2015–16 Women's Big Bash League season
The 2015–16 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL|01 was the first season of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the semi-professional women's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament ran from 5 December 2015 to 24 January 2016.
Logo of the 2015–16 Women's Big Bash League season | |
| Dates | 5 December 2015 – 24 January 2016 |
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| Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round robin and knockout finals |
| Champions | Sydney Thunder (1st title) |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 59 |
| Player of the series | Meg Lanning (MLS) |
| Most runs | Meg Lanning (MLS) – 560 |
| Most wickets | Rene Farrell (SYT) – 26 |
| Official website | bigbash |
In the final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the Sydney Thunder defeated cross-town rivals, the Sydney Sixers, to win the inaugural championship title. Thunder all-rounder Erin Osborne managed bowling figures of 3/21 in the decider and was named Player of the Final.
Melbourne Stars captain Meg Lanning was the leading run-scorer of WBBL|01 and was consequently named Player of the Tournament, although her team narrowly missed out on qualifying for finals. Sydney Thunder medium-pace bowler Rene Farrell was the tournament's leading wicket-taker.