da bet esporte： Women’s cricket will be played on Telstra Stadium in the summer when NewSouth Wales and Queensland meet in a Women’s National Cricket League match.
Lynn McConnell01-Jul-2003Women’s cricket will be played on Telstra Stadium in the summer when NewSouth Wales and Queensland meet in a Women’s National Cricket League match.The NSW Breakers and Queensland Fire will have the honour of being the firstwomen’s cricket team to play at the former Stadium Australia, host venue forthe opening and closing ceremonies and track and field athletics at theSydney Olympic Games in 2000.Only one match has previously been played at the ground when Steve Waugh¹sNew South Wales Blues played an ING Cup fixture against Southern Redbacks onFebruary 16 this year.Among two other new venues for the women’s league is Bowral, where theBreakers will play the Southern Scorpions at Bradman Oval, an appropriatechoice given Sir Don Bradman’s affiliation with both states, on December6-7. The other venue is Frankston’s Butler Oval for the repeat of lastseason’s final between the Victoria Spirit and the Breakers on December20-21.The League begins on November 22 when Victoria play the Queensland Fire, whowere fourth-placed last year, at Allan Border Field in Brisbane. Victoriaare chasing back-to-back titles after winning their first WNCL crown lastseason, beating New South Wales in the competition final at the MelbourneCricket Ground. The win broke New South Wales¹ run of six consecutive WNCLtitles.The double-action opening round also sees Western Fury host last season¹srunners-up, New South Wales, at the WACA Ground in Perth.This season will again see the WNCL finals series hosted by the team thatfinishes the home-and-away season in top position. In the past, the finalswere hosted by the team that finished first in the previous season.At youth level, national under-age championships for Under-15, Under-17 andUnder-19 players, will also take place over the summer.The Under-15 championships (December 15-19) will be staged in Melbourne, theUnder-17 championships (January 19-23) in Geelong, while the Under-19championships (January 7-14) travel to Hobart for the first time. TheCricket Australia Cup (women¹s) will be held in Sydney (December 8-12).The international schedule for the Australian women¹s team, the CommonwealthBank Southern Stars, will be announced in the coming months.