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team for the

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n State of

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. They play most of their home games at

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and they also use South Brisbane District Cricket Club's Fehlberg Oval and Kerrydale Oval, Robina. They compete in the

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(WNCL), the premier 50-over women's cricket tournament in Australia. They previously played in the now-defunct

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and Australian Women's Cricket Championships.

History

1931–1996: Australian Women's Cricket Championships

Queensland's first recorded match was a one-day, two-innings affair against

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in the Australian Women's Cricket Championships on 23 March 1931, which they lost by an innings and 51 runs. They continued to play in the Championships until its final season in 1995–96, however, they failed to win the title.

1996–present: Women's National Cricket League and Twenty20 Cup

Queensland joined the newly-established

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in 1996–97. They finished as runners-up in 2000–01, 2005–06, 2012–13, 2016–17 and 2018–19, before winning their first title in

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. They have won one

, in 2013–14. Fire vs Meteors, Qld 1a

Grounds

Queensland have used a number of grounds over the years. Their first recorded home match against

in 1933 was played at the Exhibition Ground,

. Historically they have played the vast majority of their home matches at various grounds in Brisbane including intermittent matches at the Gabba, the last of which came in 2016. They have also played occasional matches in

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and

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. Since 2017, Queensland have played most of their home matches at

, Brisbane as well as occasional matches at Fehlberg Park in Brisbane and Kerrydale Oval in Robina. They played their three 2020–21 WNCL home games at Allan Border Field.

Players

Current squad

Based on squad announced for the 2022/23 season. Players in bold have international caps.

Notable players

Players who have played for Queensland and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): *

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(1934) * Joyce Brewer (1935) * Val Slater (1957) * Glenda Hall (1984) * Nicola Payne (1988) *

Katherine Raymont Katherine Gayle Raymont (born 31 October 1959) is an Australian former cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She appeared in three Test matches and one One Day Internationals for Australia in 1990, all against New ...

(1990) *

Joanne Broadbent Joanne Broadbent (born 29 November 1965) is an Australian former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting left-handed and bowling left-arm medium. She appeared in 10 Test matches and 60 One Day Internationals for Australia between 199 ...

(1990) *

Kim Fazackerley Kim M Fazackerley (born 16 February 1967) is an Australian former cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm medium fast bowler. She appeared in three Test matches and nine One Day Internationals for Australia between 1992 and 1996. She ...

(1992) *

Sharyn Bow Sharyn Bow (born 16 October 1971) is an Australian former cricket player. Bow played eleven One Day Internationals for the Australia national women's cricket team. Bow was a member of the Australian cricket team at the 1993 Women's Cricket World ...

(1993) *

Julia Price __NOTOC__ Julia Clare Price (born 11 January 1972) is a former cricketer for the Australian women's cricket team. She made her first-class debut in 1995 for Queensland Women and her Test debut against New Zealand at Melbourne in February 1996. ...

(1996) * Jodi Dannatt (1997) * Megan White (1999) * Dawn Holden (1999) *

Louise Broadfoot Louise Broadfoot (born 26 February 1978 in Melbourne) is an Australian former cricket player. Broadfoot played domestic cricket for the Victorian Spirit between 1996 and 2004 and the Queensland Fire between 2005 and 2010. She played 113 Women's ...

(2000) * Sally Cooper (2001) *

Melissa Bulow Melissa Jane Bulow (born 13 June 1980) is an Australian cricketer. She has appeared in two Test matches, 19 One Day Internationals and 2 Twenty20 International A Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket, played between two of ...

(2003) * Kirsten Pike (2005) *

Jodie Fields Jodie Maree Fields (, born 19 June 1984) is a sports administrator, coach, women's sport and physical activity advocate, and former Australian cricket player. Fields grew up in Queensland playing boy's and men's cricket before playing women's ...

(2006) *

Delissa Kimmince Delissa Maree Kimmince (born 14 May 1989) is an Australian former cricketer and Australian rules footballer who played for the national cricket team as an all-rounder. She is a right-handed batter and right-arm fast-medium bowler who played f ...

(2008) *

Jess Duffin Jessica Evelyn Duffin (; born 27 June 1989) is an Australian sportswoman. In cricket, she has made 117 international appearances and won four world championships as a member of the Australian women's team. A right-handed batter with a reputa ...

(2009) *

Jess Jonassen Jessica Louise Jonassen (born 5 November 1992) is an Australian cricketer from Rockhampton, Queensland. A left-arm orthodox bowling all-rounder, Jonassen has been a member of the national women's team since 2012, going on to win four ICC T20 ...

(2012) *

Holly Ferling Holly Lee Ferling (born 22 December 1995) is an Australian professional cricketer who made her debut for the Australia national women's cricket team in 2013 and currently plays for the Perth Scorchers and Australian Capital Territory in Austral ...

(2013) * Felicity Leydon-Davis (2014) *

Grace Harris Grace Margaret Harris (born 18 September 1993) is an Australian cricketer who made her international debut for the Australia women's cricket team in August 2015. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She ...

(2015) *

Beth Mooney Bethany Louise Mooney (born 14 January 1994) is an Australian professional cricketer who plays for the national cricket team as a batter in all three formats of the game. At the domestic level, she plays as a wicket-keeper-batter for Western ...

(2016)

Coaching staff

* Head coach:

Ashley Noffke Ashley Allan Noffke (born 30 April 1977) is a former Australian professional cricketer who played domestically for Queensland (1998–2009) and Western Australia (2009–2010). Noffke, who primarily played as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, als ...

* Assistant coach: Scott Prestwidge * Physiotherapist: Anlo van Deventer

Honours

* Australian Women's Cricket Championships: **Winners (0): **''Best finish:'' runners-up (1938–39) *

: **Winners (1):

: **Winners (1): 2013–14

Notes

References

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