2018–19 Hobart Hurricanes WBBL season
# 2018–19 Hobart Hurricanes WBBL season

The 2018–19 Hobart Hurricanes Women's season was the fourth in the team's history. Coached by Salliann Briggs and captained by Sasha Moloney, the Hurricanes finished on the bottom of the WBBL|04 ladder. They consequently claimed their second-consecutive wooden spoon, having also finished last in the previous season.

## Squad

Each 2018–19 squad featured 15 active players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas. Under a new rule, Australian marquees were classed as players who held a national women's team contract at the time of signing on for their WBBL|04 team.

Personnel changes made before and during the season included:

* Salliann Briggs was appointed head coach of the Hurricanes, replacing Julia Price.
* Sasha Moloney assumed the captaincy, taking over from Corinne Hall.
* Indian marquee Veda Krishnamurthy and English marquee Lauren Winfield did not re-sign with the Hurricanes.
* English marquee Heather Knight returned to the Hurricanes after a season's absence.
* Barbadian marquee Hayley Matthews returned for her fourth season. Her campaign, however, was marred by injury. She did not play the first game due to a broken toe, and then missed the last eleven matches after sustaining a ruptured medial collateral ligament. English marquee Alex Hartley was signed as her replacement.
* Indian marquee Smriti Mandhana signed with the Hurricanes, having previously played for the Brisbane Heat.
* Nicola Hancock departed the Hurricanes, signing with the Melbourne Stars.
* Australian-born Celeste Raack, who also held an Irish passport, became ineligible to compete in the league as a local player after earning international selection for Ireland during 2018. The Hurricanes opted against signing her as an overseas marquee for WBBL|04, bringing her time with the team to an end.
* Rhiann O'Donnell signed with the Hurricanes, having spent prior seasons with the Melbourne Renegades.
* On 14 December 2018, Mikayla Hinkley, a former member of the Sydney Thunder and the Perth Scorchers, was brought into the squad as a replacement for Emma Thompson who would miss the season due to injury.

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 | 167 | 113.60 | – | – | 2 | – | |
| 13 | Ashley Day | 17 September 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 2 | 9 | 180.00 | – | – | 0 | – | |
| 3 | Erin Fazackerley | 3 July 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 12 | 211 | 143.53 | 2 | 8.87 | 7 | – | |
| 27 | Corinne Hall | 12 October 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 14 | 229 | 112.25 | – | – | 8 | – | |
| 11 | Mikayla Hinkley | 1 May 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 4 | 74 | 91.35 | – | – | 1 | – | Replacement player |
| 18 | Smriti Mandhana | 18 July 1996 | Left-handed | Right-arm off spin | 13 | 318 | 144.54 | – | – | 4 | – | Overseas marquee |
| 74 | Emma Thompson | 2 December 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| All-rounders ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Heather Knight | 26 December 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 13 | 374 | 121.82 | 14 | 7.57 | 11 | – | Overseas marquee |
| 50 | Hayley Matthews | 19 March 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 2 | 60 | 130.43 | 2 | 5.75 | 0 | – | Overseas marquee |
| 99 | Sasha Moloney | 14 July 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 14 | 146 | 122.68 | 12 | 7.80 | 3 | – | Captain |
| 26 | Rhiann O'Donnell | 14 April 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 6 | 9 | 100.00 | 2 | 12.00 | 7 | – | |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||||||||||
| 8 | Georgia Redmayne | 8 December 1993 | Left-handed | – | 14 | 222 | 110.44 | – | – | 9 | 6 | |
| Bowlers ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Katelyn Fryett | 28 May 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast medium | 3 | 5 | 250.00 | 1 | 13.00 | 0 | – | |
| 65 | Alex Hartley | 6 September 1993 | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 11 | 2 | 33.33 | 7 | 8.21 | 1 | – | Overseas marquee (replacement) |
| 12 | Brooke Hepburn | 4 October 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 14 | 37 | 77.08 | 15 | 7.28 | 3 | – | |
| 10 | Meg Phillips | 2 February 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 9 | 23 | 69.69 | 12 | 8.01 | 5 | – | |
| 4 | Veronica Pyke | 11 April 1981 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | 11 | 49 | 111.36 | 8 | 7.10 | 1 | – | |

## Ladder

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sydney Sixers (RU) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.509 |
| 2 | Sydney Thunder | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 0.479 |
| 3 | Brisbane Heat (C) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 1.118 |
| 4 | Melbourne Renegades | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 | −0.079 |
| 5 | Perth Scorchers | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | −0.476 |
| 6 | Adelaide Strikers | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 11 | −0.336 |
| 7 | Melbourne Stars | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 11 | −0.905 |
| 8 | Hobart Hurricanes | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 4 | −0.364 |

* The four top ranked teams qualified for the semi finals

## Fixtures

All times are local time

* Match 1 1 December 2018 10:40 Scorecard

| Hobart Hurricanes 7/143 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 4/147 (19.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Georgia Redmayne 49 (48) Heather Graham 3/25 (4 overs) | | Elyse Villani 58 (39) Sasha Moloney 2/19 (3 overs) |

* Perth Scorchers won by 6 wickets (with 3 balls remaining) CitiPower Centre, St Kilda Umpires: Daryl Brigham and Darren Close Player of the match: Elyse Villani (Perth Scorchers)
* Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
* Match 6 8 December 2018 14:00 Scorecard

| Hobart Hurricanes 6/158 (20.0 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 5/159 (19.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Heather Knight 82* (55) Annabel Sutherland 2/30 (4 overs) | | Erin Osborne 67 (46) Hayley Matthews 2/23 (4 overs) |

* Melbourne Stars won by 5 wickets (with 1 ball remaining) West Park Oval, Burnie Umpires: Darren Close and Jeremiah Matibiri Player of the match: Erin Osborne (Melbourne Stars)
* Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
* Match 10 9 December 2018 10:30 Scorecard

| Hobart Hurricanes 6/196 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Stars 124 (16.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Smriti Mandhana 69 (41) Alana King 2/22 (3 overs) | | Angela Reakes 31 (24) Heather Knight 3/10 (3 overs) |

* Hobart Hurricanes won by 72 runs West Park, Burnie Umpires: Darren Close and Jeremiah Matibiri Player of the match: Smriti Mandhana (Hobart Hurricanes)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
* Match 15 15 December 2018 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard

| Hobart Hurricanes 5/133 (15 overs) | v | Sydney Sixers 3/155 (14.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Heather Knight 51* (35) Marizanne Kapp 2/20 (3 overs) | | Ashleigh Gardner 79* (50) Veronica Pyke 1/14 (1.4 overs) |

* Sydney Sixers won by 7 wickets (with 2 balls remaining) (D/L method) Blundstone Arena, Hobart Umpires: Jeremiah Matibiri and G Beechey Player of the match: Ashleigh Gardner (Sydney Sixers)
* Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field
* Match reduced to 15 overs per team due to rain delay
* Sydney Sixers' target revised to 152
* Match 18 16 December 2018 13:50 Scorecard

| Sydney Sixers 3/158 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 141 (19.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Ellyse Perry 72* (55) Rhiann O'Donnell 1/27 (4 overs) | | Georgia Redmayne 47* (36) Marizanne Kapp 4/27 (4 overs) |

* Sydney Sixers won by 17 runs Blundstone Arena, Hobart Umpires: Muhammad Qureshi and Ben Treloar Player of the match: Ellyse Perry (Sydney Sixers)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
* Match 20 18 December 2018 12:00 Scorecard

| Hobart Hurricanes 7/173 (20 overs) | v | Perth Scorchers 6/173 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Smriti Mandhana 38 (23) Nicole Bolton 3/20 (4 overs) | | Heather Graham 44* (30) Brooke Hepburn 2/22 (4 overs) |

* Match tied (Perth Scorchers won the one over eliminator) Blundstone Arena, Hobart Umpires: Muhammad Qureshi and Jeremiah Matibiri Player of the match: Heather Graham (Perth Scorchers)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
* Match 22 21 December 2018 13:50 Scorecard

| Hobart Hurricanes 9/153 (20 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder 4/156 (17.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Erin Fazackerley 35 (21) Stafanie Taylor 3/24 (4 overs) | | Naomi Stalenberg 55 (39) Heather Knight 2/25 (3 overs) |

* Sydney Thunder won by 6 wickets (with 16 balls remaining) Manuka Oval, Canberra Umpires: Darren Close and Andrew Crozier Player of the match: Stafanie Taylor (Sydney Thunder)
* Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
* Match 29 24 December 14:15 Scorecard

| Hobart Hurricanes 135 (19.4 overs) | v | Sydney Thunder 4/136 (16.4 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Smriti Mandhana 35 (22) Rene Farrell 2/20 (3.4 overs) | | Rachael Haynes 68* (48) Brooke Hepburn 1/13 (3 overs) |

* Sydney Thunder won by 6 wickets (with 20 balls remaining) Spotless Stadium, Sydney Umpires: Ryan Nelson and Andrew Hamilton Player of the match: Rachael Haynes (Sydney Thunder)
* Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
* Match 36 30 December 13:50 Scorecard

| Brisbane Heat 129 (19 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 5/133 (18.2 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Grace Harris 23 (12) Meg Phillips 3/16 (4 overs) | | Corinne Hall 48 (39) Grace Harris 3/23 (4 overs) |

* Hobart Hurricanes won by 5 wickets (with 10 balls remaining) UTAS Stadium, Launceston Umpires: Darren Close and Jeremiah Matibiri Player of the match: Corinne Hall (Hobart Hurricanes)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
* Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
* Match 37 31 December 12:30 Scorecard

| Brisbane Heat 8/138 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 80 (16.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Josephine Dooley 44* (30) Meg Phillips 3/22 (4 overs) | | Mikayla Hinkley 16 (25) Jess Jonassen 2/11 (3 overs) |

* Brisbane Heat won by 58 runs UTAS Stadium, Launceston Umpires: Muhammad Qureshi and Darren Close Player of the match: Grace Harris (Brisbane Heat)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
* Match 41 3 January 14:50 Scorecard

| Hobart Hurricanes 8/115 (20 overs) | v | Melbourne Renegades 5/119 (18.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Corinne Hall 37 (30) Sophie Molineux 2/22 (4 overs) | | Amy Satterthwaite 27 (35) Sasha Moloney 3/20 (4 overs) |

* Melbourne Renegades won by 5 wickets (with 11 balls remaining) GMHBA Stadium, Geelong Umpires: Dale Ireland and David Shepard Player of the match: Sophie Molineux (Melbourne Renegades)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
* Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
* Match 48 8 January 13:40 Scorecard

| Adelaide Strikers 5/189 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 8/189 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Sophie Devine 99* (53) Brooke Hepburn 2/28 (4 overs) | | Georgia Redmayne 54* (37) Sarah Coyte 3/32 (4 overs) |

* Match tied (Adelaide Strikers won the one over eliminator) Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Harry Singh and Craig Thomas Player of the match: Sophie Devine (Adelaide Strikers)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field
* Match 49 9 January 13:40 Scorecard

| Adelaide Strikers 5/165 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 9/141 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Tahlia McGrath 65 (39) Heather Knight 2/31 (4 overs) | | Heather Knight 55 (39) Megan Schutt 3/21 (4 overs) |

* Adelaide Strikers won by 24 runs Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Craig Thomas and Eloise Sheridan Player of the match: Tahlia McGrath (Adelaide Strikers)
* Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat
* Match 52 12 January 13:00 Scorecard

| Melbourne Renegades 6/146 (20 overs) | v | Hobart Hurricanes 6/143 (20 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Amy Satterthwaite 66 (57) Alex Hartley 3/21 (4 overs) | | Erin Fazackerley 52 (41) Lea Tahuhu 1/18 (4 overs) |

* Melbourne Renegades won by 3 runs CitiPower Centre, Melbourne Umpires: Dale Ireland and Greg Azzopardi Player of the match: Amy Satterthwaite (Melbourne Renegades)
* Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field

## Statistics and awards

* Most runs: Heather Knight – 374 (equal 9th in the league)
* Highest score in an innings: Heather Knight – 82* (55) vs Melbourne Stars, 8 December 2018
* Most wickets: Brooke Hepburn – 15 (equal 10th in the league)
* Best bowling figures in an innings: Heather Knight – 3/10 (3 overs) vs Melbourne Stars, 9 December 2018
* Most catches (fielder): Heather Knight – 11 (1st in the league)
* Player of the Match awards: Corinne Hall, Smriti Mandhana – 1 each
* Hurricanes Player of the Tournament: Heather Knight
