| Club: | Melbourne Renegades |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Coach: | Tim Coyle |
| Captain: | Amy Satterthwaite |
| Home Ground: | Camberwell Sports Ground |
| Preseason Comp: | League |
| Preseason Result: | WBBL |
| Regularseason Result: | 6–8 (6th) |
| Finals Series: | Finals |
| Leading Wicket Taker: | Lea Tahuhu – 17 |
| Player Of The Season: | Amy Satterthwaite |
| Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
| Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
The 2017–18 Melbourne Renegades Women's season was the third in the team's history. Coached by Tim Coyle, they finished the regular season of WBBL03 in sixth place. Captain and new recruit Amy Satterthwaite won the league-wide Player of the Tournament award, though the Renegades nevertheless once again failed to qualify for finals. In promising signs for the team's future, all-rounder Sophie Molineux won the WBBL Young Gun Award, for which leg spinner Georgia Wareham and pace bowler Maitlan Brown were also nominated.
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 are classed 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 ahead of the season included:[2] [3]
The table below lists the Renegades players and their key stats (including runs scored, batting strike rate, wickets taken, economy rate, catches and stumpings) for the season.[8] [9]
| Name | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||||||||||||
| 58 | 9 February 1990 | Left-handed | 14 | 175 | 81.77 | 4 | 7.81 | 3 | – | Overseas marquee | ||||
| 8 |  | 13 April 1984 | Right-handed | 9 | 68 | 85.00 | – | – | 3 | – | ||||
| 27 | 27 June 1989 | Right-handed | 10 | 238 | 112.26 | – | – | 8 | – | Australian marquee | ||||
| 55 | | 13 March 1991 | Right-handed | 14 | 111 | 113.26 | 0 | 13.00 | 3 | – | ||||
| 27 March 2001 | Right-handed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Associate rookie | |||||
| 26 | | 14 April 1998 | Right-handed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| All-rounders | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | | 17 January 1998 | Left-handed | 14 | 318 | 116.48 | 6 | 6.38 | 9 | – | ||||
| 17 | 7 October 1986 | Left-handed | 14 | 368 | 108.55 | 11 | 6.57 | 7 | – | Captain, overseas marquee | ||||
| 9 | | 18 June 1995 | Right-handed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Wicketkeepers | ||||||||||||||
| 19 | | 15 July 1988 | Right-handed | – | 14 | 193 | 112.86 | – | – | 4 | 5 | |||
| Bowlers | ||||||||||||||
| 77 | | 5 June 1997 | Right-handed | 14 | 56 | 103.70 | 15 | 6.33 | 4 | – | ||||
| 44 | 7 October 1992 | Right-handed | 13 | 54 | 80.59 | 14 | 6.17 | 5 | – | |||||
| 5 | | 5 October 1992 | Right-handed | 14 | 5 | 38.46 | 14 | 6.04 | 8 | – | ||||
| 6 |  | 23 September 1990 | Right-handed | 13 | 7 | 43.75 | 17 | 6.24 | 2 | – | Overseas marquee | |||
| 7 | | 27 October 1998 | Right-handed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 32 | | 26 May 1999 | Right-handed | 11 | 7 | 100.00 | 10 | 6.34 | 0 | – | ||||
----With the Renegades requiring 28 runs from the remaining 17 balls, new recruit Jess Duffin was dismissed in controversial fashion by what commentators and players believed to be an illegitimate catch. The momentum of the contest then swung dramatically and the Renegades lost by eleven runs.[10] ------------------------In "bizarre"[11] scenes, Sixers batter Sarah Aley attempted to score a game-tying run on the last delivery despite Renegades wicket-keeper Emma Inglis, having received the ball over the stumps from fielder Kris Britt and thus believing the match to be over, already celebrating victory. After deliberation, officiating umpires deemed the ball was not dead and the run would be allowed, thereby forcing a super over which the Renegades nevertheless went on to win.[12] [13] ----------------Chasing 119 for victory, Renegades captain Amy Satterthwaite—who looked to have been run out earlier in the innings and left the field, but was recalled after TV replays showed wicket-keeper Nicole Faltum had dislodged the bails prematurely—hit a six off the final delivery against the bowling of Georgia Elwiss to tie the game. With scores still level after the super over, the Stars were awarded the win on the boundary count back rule.[14] [15] ------------