Queensland Fire Women vs ACT Meteors Women, 12th Match Pitch Report - Match Overview & Playing XI | Women's National Cricket League, 2025

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13 October 2025 | 09:39AM
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QLW-W vs ACT-W Live Score, 12th Match | Women’s National Cricket League, 2025 — Queensland Fire welcome the ACT Meteors to Allan Border Field, Brisbane on 14 October 2025, 05:00 AM IST. These sides just produced a thriller here, with Queensland edging a final-over chase to underline how AB Field rewards teams that pace the innings and hold nerve at the back end. Expect Queensland to lean on a stable core that mixes top-order accumulation with punchy finishers and several dependable overs from multi-skill options. ACT, meanwhile, showed they can build a platform and stretch totals with a busy middle order; their challenge is turning scoreboard pressure into wickets through overs 7–15 and avoiding the late surge that Brisbane evenings often invite.

Allan Border Field typically offers good bounce and carry for new-ball seam, before settling into a truer surface that encourages fluent stroke-play. That profile keeps both results in play: defendable if you land early breakthroughs and protect the infield, chaseable if set batters are still there at the 40-over mark. Given the tight turnaround and familiar conditions, tactical tweaks (fields for square options, bowling into the pitch with changes of pace) could swing the small margins. Track every twist with QLW-W vs ACT-W Live Score as this WNCL rivalry continues.

Queensland Fire Women vs ACT Meteors Women, 12th Match Details

Series

Women's National Cricket League, 2025

Match

Queensland Fire Women vs ACT Meteors Women

Date & Time

14 October 2025, 05:00 AM

Venue

Allan Border Field

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Queensland Fire Women vs ACT Meteors Women, 12th Match Weather Condition

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AB Field is generally balanced, starting with lively bounce for the quicks and then flattening for batters to access both square pockets and straight hits. Recent domestic one-dayers at this venue have produced competitive first-innings targets and successful chases, reinforcing the importance of wickets in hand for a late kick. Spinners and cutters come into the game once the ball softens, especially when they attack the stumps and vary pace. Expect par around the 240–260 band in 50-over cricket, with either side gaining a notable edge if they own the middle-overs tempo (overs 11–40). If cloud cover lingers in the morning, new-ball movement could briefly lift the bowl-first argument.

Queensland Fire Women Recent form

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ACT Meteors Women Recent form

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Queensland Fire Women vs ACT Meteors Women, 12th Match Squad

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Queensland Fire Women Probable XI :

Georgia Redmayne, Lauren Winfield, Laura May Harris, Annie O’Neil, Lucy Bourke, Mikayla Wrigley, Charli Knott, Lucy Hamilton, Sianna Ginger, Nicola Hancock, Jess Jonassen.

ACT Meteors Women Probable XI :

Olivia Porter, Shivani Mehta, Annie Wikman, Rachel Carroll, Grace Lyons, Paris Bowdler, Georgia Elwiss, Carly Leeson, Zoe Cooke, Anesu Mushangwe, Holly Ferling.

Conclusion

On form and familiarity with the ground, Queensland are slight favourites, particularly if they manage the first 10 overs without damage and keep a set batter deep. ACT’s route to an upset is clear: new-ball strikes, disciplined ring fielding to choke singles in the middle, and saving match-up overs for Queensland’s engine room. At AB Field, matches often compress in the last five overs; the side that nails fielding intensity and back-end execution (yorkers/change-ups) usually walks away with points. If Queensland bat first and cross 260, pressure tilts their way; if ACT control the powerplay and carry resources to the death, chasing becomes very viable.