On Monday, July 14, Cricket Australia announced the schedule for the upcoming 2025-26 Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) season.
The premier 50-over domestic competition is set to kick off on September 24, with Western Australia facing Queensland Fire in a day-night match at the WACA Ground. Meanwhile, other opening-round games will feature Victoria hosting New South Wales Breakers and South Australia Scorpions taking on Tasmania Tigers.
The 2025-26 WNCL season will resume on January 6 after Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) 11, with three rounds to be played before Australia’s only home international series of the summer, a multi-format contest against India that begins on February 15.
The fifth and sixth rounds of the WNCL games will take place alongside the multi-format series against India, which concludes with a day-night Test at the WACA from March 6 to 9. The final round is scheduled for March 12 to 15, with the championship match to follow on Saturday, March 21.
2025-26 WNCL Schedule –
| DATE | MATCH | VENUE |
| 24-Sep-25 | Western Australia Women vs Queensland Fire | WACA Ground, Perth |
| 26-Sep-25 | Victoria Women vs New South Wales Women | CitiPower Centre, Melbourne |
| 26-Sep-25 | South Australia Women vs Tasmania Tigers Women | Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide |
| 26-Sep-25 | Western Australia Women vs Queensland Fire | WACA Ground, Perth |
| 28-Sep-25 | Victoria Women vs New South Wales Women | CitiPower Centre, Melbourne |
| 28-Sep-25 | South Australia Women vs Tasmania Tigers Women | Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide |
| 8-Oct-25 | Victoria Women vs Tasmania Tigers Women | CitiPower Centre, Melbourne |
| 10-Oct-25 | Victoria Women vs Tasmania Tigers Women | CitiPower Centre, Melbourne |
| 10-Oct-25 | New South Wales Women vs Western Australia Women | Cricket Central, Sydney |
| 12-Oct-25 | New South Wales Women vs Western Australia Women | Cricket Central, Sydney |
| 12-Oct-25 | Queensland Fire vs ACT Meteors | Allan Border Field, Brisbane |
| 14-Oct-25 | Queensland Fire vs ACT Meteors | Allan Border Field, Brisbane |
| 4-Jan-26 | Queensland Fire vs Tasmanian Tigers Women | Bellerive Oval, Hobart |
| 6-Jan-26 | ACT Meteors vs Victoria Women | EPC Solar Park, Canberra |
| 6-Jan-26 | Queensland Fire vs Tasmanian Women | Bellerive Oval, Hobart |
| 8-Jan-26 | Victoria Women vs ACT Meteors | EPC Solar Park, Canberra |
| 8-Jan-26 | Western Australia Women vs South Australia Women | WACA Ground, Perth |
| 10-Jan-26 | Western Australia Women vs South Australia Women | WACA Ground, Perth |
| 20-Jan-26 | ACT Meteors vs New South Wales Women | EPC Solar Park, Canberra |
| 20-Jan-26 | Queensland Fire vs South Australia | Allan Border Field, Brisbane |
| 22-Jan-26 | ACT Meteors vs New South Wales Women | EPC Solar Park, Canberra |
| 22-Feb-26 | Queensland Fire vs South Australia Women | Allan Border Field, Brisbane |
| 28-Jan-26 | Western Australia Women vs Tasmania Tigers Women | Bellerive Oval, Hobart |
| 30-Jan-26 | Tasmania Tigers Women vs Western Australia Women | Bellerive Oval, Hobart |
| 3-Feb-26 | New South Wales Women vs Queensland Fire | Cricket Central, Sydney |
| 3-Feb-26 | South Australia Women vs Victoria Women | Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide |
| 4-Feb-26 | Tasmania Tigers Women vs ACT Meteors | Bellerive Oval, Hobart |
| 5-Feb-26 | New South Wales vs Queensland Fire | Cricket Central, Sydney |
| 5-Feb-26 | South Australia Women vs Victoria Women | Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide |
| 6-Feb-26 | Tasmania Tigers Women vs ACT Meteors | Bellerive Oval, Hobart |
| 21-Feb-26 | Tasmania Tigers Women vs New South Wales Women | Cricket Central, Sydney |
| 21-Feb-26 | Victoria Women vs Western Australia | CitiPower Centre, Melbourne |
| 22-Feb-26 | ACT Meteors vs South Australia Women | Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide |
| 23-Feb-26 | New South Wales Women vs Tasmania Tigers Women | Cricket Central, Sydney |
| 23-Feb-26 | Western Australia Women vs Victoria Women | CitiPower Centre, Melbourne |
| 24-Feb-26 | South Australia Women vs ACT Meteors | EPC Solar Park, Canberra |
| 12-Mar-26 | Queensland Fire vs New South Wales | Allan Border Field, Brisbane |
| 12-Mar-26 | South Australia vs New South Wales Women | CitiPower Centre, Melbourne |
| 13-Mar-26 | Western Australia Women vs ACT Meteors | WACA Ground, Perth |
| 14-Mar-26 | Queensland Fire vs Victoria Women | Allan Border Field, Brisbane |
| 14-Mar-26 | New South Wales vs South Australia Women | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide |
| 15-Mar-26 | Western Australia Women vs ACT Meteors | WACA Ground, Perth |
| 21-Mar-26 | TBC | TBC |
New South Wales Breakers is the most successful team in WNCL history, having won the championship 21 times. They are also the reigning champions, having defeated Queensland Fire by 21 runs in the final of the 2024-25 season.
Tahlia Wilson led the way with the bat for New South Wales, finishing as the season’s top run-scorer. She amassed 667 runs at an average of nearly 56, scoring two half-centuries and two centuries across 13 matches for the Breakers.
Representing South Australia Scorpions, leg-spinner Amanda-Jade Wellington topped the bowling charts in the 2024-25 WNCL season, claiming 29 wickets in 12 matches while maintaining an economy rate of 5.04. She picked up two 4-wicket hauls during the campaign, with her best figures of 4 for 29 coming against Tasmania Tigers.
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