| Club: | Sydney Thunder |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Captain: | Rachael Haynes |
| Coach: | Trevor Griffin |
| Home Ground: | Blacktown ISP Oval |
| Preseason Comp: | League |
| Preseason Result: | WBBL |
| Regularseason Result: | 1–10 (8th) |
| Finals Series: | Finals |
| Player Of The Season: | Phoebe Litchfield |
| Leading Wicket Taker: | Samantha Bates – 12 |
| Prevseason: | 2021–22 |
| Nextseason: | 2023–24 |
The 2022–23 Sydney Thunder Women's season was the eighth in the team's history. Coached by Trevor Griffin, the Thunder finished the regular season of WBBL08 in last place.[1] [2] After missing the entirety of WBBL07 due to family reasons, captain Rachael Haynes returned to the team in 2022–23 for her final season, having announced her impending retirement from professional cricket.[3]
Each 2022–23 squad was made up of 15 active players. Teams could sign up to five 'marquee players', with a maximum of three of those from overseas. Marquees were defined as any overseas player, or a local player who holds a Cricket Australia national contract at the start of the WBBL|08 signing period.
Personnel changes made ahead of the season included:[4]
The table below lists the Thunder players and their key stats (including runs scored, batting strike rate, wickets taken, economy rate, catches and stumpings) for the season.[6] [7]
| Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | |||||||||||||
| 91 | Tammy Beaumont | 11 March 1991 | Right-handed | – | 12 | 194 | 119.01 | – | – | 0 | – | Overseas marquee | |
| 29 | Corinne Hall | 12 October 1987 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 15 | Rachael Haynes | 26 December 1986 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | 14 | 223 | 97.37 | – | – | 4 | – | Captain, Australian marquee | |
| 4 | Anika Learoyd | 14 April 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 3 | 45 | 60.00 | – | – | 1 | – | ||
| 36 | Phoebe Litchfield | 18 April 2003 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg spin | 14 | 280 | 117.64 | – | – | 3 | – | ||
| All-rounders | |||||||||||||
| 23 | Saskia Horley |  | 23 February 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Replacement player |
| 58 | Sammy-Jo Johnson | | 5 November 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 14 | 134 | 89.93 | 9 | 8.33 | 4 | – | |
| 14 | Olivia Porter | 14 November 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 10 | 55 | 112.24 | 0 | 10.00 | 4 | – | ||
| 94 | Chloe Tryon | 25 January 1994 | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 10 | 97 | 96.03 | 5 | 6.26 | 2 | – | Overseas marquee | |
| Wicket-keepers | |||||||||||||
| 40 | Amy Jones | 13 June 1993 | Right-handed | – | 11 | 210 | 103.44 | – | – | 3 | 0 | Overseas marquee; | |
| 21 | Tahlia Wilson | | 21 October 1999 | Right-handed | – | 10 | 85 | 75.89 | – | – | 2 | 3 | |
| Bowlers | |||||||||||||
| 34 | Samantha Bates | | 17 August 1992 | Right-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 14 | 8 | 34.78 | 12 | 6.02 | 4 | – | |
| 25 | Hannah Darlington | | 25 January 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 7 | 42 | 135.48 | 7 | 8.43 | 1 | – | |
| 12 | Jessica Davidson | | 3 May 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2 | Lauren Smith | | 6 October 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | 13 | 29 | 74.35 | 11 | 6.54 | 2 | – | |
| 19 | Lea Tahuhu |  | 23 September 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 9 | 17 | 62.96 | 4 | 7.00 | 1 | – | Overseas marquee (replacement) |
| 47 | Belinda Vakarewa | | 22 January 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium fast | 13 | 43 | 119.44 | 5 | 6.24 | 4 | – | |
All times are AEDT.--------------------------------------------------------