Women's Big Bash League: 6 Proteas stars to set Australia alight

The Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) is set to feature a star-studded Proteas line-up as six South Africans signed up for the T20 tournament.

This year's WBBL will feature 59 matches, with the action scheduled to get under way on Thursday, 13 October, with the opening clash between the Brisbane Heat and Sydney Sixers.

The regular season will conclude on 20 November, with a week of finals to follow.

News24 Sport takes a closer look at the South African players involved in the 2022/23 Women's Big Bash League:

Laura Wolvaardt - Adelaide Strikers

While the Proteas Women had an indifferent showing in England, Wolvaardt was one of the star performers with the bat.

Wolvaardt scored 188 runs in nine T20 matches this year, which included a half-century against England in Chelmsford in July.

The Proteas batter finished as the leading run-scorer in last month's The Hundred, scoring 286 runs for the Northern Superchargers.

This WBBL season, Wolvaardt will return for the Adelaide Strikers after a decent 2021/22 season, which saw her score 381 runs in 17 games.

The Strikers finished runners-up to the Perth Scorchers in last year's WBBL final and are chasing their maiden title.

Marizanne Kapp - Perth Scorchers

Kapp was the star performer at last year's WBBL as she steered the Perth Scorchers to victory against the Strikers.

The Proteas all-rounder delivered a player-of-the-match performance with both bat and ball as the Scorchers lifted their first WBBL title.

This year, Kapp has been the standout performer for the Proteas Women, although it's come from the longer formats of the game.

Kapp, who was named ICC Player of the Month in June, has not played a single T20 for the Proteas this season after being rested and out injured for T20 duty.

Kapp was