The Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) has done well to unearth some of the best women’s cricketing talent across Australia and other parts of the world as well. While they didn’t have big international stars from other nations early on, they’re now a regular part of the WBBL tournament season on season in Australia.
We often cover some of the biggest records and milestones in the cricketing world and on this page, we’re going to look at the most impressive bowling spells in WBBL history. In particular, we’ve created a complete WBBL 5-wicket hauls list which includes every instance a bowler has taken 5 wickets in a spell in this competition’s history, which team they represented, their bowling figures, and more.
The first ever WBBL 5-fer was taken by Australia’s Molly Strano and we’re not surprised because she’s also the leading WBBL wicket-taker, so she was deserving to get this milestone and go down in WBBL history books. Playing for Melbourne Renegades Women, Strano picked up magical figures of 5/15 in the very first season of this tournament, WBBL 2015/16.
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After that, many Australian as well as overseas players went on to get WBBL 5-fers, including Hayley Matthews who was the first overseas bowler to do so. See below for our in-depth and complete Women’s Big Bash League 5-fers list, last updated 10th November 2023, in the middle of the WBBL 2023 season:
Complete WBBL 5-wickets hauls list
| Sr. | Name | Team | Date | Figures |
| 1 | Molly Strano | Melbourne Renegades W | 2nd Jan 2016 | 5/15 |
| 2 | Hayley Matthews | Hobart Hurricanes W | 9th Jan 2017 | 5/19 |
| 3 | Amy Satterthwaite | Hobart Hurricanes W | 16th Jan 2017 | 5/17 |
| 4 | Sophie Devine | Adelaide Strikers W | 23rd Dec 2018 | 5/41 |
| 5 | Amanda-Jade Wellington | Adelaide Strikers W | 24th Nov 2021 | 5/8 |
| 6 | Lauren Smith | Sydney Thunder W | 22nd Oct 2022 | 5/17 |
| 7 | Amanda-Jade Wellington (2) | Adelaide Strikers W | 24th Oct 2022 | 5/8 |
| 8 | Megan Schutt | Adelaide Strikers W | 20th Nov 2022 | 6/19 |
| 9 | Ellyse Perry | Sydney Sixers W | 5th Nov 2023 | 5/22 |
| 10 | Sophie Day | Melbourne Stars W | 8th Nov 2023 | 5/25 |
| 11 | Hannah Darlington | Sydney Thunder W | 10th Nov 2023 | 5/10 |
| 12 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 13 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 14 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
So far at the time of the last update on this WBBL 5-wicket hauls list page, a total of ten (10) WBBL 5-fers have been recorded, out of which only one player as managed to go on to get a 6-fer. That was Megan Schutt who recorded 6/19 and this remains the best bowling figures in WBBL history, followed by 5/8 taken by Amanda-Jade Wellington.
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Incidentally, Wellington has not one but two entries in the WBBL 5-fers list, and on both occasions, she ended with the exact same figures of 5/8. She played for Adelaide Strikers W on both occasions and that makes Strikers have the most number of WBBL 5-wicket hauls – four. Melbourne Stars was the last team to get a 5-fer in this competition, with Sophie Day’s 5/25 coming in WBBL 2023/24.
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