Australia’s players will get to play up to four 50-over domestic matches before the multiformat Ashes begins
Cricket Australia has announced new fixtures for the Women’s National Cricket League season which will provide Australia’s players the perfect lead-in to the Women’s Ashes starting on January 27.
The WNCL was initially set to begin back in September but the original fixture list was scrapped due to Covid issues causing chaos among state borders.
But CA have rescheduled the WNCL to begin in mid-December and the full fixture will be played in three blocks. The season begins with last year’s runners-up Victoria hosting ACT at the Junction Oval before the defending champions Queensland begin their season in Tasmania.
There will be six games before Christmas and then eight games in January leading into the Women’s Ashes. The second half of the season will be played from February 14 onwards which will coincide with the three ODIs between Australia and England.
Women’s National Cricket League Fixtures
Dec 16: Victoria v Australian Capital Territory, CitiPower Centre
Dec 17: Tasmania v Queensland, Blundstone Arena
Dec 17: Western Australia v South Australia, WACA Ground
Dec 19: Tasmania v Queensland, Blundstone Arena
Dec 19: Western Australia v South Australia, WACA Ground
Dec 19: Victoria v New South Wales, CitiPower Centre
Jan 7: Queensland v South Australia, Ian Healy Oval
Jan 7: Tasmania v Western Australia, Blundstone Arena
Jan 7: Australian Capital Territory v New South Wales, Manuka Oval
Jan 9: Queensland v South Australia, Ian Healy Oval
Jan 9: Tasmania v Western Australia, Blundstone Arena
Jan 9: Victoria v New South Wales, Manuka Oval
Jan 11: Australian Capital Territory v Victoria, Manuka Oval
Jan 14: New South Wales v Australian Capital Territory, North Sydney Oval
Feb 14: Western Australia v Victoria, WACA Ground
Feb 15: South Australia v Australian Capital Territory, Karen Rolton Oval
Feb 15: New South Wales v Tasmania, North Sydney Oval (D/N)
Feb 16: Queensland v Victoria, Lilac Hill
Feb 18: Western Australia v Queensland, Lilac Hill
Feb 18: South Australia v New South Wales, Karen Rolton Oval
Feb 19: Australian Capital Territory v Tasmania, EPC Solar Park
Feb 22: South Australia v Victoria, Karen Rolton Oval
Feb 24: New South Wales v Western Australia, North Sydney Oval
Feb 24: Queensland v Australian Capital Territory, Alan Pettigrew Oval
Feb 24: South Australia v Tasmania, Karen Rolton Oval
Feb 27: New South Wales v Queensland, North Sydney Oval
Feb 27: Australian Capital Territory v Western Australia, EPC Solar Park
Feb 27: Victoria v Tasmania, TBC
Final
Mar 6: TBC v TBC, TBC