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Five Vipers are involved in this year’s Women’s Big Bash which kicks off on 19th October
Southern Vipers players Georgia Adams, Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Maitlan Brown, and Nicole Faltum are all featuring in this year’s Women’s Big Bash League which kicks off with Bouchier and Faltum’s Melbourne Stars playing Head Coach Charlotte Edwards’ Sydney Sixers.
Former Vipers Suzie Bates, Amelia Kerr, Mignon du Preez, and Hayley Matthews are also involved for different franchises.
Maia Bouchier makes her return to the Stars since she featured in the 2021-22 edition of the WBBL where she scored 185 runs in 10 innings, whilst Adams and Bell make their first trips over to the Australian T20 tournament.
The opening batter will hope to lift the Stars from their sixth position in last year’s competition, and with the team being led by Australian captain Meg Lanning, with England’s Alice Capsey and Sophia Dunkley, there’s certainly a lot of firepower in the Stars’ batting lineup.
Seamer Bell was the 18th pick in the draft, and the second in the third round, sandwiched between England teammates Dani Gibson (Adelaide Strikers) and Bess Heath (Brisbane Heat).
She joins England captain Heather Knight, Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu, and South Africa all-rounder Marizanne Kapp as Sydney Thunder’s overseas players with the aim of lifting the Thunder from the bottom of the table in 2022-23.
Whilst Adams wasn’t picked up in the draft, Strikers’ Head Coach Luke Williams, with whom Adams has worked with at Southern Brave, signed her up a couple of weeks later.
You can hear more about Georgia Adams’ upcoming winter in Australia via the link below.
The Southern Vipers’ captain comes into a side which are defending champions, after they defeated Charlotte Edwards’ Sixers in the final by just ten runs, where she will join up with former Southern Brave teammates Tahlia McGrath and Amanda-Jade Wellington, along with international stars in South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt, and Australia’s Megan Schutt and Darcie Brown.
A late call up to the squad, Linsey Smith links up with Maitlan Brown as part of Charlotte Edwards’ Sydney Sixers where the team will be hoping to go one better and lift the trophy.
This year’s tournament begins on Thursday 19th October where Edwards’ Sixers, featuring Southern Vipers’ and Southern Brave’s Maitlan Brown, take on the Stars of Bouchier and Faltum.
Georgia Adams will begin her campaign also against the Stars on Saturday 21st October, with Lauren Bell having to wait until Sunday 22nd Oct where the Thunder play the Sixers in their opening match.
WPL and WBBL winning coach Luke Williams takes over from Charlotte Edwards as Head Coach of Southern Brave Women, with Marcus Trescothick appointed as men's batting coach
