2024 T20 Spring Challenge
| Dates | 11 – 20 October 2024 |
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| Administrator | Cricket Australia |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
| Champions | Hobart Hurricanes (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Brisbane Heat |
| Participants | 9 |
| Matches | 21 |
| Player of the series | Tahlia Wilson (Sydney Thunder)[1] |
| Most runs | Lizelle Lee (Hobart Hurricanes) (252) |
| Most wickets | Nicola Hancock (Brisbane Heat) (10) |
| Official website | Cricket Australia |
The 2024 T20 Spring Challenge, was the inaugural season of the T20 Spring Challenge, a professional Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia.[2] The tournament was played from 11 to 20 October 2024.[3][4]
In the final, Hobart Hurricanes defeated Brisbane Heat by five wickets to win the inaugural title.[5]
Background
[edit]The 2026 T20 Spring Challenge was the inaugural edition of the tournament, organised by Cricket Australia as a women's domestic T20 competition ahead of the Women's Big Bash League. It featured the eight WBBL teams and the ACT Meteors, with the tournament played in Sydney from 11 to 20 October 2024.
Broadcasting
[edit]All the games were streamed on Kayo Sports, cricket.com.au and the CA Live app.
Teams and Squads
[edit]| ACT Meteors | Adelaide Strikers[6] | Brisbane Heat | Hobart Hurricanes | Melbourne Renegades | Melbourne Stars | Perth Scorchers | Sydney Sixers | Sydney Thunder |
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| Head Coaches | ||||||||
| Erin Osborne | Jude Coleman | |||||||
| Captains | ||||||||
| Carly Leeson | Georgia Redmayne | Elyse Villani | Sarah Coyte | Chloe Piparo | Mathilda Carmichael | Tahlia Wilson | ||
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Venues
[edit]| Adelaide | Sydney | ||||
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| Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide | North Sydney Oval, Sydney | Cricket Central, Sydney | Allan Border Oval, Sydney | Hurstville Oval, Sydney | |
Standing
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
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| 1 | Brisbane Heat (R) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.917 | Advanced to Knockout Stage |
| 2 | Hobart Hurricanes (C) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.905 | |
| 3 | Melbourne Stars | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.364 | |
| 4 | Adelaide Strikers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.041 | |
| 5 | ACT Meteors | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −0.247 | Eliminated |
| 6 | Sydney Thunder | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −0.324 | |
| 7 | Melbourne Renegades | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −0.231 | |
| 8 | Sydney Sixers | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −0.721 | |
| 9 | Perth Scorchers | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −1.446 |
Fixtures
[edit]On 28 July 2024, Cricket Australia confirmed the full schedule for the tournament.[2]
Sydney Thunder 8/151 (20 overs) |
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Brisbane Heat 1/157 (12.2 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
- Laura Harris (Brisbane Heat) scored her first century in T20s.
Hobart Hurricanes 5/169 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades 5/170 (19.1 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
ACT Meteors 6/172 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Sixers 5/159 (20 overs) |
Annie Wikman 37 (26) Caoimhe Bray 2/19 (4 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to field.
Adelaide Strikers 5/150 (20 overs) |
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Perth Scorchers 9/135 (20 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
ACT Meteors 4/147 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars 109 (16.3 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Melbourne Renegades 3/169 (20 overs) |
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Perth Scorchers 9/170 (19.3 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Sixers 5/147 (20 overs) |
v |
Brisbane Heat 9/144 (20 overs) |
Georgia Redmayne 41 (31) Juliette Morton 3/16 (4 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
Adelaide Strikers 137 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes 5/141 (18.1 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Thunder 9/103 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars 3/104 (13.2 overs) |
- Sydney Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
ACT Meteors 93 (16.1 overs) |
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Brisbane Heat 3/94 (12.2 overs) |
- ACT Meteors win the toss and elected to bat.
Perth Scorchers 5/136 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes 2/139 (15.1 overs) |
Mikayla Hinkley 32 (31) Callie Wilson 3/25 (4 overs) |
- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Sixers 5/130 (19 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars 2/134 (17.2 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain reduced the match to 19 overs per side.
Adelaide Strikers 5/173 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Renegades 156 (18.3 overs) |
- Melbourne Renegades won the toss and elected to field.
- Madeline Penna (Adelaide Strikers) scored her first century in T20s.
ACT Meteors 7/122 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes 7/126 (18.1 overs) |
- ACT Meteors won the toss and elected to bat.
Adelaide Strikers 6/175 (20 overs) |
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Brisbane Heat 4/176 (18.5 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Thunder 3/183 (20 overs) |
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Perth Scorchers 9/122 (20 overs) |
- Perth Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.
Sydney Sixers 9/114 (20 overs) |
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Sydney Thunder 2/116 (16.2 overs) |
- Sydney Sixers won the toss and elected to bat.
Melbourne Renegades 8/139 (20 overs) |
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Melbourne Stars 9/143 (20 overs) |
- Melbourne Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Knockout Stage
[edit]| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Brisbane Heat | 9/160 (20 overs) | |||||||
| 4 | Adelaide Strikers | 9/122 (20 overs) | |||||||
| SFW1 | Brisbane Heat | 9/133 (20 overs) | |||||||
| SFW2 | Hobart Hurricanes | 5/134 (20 overs) | |||||||
| 2 | Hobart Hurricanes | 7/166 (18.4 overs) | |||||||
| 3 | Melbourne Stars | ||||||||
Semi-finals
[edit]Brisbane Heat 9/160 (20 overs) |
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Adelaide Strikers 9/122 (20 overs) |
- Adelaide Strikers won the toss and elected to field first.
Hobart Hurricanes 7/166 (18.4 overs) |
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- Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and elected to bat.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
- Hobart Hurricanes qualified for the final due to higher position in the points table.
Final
[edit]Brisbane Heat 9/133 (20 overs) |
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Hobart Hurricanes 5/134 (20 overs) |
- Brisbane Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Wilson awarded T20 Spring Challenge Player of the Tournament". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2026.
- 1 2 "Schedule locked in for new T20 Challenge, 2024-25 WNCL". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ↑ "ACT to join WBBL teams in new women's T20 comp". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ↑ "Everything you need to know about the T20 Spring Challenge". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ↑ "Hurricanes win Spring Challenge in final ball thriller". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ↑ "Inaugural Women's T20 Spring Challenge Squad". Adelaide strikers. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
