| Club: | Adelaide Strikers |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Coach: | Andrea McCauley |
| Captain: | Suzie Bates |
| Home Ground: | Adelaide Oval |
| Preseason Comp: | League |
| Preseason Result: | WBBL |
| Regularseason Result: | 8–6 (4th) |
| Finals Series: | Finals |
| Finals Result: | Semi-finalists |
| Leading Runscorer: | Suzie Bates – 434 |
| Player Of The Season: | Sophie Devine |
| Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
| Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
The 2017–18 Adelaide Strikers Women's season was the third in the team's history. Coached by Andrea McCauley and captained by Suzie Bates, the Strikers finished the regular season of WBBL03 in fourth place. They were subsequently knocked out of the tournament via a 17-run semi-final loss to the Sydney Sixers at Adelaide Oval.
Each WBBL|03 squad featured 15 active players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas. Australian marquees were defined as players who made at least ten limited-overs appearances for the national team in the three years prior to the cut-off date (24 April 2017).[1]
Personnel changes made ahead of the season included:
The table below lists the Strikers players and their key stats (including runs scored, batting strike rate, wickets taken, economy rate, catches and stumpings) for the season.[6] [7] [8] [9]
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | |||||||||||||
| 11 | 1987 9, df=y | Right-handed | 15 | 434 | 109.59 | 7 | 7.70 | 12 | – | Captain, overseas marquee | |||
| 2 | 1991 3, df=y | Right-handed | – | 15 | 301 | 90.39 | – | – | 2 | – | Overseas marquee | ||
| 5 |  | 18 February 1999 | Right-handed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 21 | | 1994 12, df=y | Right-handed | 15 | 213 | 109.79 | – | – | 3 | – | |||
| 13 | | 13 April 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 15 | 109 | 81.34 | – | – | 5 | – | ||
| All-rounders | |||||||||||||
| 1997 11, df=y | Right-handed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Associate rookie | ||||
| 77 | 1989 9, df=y | Right-handed | 15 | 355 | 117.54 | 17 | 6.20 | 5 | – | Overseas marquee | |||
| 22 | | 1990 9, df=y | Left-handed | 3 | 6 | 60.00 | 1 | 8.25 | 1 | – | |||
| 9 | | 1995 11, df=y | Right-handed | 15 | 229 | 106.01 | 13 | 6.12 | 5 | – | |||
| Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||
| 7 | | 1988 8, df=y | Right-handed | 15 | 7 | 77.27 | – | – | 4 | 10 | |||
| Bowlers | |||||||||||||
| 14 | | 1996 2, df=y | Right-handed | 5 | 5 | 166.66 | 2 | 10.24 | 2 | – | |||
| 3 | | 3 August 1999 | Right-handed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 18 | | 29 March 1996 | Right-handed | 9 | 8 | 160.00 | 0 | 5.70 | 0 | – | |||
| 12 | | 1995 11, df=y | Right-handed | 13 | 41 | 97.61 | 7 | 6.16 | 4 | – | |||
| 27 | 1993 1, df=y | Right-handed | 15 | 91 | 118.18 | 12 | 5.74 | 2 | – | Australian marquee | |||
| 10 | | 1997 5, df=y | Right-handed | 15 | 52 | 110.63 | 17 | 6.53 | 3 | – | |||
All times are local time
--------------------------------The Strikers recorded the first-ever one-wicket victory in WBBL history,[10] defeating the Stars on the last ball of the match. Requiring three runs with one delivery remaining, Tabatha Saville scored a boundary off leg-spinner Kristen Beams to clinch a narrow win for her team.[11] ------------------------
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