| 2022–23 season | |||
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| Coach | Simon Helmot | ||
| Captain(s) | Sophie Molineux | ||
| Home ground | CitiPower Centre | ||
| League | WBBL | ||
| Record | 4–9 (7th) | ||
| Finals | DNQ | ||
| Leading Run Scorer | Hayley Matthews – 253 | ||
| Leading Wicket Taker | Ismail, Molineux – 11 each | ||
| Player of the Season | Sophie Molineux | ||
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The 2022–23 Melbourne Renegades Women's season was the eighth in the team's history. Coached by Simon Helmot and captained by Sophie Molineux, the Renegades finished the regular season of WBBL|08 in seventh position and failed to qualify for the finals.
Each 2022–23 squad was made up of 15 active players. Teams could sign up to five 'marquee players', with a maximum of three of those from overseas. Marquees are classed as any overseas player, or a local player who holds a Cricket Australia national contract at the start of the WBBL|08 signing period.
Personnel changes made ahead of the season included:[1]
Changes made during the season included:
The table below lists the Renegades players and their key stats (including runs scored, batting strike rate, wickets taken, economy rate, catches and stumpings) for the season.[6][7]
| No. | Name | Nat. | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | G | R | SR | W | E | C | S | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | |||||||||||||
| 50 | Hayley Matthews | 
|
19 March 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 14 | 253 | 109.52 | 9 | 7.04 | 3 | – | Overseas marquee |
| 11 | Courtney Webb | 
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30 November 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 14 | 252 | 97.29 | – | – | 1 | – | |
| All-rounders | |||||||||||||
| 58 | Chamari Athapaththu | 
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9 February 1990 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 10 | 133 | 90.47 | – | – | 2 | – | Overseas marquee (replacement) |
| 8 | Evelyn Jones | 
|
8 August 1992 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | 4 | 24 | 75.00 | – | – | 1 | – | Overseas marquee (replacement) |
| 7 | Harmanpreet Kaur | 
|
8 March 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Overseas marquee (unavailable) |
| 74 | Carly Leeson |
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9 November 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 14 | 211 | 106.56 | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||
| 19 | Paris Bowdler |
|
24 November 2004 | Right-handed | – | 1 | 2 | 50.00 | – | – | 0 | 0 | Replacement player; † × 1 inns |
| 3 | Josie Dooley |
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21 January 2000 | Right-handed | – | 11 | 185 | 105.11 | – | – | 9 | 0 | † × 10 inns |
| 15 | Erica Kershaw |
|
23 December 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 9 | 100 | 119.04 | – | – | 1 | 0 | † × 2 inns |
| Bowlers | |||||||||||||
| 25 | Sarah Coyte |
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30 March 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 13 | 48 | 106.66 | 10 | 7.20 | 4 | – | |
| 12 | Ella Hayward |
|
8 September 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 11 | 8 | 40.00 | 6 | 6.09 | 4 | – | |
| 89 | Shabnim Ismail | 
|
5 October 1988 | Left-handed | Right-arm fast | 13 | 8 | 53.33 | 11 | 6.95 | 1 | – | Overseas marquee |
| 23 | Sophie Molineux |
|
17 January 1998 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 12 | 130 | 89.65 | 11 | 7.17 | 2 | – | Captain |
| 26 | Rhiann O'Donnell |
|
14 April 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 10 | 42 | 97.67 | 0 | 14.00 | 2 | ||
| 16 | Georgia Prestwidge |
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17 December 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 13 | 13 | 70.73 | 5 | 8.20 | 2 | – | |
| Tayla Vlaeminck |
|
27 October 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Australian marquee (unavailable) | |
| 32 | Georgia Wareham |
|
26 May 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Australian marquee (unavailable) |
| Pos | Team
|
Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney Sixers (RU) | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 0.695 |
| 2 | Adelaide Strikers (C) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0.390 |
| 3 | Brisbane Heat (CF) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 0.276 |
| 4 | Hobart Hurricanes (EF) | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 0.457 |
| 5 | Perth Scorchers | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 0.373 |
| 6 | Melbourne Stars | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 13 | −0.339 |
| 7 | Melbourne Renegades | 14 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 9 | −1.042 |
| 8 | Sydney Thunder | 14 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | −1.000 |
All times are AEDT.
Match 5 |
Adelaide Strikers |
v |
Melbourne Renegades |
Madeline Penna 36 (43) |
Sophie Molineux 32 (35) |
Melbourne Renegades won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining) |
Match 9 |
Brisbane Heat |
v |
Melbourne Renegades |
Georgia Redmayne98* (67) |
Hayley Matthews 35 (19) |
Brisbane Heat won by 21 runs |
Match 12 |
Brisbane Heat |
v |
Melbourne Renegades |
Georgia Voll 52 (37) |
Courtney Webb47* (40) |
Brisbane Heat won by 26 runs |
Match 17 |
Melbourne Renegades |
v |
Adelaide Strikers |
Carly Leeson 35 (33) |
Deandra Dottin55* (55) |
Adelaide Strikers won by 8 wickets (with 18 balls remaining) |
Match 22 |
Melbourne Renegades |
v |
Melbourne Stars |
Hayley Matthews 24 (24) |
Annabel Sutherland42* (48) |
Melbourne Stars won by 6 wickets (with 15 balls remaining) |
Match 24 |
Sydney Sixers |
v |
Melbourne Renegades |
Alyssa Healy 78 (54) |
Carly Leeson 52 (32) |
Sydney Sixers won by 37 runs |
Melbourne Renegades |
v |
Hobart Hurricanes |
Chamari Athapaththu75* (59) |
Heather Graham39* (26) |
Hobart Hurricanes won by 4 wickets (with 11 balls remaining) |
Match 33 |
Sydney Thunder |
v |
Melbourne Renegades |
Amy Jones 53 (48) |
Sophie Molineux55* (45) |
Melbourne Renegades won by 5 wickets (with 12 balls remaining) |
Melbourne Renegades |
v |
Hobart Hurricanes |
Courtney Webb 30 (36) |
Elyse Villani41* (34) |
Hobart Hurricanes won by 8 wickets (with 56 balls remaining) |
Match 37 |
Melbourne Renegades |
v |
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Hayley Matthews 40 (41) |
|
No result |
Match 39 |
Perth Scorchers |
v |
Melbourne Renegades |
Beth Mooney 90 (58) |
Erica Kershaw 25 (22) |
Perth Scorchers won by 104 runs |
Match 43 |
Melbourne Renegades |
v |
Melbourne Stars |
Josie Dooley 54 (46) |
Annabel Sutherland62* (29) |
Melbourne Stars won by 5 wickets (with 0 balls remaining) |
In the 15th meeting between the two Melbourne teams—the first to take place in their home city since 30 November 2019—the Renegades lost three early wickets before Josie Dooley and Courtney Webb formed a 50-run partnership from 39 balls. Sarah Coyte hit two sixes off the bowling of Kim Garth in the 20th over, helping to set a target of 149 for victory.
The Stars began the run chase sluggishly, and failed to capitalise on several controversial umpiring decisions in their favour. Alice Capsey survived a close stumping chance but was ultimately dismissed for just eleven, while the Decision Review System overturned an LBW call for Garth who would nevertheless fall to the bowling of Coyte in the following over. Earlier in the innings, Coyte became the eighth player in WBBL history to claim 100 career wickets.[12][13]
Annabel Sutherland breathed life into the contest as the Stars scored 22 runs from the 14th over against the previously economical Ella Hayward. The Renegades created several opportunities to effectively close out the match but put down key catching chances, which included an error in the field by Shabnim Ismail off her own bowling.
Needing an unlikely 23 runs from six balls to win, Sutherland promptly launched two sixes to dramatically shift the game's momentum. While delivering the third ball of the final over, Renegades captain Sophie Molineux suffered a knee injury which forced her from the field. Georgia Prestwidge was subsequently given the task of finishing the over, having not bowled throughout the innings up to that point. Sutherland proceeded to hit another six, and Stars captain Nicole Faltum then scored one run off the last delivery of the match to clinch her team's sixth win against their crosstown rivals.[14]
Sydney Thunder |
v |
Melbourne Renegades |
Tahlia Wilson 20 (27) |
Hayley Matthews46* (40) |
Melbourne Renegades won by 8 wickets (with 34 balls remaining) |
Match 53 |
Perth Scorchers |
v |
Melbourne Renegades |
Sophie Devine24* (22) |
Erica Kershaw34* (18) |
Melbourne Renegades won by 6 wickets (with 3 balls remaining) (DLS method) |
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