Women's Big Bash League 2023 Top run-getters and wicket-takers after Adelaide Strikers vs Brisbane Heat (Updated) ft. Laura Wolvaardt & Nicola Hancock

Adelaide Strikers successfully defended their title by beating Brisbane Heat by three runs in the final of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) 2023 on Saturday, December 2, at the Adelaide Oval

Opting to bat first in front of home fans, Laura Wolvaardt continued her fine form, scoring 39 runs off 33 deliveries. Skipper Tahlia McGrath also chipped in with handy contributions with 38 runs off 34 balls. No other batter managed to make more than 15 runs for the Strikers, as they posted 125/5 in 20 overs.

Brisbane Heat started well in their pursuit, adding 32 runs for the opening wicket. Amelia Kerr was the lone fighter, scoring 30 runs off 32 deliveries and remained unbeaten till the end. No other batter managed to score over 25 runs for the Heat.

They required 13 runs off the last over to win the WBBL for the third time. Amanda-Jade Wellington bowled the final over and took two wickets while conceding just nine runs to take Adelaide Strikers to victory.

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Women's Big Bash League 2023 Most Runs List

Sr. No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1	BL Mooney (PS-W)	15	15	4	557	101*	50.63	389	143.18	1	5	1	75	9
2	AMCJK Athapaththu (ST-W)	15	14	1	552	80	42.46	434	127.18	-	5	1	75	18
3	GM Harris (BH-W)	17	17	1	501	136*	31.31	302	165.89	1	2	-	62	23
4	EA Perry (SS-W)	13	13	2	496	82*	45.09	377	131.56	-	3	-	71	12
5	SFM Devine (PS-W)	15	15	2	489	106	37.61	347	140.92	1	3	1	53	20
6	KM Mack (AS-W)	15	15	0	452	86	30.13	381	118.63	-	3	1	60	0
7	L Lee (HH-W)	14	13	2	409	101*	37.18	280	146.07	1	3	1	47	17
8	L Wolvaardt (AS-W)	15	15	2	402	73	30.92	370	108.64	-	2	-	46	2
9	M du Preez (BH-W)	17	17	1	382	61	23.87	309	123.62	-	2	-	41	5
10	AC Kerr (BH-W)	12	12	1	355	64	32.27	293	121.16	-	2	-	47	0

Beth Mooney and Chamari Athapaththu retained the first two positions on the most runs leaderboard of the Women's Big Bash League. Mooney has scored 557 runs, while Athapaththu has amassed 552 runs and won the Player of the Series award.

Grace Harris became the third player to move past the 500-run mark. She finished with 501 runs in 17 games and moved from fifth to third position. Ellyse Perry moved to fourth position and finished with 496 runs.

Sophie Devine, Katie Mack, and Lizelle Lee occupied the next three spots. Laura Wolvaardt, who finished as the top scorer in the final, moved to eighth place.

Mignon du Preez dropped to ninth position, finishing with 402 runs in 15 innings. Amelia Kerr finished in 10th spot after her 30-run knock in the final.

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Women's Big Bash League 2023 Most Wickets List

Sr. No	Player	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
1	SF Day (MS-W)	14	14	294	49	-	337	27	5/25	12.48	6.87	10.88	3	1
2	JL Jonassen (BH-W)	16	16	344	57.2	-	468	24	4/20	19.5	8.16	14.33	2	-
3	A Wellington (AS-W)	15	15	294	49	-	268	23	3/4	11.65	5.46	12.78	-	-
4	A Sutherland (MS-W)	14	14	292	48.4	2	347	23	4/22	15.08	7.13	12.69	2	-
5	NM Hancock (BH-W)	17	17	373	62.1	-	446	23	4/20	19.39	7.17	16.21	1	-
6	M Schutt (AS-W)	15	15	324	54	1	338	22	3/3	15.36	6.25	14.72	-	-
7	HJ Darlington (ST-W)	14	13	264	44	-	365	22	5/10	16.59	8.29	12	1	1
8	L Cheatle (SS-W)	14	14	315	52.3	-	362	21	2/13	17.23	6.89	15	-	-
9	A Gardner (SS-W)	14	14	298	49.4	-	390	21	4/26	18.57	7.85	14.19	1	-
10	AL Edgar (PS-W)	15	15	286	47.4	-	322	20	4/19	16.1	6.75	14.3	1	-

Sophie Day picked up 27 wickets in 14 games and finished as the leading wicket-taker of the Women's Big Bash League 2023. Jess Jonassen chipped in with 24 wickets in 16 games and jumped to second position from third. Amanda-Jade Wellington's three-wicket haul helped her finish third. She won the Player of the Match award for her performance.

Both Annabel Sutherland and Nicola Hancock scalped 23 wickets each and finished at the third and fourth spots, respectively. Megan Schutt jumped to the sixth position from eighth, having bagged a total of 22 wickets. Hannah Darlington also picked up 22 wickets to finish seventh.

Both Lauren Cheatle and Ashleigh Garnder scalped 21 wickets each to finish in fifth and sixth spot, respectively. Amy Edgar took 20 wickets and finished in the 10th position.