2017–18 Women's Big Bash League season
The 2017–18 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL|03 was the third season of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the semi-professional women's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament was scheduled from 9 December 2017 to 4 February 2018.
Logo of the 2017–18 Women's Big Bash League season | |
| Dates | 9 December 2017 – 4 February 2018 |
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| Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and knockout finals |
| Champions | Sydney Sixers (2nd title) |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 59 |
| Player of the series | Amy Satterthwaite (MLR) |
| Most runs | Ellyse Perry (SYS) – 552 |
| Most wickets | Katherine Brunt (PRS) – 23 Sarah Aley (SYS) – 23 |
The final, held at Adelaide Oval, pitted the Sydney Sixers against the Perth Scorchers for the second season running. Sydney comfortably won the match by nine wickets to claim back-to-back championships. Punctuating an emphatic comeback from retirement, Sixers medium-pace bowler Sarah Coyte managed figures of 4/17 in the decider and was named Player of the Final.
Melbourne Renegades captain Amy Satterthwaite was named Player of the Tournament, although her team failed to qualify for the finals. Sixers captain Ellyse Perry was the leading run-scorer of the season, while the leading wicket-taker title was shared between the Sixers' Sarah Aley and the Scorchers' Katherine Brunt.