| Club: | Brisbane Heat |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Coach: | Peter McGiffin |
| Captain: | Kirby Short |
| Home Ground: | Allan Border Field |
| Preseason Comp: | League |
| Preseason Result: | WBBL |
| Regularseason Result: | 7–7 (5th) |
| Finals Series: | Finals |
| Leading Runscorer: | Beth Mooney – 465 |
| Leading Wicket Taker: | Jemma Barsby – 13 |
| Player Of The Season: | Beth Mooney |
| Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
| Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
The 2017–18 Brisbane Heat Women's season was the third in the team's history. Coached by Peter McGiffin and captained by Kirby Short, the Heat finished the regular season of WBBL03 in fifth place and failed to qualify for the finals. For the third year in a row, Beth Mooney won the team's Most Valuable Player award.
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 Heat players and their key stats (including runs scored, batting strike rate, wickets taken, economy rate, catches and stumpings) for the season.[5] [6]
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||||||||||||
| 36 |  | 27 September 1996 | Right-handed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 17 | | 1993 9, df=y | Right-handed | 4 | 111 | 115.62 | 3 | 7.08 | 2 | – | Australian marquee | |||
| 1 | | 1990 8, df=y | Right-handed | – | 14 | 60 | 100.00 | – | – | 4 | – | |||
| 10 | | 1986 11, df=y | Right-handed | 14 | 308 | 99.67 | – | – | 9 | – | Captain | |||
| 14 | 26 April 1999 | Right-handed | – | 6 | 32 | 59.25 | – | – | 2 | – | Overseas marquee (replacement) | |||
| All-rounders | ||||||||||||||
| 1991 5, df=y | Right-handed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Associate rookie | |||||
| 5 | 1991 6, df=y | Right-handed | 14 | 171 | 89.06 | 8 | 6.48 | 1 | – | Overseas marquee | ||||
| 21 | 1992 11, df=y | Left-handed | 14 | 203 | 120.11 | 11 | 6.45 | 6 | – | Australian marquee | ||||
| 11 | 1989 5, df=y | Right-handed | 14 | 229 | 117.43 | 11 | 6.04 | 3 | – | |||||
| Wicketkeepers | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | 1994 1, df=y | Left-handed | – | 14 | 465 | 143.51 | – | – | 9 | 3 | Australian marquee | |||
| Bowlers | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | | 1995 10, df=y | Left-handed | 13 | 30 | 88.23 | 13 | 6.07 | 2 | – | ||||
| 23 | | 23 June 1996 | Right-handed | 14 | 33 | 82.50 | 10 | 6.64 | 4 | – | ||||
| 9 | 1995 12, df=y | Right-handed | 14 | 23 | 100.00 | 4 | 7.11 | 3 | – | Australian marquee | ||||
| 22 | | 1987 1, df=y | Right-handed | 1 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||||
| 58 | | 1992 11, df=y | Right-handed | 14 | 31 | 68.88 | 10 | 6.76 | 1 | – | ||||
| 16 | | 1997 12, df=y | Right-handed | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | – | ||||
| 26 | | 1991 9, df=y | Left-handed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
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