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South Africa’s Sune Luus and Nadine de Klerk also gain following 2-1 series win in India

ESPNcricinfo staff30-Mar-2021India Women’s T20I opener Shafali Verma has consolidated her position at the top of the batting rankings table in the format. Verma’s 30-ball 60 in the third T20I against South Africa last week helped her gain another 26 points to further strengthen her grip on the top spot. That has put Verma on a tally of 776 rating points, 35 ahead of the second-placed Beth Mooney. Verma’s opening partner Smriti Mandhana has also gained one place to sixth position following her unbeaten 48 off 28 balls in the same match which India went on to win by nine wickets for a consolation win in the series.Among India’s bowlers, left-arm spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad’s match-winning performance of 3 for 9 has lifted her 12 places to a career-best No. 13.South Africa, who won the series 2-1 following their 4-1 ODI series win, had their own share of gains from the tour. Their captain Sune Luus rose one place to be No. 37 among batters, pacer Tumi Sekhukhune gained seven spots to be No. 42 in the bowlers’ charts.Australia and New Zealand players also saw some gains following the first T20I between the sides in Hamilton on Sunday. Australia’s Ashleigh Gardner’s unbeaten 73 helped her gain five places to reach a career-best No. 11 in the allrounders’ list, while her team-mate Georgia Wareham jumped two places to be placed at No. 10 among bowlers. Despite New Zealand’s six-wicket loss, Amy Satterthwaite, who hit a 31-ball 40, climbed a spot to be No. 27 among batters.

South Africa’s T20I side is without a number of first-choice players, some because of injury and some because of the IPL

Firdose Moonda09-Apr-2021It was just two months ago that Heinrich Klaasen, freshly recovered from a debilitating bout of Covid-19 at the time, was leading a second-string T20I side out in Pakistan. He is in the same position again.Then, in February this year, South Africa were without then-captain Quinton de Kock, senior batsmen including Faf du Plessis and Rassie van der Dussen, and their entire frontline pace attack of Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi and Anrich Nortje, all of whom had returned home to prepare for a Test series against Australia that never took place. Klaasen oversaw a 2-1 loss.Related

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Now, he will again stand in as skipper of a makeshift side in a T20I series against Pakistan. New captain Temba Bavuma is out with an injury, van der Dussen is doubtful for the same reason, de Kock, du Plessis and the quicks are all at the IPL, and even some of the players who were part of the team that played in Pakistan are unavailable. David Miller, their leading run-scorer from that series, is also at the IPL and Reeza Hendricks, who had the joint-highest total in the only match South Africa won in Pakistan, is on paternity leave. Dwaine Pretorius, one of the allrounders, is injured.In February, Klaasen had insisted it wasn’t a second-string side that he had been put in charge of. Again, he has had to defend the status of the players he has to work with and although he has moved closer to admitting it is not the group he had hoped it to be, he did his best to give everyone as much of a boost as possible.”This is a great time for us to look at other players that are not necessarily in that first XI but could be in the back up XI. There’s a good opportunity for the youngsters,” he said. “Unfortunately, we do not have the big players here but we are a very strong team.”Except that, with 24 hours to go before the toss in the first T20I, Klaasen admitted that he didn’t really know what his team might look like. “We’re waiting on a couple of fitness tests on a couple of niggles. We’ll probably have a chat in the next hour or so to give the guys enough time to prep for tomorrow. So, at this moment, I have no idea.”Death-bowling specialist Sisanda Magala is one of the players who have to undergo a fitness test before being available for selection. This is Magala’s second inclusion in a national squad – he was part of the white-ball squads against England and Australia last year but was not capped. And coach Mark Boucher said earlier in the week that the team management wanted Magala to play but there were “no grey areas” around the requirements they have and until he met them, he could not be included.It would have been Temba Bavuma’s first T20I series as South Africa captain•Getty Images

So, on top of everything else South Africa have to do without, they are also without a player who has been hailed domestically as one of the best in controlling the end of an innings. Their squad includes a mix of players who seem certainties for the T20 World Cup, which takes place in six months’ time, and those who have barely entered the conversation. That makes it difficult to think of this series as something that could seriously be used in preparation for that tournament.”We’ve got a set plan on how we want to play,” Klaasen stressed. “Over the last couple of months, we’ve been fine-tuning the brand we want to play. With all the new guys coming in, they still need to play that brand of cricket because that’s the direction we want to go. We are going to keep pushing that brand of cricket.”Asked specifically about the “brand” that has been much spoken about since Bavuma took over the white-ball captaincy, Klaasen had a few pointers, but not many: “It’s a positive brand of cricket and a bit of streetwise cricket. The rest I can’t really expand on. This is the way the game is going forward and we need to keep up with the new style of play.”South Africa last won a T20I series two years ago, against Sri Lanka at home, and have since played five, lost four and drawn one. They have issues of poor form and poor luck, and this time, also poor timing.

Rohit Sharma, Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya, Kuldeep Yadav are the other Indians to move up after their series sweep over New Zealand

ESPNcricinfo staff25-Jan-2023Mohammed Siraj has become to world’s No. 1 bowler in the men’s ODI rankings for the first time, replacing Trent Boult at the top after India swept New Zealand 3-0 at home. Shubman Gill, meanwhile, has moved up 20 spots to No. 6 on the batters’ table, one place above Virat Kohli, after scoring 360 runs in the three ODIs against New Zealand, including a double-century and a century.Siraj was third on the wicket-takers’ table for the series against New Zealand after picking up five wickets in two games, behind Shardul Thakur and Kuldeep Yadav, who both had six strikes. But that haul made it 14 wickets in five ODIs – with the three games against Sri Lanka in the earlier series added – for him, and contributed to his rise past Boult, who didn’t travel to India and last played ODI cricket in September last year. Boult is currently in third place, with Josh Hazlewood at No. 2.Gill, too, has been in stellar form, with 207 runs in the three-ODI series against Sri Lanka in January, including a century and a half-century. Kohli hasn’t been too shabby himself, scoring two centuries in three matches against Sri Lanka.

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Rohit Sharma, meanwhile, has jumped two places up to No. 8 among batters after his 85-ball 101 in the third ODI against New Zealand.Ireland’s Harry Tector and Josh Little also made gains following their recent series against Zimbabwe which ended 1-1. Tector, who scored one century and a fifty to total 176 runs across three games, has jumped 12 places up to 13th among ODI batters, while Little, who has been impressive in recent times, has moved 27 places to No. 33 among the bowlers.

Whenever the opposition starts to get chatty, Kraigg Brathwaite knows he doing his job

Daniel Brettig at Kensington Oval08-Apr-2012Whenever the opposition starts to get chatty, Kraigg Brathwaite knows he doing his job. He did it very well indeed on the first day in Barbados, holding up the tourists for more than four hours on the way to a scene-setting 57, to grant his side the chance of a competitive total.A conservative player since his early teens, Brathwaite has no great pretensions about advancing into a more florid style, and takes his cues from the mood of the opposition. When they are silent, he wants to get them talking, to know that their energy is being projected in terms of frustration rather than focus. That’s precisely what happened the longer he batted against Australia, and Brathwaite was happy to hear it.”I believe they were getting a little frustrated, they started talking and stuff,” Brathwaite said. “As you all know I take my time, I look to get in and let the batters bat around me, make it easier for them. Once the opposition start to get frustrated, a lot of talking goes on – I feel quite good when it happens.”[Peter] Siddle was giving me some chat but that’s all part of the game. Early on with the new ball [Ryan] Harris bowled quite good. [Ben] Hilfenhaus got a bit of swing but probably wasn’t getting the assistance like Harris. A little bit later I thought [Shane] Watson had it swinging both ways more than anyone else.”The most fluent passages of the days’ play – there were few – took place when Brathwaite was batting with Kirk Edwards, the team’s inexperienced but highly impressive vice-captain. Edwards’ stance looks more functional than fluent, but his shots are powerful, and he played with considerable presence until David Warner held onto a fierce back foot drive for a return catch.”I play a lot of cricket with Kirk and he’s a very positive man,” Brathwaite said. “Once he’s out there he raises the score, it’s quite good to bat with him. I think he’s doing a good job [as vice-captain]. He’s got a strong head and I back him 110%.”We started out saying we’re not going to back down. Australia was going to come hard, the pitch wasn’t that easy, as the ball got older it was a little harder to score and they were bowling good lines so we just decided we were going to work hard and not give our wickets away.”Warner admitted some of the visitors had been less than enchanted with Brathwaite’s approach, but argued that West Indies’ careful batting had meant Australia are not too far from parity provided they can scoop quick wickets on the second morning.”A couple of guys said ‘I don’t know how you can do that’ but that’s the way he plays,” Warner said. “I don’t know his game-plan but it looked like he was trying to see the shine off the ball and get to the second new rock. That just proves the point that the game wasn’t getting away from us and they weren’t moving on at all because with him just leaving everything and not putting scoreboard pressure on it works to our advantage.”We know they’re a very good fielding unit and when they take one or two wickets they’re always up in your face. The thing we’ve got to do is, when we bat, we’ve got to try and get partnerships. That’s the key and we know if we get one good partnership and have the guys out there for an hour to two hours, we know they’re going to have to play boring cricket as well.”The wicket of Edwards provided Warner with plenty of reason to be chirpy, being his first in Test matches. But it also backed up a more serious point about the value of part-time bowlers. The national selector John Inverarity is adamant that more batsmen should bowl, and Warner’s status as a lapsed junior legspinner has been slowly turned around.”Growing up I bowled a lot of leg-spin. My junior stuff I was batting six and bowling a lot of leggies,” Warner said. “That sort of, not went out the window – I was still bowling them in the nets – but perhaps not practising them as much as I should be.”It’s only this trip and throughout the summer that Craig McDermott and the coaches have said to me that we’re going to need you to bowl here and we’ve got the Indian series coming up as well and that’s going to be a massive part. It adds a string to the team as well. If we play two spinners you have an extra spinner there and obviously Michael [Clarke] bowls as well. It’s an advantage to the team in these conditions and I’m going to be practising a lot more in the nets.”

Kyle Jamieson’s runs have helped New Zealand deal with Colin de Grandhomme’s absence, the coach says

ESPNcricinfo staff07-Dec-2020With Kane Williamson’s partner Sarah Raheem due to give birth to their first child later this month, the New Zealand captain might have to take paternity leave. The team will be perfectly fine with that, with Gary Stead, the coach, saying that sometimes “other things are much more important” than cricket, and if Williamson misses some matches, so be it.

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Speaking a day after New Zealand wrapped up an innings-and-134-run win over West Indies in the first of their two Tests, Stead said, “Worst case scenario, Kane misses some matches. As a dad, as a parent, you only get that opportunity once in your life to be there for your (first) child’s birth and I know that it’s important for Kane too. At the end of the day, we play cricket, and other things are much more important. And that is much more important.”ALSO READ: Stats – Williamson doubles his ten-hour tallyThe second Test against West Indies will start on December 11, and once that series gets over, New Zealand host Pakistan for three T20Is and two Tests from December 18. If Williamson does miss some of those games, Will Young, who made his international debut in the first Test – and scored 5 in the team’s 519 for 7 declared in their only innings – will be the “natural replacement”, Stead said.Looking back at the big win in Hamilton, Stead pointed out that the emergence of some players, Kyle Jamieson in particular, had made life easier for the team management. “With Colin (de Grandhomme) not being available, it (Jamieson’s all-round performance) gave us some potential to look at things in a different way,” Stead said. “Kyle Jamieson’s batting has really come on and whilst it’s not in the Colin de Grandhomme category now, I guess it’s something that we hope for that he will keep striving towards being there in the future.”(It was) a very clinical performance throughout, when you lose the toss and get inserted… there’s always a few nerves about how much the wicket will do. I thought the pitch played really well throughout – it kept good bounce throughout and that was pleasing for us.”The win, inside four days, was set up by Williamson, who scored a Test-best 251 to lead the New Zealand batting charge. “Kane’s innings was obviously very special. I think he showed his skill, his temperament, his patience all in one innings,” Stead said. “Our partnerships the guys built around with Kane was the reason we got up to the score we did and put us in a position of strength.”

Veteran Australian batsman Marcus North made 79 on his Glamorgan debut to secure his club their first batting point of the season

16-May-2012
ScorecardAustralia’s veteran batsman Marcus North rescued Glamorgan from another batting failure with a defiant half-century against one of his former employers on the opening day of the Division Two match against Derbyshire in Cardiff.North, 32, the first overseas player to play for six counties, top-scored with 75 and led a recovery that earned Glamorgan a first batting point of the season after they had been in trouble at 111 for 5. He batted for nearly four hours and was well supported by skipper Mark Wallace, who made 45 out of a team total of 236, with Tim Groenewald ending with excellent figures of 3 for 34 from 22 overs.Glamorgan would have expected more after electing to bat first but at least it gave former England fast bowler Simon Jones something to bowl at in his first Championship match for Glamorgan since August 2007, and he sent down four overs as Derbyshire closed on 22 without loss.It was also more than the visitors looked like making when a series of poor shots handed the initiative to Derbyshire, who rested strike bowler Tony Palladino but then lost paceman Mark Footitt in only the eighth over of the morning.Footitt pulled up in obvious distress holding his right hip and, after treatment on the field, played no further part in the day’s action and will undergo a scan on Thursday to discover the extent of the damage.Despite that setback, Derbyshire had the better of the morning session with Jon Clare following his 11 for 57 in the match at Cardiff last month by striking twice in the 13th over. Nick James started the slide when he steered a short ball into the hands of third slip and then Will Bragg obligingly slapped Clare to point. It was another soft dismissal but at least Gareth Rees was defeated by a good ball from Ross Whiteley which moved away to find the edge and was taken by Martin Guptill at second slip.North soon looked in control in his first innings for Glamorgan and, with Ben Wright, guided the visitors to 93 for 3 at lunch. But more loose shots left them in trouble shortly after the interval. Wright launched a firm-footed drive at a wide ball from Groenewald and then Jim Allenby pulled Whiteley into the hands of mid-wicket, leaving North and Wallace to rebuild the innings.They added 77 in 25 overs before Groenewald bowled Wallace and David Wainwright trapped North lbw on the back foot, leaving enough time for Jones to work up some pace as Derbyshire ended 214 runs behind.

England seamer James Anderson, who is five wickets away from reaching the landmark of 300 Test wickets, intends to dig up some ‘extra in the tank’ for the final Test against New Zealand in Auckland

Andrew McGlashan in Auckland20-Mar-2013James Anderson is five wickets away from becoming only the fourth England bowler to claim 300 Test scalps, but milestones will not be near the forefront of his mind as he steels his tired body for one last effort in Auckland.Ian Botham, Bob Willis and Fred Trueman are the three who occupy the 300-club and, although globally the figure is not as exclusive as it once was, it will be further validation towards Anderson being one of England’s finest bowlers.Anderson’s journey has not always been smooth. After bursting onto the scene in 2003, he became a fringe player by the end of that year for a period of two more, before suffering a career threatening back injury following attempts to modify his action. It was only when Peter Moores became coach in 2007 that Anderson was given a sustained second chance and since 2008, the previous tour of New Zealand, he has not looked back.From that comeback in Wellington, an excellent career has taken on a number of guises. He has taken 233 wickets at 28.13, the most by any bowler in the world over the same time frame albeit in 14 matches more than second-placed Dale Steyn on 227 scalps. It is, though, further proof as to why those two are talked about in the same breath.He has not been quite at his best in this series – collecting seven wickets at 33.14 – although there have been examples of his skill, including a spell with the second new-ball in Dunedin, which was accompanied by much pent-up frustration, and a burst of reverse swing in Wellington, when he was being buffeted by a strong wind. However, Anderson’s own uncertainty about his numbers shows the pending landmark does not occupy all his thoughts.”It would be a huge achievement. But first of all, I’ve got to get some wickets,” he said. “I think two is the most I’ve got in an innings on this trip. I’m aware of it. But it’s something once I get into the game, I won’t be thinking about.”Yet, if Anderson’s statistics are a guide, an England victory and the 300-landmark could go hand-in-hand. Since returning to the side in 2008 he has averaged 4.82 wickets in matches England have won.There were concerns about Anderson’s fitness during the Wellington Test, where he needed some treatment on a stiff back, but he has benefited from an extra day off due to the rain which curtailed that match. England also did not train on Wednesday except for those who wanted an extra net, which were Nick Compton, Jonny Bairstow and Graham Onions.”When you’ve got just one big Test left, you always manage to find something a little bit extra in the tank – knowing we have got a few weeks off when we get home,” Anderson said. “I feel okay. The rain probably helped in the end, getting an extra day off.”There was expectation before the series that England’s quick bowlers would enjoy a profitable time in New Zealand, but the successes that have come their way – notably Stuart Broad’s 6 for 51 in Wellington – have been hard-earned. That, however, does not come as a surprise to Anderson who has become used to trying to extract wickets in tough conditions.”Test pitches around the world are generally quite flat, and you’ve got to work hard for your victories,” he said. “It’s no different out here. So you can’t say they’re not result pitches … you’ve just got to work hard as a bowler to get 20 wickets in a game.”That’s just the way things are. You have to find different ways of getting people out. You can’t always just steam in and try and roll sides over. You’ve got to use other skills, and that’s what we’ve been trying to do this trip.”Anderson, without doubt, has the skills. Now he just needs to find the energy.

If Morris is fit, he is likely to replace Udana in the RCB XI

Sruthi Ravindranath09-Oct-20207:53

Deep Dasgupta: Bring in Chris Morris for Isuru Udana

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It’s quite clear what’s ailing the Chennai Super Kings this season. Their batting, especially the middle order, has been the major weak link in their four losses. They have scored at 7.6 runs per over in the powerplay this year- the second lowest among all teams – and they tend to slow down further in the middle overs. Their middle-overs run rate of 7.5 is the second worst among all teams this season and it has not worked well with their tradition of taking the games deep, especially given the fact that they’ve had to chase in all the six games this season. In the match against the Kolkata Knight Riders, they didn’t play like a team that had chased down 178 with ten wickets to spare in their previous game against the Kings XI Punjab.The only team that has worse numbers than the Super Kings in the middle overs are the Royal Challengers Bangalore. The Royal Challengers’ batting struggles cost them their last match against the Delhi Capitals. They lost three wickets within the powerplay, and with the asking rate soaring, their captain Virat Kohli couldn’t help much, with hardly any support from the other end, as they eventually lost by 59 runs. While both sides will want improvements from their middle orders, the Royal Challengers have also been struggling with their death bowling, which has been a long-standing issue for them. Their bowlers have conceded at 12.9 – the second-worst behind Kings XI Punjab – this season.ALSO READ: Can Jadhav ‘light the fuse’ to ignite CSK’s middle order?Kedar Jadhav in particular has come in for sharp criticism for his 7 off 12 balls against the Knight Riders, having arrived with 39 needed off 21 balls. Among all teams Jadhav has featured for in IPL, his performance for the Super Kings has been the worst – he has averaged 20.3 in 17 matches. He has the lowest strike rate (98) for a player batting in top seven (minumum 15 innings) since IPL 2018. The Super Kings have always been a team who’ve kept faith in their players, but will they make some big calls and tinker with their XI to put their campaign back on track?

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The Royal Challengers’ captain Kohli said after the game on Monday that allrounder Chris Morris was “very close to playing”. If he’s fit, he could come in for Isuru Udana or Moeen Ali and help fix their death bowling.BCCI

Likely XIs

Chennai Super Kings: 1 Shane Watson, 2 Faf du Plessis, 3 Ambati Rayudu, 4 Kedar Jadhav, 5 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Dwayne Bravo, 8 Sam Curran, 9 Shardul Thakur, 10 Deepak Chahar, 11 Karn Sharma/Piyush ChawlaRoyal Challengers Bangalore: 1 Devdutt Padikkal, 2 Aaron Finch, 3 Virat Kohli (capt), 4 AB de Villiers (wk), 5 Moeen Ali, 6 Washington Sundar,7 Shivam Dube, 8 Chris Morris, 9 Navdeep Saini, 10 Mohammad Siraj, 11 Yuzvendra Chahal

Strategy Punt

• The Royal Challengers could push Ali to No.4 as he has great numbers against left-arm spinners and legspinners, striking at 165 and 171 respectively. So, Ali could take on Ravindra Jadeja and Karn Sharma in the middle overs. This move will also push AB de Villiers down to No. 5 and allow him to take on the death overs, a phase where he strikes at 222.
• Bring in spin early against Aaron Finch? Finch has been dismissed twice inside the powerplay this season, both by spinners. While Finch has troubles with incoming deliveries against quicks, the Super Kings could also open with a spinner at the other end. He has been dismissed four times by spinners and his average of 14.8 is the worst among players to have scored 50-plus runs against spin this season.
• Getting de Villiers out inside the first 10 balls is key as he has been striking at a staggering 195 after facing 10-plus balls since IPL 2019. He has struggled to get going against spinners in the first 10 balls, losing his wicket four times and striking at just 97 against them.

Stats that matter

• Does MS Dhoni love playing against the Royal Challengers? The last time Royal Challengers got Dhoni out was way back in 2017 when he was part of the now-defunct Rising Pune Supergiant. Since IPL 2018, they are the only opponents against whom Dhoni has struck at over 170. Three of his five highest scores in the IPL have come against the Royal Challengers. While all other Super Kings batsmen have an average record against Yuzvendra Chahal, striking at less than 100 against him, Dhoni averages 75 and scores at 144 against the legspinner.
• In ten matches this IPL at Dubai, teams winning the toss have opted to bowl seven times and ended up losing the game on all occasions. Sunrisers Hyderabad are the only team to have opted to bat first and won the game. The side chasing has won just once, when the Super Kings beat Kings XI by 10 wickets, after Rahul opted to bat first.
• Kohli needs 31 runs to reach 6000 runs for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
• Dhoni needs to clear the boundary once to reach 300 sixes in T20s.

Australia’s vice-captain, Brad Haddin, believes India “break quicker than anyone in the world” when the run of play is against them

ESPNcricinfo staff10-Jan-2012Australia’s vice-captain, Brad Haddin, believes India “break quicker than anyone in the world” when the run of play is against them. Despite having had a difficult series himself, including dropping two catches, Haddin has turned up the heat on India ahead of the third Test in Perth, describing MS Dhoni’s men as being “as fragile as any team in the world”.Speaking on Sydney radio ahead of the Australian team convening in Perth, Haddin said the side had discussed keeping India in the field for as long as possible during Australia’s long first innings at the SCG. As it turned out, Michael Clarke made a triple-century while Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey both scored hundreds, and Australia took a 2-0 series lead.”We spoke about a bit of that when we were batting,” Haddin said on Sky Sports Radio Australia. “The longer we could keep them out on the field the bigger chance we had of breaking them.”We know this side can be as fragile as any team in the world if things aren’t going their way and they can turn on each other and the media turns on them pretty quick. We knew if we could keep them out there and put the numbers like we did on the board we knew we’d get the rewards because they break quicker than anyone in the world.”In their second innings, India made 400 but still fell 68 runs short of making Australia bat a second time. Sachin Tendulkar was one of India’s stronger performers with 80 and although he has been the visitors’ leading run scorer during the series, Haddin said the Australians felt they had discovered a way to keep him relatively quiet.”What we have found is if we can build enough pressure on him he wants to score and he wants to feel bat on ball and he wants to get into a rhythm,” Haddin said. “We find if we can push him a little wider, make him feel for the ball a bit we can build enough pressure to get a chance and it’s worked in the last two Tests.”We’ve found he can be a bit uncomfortable in the areas [Peter] Siddle’s been bowling to him. l knew if we could build enough pressure we can create a chance to get him. He’s a great player and it’s always a privilege to play against guys like this. There’s been a lot of talk about his hundredth hundred but from our point of view it’s our job to make sure he doesn’t get it this series.”The Australians arrived in Perth on Monday and were set to begin training on Tuesday. The third Test begins at the WACA on Friday.

Keep track of how all the WBBL clubs are building their squads for the 2020 season

ESPNcricinfo staff20-Aug-2020

Adelaide Strikers

Last season Runners-upCoach Luke WilliamsSquad Darcie Brown, Suzie Bates (NZ), Sarah Coyte, Ellie Falconer, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Katie Mack, Tegan McPharlin, Tahlia McGrath, Annie O’Neil, Bridget Patterson, Madeline Penna, Alex Price, Megan Schutt, Stafanie Taylor (WI), Laura Wolvaardt (SA)In Madeline Penna (Stars), Laura Wolvaardt
Out Sophie Devine (Scorchers)

Brisbane Heat

Last season ChampionsCoach Ashley NoffkeSquad Maddy Green (NZ), Nicola Hancock, Grace Harris, Laura Harris, Mikayla Hinkley, Jess Jonassen, Amelia Kerr (NZ), Delissa Kimmince, Nadine de Klerk (SA), Charli Knott, Lilly Mills, Georgia Prestwidge, Georgia Redmayne, Courtney Sippel, Georgia VollIn Nichola Hancock (Stars), Nadine de Klerk, Georgia Redmayne, Georgia Voll
Out Sammy-Jo Johnson (Thunder), Beth Mooney (Scorchers), Kirby Short (retired)

Hobart Hurricanes

Last season 7thCoach Salliann BriggsSquad Nicola Carey, Maisy Gibson (injured), Corinne Hall, Brooke Hepburn, Erica Kershaw, Hayley Matthews (WI), Sasha Moloney, Rachel Priest (NZ), Chloe Rafferty, Amy Smith, Naomi Stalenberg, Emma Thompson, Chloe Tryon (SA), Tayla Vlaeminck (injured), Belinda VakarewaReplacements Hayley Jensen (NZ), Chloe Abel, Nell Bryson Smith, Emily SmithIn Hayley Jensen (NZ), Erica Kershaw (Renegades), Rachel Priest (Thunder), Naomi Stalenberg (Thunder),
Out Erin Fazackerly (Renegades)

Melbourne Renegades

Last season Semi-finalCoach Lachlan StevensSquad Makinley Blows, Maitlan Brown, Josie Dooley, Jess Duffin (unavailable), Erin Fazackerley, Ella Hayward, Lizelle Lee (SA), Carly Leeson, Sophie Molineux, Courtney Neale, Amy Satterthwaite (NZ), Molly Strano, Lea Tahuhu (NZ), Georgia Wareham, Courtney WebbIn Erin Fazackerly (Hobart Hurricanes), Ella Hayward, Lizelle Lee, Amy Satterthwaite
Out Tammy Beaumont, Erica Kershaw, Claire Koski, Danni Wyatt

Melbourne Stars

Last season 8thCoach Trent WoodhillSquad Katherine Brunt (Eng), Lucy Cripps, Sophie Day, Bhavi Devchand, Nicole Faltum, Holly Ferling, Tess Flintoff, Georgia Gall, Alana King, Meg Lanning, Erin Osborne, Mignon du Preez, Nat Sciver (Eng), Annabel Sutherland, Elyse VillaniIn Katherine Brunt, Bhavi Devchand (Scorchers) Meg Lanning (Scorchers), Nat Sciver
Out Madeline Penna (Strikers)

Perth Scorchers

Last season Semi-finalCoach Shelley NitschkeSquad Megan Banting, Jemma Barsby, Samantha Betts, Nicole Bolton, Mathilda Carmichael, Piepa Cleary, Sophie Devine (NZ), Sarah Glenn (Eng), Heather Graham, Amy Jones (Eng) Emma King, Beth Mooney, Taneale Peschel, Chloe Piparo, Georgia WyllieIn Sophie Devine (Strikers), Sarah Glenn, Beth Mooney (Brisbane Heat)
Out Meg Lanning (Stars)

Sydney Sixers

Last season 5thCoach Ben SawyerSquad Sarah Aley, Erin Burns, Stella Campbell, Lauren Cheatle, Maddy Darke, Ashleigh Gardner, Lisa Griffith, Alyssa Healy, Jodie Hicks, Emma Hughes, Marizanne Kapp (SA), Ellyse Perry, Angela Reakes, Hayley Silver-Holmes, Dane van Niekerk (SA),In Angela Reakes, Lisa Griffith (Thunder)
Out Lauren Smith (Thunder)

Sydney Thunder

Last season 6thCoach Trevor GriffinSquad Sam Bates, Tammy Beaumont (Eng), Hannah Darlington, Rachael Haynes, Saskia Horley, Shabnim Ismail (SA) Sammy-Jo Johnson, Anika Learoyd, Phoebe Litchfield, Heather Knight (Eng), Kate Peterson, Olivia Porter, Lauren Smith, Rachel Trenaman, Tahlia WilsonIn Tammy Beaumont, Sammy-Jo Johnson (Heat), Heather Knight, Lauren Smith (Sixers)
Out Lisa Griffith (Sixers), Rachel Priest (Hurricanes)