As WBBL clubs wait for the contract embargo to lift, check out how your team is placed
WBBL|12 player movement: Where your club stands
Strikers | Heat | Hurricanes | Renegades | Stars | Scorchers | Sixers | Thunder
Big Bash list managers have turned their attention to Weber WBBL|12 after Hobart Hurricanes secured their maiden women's title last summer.
While a contracting embargo is currently in place following the conclusion of the 2025 season and the subsequent player movement period, the eight clubs are gearing up for the new season after the schedule was released in July. Until the embargo lifts, clubs cannot sign or recruit players.
Teams are also bound by maximum list sizes. For the WBBL, clubs were permitted to have eight players on their list at the conclusion of WBBL|11, and 10 following the completion of the player movement window.
A club's pre-signed overseas player will count towards these limits, should they be contracted to the club on a multi-year deal. Overall final squad sizes remain unchanged at 15.
Here is where each team's list stands.
Adelaide Strikers
WBBL|11 result: Sixth (3 wins, 4 losses, 3 no results)
Coach: Luke Williams
List spots filled: 8
Contracted for WBBL|12: Darcie Brown, Ellie Johnston, Eleanor Larosa, Tahlia McGrath, Bridget Patterson, Megan Schutt, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Laura Wolvaardt (South Africa)
Uncontracted: Jemma Barsby, Anesu Mushangwe, Maddie Penna, Tabatha Saville, Ella Wilson, Maggie Clark (LRP), Emmerson Filsell (LRP)
Other WBBL|11 overseas players: Tammy Beaumont (England), Sophie Ecclestone (England)
The Strikers fell one run short of returning to the finals, but it was a strange season for the Adelaide side, who had two games washed out and another abandoned after a ball was accidentally rolled into the pitch. It was an improvement on WBBL|10, but they did feel well off the pace of the other finalists.
They've got a good core currently under contract including South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt, and on the eve of the movement window opening announced they had retained Darcie Brown and Amanda-Jade Wellington, leaving the likes of Maddie Penna open to offers.
Brisbane Heat
WBBL|11 result: Eighth (0 wins, 9 losses, 1 no result)
Coach: Mark Sorell
List spots filled: 7
Contracted for WBBL|12: Lily Bassingthwaighte, Sianna Ginger, Lucy Hamilton, Grace Harris, Jess Jonassen, Charli Knott, Georgia Redmayne
Uncontracted: Bonnie Berry, Lucinda Bourke, Nicola Hancock, Grace Parsons, Mikayla Wrigley, Annie O'Neil (LRP), Catherine White (LRP)
Other WBBL|11 overseas players: Chinelle Henry (West Indies), Nadine de Klerk (South Africa), Jemimah Rodrigues (India), Lauren Winfield-Hill (England - ORP), Sarah Glenn (England - ORP)
The Heat have plenty of work to do after not only missing finals for the first time in seven seasons, but also becoming the first team to go winless through an entire season in the process.
The good news for the Heat is they've locked away senior players Jess Jonassen, Grace Harris and Georgia Redmayne while WBBL|11 Young Gun award winner, Lucy Hamilton is also secured for next season.
Hobart Hurricanes
WBBL|11 result: Champions
Coach: Jude Coleman
List spots filled: 8
Contracted for WBBL|12: Nicola Carey, Heather Graham, Lizelle Lee, Hayley Silver-Holmes, Amy Smith, Molly Strano, Rachel Trenaman, Callie Wilson
Outs: Elyse Villani (retired)
Uncontracted: Ruth Johnston, Isabella Malgioglio, Lauren Smith
WBBL|11 overseas players: Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Natalie Sciver-Brunt, Linsey Smith (all England)
The Hurricanes did a terrific job of keeping their core group together in recent seasons as they built towards their first ever appearance in a WBBL final, though they will be without their captain Elyse Villani next season, after she announced her retirement from the competition shortly after leading her side to its inaugural title victory.
Heather Graham and Molly Strano are two players the Hurricanes have worked swiftly to secure before the window opens after certain interest from their home states.
Melbourne Renegades
WBBL|11 result: Fifth (5 wins, 5 losses)
Coach: Simon Helmot
List spots filled: 6
Contracted for WBBL|12: Nicole Faltum, Tess Flintoff, Milly Illingworth, Sophie Molineux, Georgia Wareham, Courtney Webb
Uncontracted: Charis Bekker, Sarah Coyte, Emma de Broughe, Sara Kennedy, Naomi Stalenberg, Tayla Vlaeminck
WBBL|11 overseas players: Hayley Matthews (West Indies - withdrew), Alice Capsey (England), Deandra Dottin (West Indies), Davina Perrin (England), Issy Wong (England)
In excellent news for the Renegades, they've got their biggest local names locked in. They missed West Indies Hayley Matthews in WBBL|11 after she withdrew due to shoulder surgery so they'll be eager to get her back, while of the local crew, they'll hope Tayla Vlaeminck re-signs and makes a long-awaited return to play.
Melbourne Stars
WBBL|11 result: Fourth (Lost the Knockout)
Coach: To be announced
List spots filled: 7
Contracted for WBBL|12: Sophie Day, Kim Garth, Marizanne Kapp (South Africa), Meg Lanning, Rhys McKenna, Indigo Noble, Annabel Sutherland
Uncontracted: Maisy Gibson, Ella Hayward, Sasha Moloney, Ines McKeon, Georgia Prestwidge, Sophie Reid
Other WBBL|11 overseas players: Dani Gibson (England), Amy Jones (England), Maia Bouchier (England - ORP)
Re-signing the trio of Annabel Sutherland, Meg Lanning and Kim Garth was priority No.1 for the Stars heading into the player movement window. After returning to the finals off the back of a five-year absence, keeping their core group together was imperative, and with seven players signed, there's plenty of room to strengthen their list with some extra power hitting down the order.
South Africa allrounder Marizanne Kapp has a year left to run on her contract, while key spinner Sophie Day and Rhys McKenna, who found herself in a new opening role in WBBL|11, are both locked in.
The Stars are on the hunt for a new WBBL head coach with Andy Christie to step back into an assistant role with the club. The Stars showed improvement under Christie in WBBL|11, finishing fourth before losing the Knockout final to the third-ranked Perth Scorchers at the WACA Ground.
Perth Scorchers
WBBL|11 result: Runners-up
Coach: Becky Grundy
List spots filled: 7
Contracted for WBBL|12: Chloe Ainsworth, Amy Edgar, Ebony Hoskin, Alana King, Katie Mack, Lilly Mills, Beth Mooney
Uncontracted: Maddy Darke, Mikayla Hinkley, Shea Manolini, Chloe Piparo, Ruby Strange
WBBL|11 overseas players: Sophie Devine (New Zealand), Freya Kemp (England), Paige Scholfield (England)
The biggest local names are locked away, with Beth Mooney, Alana King and Katie Mack all on the books for WBBL|12 alongside rising quick Chloe Ainsworth.
Sydney Sixers
WBBL|11 result: Third (Lost in the Challenger)
Coach: Peter Clarke
List spots filled: 8
Contracted for WBBL|12: Caoimhe Bray, Maitlan Brown, Lauren Cheatle, Ashleigh Gardner, Elsa Hunter, Amelia Kerr (New Zealand), Ellyse Perry, Courtney Sippel
Out: Alyssa Healy (retired)
Uncontracted: Erin Burns, Mathilda Carmichael, Lauren Kua, Emma Manix-Geeves
Other WBBL|11 overseas players: Sophia Dunkley (England), Mady Villiers (England)
NSW Breakers mentor Peter Clarke takes over as head coach after Matthew Mott moved to the Sixers' men's side. Rising coach Clarke led the NSW women's team to last season's WNCL final in his first campaign at the helm and will no doubt be hoping for more of the same with the Sixers.
He inherits a list in solid shape, having confirmed all eight spots they were permitted to fill heading into the embargo period.
They'll undergo one massive change in WBBL|12 however, following Aussie great Alyssa Healy's retirement from all cricket. It leaves both a massive gap in the top order and behind the stumps that the Sixers need to fill ahead of next season.
Sydney Thunder
WBBL|11 result: Seventh (4 wins, 5 losses, 1 no result)
Coach: Lisa Keightley
List spots filled: 8
Contracted for WBBL|12: Sam Bates, Hannah Darlington, Hasrat Gill, Laura Harris, Anika Learoyd, Phoebe Litchfield, Georgia Voll, Tahlia Wilson
Uncontracted: Ella Briscoe, Sienna Eve, Lucy Finn, Taneale Peschel, Tara French (LRP), Alex Mavros (LRP)
WBBL|11 overseas players: Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka), Heather Knight (England), Shabnim Ismail (South Africa), Em Arlott (England)
The Thunder have confirmed all eight signings going into the embargo period. While WBBL|11 didn't pan out the way they wanted, they have a great mix of youth, experience and star power already locked away for next season and fans have plenty to be excited about.
After originally signing a three-year deal, the Thunder have opted to not activate the third-year option in Chamari Athapaththu's contract, freeing up their eighth list spot to go to Tahlia Wilson.