| Club: | Brisbane Heat |
| Season: | 2019–20 |
| Coach: | Ashley Noffke |
| Captain: | Kirby Short |
| Home Ground: | Allan Border Field |
| Preseason Comp: | League |
| Preseason Result: | WBBL |
| Regularseason Result: | 10–4 (1st) |
| Finals Series: | Finals |
| Finals Result: | Champions |
| Leading Runscorer: | Beth Mooney – 743 |
| Leading Wicket Taker: | Jess Jonassen – 21 |
| Player Of The Season: | Jess Jonassen |
| Prevseason: | 2018–19 |
| Nextseason: | 2020–21 |
The 2019–20 Brisbane Heat Women's season was the fifth in the team's history. Coached by Ashley Noffke and captained by Kirby Short, the Heat finished first on the WBBL05 ladder. They proceeded to defeat the Adelaide Strikers in the final at Allan Border Field by six wickets,[1] successfully defending their WBBL04 title to claim a second consecutive championship. Keeper-batter Beth Mooney again earned Player of the Final honours, while Jess Jonassen won the Heat's Most Valuable Player award.[2]
Each 2019–20 squad featured 15 players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas.[3] Australian marquees are players who held a national women's team contract at the beginning of the WBBL|05 signing period.[4] [5]
The Heat made several personnel changes in the lead-up to the season:
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.[12] [13] [14] [15]
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Maddy Green |  | 20 October 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 16 | 309 | 112.36 | – | – | 3 | – | Overseas marquee | |
| 17 | Grace Harris |  | 18 September 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 16 | 212 | 123.97 | 6 | 8.35 | 5 | – | ||
| 1 | Laura Harris | | 18 August 1990 | Right-handed | – | 16 | 179 | 157.01 | – | – | 2 | – | ||
| 14 | Mikayla Hinkley | | 1 May 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 15 | 22 | 81.48 | – | – | 7 | – | ||
| 8 | Charli Knott | | 5 May 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 10 | Kirby Short | | 3 November 1986 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 16 | 70 | 88.60 | – | – | 2 | – | Captain | |
| All-rounders | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | Jess Jonassen | 5 November 1992 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 16 | 419 | 133.01 | 21 | 6.83 | 2 | – | Australian marquee | ||
| 56 | Lilly Mills | 2 January 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |||
| 37 | Courtney Sippel | | 27 April 2001 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 1 | – | – | 0 | 12.00 | 0 | – | ||
| Wicketkeepers | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Beth Mooney | 14 January 1994 | Left-handed | – | 16 | 743 | 125.08 | – | – | 6 | 3 | Australian marquee | ||
| Bowlers | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | Haidee Birkett | | 23 June 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 58 | Sammy-Jo Johnson | | 5 November 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 16 | 83 | 125.75 | 18 | 6.69 | 3 | – | ||
| 48 | Amelia Kerr | 13 October 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 16 | 107 | 125.88 | 14 | 6.22 | 4 | – | Overseas marquee | ||
| 11 | Delissa Kimmince | 14 May 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 16 | 41 | 93.18 | 17 | 7.75 | 5 | – | Australian marquee | ||
| 16 | Georgia Prestwidge | | 17 December 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 15 | 1 | 100.00 | 11 | 7.18 | 5 | – | ||
All times are local time
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