Fast bowler Stella Campbell made both her Sixers and NSW Breakers debut during the 2019/20 season.
Her Sixers debut came in the opening match of WBBL|05 against cross-town rivals the Sydney Thunder, at North Sydney Oval, alongside fellow debutant Maddy Darke.
She claimed her first WBBL wicket against the Melbourne Stars at the WACA Ground in Perth, in early November 2020. Campbell disturbing the stumps of New Zealand International Katey Martin.
The exciting young speedster finished her first WBBL campaign with five wickets.
Campbell made her Breakers debut in January 2020 against Queensland and finished her first WNCL season with nine wickets at an average of 27.6.
Her haul included 3-55 in the Final against Western Australia at North Sydney Oval, a game the Breakers lost by 42 runs.
Towards the end of the 2019/20 summer, Campbell was selected in the Governor-General’s XI to play India and Cricket Australia squad that met Australia in a warm-up match prior to the Women’s T20 World Cup, held on home soil.
Campbell signed her first contract with the Sixers at 16 prior to WBBL|04, along with then 15-year-old allrounder Hayley Silver-Holmes, who became the youngest Sixer to make their Big Bash debut.
She joined Silver-Holmes and Darke on two tours of South Africa and New Zealand with the Australian Women’s Under 19 squad in 2018 and 2019, and like many other Sixers, is a product of the strong Cricket NSW pathway system.
Campbell will sit the HSC during the WBBL season, with five subjects to complete.
