Big Summer For Bulls, Fire

The Bulls and Fire will play domestic One Day Cup and Women’s National Cricket League matches at Allan Border Field from mid-September to mark the start of a huge summer of cricket.

Today’s announcement by Cricket Australia of the domestic men’s and women’s competition schedules reveals the extent of the Sheffield Shield, Domestic One Day Cup, WNCL and T20 Spring Challenge fixtures.

The Bulls, runners-up in the Sheffield Shield, will play in four Sheffield Shield games prior to the start of the highly anticipated Ashes Test series.

They will also play a day/night Shield game at the Gabba prior to the Gabba Day/Night Ashes Test on 4-8 December.

In all, Queensland will play six Shield games before the competition goes into hiatus for the KFC Big Bash League window between 14 December and 25 January.

The Fire, also runners-up in the WNCL after finishing on top of the regular season ladder, will play four matches, including two at Allan Border Field, prior to the start of WBBL.

The second year of the T20 Spring Challenge will feature the eight WBBL clubs as well as the ACT in a 10-day competition in Sydney that will also serve as the warm-up to the WBBL.The Heat squad finished as runners-up last season.

Every ball of the elite domestic competitions will be streamed live across cricket.com.au, Cricket Australia Live app and Kayo Sports.

The Fire will play all six of their home WNCL games at Allan Border Field, while the Bulls are scheduled to have three Shield matches at the Gabba, one at Allan Border Field with a further match to be allocated.

The Bulls will also play three DOD games at Allan Border Field and one at the Gabba.

QLD DOMESTIC SCHEDULE 2025-26
 
ONE-DAY CUP
Queensland Bulls

Sep 17: Queensland vs. Victoria | Allan Border Field
Sep 21: Queensland vs. Western Australia | Allan Border Field D/N
Oct 9: Queensland vs. Tasmania | Allan Border Field
Oct 20: South Australia vs. Queensland | Karen Rolton Oval
Nov 3: New South Wales vs. Queensland | Cricket Central
Feb 10: Victoria vs. Queensland | CitiPower Centre
Feb 21: Queensland vs. South Australia | Gabba
Final
Feb 28: TBC vs. TBC | TBC

SHEFFIELD SHIELD
Queensland Bulls

Round 1
Oct 4 – 7:  Queensland vs. Tasmania | Allan Border Field
Round 2
Oct 15 – 18: South Australia vs. Queensland | Adelaide Oval
Round 3
Oct 28 – 31: Queensland vs. New South Wales | Gabba
Round 4
Nov 11 – 14: Western Australia vs. Queensland | WACA Ground
Round 5
Nov 22 – 25: Queensland vs. Victoria | Gabba D/N
Round 6
Dec 5 – 8: New South Wales vs. Queensland | SCG
Round 7
Feb 5 – 8: Victoria vs. Queensland | MCG
Round 8
Feb 16 – 19: Queensland vs. South Australia | Gabba
Round 9
Mar 5 – 8: Queensland vs. Western Australia | TBC)
Round 10
Mar 14 – 17: Tasmania vs. Queensland | Ninja Stadium
Final
Mar 26 – 30: TBC vs. TBC | TBC
  
WOMEN’S NATIONAL CRICKET LEAGUE
Queensland Fire

Round 1
Sep 24: Western Australia vs. Queensland | WACA Ground D/N
Sep 26: Western Australia vs. Queensland | WACA Ground D/N
Round 2
Oct 12: Queensland vs. ACT | Allan Border Field
Oct 14: Queensland vs. ACT | Allan Border Field
Round 3
Jan 4: Tasmania v Queensland | Ninja Stadium 
Jan 6: Tasmania vs. Queensland | Ninja Stadium
Round 4
Jan 20: Queensland vs. South Australia | Allan Border Field
Jan 22: Queensland vs. South Australia | Allan Border Field
Round 5
Feb 3: New South Wales vs. Queensland | Cricket Central
Feb 5: New South Wales vs. Queensland | Cricket Central
Round 7
Mar 12: Queensland vs. Victoria | Allan Border Field
Mar 14: Queensland vs. Victoria | Allan Border Field
Final
Mar 21: TBC vs. TBC | TBC

T20 SPRING CHALLENGE
WBBL Heat

Oct 21: Brisbane Heat vs. Melbourne Renegades | Cricket Central
Oct 23: Perth Scorchers vs. Brisbane Heat | Blacktown International Sports Park 2
Oct 25: Brisbane Heat vs. Melbourne Stars | North Sydney Oval
Oct 26: Hobart Hurricanes vs. Brisbane Heat | North Sydney Oval
Semi-Finals
Oct 29: First (TBC) vs. Fourth (TBC) | Cricket Central
Oct 29: Second (TBC) vs. Third (TBC) | Cricket Central

Final
Oct 30: TBC vs. TBC | Cricket Central