Queensland Fire

Not to be confused with Queensland Fire and Rescue Service.

The Queensland Women cricket team, also known as the Konica Minolta Queensland Fire, is the women's representative cricket team for the Australian State of Queensland. They play most of their home games at Allan Border Field, Brisbane and they also use South Brisbane District Cricket Club's Fehlberg Oval and Kerrydale Oval, Robina. They compete in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL), the premier 50-over women's cricket tournament in Australia. They previously played in the now-defunct Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup and Australian Women's Cricket Championships.

Queensland

Personnel
Captain	Jess Jonassen
Coach	Ashley Noffke
Team information
Colours	Maroon   Gold
Founded	First recorded match: 1931
Home ground	Allan Border Field, Brisbane
Capacity	6,500
Secondary home ground(s)	Fehlberg Park, Kerrydale Oval
History
First-class debut	New South Wales in 1934 at Weigall Oval, Sydney
AWCC wins	0
WNCL wins	1
WT20C wins	1
Official website	Queensland Fire

History

1931–1996: Australian Women's Cricket Championships

Queensland's first recorded match was a one-day, two-innings affair against New South Wales in the Australian Women's Cricket Championships on 23 March 1931, which they lost by an innings and 51 runs.^[1] They continued to play in the Championships until its final season in 1995–96, however, they failed to win the title.^[2][3][4]

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

Queensland joined the newly-established WNCL in 1996–97.^[5] They finished as runners-up in 2000–01, 2005–06, 2012–13, 2016–17 and 2018–19, before winning their first title in 2020–21.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11]} They have won one Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup, in 2013–14.^[12]

The Fire celebrating a wicket versus the ACT Meteors.

Grounds

Queensland have used a number of grounds over the years. Their first recorded home match against New South Wales in 1933 was played at the Exhibition Ground, Brisbane. 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 Toowoomba and Beenleigh.^{[13][14][15][16][17][18]}

Since 2017, Queensland have played most of their home matches at Allan Border Field, 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. After playing all their matches in the 2021–22 WNCL away from home, in the 2022–23 WNCL they used Allan Border Field, Kerrydale Oval and, for the first time, Ian Healy Oval.^[15]

Players

Current squad

Based on squad announced for the 2023/24 season. Players in bold have international caps.^[19]

No.	Name	Nat.	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
33	Lucinda Bourke		Unknown	Right-handed	—
4	Laura Harris		(1990-08-18) 18 August 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	—
32	Kira Holmes		Unknown	Right-handed	—
All-rounders
11	Sianna Ginger		(2005-07-26) 26 July 2005 (age 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
17	Grace Harris		(1993-09-18) 18 September 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
88	Charli Knott		(2002-11-29) 29 November 2002 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
19	Georgia Voll		(2003-08-05) 5 August 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
8	Georgia Redmayne		(1993-12-08) 8 December 1993 (age 30)	Left-handed	—
58	Lauren Winfield-Hill ‡		(1990-08-16) 16 August 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
96	Mikayla Wrigley		(2004-02-12) 12 February 2004 (age 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Bowlers
–	Lily Bassingthwaighte			Right-handed	Right-arm medium
–	Bonnie Berry		(2006-02-24) 24 February 2006 (age 18)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
5	Lucy Hamilton		(2006-05-08) 8 May 2006 (age 18)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast
44	Nicola Hancock		(1995-11-08) 8 November 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
21	Jess Jonassen		(1992-11-05) 5 November 1992 (age 32)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	Captain
34	Grace Parsons		(2003-08-18) 18 August 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
37	Courtney Sippel		(2001-04-27) 27 April 2001 (age 23)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium

Notable players

Players who have played for Queensland and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):^[20]

• Kath Smith (1934)
• Joyce Brewer (1935)
• Val Slater (1957)
• Glenda Hall (1984)
• Nicola Payne (1988)^{[note 1]}
• Katherine Raymont (1990)
• Joanne Broadbent (1990)
• Kim Fazackerley (1992)
• Sharyn Bow (1993)
• Julia Price (1996)
• Jodi Dannatt (1997)
• Megan White (1999)
• Dawn Holden (1999)
• Louise Broadfoot (2000)
• Sally Cooper (2001)
• Melissa Bulow (2003)
• Kirsten Pike (2005)
• Jodie Fields (2006)
• Delissa Kimmince (2008)
• Jess Duffin (2009)
• Jess Jonassen (2012)
• Holly Ferling (2013)
• Lauren Winfield-Hill (2013)
• Felicity Leydon-Davis (2014)
• Grace Harris (2015)
• Beth Mooney (2016)

Coaching staff

• Head coach: Ashley Noffke^[21]
• Assistant coach: Scott Prestwidge^[22]
• Physiotherapist: Anlo van Deventer^[23]

Honours

• Australian Women's Cricket Championships:
  • Winners (0):
  • Best finish: runners-up (1938–39)
• Women's National Cricket League:
  • Winners (1): 2020–21
• Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2013–14

See also

• Cricket portal
• Queensland portal

• Cricket in Queensland
• Queensland Cricket
• Queensland men's cricket team
• Brisbane Heat (WBBL)

Notes

1. Payne represented both the Netherlands and New Zealand in international cricket.

References

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19. "Fire Finalise Squad". Queensland Cricket. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
20. "Queensland Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
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22. "Queensland restructure as state feels coronavirus bite". cricket.com.au. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
23. "Anlo van Deventer leaves Central Hinds to take up job with Brisbane Heat and Queensland Fire". Women's CricZone. 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.