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Melbourne Renegades

2018–19 season
Coach	Tim Coyle
Captain(s)	Amy Satterthwaite
Home ground	CitiPower Centre
League	WBBL
Record	7–6 (4th)
Finals	Semi-finalists
Leading Run Scorer	Danielle Wyatt – 368
Leading Wicket Taker	Molly Strano – 19
Player of the Season	Sophie Molineux
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The 2018–19 Melbourne Renegades Women's season was the fourth in the team's history. Coached by Tim Coyle and captained by Amy Satterthwaite, they finished fourth in the regular season of WBBL|04 and qualified for finals for the first time in the team's history.

In a "heartbreaking" and "thrilling" semi-final loss at Drummoyne Oval—notable for its "miracle" last-ball finish, resulting in the run out of Sophie Molineux and forcing a super over—the Renegades were knocked out of the tournament by the defending champions, the Sydney Sixers.

Squad

Each 2018–19 squad featured 15 active players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas. Under a new rule, Australian marquees were classed as players who held a national women's team contract at the time of signing on for their WBBL|04 team.

Personnel changes for the Renegades ahead of the season included:

• England's Danielle Wyatt returned to the squad, having played in the first two seasons before missing WBBL|03.
• Sri Lankan Chamari Atapattu was not re-signed for WBBL|04.
• Former Australian player Kris Britt retired at the end of WBBL|03.
• Rhiann O'Donnell departed the team and joined the Hobart Hurricanes.
• Although a permanent resident in Australia, Hayley Jensen would no longer be classified as a local player due to earning re-selection for her native New Zealand during 2018. The Renegades chose not to sign her as an overseas marquee, therefore excluding her from the squad. She would go on to be contracted by the Perth Scorchers as a marquee replacement later in the season.

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.

No.	Name	Nat.	Date of birth	Batting style	Bowling style	G	R	SR	W	E	C	S	Notes
Batters
27	Jess Duffin		27 June 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	13	263	108.23	–	–	7	–
55	Claire Koski		13 March 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm medium fast	13	154	103.35	–	–	3	–
9	Anna Lanning		25 March 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	Amy Satterthwaite		7 October 1986	Left-handed	Right-arm off spin	15	325	101.24	3	7.61	5	–	Captain, overseas marquee
11	Courtney Webb		30 November 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	12	93	100.00	0	12.00	0	–
28	Danielle Wyatt		22 April 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	14	368	111.51	0	7.33	4	–	Overseas marquee
All-rounders
23	Sophie Molineux		17 January 1998	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	14	354	114.56	16	6.97	7	–
Wicketkeepers
19	Emma Inglis		15 July 1988	Right-handed	–	14	62	84.93	–	–	8	4
15	Erica Kershaw		23 December 1991	Left-handed	–	7	80	88.88	–	–	1	1
Bowlers
77	Maitlan Brown		5 June 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	12	59	92.18	9	7.23	6	–
14	Zoe Cooke		17 September 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
5	Molly Strano		5 October 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	15	33	76.74	19	6.42	4	–
6	Lea Tahuhu		23 September 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	15	12	120.00	14	5.92	2	–	Overseas marquee
7	Tayla Vlaeminck		27 October 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	6	–	–	4	8.16	3	–
32	Georgia Wareham		26 May 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	15	21	91.30	11	5.90	3	–

Ladder

• The four top ranked teams qualified for the play-off phase

Fixtures

All times are local time

Regular season

• Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
• Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket

• Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to bat

• Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field
• Melbourne Renegades' innings reduced to 14.3 overs due to rain delay
• Adelaide Strikers' target revised to 78 runs from 11 overs
• Match abandoned due to further rain delays

• Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat

• Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field

• Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field

• Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat

• Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field

The Renegades recorded the second one-wicket victory in the league's history when Lea Tahuhu, a fast bowler not known for her batting ability, hit the winning single off leg spinning Stars captain Kristen Beams with just one ball to spare. Courtney Webb, on 21 not out, was the set batter at the non-striker's end.

• Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field
• Played as a double-header before a men's BBL match

• Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat
• Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket

• Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to bat

• Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to field
• Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket

• Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field

• Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat

Knockout phase

• Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat
• Broadcast by Seven Network and Fox Cricket
• Ellyse Perry became the first player to score 700 runs in a WBBL season

In the Renegades' first finals appearance, with three runs required off the last ball for an upset victory, Sophie Molineux was short of her ground attempting the winning run due to a "miracle" piece of team fielding by Sixers players Erin Burns, Sarah Aley and Alyssa Healy. In the resulting super over, Sixers captain Ellyse Perry hit a six off Molly Strano to eliminate the Renegades from the tournament. The match, in conjunction with the other semi-final played earlier in the day, was hailed as a showcase of "the irrefutable rise of women's cricket" and "sport with drama, skill and unpredictability – a potent recipe for success".

Statistics and awards

• Most runs: Danielle Wyatt – 368 (11th in the league)
• Highest score in an innings: Sophie Molineux – 78* (54) vs Melbourne Stars, 1 January
• Most wickets: Molly Strano – 19 (equal 5th in the league)
• Best bowling figures in an innings: Molly Strano – 4/21 (4 overs) vs Brisbane Heat, 16 December
• Most catches (fielder): Jess Duffin, Sophie Molineux – 7 (equal 9th in the league)
• Player of the Match awards:
  • Sophie Molineux – 3
  • Amy Satterthwaite – 2
  • Molly Strano, Danielle Wyatt – 1 each
• Renegades Player of the Season: Sophie Molineux
• WBBL|04 Player of the Tournament: Sophie Molineux (equal 4th)
• WBBL|04 Team of the Tournament: Molly Strano, Sophie Molineux (twelfth man)
• WBBL|04 Young Gun Award: Georgia Wareham (winner)

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