"That's certainly one of the options," Devine said. "Lauren is a world-class opener with a lot of experience. We know she can bat anywhere in the top order as well, but think certainly initially we'll look to me to drop down the order a little bit.

"Coming off the back of the New Zealand tour, batting in that No. 4 role, it's a role I'm starting to get a lot more comfortable with. The tempo I play at, especially with the format of the Big Bash with the surge, I think it's a really important part. We've seen teams really dominate last year in terms of clear tactics and think that's an area we can expose a bit better than we did last year."

"In tournament like this, you need the ability to change things. We've got a lot of bases covered."

"It's an interesting one around the draft and the purpose of it," Devine said. "With Nat's situation and her knee injury, that's why she didn't enter into the draft. We certainly had no contact with her before then. Every club had the opportunity to sign Nat when she became available and she chose the Scorchers which I think shows a lot about this club.

"When a player like that comes around you snap her up with two hands. Think it's vital we keep getting the best players in the world into his tournament, it's what makes it so great."

"I was actually quite nervous," she said. "Scorchers held all the cards with who they were going to retain. I probably didn't get told too much. I had real hopes I'd come back but was also prepared if things fell the other way. I mean Marizanne Kapp is one of the best, if not the best, players in the world in this format. It's pretty special to come back here."