THE 2022/23 WNCL season has gotten underway in a flurry, with all bar two states playing four matches already. As the players now head to their WBBL teams ahead of that tournament starting next week, it is time to catch up on where things sit so far in the WNCL season. We will go down the current ladder and look at each team individually.

1. Queensland (4 wins, 20 points, 3.145 net run rate)

Queensland has come out of the blocks firing thus season, and are the team to beat at this early stage. Not only are they undefeated thus far this season, but have at times done thing pretty convincingly, thanks to the likes of Georgia Voll, Georgia Redmayne, Grace Harris and Mikayla Hinkley. The question will be can they maintain this form after the WBBL and return to the heights they reached in the 2020/21 season?

2. Western Australia (2 wins, 10 points, 0.908 run rate)

The Western Australians have certainly been the bolters of the WNCL season. After not winning any games last season, the Western Australians burst out of the blocks and beat ACT twice to start their season. They did drop their two games to NSW, but thanks to a good net run rate, find themselves in second place. A lot of their early season success can be put down to Alana King and off season recruit Beth Mooney, who has come in all guns blazing and made a real impact.

3. New South Wales (2 wins, 8 points, -1.284 run rate)

NSW have had an up and down start to their season, but do still sit in third place at the moment. They shockingly dropped their first two matches to Queensland, before they bounced back and defeated Western Australia twice. It has been their younger brigade who have really shone thus far this season, with Tahlia Wilson, Maitlin Brown and Phoebe Litchfield all putting in impressive performances thus far this season.

4. Victoria (1 win, 6 points, 0.155 run rate)

The start to the WNCL season has been a frustrating one for the Victorians, but they do have a win on the board, so that will give them some confidence. They let one slip against both South Australia and Tasmania, but they did beat Tasmania in the second game, which with them being the reigning champs will give the Vics quite the shot in the arm. There have been a few faces who have had great starts to the season for the Victorians, including Annabel Sutherland, Ellyse Perry and new skipper Sophie Molineux.

5. South Australia (1 win, 5.5 points, 0.091 run rate)

The reigning runners up from last season have not had the most ideal start to their season, but it is far from panic stations thus far. Unlike most of their rivals, the Scorpions have only played two games thus far this season, and one was an impressive win over Victoria, and the other was a tie against their eastern neighbours. Some of the Scorpions to have start the season all guns a blazing are Tahlia McGrath with the bat, and Jemma Barsby with the ball.

6. Tasmania (1 win, 4 points, -0.336 run rate)

Much like the Scorpions, Tasmania have not had a great start to their season either, but much like the Scorpions have only played the two games, also against the Victorians. Game one saw them chase down the very competitive Victorian total of 279 thanks largely to a 101 not out from Nicola Carey, but in game two they could not quite match the Victorian’s tally of 281, despite some stellar bowling from Sasha Moloney and Heather Graham.

7. ACT Meteors (0 wins, -0.5 points, -2.576 run rate)

Someone has to bring up the rear, and unfortunately for the Meteors it is them. They have not managed to chalk up a win yet this season, and have suffered some pretty big losses in the process. Despite bringing in the talented and experienced Holly Ferling, the rest of the team are young and inexperienced so it may be more long days ahead for the Canberrans.