AFTER the excitement of the international summer getting underway last week, the women’s domestic season gets underway later today.

Once again, the team to beat will be Tasmania. After recording a three peat last season, they will once again be the ones to beat.

Once again led by Elyse Villani, the Tigers have kept essentially the same squad as last season, with only one new face and two faces departing, This means that key stars Nicola Carey, Heather Graham, Lizelle Lee and Molly Strano are all going around again in Tasmanian colours again this year, and will all be important parts to helping Tasmania potentially get a four peat.

The team that Tasmania vanquished in last season’s decider is Queensland, who returned to the final last season after a few years and will be looking to go one step further in 2024/25.

The Fire have brought in a few new faces this season, highlighted by big hitting Englishwoman Lauren Winfield-Hill, who will compliment the likes of Grace Harris, Jess Jonassen and Georgia Redmayne very well.

Victoria was the real bolter in the back end of last season and ultimately finished third on the ladder, and with Meg Lanning in the squad full time from the start of the season, it might be the side to watch this season.

Victoria also has not made too many changes to its squad, bringing in bowling pair Hasrat Gill and Sasha Moloney.

Western Australia and NSW have both been hovering around the middle of the table for a few seasons now, and will be looking to push up the ladder this season.

NSW has injected a number of new young faces into its squad for this season, while experienced heads Bhavisha Devchand and Mikayla Hinkley are among the new faces in the Western Australian squad.

South Australia and the ACT will not be happy with how last season went for them, and will be hoping this season goes far better. Particularly the Scorpions, who went from runners up to second last in the space of a season.

The season kicks off later today with Western Australia hosting Tasmania.

WNCL Squads 2024/25

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, Anesu Mushangwe, Shivani Mehta, Chelsea Moscript

Outs: Kayla Burton, Rebecca Carter, Chloe Rafferty, Jannatul Sumona

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, Mikayla Hinkley, Ruth Johnston, 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, 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

Outs: Sasha Moloney, 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

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, Shay Manolini

Outs: Ashley Day, Georgia Wyllie, and Poppy Stockwell