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.
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.
How to watch the WBBL on TV in Australia
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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
Saturday 7 December
TBC vs TBC
TBC
TBC
Saturday 7 December
TBC vs TBC
TBC
TBC
Final
Sunday 8 December
TBC vs TBC
TBC
TBC
How to live stream the WBBL online in Australia
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.
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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.