| Club: | Melbourne Renegades |
| Season: | 2021–22 |
| Coach: | Simon Helmot |
| Captain: | Sophie Molineux |
| Home Ground: | N/A |
| Preseason Comp: | League |
| Preseason Result: | WBBL |
| Regularseason Result: | 8–4 (2nd) |
| Finals Series: | Finals |
| Finals Result: | Lost the Challenger |
| Leading Wicket Taker: | Harmanpreet Kaur – 15 |
| Player Of The Season: | Harmanpreet Kaur |
| Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
| Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
The 2021–22 Melbourne Renegades Women's season was the seventh in the team's history. Coached by Simon Helmot and captained by Sophie Molineux, the Renegades were not scheduled to play any WBBL07 games in their home state of Victoria due to ongoing border restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] They nevertheless finished the regular season in second position—their best performance across the WBBL's first seven editions—catapulted by a standout campaign from Indian marquee Harmanpreet Kaur, who was named Player of the Tournament.[2]
In the Challenger, played at Adelaide Oval on 25 November 2021 for a spot in the championship final,[3] the Renegades suffered a nine-wicket defeat against the Adelaide Strikers and were eliminated from the tournament.[4]
Each 2021–22 squad is made up of 15 active players. Teams could sign up to five 'marquee players', with a maximum of three of those from overseas. Marquees are classed as any overseas player, or a local player who holds a Cricket Australia national contract at the start of the WBBL|07 signing period.[5]
Personnel changes made ahead of the season included:
Squad details during the season included:
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.[9] [10]
| Name | Date of birth | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | |||||||||||||
| 27 | Jess Duffin | 27 June 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 13 | 160 | 99.37 | – | – | 6 | – | ||
| 8 | Evelyn Jones | 8 August 1992 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | 12 | 236 | 99.57 | 0 | 12.00 | 0 | – | Overseas marquee | |
| 50 | Jemimah Rodrigues |  | 5 September 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 13 | 333 | 116.43 | 0 | 12.00 | 3 | – | Overseas marquee |
| All-rounders | |||||||||||||
| 25 | Makinley Blows |  | 12 December 1997 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 1 | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | |
| 7 | Harmanpreet Kaur | | 8 March 1989 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 13 | 406 | 130.96 | 15 | 7.45 | 8 | – | Overseas marquee |
| 11 | Courtney Webb | | 30 November 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 10 | 144 | 100.00 | 9 | 7.54 | 1 | – | |
| Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||
| 3 | Josie Dooley | | 21 January 2000 | Right-handed | – | 13 | 110 | 108.91 | – | – | 7 | 4 | |
| Bowlers | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Ellie Falconer | | 3 August 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 12 | 34 | 147.82 | 10 | 8.88 | 2 | – | |
| 9 | Holly Ferling | 22 December 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 12 | 13 | 118.18 | 0 | 10.46 | 5 | – | ||
| 24 | Poppy Gardner | | 5 January 2005 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 12 | Ella Hayward | | 8 September 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 11 | 26 | 78.78 | 5 | 6.68 | 5 | – | |
| 74 | Carly Leeson | | 9 November 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 11 | 57 | 111.76 | 4 | 8.21 | 1 | – | |
| 23 | Sophie Molineux | | 17 January 1998 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 13 | 77 | 106.94 | 10 | 5.85 | 4 | – | Captain, Australian marquee |
| 26 | Rhiann O'Donnell | | 14 April 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 7 | 30 | 73.17 | 6 | 7.20 | 0 | – | |
| 32 | Georgia Wareham | | 26 May 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 2 | 18 | 105.88 | 3 | 3.71 | 2 | – | Australian marquee |
All times are local
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