2015–16 Women's Big Bash League season
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The 2015–16 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL|01 was the first season of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the semi-professional women's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament ran from 5 December 2015 to 24 January 2016.[2]
Dates | 5 December 2015 (2015-12-05) – 24 January 2016 (2016-01-24)[1] |
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Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Double round robin and knockout finals |
Champions | Sydney Thunder (1st title) |
Participants | 8 |
Matches | 59 |
Player of the series | Meg Lanning (MLS) |
Most runs | Meg Lanning (MLS) – 560 |
Most wickets | Rene Farrell (SYT) – 26 |
Official website | bigbash |
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In the final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the Sydney Thunder defeated cross-town rivals, the Sydney Sixers, to win the inaugural championship title. Thunder all-rounder Erin Osborne managed bowling figures of 3/21 in the decider and was named Player of the Final.[3]
Melbourne Stars captain Meg Lanning was the leading run-scorer of WBBL|01 and was consequently named Player of the Tournament, although her team narrowly missed out on qualifying for finals. Sydney Thunder medium-pace bowler Rene Farrell was the tournament's leading wicket-taker.[4]