# 2017–18 Hobart Hurricanes WBBL season

The 2017–18 Hobart Hurricanes Women's season was the third in the team's history. Coached by Julia Price and captained by Corinne Hall, the Hurricanes finished WBBL|03 in last place.

## Squad

Each WBBL|03 squad featured 15 active players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas. Australian marquees were defined as players who made at least ten limited-overs appearances for the national team in the three years prior to the cut-off date (24 April 2017).
Personnel changes made ahead of the season included:
* England marquee Heather Knight did not re-sign with the Hurricanes, opting to sit out of the season while recovering from injury. Corinne Hall was subsequently appointed captain, replacing the outgoing Knight (15–14 win–loss record).
* New Zealand marquee Amy Satterthwaite departed the Hurricanes, signing with the Melbourne Renegades.
* England marquee Lauren Winfield signed with the Hurricanes, having played for the Brisbane Heat in WBBL|02 as a replacement player.
* Indian marquee Veda Krishnamurthy signed with the Hurricanes, marking her first appearance in the league.
* Julie Hunter departed the Hurricanes, retiring from cricket after WBBL|02.
* Erin Burns departed the Hurricanes, signing with the Sydney Sixers.
* Stefanie Daffara signed with the Hurricanes, departing the Sydney Thunder.
* Nicola Hancock signed with the Hurricanes, having previously played for the Melbourne Renegades.
Changes made during the season included:
* Irish marquee Isobel Joyce signed as a replacement player for the second-consecutive season. Joyce also stood in as acting captain for five games.
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 | 12 | 181 | 89.16 | – | – | 0 | – | |
| 3 | Erin Fazackerley | 3 July 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 5 | 30 | 120.00 | 1 | 8.40 | 3 | – | |
| 27 | Corinne Hall | 12 October 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 12 | 60 | 75.94 | – | – | 5 | – | Captain |
| 33 | Isobel Joyce | 25 July 1983 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | 6 | 99 | 96.11 | 1 | 6.72 | 1 | – | Overseas marquee (replacement) |
| 79 | Veda Krishnamurthy | 16 October 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 9 | 144 | 101.40 | 1 | 10.20 | 2 | – | Overseas marquee |
| 99 | Sasha Moloney | 14 July 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 8 | 47 | 117.50 | – | – | 3 | – | |
| 74 | Emma Thompson | 2 December 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 4 | 22 | 61.11 | 2 | 7.57 | 0 | – | |
| 58 | Lauren Winfield | 16 August 1990 | Right-handed | – | 8 | 72 | 80.00 | – | – | 3 | – | Overseas marquee |
| All-rounders ||||||||||||||
| 50 | Hayley Matthews | 19 March 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 14 | 297 | 94.28 | 6 | 6.91 | 5 | – | Overseas marquee |
| 4 | Veronica Pyke | 4 November 1981 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | 14 | 139 | 94.55 | 6 | 7.22 | 1 | – | |
| 2 | Celeste Raack | 18 May 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 11 | 17 | 94.44 | 2 | 7.53 | 2 | – | |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||||||||||
| | Sarah Bryce | 8 January 2000 | Right-handed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Associate Rookie |
| 8 | Georgia Redmayne | 8 December 1993 | Left-handed | – | 14 | 297 | 86.58 | – | – | 2 | 1 | |
| Bowlers ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Katelyn Fryett | 28 May 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 9 | 25 | 89.28 | 3 | 8.55 | 2 | – | |
| 44 | Nicola Hancock | 8 November 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 14 | 33 | 67.34 | 11 | 6.48 | 0 | – | |
| 12 | Brooke Hepburn | 4 October 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 12 | 32 | 84.21 | 7 | 7.96 | 2 | – | |
| 10 | Meg Phillips | 2 February 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | – | |

## Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Sydney Sixers (C) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.890 |
| 2 | Sydney Thunder | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.684 |
| 3 | Perth Scorchers (RU) | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0.266 |
| 4 | Adelaide Strikers | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0.250 |
| 5 | Brisbane Heat | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.147 |
| 6 | Melbourne Renegades | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0.092 |
| 7 | Melbourne Stars | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | −0.634 |
| 8 | Hobart Hurricanes | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | −1.733 |
* The top four teams qualified for the semi finals.

## Fixtures

All times are local
* Match 2 9 December 2017 14:30 Scorecard
| Adelaide Strikers 3/183 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 9/138 (20 overs) |
| Sophie Devine 46 (21) Brooke Hepburn 2/35 (4 overs) | | Hayley Matthews 35 (27) Tahlia McGrath 2/15 (3 overs) |
* Adelaide Strikers won by 45 runs Gliderol Stadium, Glenelg Umpires: Steven Farrell and Luke Uthenwoldt Player of the match: Sophie Devine (Strikers)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 5 10 December 2017 12:30 Scorecard
| Adelaide Strikers 6/176 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 93 (18.5 overs) |
| Suzie Bates 102 (65) Veronica Pyke 4/17 (4 overs) | | Veda Krishnamurthy 21 (24) Amanda-Jade Wellington 3/9 (4 overs) |
* Adelaide Strikers won by 83 runs Gliderol Stadium, Glenelg Umpires: Craig Thomas and Luke Uthenwoldt Player of the match: Suzie Bates (Strikers)
* Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 12 17 December 2017 14:00 Scorecard
| Sydney Sixers 8/152 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 8/119 (20 overs) |
| Ellyse Perry 65 (49) Hayley Matthews 2/29 (4 overs) | | Veronica Pyke 35* (26) Dane van Niekerk 4/20 (4 overs) |
* Sydney Sixers won by 33 runs Blundstone Arena, Hobart Umpires: Muhammad Qureshi and Harvey Wolff Player of the match: Dane van Niekerk (Sixers)
* Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Dane van Niekerk became the fourth player to take a hat-trick in the WBBL
* Match 15 23 December 2017 12:20 Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 98 (19.4 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers 1/99 (13.5 overs) |
| Veda Krishnamurthy 16 (17) Dane van Niekerk 2/18 (4 overs) | | Erin Burns 48* (38) Nicola Hancock 1/14 (2 overs) |
* Sydney Sixers won by 9 wickets (with 37 balls remaining) Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Ryan Nelson and Claire Polosak Player of the match: Marizanne Kapp (Sixers)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
* Broadcast by Network Ten
* Double header with Match 5 of the Men's BBL
* Match 21 30 December 2017 14:20 Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 8/112 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder 3/116 (16.2 overs) |
| Hayley Matthews 39 (40) Stafanie Taylor 4/15 (4 overs) | | Rachael Haynes 64 (49) Brooke Hepburn 2/14 (3 overs) |
* Sydney Thunder won by 7 wickets (with 22 balls remaining) University of Tasmania Stadium, Launceston Umpires: Muhammad Qureshi and G Beechey Player of the match: Stafanie Taylor (Thunder)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 22 31 December 2017 11:00 Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 97 (19.4 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder 2/99 (15 overs) |
| Stefanie Daffara 30 (32) Samantha Bates 3/12 (4 overs) | | Alex Blackwell 43* (34) Celeste Raack 1/14 (3 overs) |
* Sydney Thunder won by 8 wickets (with 30 balls remaining) University of Tasmania Stadium, Launceston Umpires: Muhammad Qureshi and Darren Close Player of the match: Samantha Bates (Thunder)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 28 7 January 2018 10:00 Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 4/111 (20 overs) | v | Brisbane Heat 2/114 (14.4 overs) |
| Hayley Matthews 34 (40) Jess Jonassen 2/17 (4 overs) | | Beth Mooney 62* (43) Veda Krishnamurthy 1/18 (2 overs) |
* Brisbane Heat won by 8 wickets (with 32 balls remaining) Blundstone Arena, Hobart Umpires: Darren Close and Muhammad Qureshi Player of the match: Beth Mooney (Heat)
* Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 30 8 January 2018 10:00 Scorecard
| Brisbane Heat 4/168 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 126 (18.5 overs) |
| Kirby Short 79 (55) Emma Thompson 2/26 (4 overs) | | Veda Krishnamurthy 33 (20) Haidee Birkett 2/18 (2.5 overs) |
* Brisbane Heat won by 42 runs Blundstone Arena, Hobart Umpires: Darren Close and Wade Stewart Player of the match: Kirby Short (Heat)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 37 14 January 2018 10:00 Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 100 (18.5 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 0/102 (17.2 overs) |
| Hayley Matthews 40 (40) Maitlan Brown 3/28 (3.5 overs) | | Sophie Molineux 53* (39) |
* Melbourne Renegades won by 10 wickets (with 51 balls remaining) Blundstone Arena, Hobart Umpires: Wade Stewart and Muhammad Qureshi Player of the match: Sophie Molineux (Renegades)
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 39 15 January 2018 14:50 Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 9/120 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 6/116 (20 overs) |
| Veda Krishnamurthy 40 (35) Lea Tahuhu 3/25 (4 overs) | | Amy Satterthwaite 65 (58) Brooke Hepburn 3/24 (4 overs) |
* Hobart Hurricanes won by 4 runs Blundstone Arena, Hobart Umpires: G Beechey and Darren Close Player of the match: Brooke Hepburn (Hurricanes)
* Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 44 20 January 2018 13:30 Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 4/122 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 1/126 (16 overs) |
| Isobel Joyce 52* (47) Piepa Cleary 2/11 (3 overs) | | Elyse Villani 70* (48) Nicola Hancock 1/25 (4 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 9 wickets (with 24 balls remaining) WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: J Paterson and Trent Steenholdt Player of the match: Elyse Villani (Scorchers)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 45 21 January 2018 14:00 Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 7/130 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 4/134 (18.5 overs) |
| Georgia Redmayne 53 (49) Thamsyn Newton 1/7 (1 over) | | Nicole Bolton 60* (61) Katelyn Fryett 2/20 (4 overs) |
* Perth Scorchers won by 6 wickets (with 7 balls remaining) Lilac Hill Park, Perth Umpires: James Hewitt and J Paterson Player of the match: Nicole Bolton (Scorchers)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
* Streamed on cricket.com.au
* Match 49 27 January 2018 12:20 Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 7/107 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 3/108 (18 overs) |
| Hayley Matthews 34 (30) Alana King 2/23 (4 overs) | | Katie Mack 42 (44) Nicola Hancock 2/18 (4 overs) |
* Melbourne Stars won by 7 wickets (with 12 balls remaining) Melbourne Cricket Ground Umpires: Daryl Brigham and Darren Close Player of the match: Katie Mack (Stars)
* Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Network Ten
* Match 53 28 January 2018 12:00 Scorecard
| Hobart Hurricanes 6/130 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 7/128 (20 overs) |
| Hayley Matthews 44 (44) Erin Osborne 3/23 (4 overs) | | Erin Osborne 30 (29) Nicola Hancock 2/22 (4 overs) |
* Hobart Hurricanes won by 2 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground Umpires: Stephen Brne and Dale Ireland Player of the match: Hayley Matthews (Hurricanes)
* Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
* Streamed on cricket.com.au

## Statistics and awards

* Most runs: Hayley Matthews, Georgia Redmayne – 297 each (equal 17th in the league)
* Highest score in an innings: Georgia Redmayne – 53 (49) vs Perth Scorchers, 21 January 2018
* Most wickets: Nicola Hancock – 11 (equal 24th in the league)
* Best bowling figures in an innings: Veronica Pyke – 4/17 (4 overs) vs Adelaide Strikers, 10 December 2017
* Most catches (fielder): Corinne Hall, Hayley Matthews – 5 each (equal 17th in the league)
* Player of the Match awards: Brooke Hepburn, Hayley Matthews – 1 each
* Hurricanes Player of the Tournament: Hayley Matthews