Revised Domestic Schedule Announced for 2020-21

Cricket Australia will today announce its reconfigured schedule for the 2020-21 season. The revised schedule condenses both the Marsh Sheffield Shield and Marsh One-Day Cup in recognition of the extra requirements and responsibilities placed upon players, officials and staff on account of the coronavirus pandemic and related bio-security protocols. It also includes a reconfigured Women’s National Cricket League season.

The ACA commends Cricket Australia and the States for their the flexibility in delivering a domestic schedule in evolving and challenging circumstances. We are pleased that a full WNCL schedule will be executed for our female players while an eight-game Sheffield Shield season and five-game Marsh Cup season plus finals takes into account a level of fatigue for our male players following the BBL.

The reconfigured schedule has been agreed on the basis that the domestic schedule will revert back to a full schedule for 2021-22.

MARSH SHEFFIELD SHIELD

The 2020-21 Marsh Sheffield Shield will now consist of eight home-and-away rounds followed by a final starting on April 15. The remaining matches will be hosted on a traditional home-and-away basis provided the public health environment is conducive to doing so.

Remaining Marsh Sheffield Shield fixtures:

February 17-20: New South Wales v Victoria (Sydney Cricket Ground)

February 17-20: Tasmania v Queensland (Blundstone Arena)

February 25-28: Western Australia v South Australia (WACA Ground)

February 25-28: Victoria v New South Wales (Melbourne Cricket Ground)

March 5-8: Victoria v Tasmania (Melbourne Cricket Ground)

March 6-9: South Australia v New South Wales (Adelaide Oval)

March 6-9: Queensland v Western Australia (Gabba)

March 15-18: Queensland v Victoria (Allan Border Field)

March 20-23: Tasmania v New South Wales (Blundstone Arena)

March 23-26: Queensland v South Australia (Ian Healy Oval, Northern Suburbs District Cricket Club)

March 25-28: Western Australia v Victoria (WACA Ground)

April 3-6: Victoria v South Australia (CitiPower Centre)

April 3-6: New South Wales v Queensland (North Dalton Park)

April 3-6: Western Australia v Tasmania (WACA Ground)

April 15-19: Final (Venue TBC)

MARSH ONE-DAY CUP

The 2020-21 Marsh One-Day Cup will be played over five rounds and will culminate in a final on April 11. The tournament will also be played in a home-and-away format assuming there are no restrictions between state borders.

Marsh One-Day Cup fixtures:

February 15: New South Wales v Victoria (North Sydney Oval)

February 22: Tasmania v Queensland (Blundstone Arena)

March 2: Western Australia v South Australia (WACA Ground)

March 4: South Australia v New South Wales (Adelaide Oval, day/night)

March 10: Victoria v Tasmania (CitiPower Centre)

March 11: Queensland v Western Australia (Gabba)

March 12: South Australia v Tasmania (CitiPower Centre)

March 14: New South Wales v Western Australia (North Sydney Oval)

March 18: Tasmania v New South Wales (Blundstone Arena)

March 20: Queensland v Victoria (Allan Border Field)

March 23: Western Australia v Victoria (WACA Ground)

March 28: Queensland v South Australia (Allan Border Field)

March 31: New South Wales v Queensland (North Sydney Oval, day/night)

April 8: Victoria v South Australia (CitiPower Centre)

April 8: Western Australia v Tasmania (WACA Ground)

April 11: Final (Venue TBC)

WOMEN’S NATIONAL CRICKET LEAGUE

A number of adjustments have been made to the WNCL schedule for the remainder of the season.

Remaining Women’s National Cricket League fixtures:

February 10: Victoria v New South Wales (CitiPower Centre)

February 12: Victoria v New South Wales (CitiPower Centre)

February 17: Tasmania v Western Australia (Kingston Twin Ovals)

February 19: Tasmania v Western Australia (Kingston Twin Ovals)

February 20: Queensland v South Australia (Allan Border Field)

February 21: Victoria v Australian Capital Territory (CitiPower Centre)

February 23: Victoria v South Australia (CitiPower Centre)

February 25: Tasmania v New South Wales (Blundstone Arena)

February 27: Queensland v Western Australia (Allan Border Field)

February 28: Tasmania v Victoria (Blundstone Arena)

February 28: South Australia v New South Wales (Karen Rolton Oval)

March 1: Queensland v Western Australia (Allan Border Field)

March 5: Australian Capital Territory v New South Wales (EPC Solar Park)

March 5: Victoria v Queensland (CitiPower Centre)

March 7: Australian Capital Territory v New South Wales (EPC Solar Park)

March 7: Tasmania v Queensland (Blundstone Arena)

March 9: Western Australia v South Australia (WACA Ground)

March 12: Western Australia v Australian Capital Territory (WACA Ground, day/night)

March 18: Western Australia v Victoria (WACA Ground)

March 19: New South Wales v Queensland (North Sydney Oval)

March 19: South Australia v Tasmania (Karen Rolton Oval)

March 20: Western Australia v Victoria (WACA Ground)

March 21: New South Wales v Queensland (North Sydney Oval)

March 21: South Australia v Australian Capital Territory (Karen Rolton Oval, day/night)

March 27 Final (Venue TBC)

The ACA is proud of our players commitment to domestic cricket and the way they have taken the uncertainty of the schedule in your stride. From the outset, they have maintained that domestic cricket is a vital cog of the Australian game and we are pleased that a balanced 2021 schedule will be able to support these competitions over the coming months ahead of the full schedule being restored in 2021-22.