The decision to concentrate on cricket has paid off for departed Carlton footballer Courtney Webb.
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The Launceston 19-year-old is one of six players from her hometown selected in Tasmanian Tigers women's squad for the 2019-20 season.
Webb will join 18-year-old Emma Manix-Geeves and seasoned state campaigners Sasha Moloney, Katelyn Fryett, Brooke Hepburn and Meg Phillips in the latest contracted list of 15 players.
The Tigers squad includes Australian allrounder Nicola Carey, who has represented her country in six one-day internationals, and ex-NSW teammates Maisy Gibson and Belinda Vakarewa.
There are four departures from last year's Tasmanian squad, including the 2018-19 WNCL player-of-the-year Georgia Redmayne.
The classy keeper-batter leaves the state to pursue cricket opportunities closer to her medical studies.
Irish international Celeste Raack returns home to continue her career abroad after featuring at the World T20 in the Caribbean last year.
Ashley Day is relocating to play for Western Australia while veteran left-arm quick Veronica Pyke has not been offered another contract.
Webb confirmed last week she parted ways with Carlton to dedicate most of her year to cricket in Hobart.
The commitment of five months to an AFLW career and 10 months to cricket had become too much after two seasons in Melbourne.
She enters a second year with the Tigers - formerly known as Tasmanian Roar - along with Manix-Geeves after the pair started out on rookie contracts.
Webb will still continue her WBBL stint at Melbourne Renegades ahead of the new Twenty20 standalone season that moves the competition forward two months from October and November.