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Sydney Sixers

2021–22 season
Coach	Ben Sawyer
Captain(s)	Ellyse Perry
Home ground	N/A
League	WBBL
Record	4–9 (8th)
Finals	Did not qualify
Leading Run Scorer	Ellyse Perry – 358
Leading Wicket Taker	Lauren Cheatle – 10
Player of the Season	Nicole Bolton
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The 2021–22 Sydney Sixers Women's season was the seventh in the team's history. Coached by Ben Sawyer and captained by Ellyse Perry, the Sixers were not scheduled to play any WBBL|07 games in their home state of New South Wales due to ongoing border restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. They finished the regular season on the bottom of the ladder, and recorded more losses than wins, for the first time in the league's initial seven editions. The Sixers also ended the tournament with six consecutive losses, mirroring their equal-longest losing streak which occurred at the beginning of WBBL|01.

Squad

Each 2021–22 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|07 signing period.

Personnel changes made ahead of the season included:

• South African marquee Marizanne Kapp departed the Sixers, signing with the Perth Scorchers.
• Sarah Aley departed the Sixers, retiring from cricket after WBBL|06.
• South African marquee Dane van Niekerk departed the Sixers, signing with the Adelaide Strikers.
• Indian marquees Shafali Verma and Radha Yadav signed with the Sixers, marking their first appearances in the league.
• Maitlan Brown signed with the Sixers, departing the Melbourne Renegades.
• Nicole Bolton signed with the Sixers, departing the Perth Scorchers.
• Maddy Darke departed the Sixers, signing with the Melbourne Stars.
• Lisa Griffith departed the Sixers, signing with the Perth Scorchers.
• Claire Moore signed as a replacement player after Hayley Silver-Holmes was ruled out of the tournament due to a hip injury.
• On 2 July 2021, the Sixers announced coach Ben Sawyer would not return for WBBL|07, having instead taken on a full-time assistant role for the Australian national women's team. However, on 27 July, it was revealed Cricket Australia agreed to allow Sawyer to coach the Sixers for a seventh and final season.

Squad details during the season included:

• After electing to spend the beginning of the tournament at home for family reasons, Erin Burns could not secure a government exemption to travel from New South Wales to any of the states hosting WBBL|07 matches (including Tasmania, South Australia and Queensland). Burns was consequently ruled out from participating in the entire season.

The table below lists the Sixers players and their key stats (including runs scored, batting strike rate, wickets taken, economy rate, catches and stumpings) for the season.

No.	Name	Nat.	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	G	R	SR	W	E	C	S	Notes
Batters
29	Erin Burns		22 June 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Unavailable for the season
85	Claire Moore		28 October 2003	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	9	1	33.33	–	–	0	–	Replacement player
30	Angela Reakes		27 December 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	13	78	82.10	–	–	3	–
17	Shafali Verma		28 January 2004	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	13	191	105.52	–	–	5	–	Overseas marquee
All-rounders
12	Nicole Bolton		17 January 1989	Left-handed	Right-arm off spin	13	247	96.10	8	7.43	6	–
6	Ashleigh Gardner		15 April 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin	12	197	105.91	7	6.50	8	–	Australian marquee
8	Ellyse Perry		3 November 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	13	358	91.32	5	7.95	2	–	Captain, Australian marquee
Wicket-keepers
77	Alyssa Healy		24 March 1990	Right-handed	–	13	231	115.50	–	–	2	1	Australian marquee
3	Matilda Lugg		11 December 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bowlers
9	Jade Allen		13 November 2003	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	4	–	–	0	10.50	0	–
88	Maitlan Brown		5 June 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	13	79	106.75	8	7.13	0	–
33	Stella Campbell		15 June 2002	Right-handed	Right-arm fast medium	13	15	55.55	6	7.08	2	–
5	Lauren Cheatle		6 November 1998	Left-handed	Left-arm fast medium	8	34	109.67	10	5.37	4	–
22	Emma Hughes		13 November 2000	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	7	2	25.00	0	10.20	1	–
4	Hayley Silver-Holmes		18 August 2003	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Unavailable for the season
21	Radha Yadav		21 April 2000	Right-handed	Left-arm orthodox spin	12	43	87.75	9	6.81	5	–	Overseas marquee

Ladder

•   The top 4 teams advanced to the play-off phase

Fixtures

All times are local

• Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 11 overs per side due to rain.
• Broadcast by Seven Network and Foxtel

• Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
• Broadcast by Seven Network and Foxtel
• Start time swapped with Match 4

• Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
• Broadcast by Cricket Network and Foxtel

• No toss
• No play was possible due to rain.
• Broadcast by Seven Network and Foxtel

• Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
• Broadcast by Seven Network and Foxtel

• Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
• Broadcast by Cricket Network and Foxtel

• Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.
• Broadcast by Cricket Network and Foxtel

• Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
• Broadcast by Cricket Network and Foxtel

• Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.
• Broadcast by Cricket Network and Foxtel

• Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.
• Broadcast by Cricket Network and Foxtel

• Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
• Broadcast by Seven Network and Foxtel
• Melbourne Renegades qualified for finals.

• Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.
• Broadcast by Seven Network and Foxtel
• Brisbane Heat qualified for finals.

• Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.
• Broadcast by Seven Network and Foxtel
• Sydney Sixers were eliminated from finals contention and Adelaide Strikers qualified for finals.

• Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.
• Broadcast by Seven Network and Foxtel

Statistics and awards

• Most runs: Ellyse Perry – 358 (11th in the league)
• Highest score in an innings: Alyssa Healy – 94* (57) vs Perth Scorchers, 31 October 2021
• Most wickets: Lauren Cheatle – 10 (equal 23rd in the league)
• Best bowling figures in an innings: Nicole Bolton – 3/11 (2 overs) vs Perth Scorchers, 31 October 2021
• Most catches (fielder): Ashleigh Gardner – 8 (equal 5th in the league)
• Player of the Match awards:
  • Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa Healy – 2 each
  • Shafali Verma – 1
• Sixers Most Valuable Player: Nicole Bolton

References

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