The Sydney Sixers (WBBL) are an Australian women's Twenty20 cricket team based in Sydney, New South Wales. They are one of two teams from Sydney to compete in the Women's Big Bash League, the other being the Sydney Thunder. Having won two championship titles and four minor premierships, the Sixers are the most successful WBBL franchise to date.
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History
Formation
One of eight founding WBBL teams, the Sydney Sixers are aligned with the men's team of the same name. At the official WBBL launch on 10 July 2015, Ellyse Perry was unveiled as the Sixers' first signing. Perry would also become the team's inaugural captain. On 12 November, New South Wales Breakers assistant Ben Sawyer was announced as the Sixers' inaugural head coach.
The Sixers played their first match against the Sydney Thunder at Howell Oval in Penrith on 6 December, losing by nine wickets. It took until their seventh match, a 20 December encounter with the Perth Scorchers at the Sydney Cricket Ground, to register a win.
Rivalries
The Sixers and Melbourne Renegades have combined to produce some of the most "thrilling" and "controversial" matches in the league's history, particularly revolving around close finishes, including:
3 January 2018, GMHBA Stadium: In "bizarre" scenes, Sixers batter Sarah Aley attempted to score a game-tying run on the last delivery despite Renegades wicket-keeper Emma Inglis, having received the ball over the stumps from fielder Kris Britt and thus believing the match to be over, already celebrating victory. After deliberation, officiating umpires deemed the ball was not dead and the run would be allowed, thereby forcing a super over which the Renegades nevertheless went on to win.
19 January 2019, Drummoyne Oval: In the Renegades' first finals appearance, with three runs required off the last ball for an upset victory, Sophie Molineux was short of her ground attempting the winning run due to a "miracle" piece of team fielding by Sixers players Erin Burns, Sarah Aley and Alyssa Healy. In the resulting super over, Sixers captain Ellyse Perry hit a six off Molly Strano to eliminate the Renegades from the tournament. The match, in conjunction with the other semi-final played earlier in the day, was hailed as "the irrefutable rise of women's cricket" and "sport with drama, skill and unpredictability – a potent recipe for success".
17 November 2019, Drummoyne Oval: The Renegades, requiring 28 runs off the last 12 balls with only three wickets in hand, pulled off a "great escape" victory against the Sixers through a last-ball six from Courtney Webb against the bowling of Marizanne Kapp. It marked the first time a WBBL team had won a match when needing more than four runs off the final legal delivery. The ramifications of the result were season-shaping as the Renegades went on to edge out the Sixers for fourth spot on the ladder, making it the first season the Sixers would fail to qualify for finals.
At the WBBL|02 season launch, Sydney Thunder captain Alex Blackwell said the Sixers "desperately want to beat us and we desperately want to beat them. It's set up to be a really good rivalry." In a joint media conference ahead of WBBL|05, Sixers captain Ellyse Perry said she considers the Thunder "our biggest rivals" while the Thunder's Rachel Priest claimed "it was a really intense rivalry right when I started with the team". Noteworthy matches include:
Captaincy records
There have been three captains in the Sixers' history, including matches featuring an acting captain.
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Current squad
The squad of the Sydney Sixers for the 2026 Women's Big Bash League season as of 15 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 Sixers after making their debut in the national women's team (the period they spent as both a Sixers squad member and an Australian-capped player is in brackets):
Honours
Champions: 2 – WBBL|02, WBBL|03
Runners-Up: 3 – WBBL|01, WBBL|04, WBBL|08
Minor Premiers: 4 – WBBL|02, WBBL|03, WBBL|04, WBBL|08
Finals Appearances: 6 – WBBL|01, WBBL|02, WBBL|03, WBBL|04, WBBL|08, WBBL|11
Wooden Spoons: 1 – WBBL|07
Statistics and Awards
Team Stats
Win–loss Record:
Highest score in an innings: 4/242 (20 overs) vs Melbourne Stars, 9 December 2017
Highest successful chase: 5/184 (18.4 overs) vs Melbourne Stars, 22 November 2020
Lowest successful defence: 5/124 (20 overs) vs Perth Scorchers, 28 January 2017
Largest victory:
Batting first: 103 runs vs Hobart Hurricanes, 25 January 2017
Batting second: 43 balls remaining vs Perth Scorchers, 9 November 2025
Longest winning streak: 9 matches (20 December 2015 – 22 January 2016)
Longest losing streak: 6 matches
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Individual Stats
Most runs: Ellyse Perry – 5,100
Highest score in an innings: Ashleigh Gardner – 114 (52) vs Melbourne Stars, 9 December 2017
Highest partnership: Ellyse Perry and Alyssa Healy – 199* vs Melbourne Stars, 3 November 2019
Most wickets: Ashleigh Gardner – 121
Best bowling figures in an innings: Ashleigh Gardner – 5/15 (4 overs) vs Perth Scorchers, 9 November 2025
Hat-tricks taken:
Dane van Niekerk vs Hobart Hurricanes, 17 December 2017
Marizanne Kapp vs Melbourne Stars, 26 October 2019
Caoimhe Bray vs Sydney Thunder, 15 November 2025
Most catches (fielder): Ellyse Perry – 67
Most dismissals (wicket-keeper): Alyssa Healy – 103 (58 catches, 45 stumpings)
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Individual Awards
Player of the Match:
Ellyse Perry – 30
Alyssa Healy – 19
Ashleigh Gardner – 15
Erin Burns – 5
Sarah Aley, Marizanne Kapp, and Dane van Niekerk – 4
Sarah Coyte and Sara McGlashan – 2
Suzie Bates, Caoimhe Bray, Mathilda Carmichael, Amelia Kerr, Lisa Sthalekar, Chloe Tyron, and Shafali Verma – 1
WBBL Player of the Final:
Sarah Aley – WBBL|02
Sarah Coyte – WBBL|03
WBBL Player of the Tournament:
Ellyse Perry (2) – WBBL|04, WBBL|10
Ashleigh Gardner – WBBL|08
WBBL Team of the Tournament:
Ellyse Perry (8) – WBBL|01, WBBL|02, WBBL|03, WBBL|04, WBBL|05, WBBL|09, WBBL|10 , WBBL|11
Marizanne Kapp (4) – WBBL|01, WBBL|02, WBBL|04, WBBL|05
Ashleigh Gardner (3) – WBBL|02, WBBL|08 , WBBL|11
Sarah Aley (2) – WBBL|02, WBBL|03
Alyssa Healy (2) – WBBL|04, WBBL|08
Sara McGlashan – WBBL|01