A West Indies blaster, big stadiums, huge pay packets, a Champions League and even some recruiting wars: the WBBL is back.
A new pay deal means the players will be earning more money than ever before, and plans are afoot for the winning team to compete in Champions League-style tournament next year.
At 25, Matthews represents the best and brightest of the women’s global game. She will be among the most-watched talents at this edition of the WBBL. And the evidence of her recent West Indies displays suggests that by adding the captaincy to her duties, the Renegades can leap into finals contention after finishing second-last in 2022.
“A lot has been made of the attraction the Matildas garnered throughout the World Cup and what they were able to achieve from that point of view was unbelievable and unparalleled and would be really hard to match for a long period of time. When, some weeks later, Sciver-Brunt’s recovery was progressing better than first thought, the Perth Scorchers swooped in to sign her after the draft, having had salary cap room freed up by the withdrawal of another England player, Danni Wyatt, due to fatigue.“As a club, as the Stars, I certainly feel like we didn’t get the chance to exercise our retention rights that we would have had for her had she nominated for the draft instead of coming in this way,” Lanning said this week.
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