A new season of the Women’s Big Bash League has arrived, and for the first time ever, Australia’s women’s premier T20 competition will be played as a stand-alone venture. This is The Roar’s guide to live streaming each and every match of the tournament online, or watching them on TV.
Instead of being played alongside the men’s tournament as it has in the past, the fifth edition of the WBBL will be played on its own, with it to be finished before the men’s tournament starts.
The tournament will get underway on Friday, October 18 at 7:40pm (AEDT) with a Sydney derby as the Thunder take on the Sixers at North Sydney Oval.
Seven teams will be involved across an opening weekend that features seven matches in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, with the Perth Scorchers the final team to start their campaign on Wednesday, October 23.
Across the course of the season, which ends on Sunday, December 1, before semi-finals and the final are played on the following weekend, each team will play a total of 14 matches, taking on each other team twice, making for a season featuring a total of 56 matches, as well as the three knockouts.
For the full WBBL fixtures, click here.
The defending champions are the Brisbane Heat, who won a thrilling pair of matches in last year’s finals series to claim the crown, while Ellyse Perry’s Sydney Sixers are the most successful team across the four completed seasons, winning two titles.
Under the current TV deal with Cricket Australia, 23 games of the WBBL, including both semi-finals and the final, will be broadcast on TV through both the Seven Network and Fox Sports.
Fox Sports will broadcast games on Fox Cricket, which can be found on Channel 501 through Foxtel, while Seven will broadcast through either Channel 7 or 7Mate. We suggest you check your local guides in the lead-up to each televised match.
To watch the coverage on Fox Sports, you will need to ensure you have a valid Foxtel TV subscription, complete with the sports package of channels.
Here is a full list of matches which will be broadcast by both Fox Sports and Channel 7 throughout the season.
| Date | Match | Venue | Time (local) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 18 October | Sydney Sixers vs Sydney Thunder | North Sydney Oval | 7.40pm |
| Saturday 19 October | Sydney Sixers vs Brisbane Heat | North Sydney Oval | 7.10pm |
| Sunday 20 October | Sydney Thunder vs Brisbane Heat | North Sydney Oval | 2.10pm |
| Saturday 26 October | Adelaide Strikers vs Hobart Hurricanes | Allan Border Field | 9.40am |
| Saturday 26 October | Brisbane Heat vs Perth Scorchers | Allan Border Field | 1.10pm |
| Sunday 27 October | Perth Scorchers vs Adelaide Strikers | Allan Border Field | 9.40am |
| Sunday 27 October | Brisbane Heat vs Hobart Hurricanes | Allan Border Field | 1.10pm |
| Friday 1 November | Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Renegades | WACA | 5.40pm |
| Saturday 2 November | Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Sixers | WACA | 12.10pm |
| Saturday 2 November | Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne Stars | WACA | 3.55pm |
| Sunday 3 November | Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars | WACA | 11.10am |
| Saturday 9 November | Adelaide Strikers vs Perth Scorchers | Karen Rolton Oval | 1.40pm |
| Sunday 10 November | Adelaide Strikers vs Melbourne Stars | Karen Rolton Oval | 1.40pm |
| Friday 15 November | Sydney Thunder vs Sydney Sixers | Drummoyne Oval | 7.10pm |
| Saturday 16 November | Sydney Thunder vs Brisbane Heat | Drummoyne Oval | 7.10pm |
| Sunday 17 November | Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Renegades | Drummoyne Oval | 2.10pm |
| Friday 22 November | Hobart Hurricanes vs Brisbane Heat | Blundstone Arena | 7.10pm |
| Saturday 23 November | Hobart Hurricanes vs Adelaide Strikers | Blundstone Arena | 7.10pm |
| Saturday 30 November | Melbourne Stars vs Melbourne Renegades | Junction Oval | 10.40am |
| Sunday 1 December | Melbourne Renegades vs Sydney Thunder | Junction Oval | 10.40am |
Semi-finals |
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| Saturday 7 December | TBC vs TBC | TBC | TBC |
| Saturday 7 December | TBC vs TBC | TBC | TBC |
Final |
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| Sunday 8 December | TBC vs TBC | TBC | TBC |
For those matches being televised on Fox Sports and Channel 7, there will be plenty of options to live stream the action from the WBBL.
You’ll be able to use all of Kayo Sports, the Foxtel App, Foxtel Now and 7Plus.
It was recently announced that Kayo have also picked up the rights to live stream every single match of the WBBL season, including those not televised.
Matches not televised will also be available on the Cricket Network, which you can access on each individual match page at the Cricket Australia website, or through the Cricket Australia application, which you can download through both the Apple store, and the Google Play store.
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