heat)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
* Match 17 2 November 2019 14:00 Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes | v | Sydney Thunder |
* Match abandoned without a ball bowled West Park Oval, Burnie Umpires: Darren Close and G Beechey
* No toss was possible due to rain
* Broadcast by Cricket Network
* Match 23 3 November 2019 11:00 Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 6/148 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder 4/149 (18.1 overs) |
| Heather Knight 77 (49) Nida Dar 2/16 (4 overs) | | Rachel Priest 50 (34) Maisy Gibson 2/28 (4 overs) |
* Sydney Thunder won by 6 wickets (with 11 balls remaining) West Park Oval, Burnie Umpires: Darren Close and Simon Burns Player of the match: Rachel Priest (Sydney Thunder)
* Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Cricket Network
* Match 24 9 November 2019 13:00 Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 5/150 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 6/151 (20 overs) |
| Corinne Hall 50* (34) Sophie Molineux 2/25 (4 overs) | | Jess Duffin 75 (49) Belinda Vakarewa 2/21 (4 overs) |
* Melbourne Renegades won by 4 wickets (with 0 balls remaining) CitiPower Centre, Melbourne Umpires: Dale Ireland and Greg Azzopardi Player of the match: Jess Duffin (Melbourne Renegades)
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Cricket Network
* Match 28 10 November 2019 13:00 Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 8/108 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 2/109 (15.4 overs) |
| Heather Knight 20 (24) Molly Strano 3/19 (4 overs) | | Danielle Wyatt 45 (44) Belinda Vakarewa 2/16 (4 overs) |
* Melbourne Renegades won by 8 wickets (with 26 balls remaining) CitiPower Centre, Melbourne Umpires: Daryl Brigham and Mattis van Eck Player of the match: Molly Strano (Melbourne Renegades)
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Cricket Network
* Match 31 13 November 2019 11:00 Scorecard
| Sydney Sixers 2/172 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 133 (18 overs) |
| Ellyse Perry 70* (56) Heather Knight 1/30 (4 overs) | | Corinne Hall 31 (22) Erin Burns 3/5 (2 overs) |
* Sydney Sixers won by 39 runs Invermay Park, Launceston Attendance: 1,008 Umpires: G Beechey and Simon Burns Player of the match: Ellyse Perry (Sydney Sixers)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Cricket Network
* Match 41 20 November 2019 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sydney Sixers 7/134 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 5/139 (18.2 overs) |
| Marizanne Kapp 55* (40) Belinda Vakarewa 4/19 (4 overs) | | Nicola Carey 55* (46) Marizanne Kapp 3/23 (3.2 overs) |
* Hobart Hurricanes won by 5 wickets (with 10 balls remaining) North Sydney Oval, Sydney Umpires: Roberto Howard and Berend du Plessis Player of the match: Belinda Vakarewa (Hobart Hurricanes)
* Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
* Broadcast by Cricket Network
* Hobart Hurricanes defeated Sydney Sixers for the first time in WBBL history
* Match 42 22 November 2019 19:10 (D/N) Scorecard
| Brisbane Heat 9/157 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 7/150 (20 overs) |
| Grace Harris 43 (27) Belinda Vakarewa 3/17 (4 overs) | | Erin Fazackerley 35 (21) Amelia Kerr 2/16 (4 overs) |
* Brisbane Heat won by 7 runs Blundstone Arena, Hobart Umpires: Darren Close and Jeremiah Matibiri Player of the match: Amelia Kerr (Brisbane Heat)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
* Match 45 23 November 2019 19:10 (D/N) Scorecard
| Adelaide Strikers 3/143 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 7/141 (20 overs) |
| Suzie Bates 64 (54) Heather Knight 1/22 (4 overs) | | Chloe Tryon 44* (22) Amanda-Jade Wellington 3/23 (4 overs) |
* Adelaide Strikers won by 2 runs Blundstone Arena, Hobart Umpires: Troy Penman and Muhammad Qureshi Player of the match: Suzie Bates (Adelaide Strikers)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
* Hobart Hurricanes eliminated from finals contention
* Match 52 30 November 2019 14:00 Scorecard
| Perth Scorchers 107 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 4/113 (15.4 overs) |
| Nicole Bolton 21 (19) Tayla Vlaeminck 2/19 (4 overs) | | Erin Fazackerley 58 (48) Taneale Peschel 2/33 (3.4 overs) |
* Hobart Hurricanes won by 6 wickets (with 26 balls remaining) Lilac Hill Park, Perth Umpires: Dean Trigg and Ashlee Gibbons Player of the match: Erin Fazackerley (Hobart Hurricanes)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Cricket Network
* Match 56 1 December 2019 14:00 Scorecard
| Perth Scorchers 4/167 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 6/132 (20 overs) |
| Meg Lanning 101 (67) Nicola Carey 2/25 (4 overs) | | Heather Knight 36 (36) Taneale Peschel 2/22 (4 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 35 runs Lilac Hill Park, Perth Umpires: Dean Trigg and Ashlee Gibbons Player of the match: Meg Lanning (Perth Scorchers)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Cricket Network

## Statistics and awards

* Most runs: Heather Knight – 282 (20th in the league)
* Highest score in an innings: Heather Knight – 77 (49) vs Sydney Thunder, 3 November
* Most wickets: Belinda Vakarewa – 20 (3rd in the league)
* Best bowling figures in an innings: Belinda Vakarewa – 4/19 (4 overs) vs Sydney Sixers, 20 November
* Most catches (fielder): Erin Fazackerley – 9 (3rd in the league)
* Player of the Match awards:
** Belinda Vakarewa – 2
** Nicola Carey, Erin Fazackerley – 1 each
* Hurricanes Player of the Tournament: Belinda Vakarewa
* WBBL|05 Team of the Tournament: Belinda Vakarewa
* WBBL|05 Young Gun Award: Tayla Vlaeminck (nominated)