The Australian Women's Big Bash League should become "as successful as it possibly can be" before any focus shifts to a female playing in the men's league, says star all-rounder Ellyse Perry.

Australian great Lisa Sthalekar has predicted a woman specialist spinner could one day play in the men's Big Bash League, but Perry said on Monday she'd firstly like to see the women's league grow into a standout, stand-alone competition.

"I think the way we develop women's cricket, the attention should certainly be on that and creating its own product there and giving people an opportunity to come and watch that rather than, I suppose, trying to integrate the two," Perry said.

The fourth season of cricket's Women's Big Bash League will commence with a bang as all eight teams come together to play four matches over the December 1 and 2 weekend at Melbourne's revamped Junction Oval.

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The season schedule, released on Monday, also features stand-alone finals for the first time – no longer playing before and on the same ground as men's BBL matches.

The move comes before what's planned to be an all stand-alone schedule in the 2019/20 season.

The regular season features 56 matches and will be followed by two semi-finals at one venue hosted by the top-ranked team and a final on Australia Day.

Across the season, 23 matches will be broadcast live on Fox Sports and Seven Network, almost double the number of televised matches from last season.