Women's Big Bash League 2023 Top run-getters and wicket-takers after Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades (Updated) ft. Lizelle Lee

Hobart Hurricanes faced Melbourne Renegades in the 51st match of the Women’s Big Bash League 2023 on Thursday, November 23, at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart. Renegades won the toss and elected to bowl.

Lizelle Lee and Elyse Villani added 55 runs for the first wicket for the Hurricanes and provided a solid start. They lost two more wickets by the time they reached the 13th over. Lee stitched a partnership of 102 runs for the fourth wicket along with Heather Graham. The latter remained unbeaten on 55 runs off 28 deliveries.

Lee went on to score 101 runs off 53 deliveries and became only the second batter to score a century for the Hurricanes in WBBL. Hurricanes made 212 runs for the loss of three wickets in 20 overs, their highest total in WBBL history. It was the first time the Hurricanes managed to cross the 200-run mark in the competition.

Georgia Wareham picked two wickets for 30 runs and was the most economical bowler for the Renegades. Georgia Prestwidge took the other wicket but gave away 46 runs in three overs.

In the chase, Renegades’ batters continued to struggle, like they have been in the tournament. They lost the first five wickets for just 52 runs. Emma de Broughe scored 40 runs off 19 deliveries and was the highest scorer for the team as the Renegades got bowled out for 119 runs to lose the game by 93 runs. Maisy Gibson was the pick of the bowlers for the Hurricanes, taking four wickets for 25 runs in 3.2 overs.

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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)	13	13	4	538	101*	59.77	367	146.59	1	5	1	73	9
2	AMCJK Athapaththu (ST-W)	12	11	1	451	80	45.1	335	134.62	-	5	1	61	17
3	SFM Devine (PS-W)	13	13	2	446	106	40.54	304	146.71	1	3	1	48	19
4	EA Perry (SS-W)	12	12	1	414	59	37.63	317	130.59	-	2	-	61	9
5	KM Mack (AS-W)	12	12	0	401	86	33.41	324	123.76	-	3	1	57	0
6	L Lee (HH-W)	13	12	2	399	101*	39.9	264	151.13	1	3	1	46	17
7	GM Harris (BH-W)	13	13	1	371	136*	30.91	216	171.75	1	1	-	38	21
8	M du Preez (BH-W)	13	13	1	321	61	26.75	250	128.4	-	2	-	36	3
9	H Kaur (MR-W)	13	13	2	320	52*	29.09	301	106.31	-	1	1	36	1
10	EJ Villani (HH-W)	12	11	3	311	58*	38.87	268	116.04	-	1	1	42	2

Beth Mooney, Chamari Athapaththu, Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry and Katie Mack continue to remain in the top five places on the list of highest run-scorers. Mooney is the only batter who has scored more than 500 runs among the four.

Lizelle Lee scored her third WBBL century on Thursday and jumped to sixth position from ninth. She has scored 399 runs in 12 innings at an average of 39.90 and a strike rate of 151.13.

Grace Harris, Mignon du Preez and Harmanpreet Kaur have shifted one place below on the list and are now in 7th, 8th and 9th positions, respectively. Harris has amassed 371 runs at an average of 30.91. Du Preez has scored 321 runs, while Harmanpreet has 320 runs to her name.

Elyse Villani scored her first half-century this season on Thursday and has moved to 10th position. She has scored 311 runs in 12 games at an average of 38.87 and a strike rate of 116.04.

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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)	13	13	282	47	-	324	27	5/25	12	6.89	10.44	3	1
2	A Sutherland (MS-W)	13	13	286	47.4	2	343	23	4/22	14.91	7.19	12.43	2	-
3	L Cheatle (SS-W)	13	13	291	48.3	-	334	21	2/13	15.9	6.88	13.85	-	-
4	AL Edgar (PS-W)	13	13	262	43.4	-	283	20	4/19	14.15	6.48	13.1	1	-
5	M Schutt (AS-W)	12	12	264	44	1	281	18	3/3	15.61	6.38	14.66	-	-
6	HJ Darlington (ST-W)	12	11	222	37	-	288	18	5/10	16	7.78	12.33	1	1
7	A Wellington (AS-W)	12	12	234	39	-	224	17	3/4	13.17	5.74	13.76	-	-
8	A Gardner (SS-W)	13	13	274	45.4	-	364	17	3/38	21.41	7.97	16.11	-	-
9	H Graham (HH-W)	13	12	235	39.1	-	309	16	3/12	19.31	7.88	14.68	-	-
10	JL Jonassen (BH-W)	12	12	266	44.2	-	366	16	4/20	22.87	8.25	16.62	1	-

Sophie Day, Annabel Sutherland and Lauren Cheatle continue to rule the top three places on the list of bowlers with the most wickets. Day has taken 27 wickets, while Sutherland and Cheatle have picked 23 and 21 wickets, respectively.

Amy Edgar is still in fourth place with 20 wickets to her name, which have come at an average of 14.15. Megan Schutt and Hannah Darlington have picked 18 wickets each and have grabbed fifth and sixth places, respectively.

Amanda Wellington and Ashleigh Gardner are in the next two positions and have picked 17 wickets each. Heather Graham and Jess Jonassen continue to remain in the ninth and 10th positions and have picked a total of 16 wickets apiece.