2016–17 Women's Big Bash League season
The 2016–17 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL|02 was the second season of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the semi-professional women's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament ran from 10 December 2016 to 28 January 2017.
Nicole Bolton on her way to top scoring with 53 for Perth Scorchers against Sydney Thunder at Lilac Hill Park, Perth, on 21 January 2017. The wicketkeeper is Alex Blackwell.
Ellyse Alexandra Perry is an Australian sportswoman who has represented her country in cricket and soccer. Having debuted for both the national cricket team and the national soccer team at the age of 16, she is the youngest Australian to play international cricket and the first to have appeared in both ICC and FIFA World Cups. Gradually becoming a single-sport professional athlete from 2014 onward, Perry's acclaimed cricket career has continued to flourish and she is widely regarded to be one of the greatest woman cricketers of all time.
Perry during the Women's Ashes in 2017
Perry playing for Canberra United in 2009
Perry playing for Canberra United in 2009
Perry at the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup