IT has been a big day at Cricket Australia, with the domestic season fixtures all dropping this morning.
The women’s domestic season will look very different as compared to recent season.
It will begin with what is being dubbed the ‘T20 Spring Challenge’, which will see teams aligned with the WBBL clubs plus a team from the ACT compete in a mini tournament ahead of the WBBL10 season, and was created to ensure that there is no overall reduction in women’s domestic games after the WBBL season was shortened.
The tournament – set to be held in Adelaide and Sydney – will kick off on October 11, and will see 18 regular season games played across seven days, before two semi-finals on October 19 and a final on October 20. Crucially, the majority of the top Australian players will not be available for this tournament because they will be in Bangladesh at the T20 World Cup.
Even before all of this, the WNCL season kicks off on September 24 with Western Australia hosting reigning champions Tasmania to kick off the entire season. Two WNCL rounds are slated to take place before the competition breaks for the Spring Challenge and WBBL season, then it will recommence on December 14. In an interesting twist of fate, with the timing off the international calendar, most of the country’s top players will play next to none of the WNCL season.
To view the Spring Series fixture, click here.
To view the WNCL fixture, click here.
The men’s summer structure has gotten a bit of a shake up too.
Unlike the last few years, the leading male players will get a rare chance to play some Sheffield Shield cricket before the Test team’s series against India. It has been announced four Shield rounds will be played before that first match against India on November 22.
All the states will begin their summer though with a bunch of One Day Cup games – kicking off with NSW taking on Western Australia on September 22 – before the Shield kicks off. In that opening Shield round, which will begin on October 8, NSW will take on South Australia, Victoria will take on Tasmania and Western Australia will take on Queensland.
To view the Sheffield Shield fixture, click here.
To view the men’s One Day Cup fixture, click here.
BBL|14 Overseas Draft – Every selection
AS expected Englishman Ben Duckett was selected by the Melbourne Stars with the number one pick in the BBL|14 Overseas Draft on Sunday as we recap each and every pick in the draft. First Round Pick 1: Melbourne Stars- Ben Duckett Pick 2: Melbourne Renegades- James Vince (was retained by the Sydney Sixers) Pick 3: […]
WBBL|10 Overseas Draft – Every selection
AFTER a few picks spent trying to lure a rival to the Hurricanes, Hobart eventually took Danni Wyatt with the first pick. English players Sophie Ecclestone and Heather Knight, and South African captain Laura Wolvaardt were all retained by their original teams, evading the Hurricanes’ pick. First Round Pick 1: Hobart Hurricanes- Sophie Ecclestone (was […]
BBL and WBBL pre-listed players finalised
WITH the BBL and WBBL Drafts taking place on Sunday, Rookie Me Central looked at the players that have been pre-signed and those eligible to be retained. In the lead-up to the Big Bash League (BBL) and Women’s Big Bash League’s (WBBL) seasons, the teams allowed one player per club to be pre-signed on multi-year […]
Australia has A-plus finish to historic tour
AUSTRALIA’S Women’s A side wrapped up their series with their Indian counterparts with a 45-run win in the sole four day match of the series. Australia batted first and initially made 212 in their first innings. Much of Australia’s score in the first innings came off the bat of Georgia Voll, whose 71 at the […]
Australian T20 World Cup defence squad revealed
AUSTRALIA has announced its squad for next month’s T20 World Cup, with squad continuity a big talking point. Darcie Brown has recovered from the foot injury that have kept her out of Australia’s tour to Bangladesh to be named in the World Cup squad. Unfortunately for Jess Jonassen this means no spot for her again […]
Mishra’s masterclass helps India to huge win
A MASSIVE bowling performance from India’s bowlers has seen the team pick up a first win of their women’s A series against Australia in the third ODI. India made 9/243 from its 50 overs, before it bowled Australia out for just 72. Despite their solid final total, the Indians got their innings off to the […]
Darke’s day out ensures smooth run for Aussies
AUSTRALIA’s women’s A side just can’t stop winning, this time defeating India A by eight wickets in the second ODI of their series. India was bowled out for 218 with two overs left in their innings before Australia reached that target with just over 10 overs to spare. India got off to a far from […]
Marvelous Maitlan and Mack help Aussies keep on winning
AUSTRALIA has kept its winning run going, winning the first one dayer of it’s a series with India by four wickets. After India posted 9/249, Australia reached the target with three overs to spare. India’s innings got off to a fiery but ultimately costly start, as they found themselves 1/7 after three balls, and then […]
Ominous Aussies win big again
AUSTRALIA has whitewashed the T20 portion of its women’s A series with India after winning the third match of the series by seven wickets. After India made 8/120 from its 20 overs, Australia then reached that target with over six overs to spare. India could not have started its innings in a more worse way, […]
