The Hobart Hurricanes are a women's Twenty20 cricket team based in Hobart, Tasmania. They compete in the Women's Big Bash League. They won their first title in 2025.
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History
Formation
One of eight founding WBBL teams, the Hobart Hurricanes are aligned with the men's team of the same name. At the official WBBL launch on 10 July 2015, Julie Hunter was unveiled as the team's first-ever player signing. Julia Price was appointed as the Hurricanes' inaugural coach, while Heather Knight became the inaugural captain.
The Hurricanes played their first match on 11 December against the Melbourne Renegades at Aurora Stadium, winning by 35 runs.
Rivalries
The Hurricanes and Melbourne Stars have combined to produce an inordinate number of matches with close finishes, including:
16 January 2016, Blacktown ISP Oval: On a crumbling pitch, criticised earlier in the Australian summer for its sub-standard preparation, the Stars crawled to a first innings total of 7/96 before fighting back to have the Hurricanes at 4/49 in the twelfth over of the run chase. An unbroken stand of 48 runs from the next 51 balls between Corinne Hall and Amy Satterthwaite steered Hobart out of trouble, with Hall scoring a single on the final delivery to secure victory for the 'Canes.
20 January 2017, Blundstone Arena: In a rain-affected encounter, Hobart posted a first innings total of 3/115 off 14 overs. Chasing a revised target of 98 from twelve overs, Melbourne lost 4/7 late in the match (including the wicket of Emma Inglis for 51 off 31) to leave a required twelve runs from the last two balls for victory. Jess Cameron proceeded to hit a six off the penultimate legal delivery before Hurricanes off-spinner Amy Satterthwaite bowled a front-foot no-ball while also conceding a four on what would have otherwise been the final ball of the innings. With Satterthwaite having to bowl the final delivery again, Cameron scored the remaining single needed to pull off an unlikely six-wicket win for the Stars.
21 January 2017, Blundstone Arena: The following morning, on the last day of the WBBL|02 regular season, the Stars and Hurricanes met again—this time in what was effectively a quarter-final knockout match with the winner progressing to the semi-finals and the loser being eliminated from the tournament. Meg Lanning made 81 runs for the Stars in the first innings, earning Player of the Match honours, but was dismissed in the 19th over by a stunning Julie Hunter catch at square leg. A spell of 3/11 off four overs by Kristen Beams was not enough to defend the target of 136 as the Hurricanes scored the winning runs (through Corinne Hall again) with four wickets in hand and one ball remaining.
The Hurricanes and Sydney Sixers have met in two semi-finals:
22 January 2016, Melbourne Cricket Ground: In a match initially shortened to 14 overs per side due to rain, the higher-ranked Hurricanes struggled in the first innings, managing a score of just 8/86. Further rain delays meant the Sixers' target was revised to 55 runs from eight overs, under the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method. Sydney cruised to victory with all ten wickets in hand and ten balls remaining. Veteran off-spinner Lisa Sthalekar was named Player of the Match for her bowling figures of 3/9 from three overs.
Captaincy records
There have been seven captains in the Hurricanes' history, including matches featuring an acting captain.
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Current squad
The squad of the Hobart Hurricanes for the 2026 Women's Big Bash League season as of 12 September 2026.
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
Players
Australian representatives
The following is a list of cricketers who have played for the Hurricanes after making their debut in the national women's team (the period they spent as both a Hurricanes squad member and an Australian-capped player is in brackets):
Honours
Champions: 1 – WBBL|11
Runners-Up: 0
Minor Premiers: 1 – WBBL|11
Finals Appearances: 4 – WBBL|01, WBBL|02, WBBL|08, WBBL|10, WBBL|11
Wooden Spoons: 3 – WBBL|03, WBBL|04, WBBL|06
Statistics and Awards
Team Stats
Win–loss record:
Highest score in an innings: 3/212 (20 overs) vs Melbourne Renegades, 23 November 2023
Highest successful chase: 3/189 (19.1 overs) vs Perth Scorchers, 29 November 2025
Lowest successful defence: 7/117 (20 overs) vs Adelaide Strikers, 12 December 2015
Largest victory:
Batting first: 93 runs vs Melbourne Renegades, 23 November 2023
Batting second: 56 balls remaining vs Melbourne Renegades, 7 November 2022
Longest winning streak: 5 matches
Longest losing streak: 10 matches
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Individual Stats
Most runs: Nicola Carey – 1,409
Highest score in an innings: Lizelle Lee – 150* (75) vs Perth Scorchers, 10 November 2024
Highest partnership: Nicola Carey and Danni Wyatt-Hodge – 143 vs Sydney Thunder, 9 November 2025
Most wickets: Nicola Carey – 85
Best bowling figures in an innings: Molly Strano – 5/16 (3 overs) vs Melbourne Stars, 1 December 2025
Hat-tricks taken: Amy Satterthwaite vs Sydney Thunder, 16 January 2017
Most catches (fielder): Nicola Carey – 33
Most dismissals (wicket-keeper): Georgia Redmayne – 30 (18 catches, 12 stumpings)
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Individual Awards
Player of the Match:
Lizelle Lee – 8
Hayley Matthews – 5
Nicola Carey, Heather Graham, Heather Knight, Amy Satterthwaite, and Danni Wyatt-Hodge – 4
Mignon du Preez, Rachel Priest, and Belinda Vakarewa – 3
Corinne Hall – 2
Kathryn Bryce, Erin Burns, Erin Fazackerley, Maisy Gibson, Brooke Hepburn, Julie Hunter, Ruth Johnston, Smriti Mandhana, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Hayley Silver-Holmes, Molly Strano, and Elyse Villani – 1
WBBL Player of the Final:
Lizelle Lee – WBBL|11
WBBL Team of the Tournament:
Heather Knight – WBBL|01
Veronica Pyke – WBBL|01
Belinda Vakarewa – WBBL|05
Tayla Vlaeminck – WBBL|07
Molly Strano – WBBL|08
Lizelle Lee – WBBL|10
Heather Graham – WBBL|11
Danni Wyatt-Hodge – WBBL|11
Others Records
Lizelle Lee has multiple WBBL records which she broke in WBBL|10, these are: the highest score in an innings (150* off 75 balls), the most sixes in an innings (12) and is the first and only player to score back to back WBBL centuries (150* & 103).