The Intravision ACT Meteors’ full domestic campaign has been unveiled, with Cricket Australia today releasing the full Women’s interstate cricket fixture for the 2024/25 season.
The Meteors will again play twelve Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) games across the summer, while also taking part in the new T20 Spring Challenge competition, to be played in Sydney and Adelaide in October.
The Meteors begin their WNCL campaign in Adelaide in late September and have a second-round bye before kicking off their four T20 Spring Challenge games in Sydney on Friday, 11 October. The new T20 competition will run for ten days prior to the WBBL, with a final to be played on Sunday, 20 October.
The Meteors will then resume WNCL duties when they host Queensland on 20 and 22 December, and home rounds against Victoria and Western Australia in the New Year. The full WNCL and T20 Spring Challenge fixture list can be found below.
Head Coach Erin Osborne and Captain Katie Mack will again lead the squad, who have welcomed new faces in Zimbabwean international leg-spinner Anesu Mushangwe, top order batter and allrounder Shivani Mehta, leg-spinner Chelsea Moscript, along with the return to Canberra of allrounder Zoe Cooke.
“The new players have fitted in seamlessly, and I’m really pleased with the way the squad has ripped into pre-season training already,” Osborne said this week.
“Now the schedule is confirmed, we can finalise our planning and set our sights on South Australia in the first round, and then gear up for the T20 Spring Challenge after that.
“The new T20 competition presents opportunities for the players to be recognised by WBBL teams, and I can’t wait to see our players shine in what I think will be a pretty even competition.”
ACT Meteors squad for 2024/2025: 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.
ACT Meteors fixture list
WNCL
- South Australia v ACT, Adelaide – 27 & 29 September
- ACT v Queensland, EPC Solar Park, Phillip – 20 & 22 December
- ACT v Victoria, EPC Solar Park, Phillip – 12 & 14 January
- Tasmania v ACT, Hobart – 31 January & 1 February
- ACT v Western Australia, EPC Solar Park, Phillip – 7 & 9 February
- New South Wales v ACT, Sydney – 19 & 21 February
T20 Spring Challenge (all games in Sydney)
- Sydney Sixers v ACT – 11 October
- ACT v Melbourne Stars – 12 October
- ACT v Brisbane Heat – 14 October
- ACT v Hobart Hurricanes – 16 October
- Semi-Finals and Final – 19 & 20 October
The full WNCL and T20 Spring Challenge fixture can be found from the matches tab on the Cricket ACT website or via www.cricket.com.au.