# 2016–17 Perth Scorchers WBBL season

The 2016–17 Perth Scorchers WBBL season was the second in the team's history. Coached by Lisa Keightley and captained by Suzie Bates, the team competed in the WBBL|02 competition.
At the conclusion of the group stage, the Scorchers team was second on the table. The Scorchers then defeated the Brisbane Heat in a semi-final, but lost to the Sydney Sixers in the final, to emerge as the WBBL|02 runners-up.

## Squad

The following is the Scorchers women squad for WBBL|02. Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||
| 12 | Nicole Bolton | (1989-01-17) 17 January 1989 (age 35) | Left-handed | Right arm off spin | |
| 22 | Lauren Ebsary | (1983-03-15) 15 March 1983 (age 41) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 11 | Heather Graham | (1996-10-05) 5 October 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right arm medium fast | |
| 28 | Chloe Piparo | (1994-09-05) 5 September 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right arm off spin | |
| 3 | Elyse Villani | (1989-10-06) 6 October 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | |
| All-rounders |||||||
| 10 | Suzie Bates | (1987-09-16) 16 September 1987 (age 37) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | Captain / Overseas international |
| 5 | Mathilda Carmichael | (1994-04-04) 4 April 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right arm fast medium | |
| | Emma Lai | (1988-03-14) 14 March 1988 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | Associate Rookie |
| Wicketkeepers |||||||
| 4 | Megan Banting | (1996-02-11) 11 February 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| 33 | Emily Smith | (1995-01-09) 9 January 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| Pace bowlers |||||||
| 20 | Emma Biss | (1990-05-31) 31 May 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| 26 | Katherine Brunt | (1985-07-02) 2 July 1985 (age 39) | Right-handed | Right arm medium fast | Overseas international |
| 8 | Piepa Cleary | (1996-07-17) 17 July 1996 (age 28) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| 16 | Katie-Jane Hartshorn | (1994-06-20) 20 June 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm wrist-spin | |
| 41 | Anya Shrubsole | (1991-12-07) 7 December 1991 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | Overseas international / fifth game onwards |
| Spin bowlers |||||||
| 14 | Rebecca Grundy | (1990-07-12) 12 July 1990 (age 34) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Overseas international / first four games |
| 2 | Emma King | (1992-03-25) 25 March 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right arm off spin | |
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 10 17 December 10:00 Scorecard
| Brisbane Heat 9/101 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 2/102 (17.1 overs) |
| Smriti Mandhana 21 (25) Emma King 2/10 (4 overs) | | Nicole Bolton 46* (43) Deandra Dottin 1/18 (4 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 8 wickets (with 17 balls remaining) WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Hennie Botes and John Taylor Player of the match: Nicole Bolton
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 16 18 December 10:00 Scorecard
| Perth Scorchers 9/94 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat 2/95 (12.5 overs) |
| Elyse Villani 19 (23) Jemma Barsby 2/12 (4 overs) | | Beth Mooney 67* (46) Emma King 2/30 (4 overs) |
* Brisbane Heat won by 8 wickets (with 43 balls remaining) WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Trent Steenholdt and John Taylor Player of the match: Beth Mooney
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 25 29 December 14:35 Scorecard
| Melbourne Renegades 7/123 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 5/155 (20 overs) |
| Sophie Molineux 37 (37) Emma King 2/25 (4 overs) | | Elyse Villani 60 (43) Molly Strano 2/25 (4 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 32 runs Etihad Stadium, Melbourne Umpires: Daryl Brigham and Dale Ireland Player of the match: Elyse Villani (Scorchers)
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
* Melbourne Renegades were penalised 0.5 points for slow over rate
* Double header with BBL game
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 26 31 December 12:45 Scorecard
| Adelaide Strikers 9/82 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 4/85 (15.5 overs) |
| Tahlia McGrath 27 (31) Heather Graham 2/12 (3 overs) | | Nicole Bolton 28 (32) Megan Schutt 2/16 (3 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 6 wickets (with 25 balls remaining) Adelaide Oval Umpires: Simon Lightbody and Luke Uthenwoldt Player of the match: Katherine Brunt (Scorchers)
* Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat
* Double header with BBL game
* Streamed on cricket.com.au; broadcast by Network Ten
* Match 32 4 January 13:00 Scorecard
| Perth Scorchers 7/131 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 5/132 (18.1 overs) |
| Heather Graham 30 (25) Molly Strano 2/18 (4 overs) | | Danielle Wyatt 43 (42) Emma King 2/30 (4 overs) |
* Melbourne Renegades won by 5 wickets (with 11 balls remaining) Camberwell Sports Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Daryl Brigham and Stephen Brne Player of the match: Grace Harris (Renegades)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 33 5 January 13:00 Scorecard
| Perth Scorchers 1/118 (16.1 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 6/117 (20 overs) |
| Elyse Villani 57 (44) Morna Nielsen 1/20 (3 overs) | | Meg Lanning 30 (27) Emma King 1/19 (4 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 9 wickets (with 23 balls remaining) Toorak Park, Melbourne Umpires: Dale Ireland and David Shepherd Player of the match: Elyse Villani (Scorchers)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 37 8 January 14:30 Scorecard
| Perth Scorchers 6/120 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers 6/132 (20 overs) |
| Suzie Bates 52 (53) Lauren Smith 2/23 (4 overs) | | Ashleigh Gardner 40 (23) Anya Shrubsole 2/20 (4 overs) |
* Sydney Sixers won by 12 runs Hurstville Oval, Sydney Umpires: T Pennman and Tony Wilds Player of the match: Ashleigh Gardner (Sixers)
* Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 38 9 January 14:30 Scorecard
| Sydney Sixers 6/133 (19.3 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 9/129 (20 overs) |
| Alyssa Healy 46 (31) Katherine Brunt 2/25 (4 overs) | | Lauren Ebsary 37 (28) Lauren Smith 4/23 (4 overs) |
* Sydney Sixers won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining) Sydney Cricket Ground Umpires: G Stubbings and Ben Treloar Player of the match: Alyssa Healy (Sixers)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
* Double header with BBL game
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 45 14 January 13:35 Scorecard
| Perth Scorchers 3/122 (18 overs) | v | Adelaide Strikers 6/120 (20 overs) |
| Heather Graham 39*(30) Tahlia McGrath 1/17 (4 overs) | | Charlotte Edwards 31 (23) Piepa Cleary 3/21 (4 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 7 wickets (with 12 balls remaining) WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Nathan Johnstone and Trent Steenholdt Player of the match: Heather Graham
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
* Double header with BBL game
* Streamed by cricket.com.au
* Match 47 15 January 10:00 Scorecard
| Melbourne Stars 9/97 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 4/130 (20 overs) |
| Natalie Sciver 31 (32) Anya Shrubsole 2/9 (3 overs) | | Lauren Ebsary 45* (53) Emma Kearney 1/11 (4 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 33 runs Lilac Hill, Perth Umpires: Hennie Botes and Nathan Johnstone Player of the match: Katherine Brunt (Scorchers)
* Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
* Streamed by cricket.com.au
* Match 50 20 January 14:00 Scorecard
| Perth Scorchers 5/149 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder 6/145 (20 overs) |
| Elyse Villani 74 (55) Nicola Carey 2/15 (2 overs) | | Harmanpreet Kaur 64* (37) Piepa Cleary 3/16 (4 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 4 runs Lilac Hill, Perth Umpires: James Hewitt and Todd Rann Player of the match: Elyse Villani (Scorchers)
* Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
* Streamed by cricket.com.au
* Match 56 21 January 14:00 Scorecard
| Sydney Thunder 5/134 (19.1 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 4/131 (20 overs) |
| Stafanie Taylor 62 (54) Elyse Villani 3/16 (2.1 overs) | | Nicole Bolton 53 (43) Nicola Carey 2/30 (4 overs) |
* Sydney Thunder won by 5 wickets (with 5 balls remaining) Lilac Hill, Perth Umpires: James Hewitt and A Kovalevs Player of the match: Stafanie Taylor (Thunder)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat
* Streamed by cricket.com.au

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

* 24 January 11:40 Scorecard
| Perth Scorchers 1/125 (15.4 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat 5/124 (20 overs) |
| Kirby Short 39 (49) Emma King 2/17 (4 overs) | | Elyse Villani 52 (48) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 9 wickets (with 26 balls remaining) WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith and Damien Mealey Player of the match: Emma King (Scorchers)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
* Was played as a double header prior to Semi Final 1 of the Men's BBL. Both matches were broadcast on Network Ten

#### Final

* 28 January 10:45 Scorecard
| Perth Scorchers 7/117 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers 5/124 (20 overs) |
| Katherine Brunt 35* (30) Sarah Aley 4/23 (4 overs) | | Alyssa Healy 40 (27) Anya Shrubsole 2/17 (4 overs) |
* Sydney Sixers won by 7 runs WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Shawn Craig and Greg Davidson Player of the match: Sarah Aley (Sixers)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
* Sydney Sixers won their first WBBL title