OVER the weekend it was revealed that all of the squads for the 2024/25 Women’s National Cricket League season have been finalised. Below are all the squads for the new season.
ACT Meteors
Alisha Bates, Paris Bowdler, Zoe Cooke, Grace Dignam, Holly Ferling, Angie Genford, Amy Hunter, Carly Leeson, Grace Lyons, Katie Mack (c), Shivani Mehta, Chelsea Moscript, Anesu Mushangwe, Olivia Porter, Gabrielle Sutcliffe, Annie Wikman
Ins: Zoe Cooke (Queensland), Anesu Mushangwe (South Australia), Shivani Mehta, Chelsea Moscript (upgrade)
Outs: Kayla Burton, Rebecca Carter, Chloe Rafferty, Jannatul Sumona (all delisted)
New South Wales
Jade Allen, Maitlan Brown, Erin Burns, Stella Campbell, Lauren Cheatle, Sarah Coyte, Hannah Darlington, Sienna Eve, Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa Healy, Ebony Hoskin, Elsa Hunter, Sammy-Jo Johnson, Lauren Kua, Anika Learoyd, Phoebe Litchfield, Claire Moore, Kate Pelle, Tahlia Wilson
Ins: Sienna Eve, Elsa Hunter, Lauren Kua, Kate Pelle
Outs: Georgia Adams, Saskia Horley, Isa Malgioglio
Queensland
Lily Bassingthwaighte, Bonnie Berry, Lucinda Burke, Sianna Ginger, Lucy Hamilton, Nicola Hancock, Grace Harris, Laura Harris, Kira Holmes, Jess Jonassen, Charli Knott, Grace Parsons, Georgia Redmayne, Courtney Sippel, Georgia Voll, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Mikayla Wrigley
Ins: Lily Bassingthwaighte, Lucinda Bourke, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Mikayla Wrigley
Outs: Zoe Cooke (ACT), Mikayla Hinkley (Western Australia), Ruth Johnston (Tasmania), Ellie Johnston
South Australia
Hollie Armitage, Jemma Barsby, Darcie Brown, Emma de Broughe, Josie Dooley, Emmerson Filsell, Paris Hall, Eleanor Larosa, Tahlia McGrath, Courtney Neale, Annie O’Neil, Bridget Patterson, Maddie Penna, Kate Peterson, Megan Schutt, Courtney Webb, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Ella Wilson
Ins: Hollie Armitage, Emmerson Filsell
Outs: Anesu Mushangwe (ACT), Sam Betts
Tasmania
Nicola Carey, Julia Cavanough, Maisy Gibson, Heather Graham, Ruth Johnston, Lizelle Lee, Emma Manix-Geeves, Tabatha Saville, Hayley Silver-Holmes, Amy Smith, Lauren Smith, Naomi Stalenberg, Molly Strano, Rachel Trenaman, Elyse Villani, Callie Wilson
Ins: Ruth Johnston (Queensland)
Outs: Sasha Moloney (Victoria), Clare Scott
Victoria
Sophie Day, Nicole Faltum, Tess Flintoff, Poppy Gardner, Kim Garth, Hasrat Gill, Ella Hayward, Olivia Henry, Milly Illingworth, Meg Lanning, Rhys McKenna, Sophie Molineux, Sasha Moloney, Jasmine Nevins, Ellyse Perry, Georgia Prestwidge, Sophie Reid, Annabel Sutherland, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham
Ins: Hasrat Gill, Sasha Moloney (Tasmania)
Outs: Rhiann O’Donnell, Samantha Bates
Western Australia
Chloe Ainsworth, Charis Bekker, Zoe Britcliffe, Mathilda Carmichael, Piepa Cleary, Maddy Darke, Bhavi Devchand, Amy Edgar, Lisa Griffith, Mikayla Hinkley, Alana King, Shay Manolini, Lilly Mills, Beth Mooney, Taneale Peschel, Chloe Piparo
Ins: Bhavi Devchand, Mikayla Hinkley (Queensland), Shay Manolini
Outs: Ashley Day, Georgia Wyllie, and Poppy Stockwell (all delisted)
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Heat defy odds to come away with desired result
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Batters delight sees huge Hurricane tally
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Perth scorches Thunder to jump to second
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