| Club: | Perth Scorchers |
| Season: | 2019–20 |
| Captain: | Meg Lanning |
| Coach: | Lisa Keightley |
| Home Ground: | Lilac Hill Park |
| Preseason Result: | WBBL |
| Preseason Comp: | League |
| Regularseason Result: | 9–5 (3rd) |
| Finals Series: | Finals |
| Finals Result: | Semi-finalists |
| Player Of The Season: | Nat Sciver |
| Leading Wicket Taker: | Heather Graham – 15 |
| Leading Runscorer: | Meg Lanning – 531 |
| Prevseason: | 2018–19 |
| Nextseason: | 2020–21 |
The 2019–20 Perth Scorchers Women's season was the fifth in the team's history. Coached by Lisa Keightley and captained by Meg Lanning, the Scorchers finished the regular season of WBBL05 in third place and qualified for finals. They were subsequently knocked out of the tournament by the Adelaide Strikers in an eight wicket semi-final loss at Allan Border Field.
Each 2019–20 squad featured 15 active players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas. Australian marquees are players who held a national women's team contract at the time of signing for their WBBL|05 team.[1]
Several personnel changes were made before and during the season, including:
The table below lists the Scorchers players and their key stats (including runs scored, batting strike rate, wickets taken, economy rate, catches and stumpings) for the season.[12] [13] [14]
| Name | Birth Date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | |||||||||||||
| 12 | Nicole Bolton | 17 January 1989 | Left-handed | Right-arm off spin | 14 | 180 | 90.90 | 6 | 7.00 | 4 | – | Australian marquee | |
| 10 | Amy Edgar | 27 December 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Injury replacement | |
| 7 | Meg Lanning | 25 March 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 15 | 531 | 118.26 | – | – | 4 | – | Captain, Australian marquee | |
| 28 | Chloe Piparo |  | 5 September 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 15 | 54 | 94.73 | – | – | 7 | – | |
| 39 | Nat Sciver | 20 August 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 13 | 342 | 123.02 | 6 | 6.75 | 8 | – | Overseas marquee | |
| All-rounders | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Mathilda Carmichael | | 4 April 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2 | 0 | 0.00 | – | – | 0 | – | |
| 11 | Heather Graham | | 10 May 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 15 | 136 | 113.33 | 15 | 7.16 | 8 | – | |
| Wicket-keepers | |||||||||||||
| 40 | Amy Jones | 13 June 1993 | Right-handed | – | 13 | 391 | 115.33 | – | – | 4 | 1 | Overseas marquee | |
| 9 | Georgia Redmayne | | 8 December 1993 | Left-handed | – | 15 | 137 | 95.13 | – | – | 5 | 1 | |
| Bowlers | |||||||||||||
| 15 | Jemma Barsby | | 4 October 1995 | Left-handed | Right-arm off spin | 15 | 85 | 96.59 | 5 | 7.65 | 8 | – | |
| 14 | Samantha Betts | | 16 February 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 9 | 1 | 100.00 | 9 | 7.55 | 0 | – | |
| 8 | Piepa Cleary | | 17 July 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 5 | 1 | 100.00 | 4 | 7.87 | 3 | – | |
| 34 | Kim Garth | 25 April 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 15 | 23 | 104.54 | 14 | 6.78 | 1 | – | Overseas marquee | |
| 18 | Kath Hempenstall | | 20 September 1988 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 2 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | |
| 2 | Emma King | | 25 March 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 4 | – | – | 0 | 8.75 | 0 | – | |
| 6 | Taneale Peschel | | 29 August 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 13 | 13 | 118.18 | 9 | 6.76 | 0 | – | |
All times are local time
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