Big Queensland Summer Unveiled

Cricket Australia’s launch of the 2024-25 domestic cricket fixtures today reveals a host of matches in Brisbane for the Queensland Bulls and Queensland Fire teams.

The Gabba and Allan Border Field will host all the home Sheffield Shield, One Day Cup and Women’s National Cricket League fixtures this summer.

Also unveiled today are the fixtures for the new women’s competition, the T20 Spring Challenge, that will be played as a warm-up series over 10 days in Sydney and Adelaide during October ahead of the Weber Women’s Big Bash League that gets underway on Sunday 27 October.

Queensland Cricket will finalise its squad for the T20 Challenge next month, which provides opportunities for domestic women’s players to experience additional games in the T20 format.

The Bulls, under first-time coach Johan Botha and captain Marnus Labuschagne, will open their first class season away against Western Australia in Perth from 8 October before hosting South Australia at Allan Border Field in their opening home Shield game from 20 October.

The One Day Cup competition opens in late September with the Bulls playing two away matches at Junction Oval in Melbourne and then travelling to Perth to meet defending champions WA at the WACA.

Queensland’s first One Day game at home will be against South Australia at Allan Border Field on Friday 25 October.

The Bulls will play six Shield games and five One Day Cup games before the mid-season break for the KFC Big Bash League from Sunday 15 December.

The Queensland Fire will open their quest to go one better than last season when the 2023-24 WNCL runners-up take on traditional rivals NSW at Allan Border Field on 27 and 29 September.

The Fire, under new coach Mark Sorell, will play four WNCL one-day matches at Allan Border Field prior to the T20 Spring Challenge, with the WNCL to resume in December after WBBL|10.

The Fire will take on three-time WNCL champions Tasmania at Allan Border Field on 12 and 14 January, 2025.

Broadcast and streaming details for all competitions will be confirmed ahead of the season.

Additional fixtures and tour matches will be announced shortly, including the Prime Minister’s XI and Governor-General’s XI matches.

Queensland will also feature in the CA 2nd XI competition in 2024-25 with fixture dates to be confirmed soon.

The full summer of cricket schedule is available at cricket.com.au.

2024-25 Domestic Cricket Schedule - QLD

ONE DAY CUP

Wed 25 Sept; Tasmania v Queensland, CitiPower Centre
Fri 27 Sept; Victoria v Queensland, CitiPower Centre
Sun 13 Oct; Western Australia v Queensland, WACA
Fri 25 Oct; Queensland v South Australia, Allan Border Field
Tue 3 Dec; Tasmania v Queensland, Blundstone Arena
Wed 13 Feb; Queensland v NSW, Allan Border Field
Sun 23 Feb; Queensland v Western Australia, Gabba
Sat 1 March, FINAL (TBC)

SHEFFIELD SHIELD

Tues 8 Oct – Fri 11 Oct; Western Australia v Queensland, WACA
Sun 20 Oct – Wed 23 Oct: Queensland v South Australia, Allan Border Field
Fri 1 Nov – Mon 4 Nov; Queensland v NSW, Cricket Central, Sydney
Fri 15 Nov – Mon 18 Nov; Queensland v Tasmania, Allan Border Field
Sun 24 Nov – Wed 27 Nov; Queensland v Victoria, Gabba
Fri 6 Dec – Mon 9 Dec: Victoria v Queensland, MCG
Fri 8 Feb – Mon 11 Feb: Queensland v NSW, Gabba
Tue 18 Feb – Fri 21 Feb: Queensland v Western Australia, Gabba 
Thu 6 Mar – Sun 9 Mar; Tasmania v Queensland, Blundstone Arena
Sat 15 Mar – Tue 18 Mar; South Australia v Queensland, Karen Rolton Oval.
Wed 26 Mar – Sun 30 Mar: FINAL (TBC)

WOMEN’S NATIONAL CRICKET LEAGUE

Fri 27 Sept; Queensland v NSW, Allan Border Field
Sun 29 Sept; Queensland v NSW, Allan Border Field
Thu 3 Oct; Queensland v Western Australia, Allan Border Field
Sat 5 Oct; Queensland v Western Australia, Allan Border Field
Fri 20 Dec; ACT v Queensland, EPC Solar Park
Sun 22 Dec; ACT v Queensland, EPC Solar Park
Sun 12 Jan; Queensland v Tasmania, Allan Border Field
Tue 14 Jan; Queensland v Tasmania, Allan Border Field
Tue 28 Jan: South Australia v Queensland, Karen Rolton Oval
Thu 30 Jan: South Australia v Queensland, Karen Rolton Oval
Fri 7 Feb: Victoria v Queensland, CitiPower Centre
Sun 9 Feb: Victoria v Queensland, CitiPower Centre

T20 SPRING CHALLENGE 

Fri, 11 Oct; Sydney Thunder v Brisbane Heat (North Sydney Oval)
Sat, 12 Oct; Sydney Sixers v Brisbane Heat (TBC)
Mon, 14 Oct; ACT Meteors v Brisbane Heat (Allan Border Oval, Mosman)
Wed, 16 Oct; Adelaide Strikers v Brisbane Heat (Karen Rolton Oval)
Sat, 19 Oct; 1 v 4 (Cricket Central). 2 v 3 (Cricket Central)
Sun, 20 Oct; Final (Cricket Central)