- The Australian state squads have been announced for the 2026-27 season.
- Meg Lanning has given up her state contract, opting to take the freelance route instead.
- Jake Weatherald returns to South Australia after a three-year stint with Tasmania.
With the 2025-26 summer behind us, the Australian state sides have handed out contracts and confirmed their squads for 2026-27. In this article, you can find the finalised Australian state squads for the 2026-27 campaign.
There are quite a few big-name changes ahead of the next season, including the likes of Glenn Maxwell and Meg Lanning opting out of contracts.
Key Changes in the Australian state squads
Former Australia women’s captain Meg Lanning has given up her contract with Victoria, choosing instead to take the freelance route. Tayla Vlaeminck, however, returned to Victoria’s state list after losing her Cricket Australia contract.
Men’s team all-rounders Matt Short and Glenn Maxwell too have opted out of their contracts. Both Short and Maxwell have made themselves available for One-Day cricket when not overseas. Short is said to be available for the Sheffield Shield too.
South Australia, meanwhile, have managed to lure Jake Weatherald back after the opener spent three years at Tasmania. They have also added keeper Matthew Gilkes to their roster with Alex Carey set to miss most of the summer with Test duty. Their women’s sides maintain an unchanged squad in spite of finishing fourth in the WNCL last season.
For Tasmania, Ben McDermott and Nikhil Chaudhary come in on a full-time basis after playing for the state as uncontracted players last time around. Their women’s side have added Surrey all-rounder Alice Davidson-Richards as an overseas player.
New South Wales and Queensland have lost Alyssa Healy and Usman Khawaja, respectively, to retirement, of course.
Finalised Australian state squads for 2026-27
Here are the finalised squads ahead of the 2026-27 season.
New South Wales
Men: Wes Agar, Jordan Buckingham, Alex Carey (CA), Brendan Doggett (CA), Jake Fraser‑McGurk, Matthew Gilkes, Travis Head (CA), Henry Hunt, Hanno Jacobs, Spencer Johnson, Jake Lehmann, Ben Manenti, Nathan McAndrew, Noah McFadyen, Nathan McSweeney, Harry Nielsen, Lloyd Pope, Henry Thornton, Campbell Thompson, Jason Sangha, Liam Scott, Mackenzie Harvey, Jerrssis Wadia, Jake Weatherald (CA), Thomas Brown (R), Kane Halfpenny (R), Douwtjie Hoogenboezem (R), Hayden Schiller (R)
Women: Hollie Armitage, Jemma Barsby, Darcie Brown (CA), Maggie Clark (R), Emma De Broughe, Emmerson Filsell, Ellie Johnston, Eleanor Larosa, Isabella Malgioglio, Tahlia McGrath (CA), Courtney Neale, Bridget Patterson, Maddie Penna, Kate Peterson, Megan Schutt (CA), Courtney Webb, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Ella Wilson, Elizabeth Worthley
Queensland
Men: Tom Balkin, Xavier Bartlett (CA), Hugo Burdon, Jack Clayton, Cameron Gannon, Lachlan Hearne, Hayden Kerr, Marnus Labuschagne (CA), Angus Lovell, Dylan McLachlan, Michael Neser (CA), Jimmy Peirson, Matthew Renshaw, Jem Ryan, Jack Sinfield, Mark Steketee, Tom Straker, Mitchell Swepson, Callum Vidler, Hugh Weibgen, Tom Whitney, Jack Wildermuth, Tom Campbell (R), Steven Hogan (R), Charlie Lachmund (R), Oli Patterson (R)
Women: Lily Bassingthwaighte, Bonnie Berry, Lucy Bourke, Grace Collins, Sianna Ginger, Lilli Hamilton, Lucy Hamilton (CA), Nicola Hancock, Grace Harris (CA), Jess Jonassen, Charli Knott, Annie O’Neil, Grace Parsons, Georgia Redmayne, Georgia Voll (CA), Catherine White, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Mikayla Wrigley. Rookies: Aya, Kato-Stafford (R), Filippa SueSee (R)
South Australia
Men: Wes Agar, Jordan Buckingham, Alex Carey (CA), Brendan Doggett (CA), Jake Fraser‑McGurk, Matthew Gilkes, Travis Head (CA), Henry Hunt, Hanno Jacobs, Spencer Johnson, Jake Lehmann, Ben Manenti, Nathan McAndrew, Noah McFadyen, Nathan McSweeney, Harry Nielsen, Lloyd Pope, Henry Thornton, Campbell Thompson, Jason Sangha, Liam Scott, Mackenzie Harvey, Jerrssis Wadia, Jake Weatherald (CA), Thomas Brown (R), Kane Halfpenny (R), Douwtjie Hoogenboezem (R), Hayden Schiller (R)
Women: Hollie Armitage, Jemma Barsby, Darcie Brown (CA), Maggie Clark (R), Emma De Broughe, Emmerson Filsell, Ellie Johnston, Eleanor Larosa, Isabella Malgioglio, Tahlia McGrath (CA), Courtney Neale, Bridget Patterson, Maddie Penna, Kate Peterson, Megan Schutt (CA), Courtney Webb, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Ella Wilson, Elizabeth Worthley
Tasmania
Men: Marcus Bean, Gabe Bell, Jackson Bird, Iain Carlisle, Nikhil Chaudhary, Jake Doran, Nathan Ellis (CA), Brad Hope, Caleb Jewell, Matthew Kuhnemann (CA), Raf MacMillian, Caelan Maladay, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Lawrence Neil-Smith, Mitch Owen, Will Prestwidge, Nivethan Radhakrishnan, Jordan Silk, Billy Stanlake, Tim Ward, Beau Webster (CA), Teague Wyllie, Kasey Barton (R), Zac Curtain (R), Aidan O’Connor (R), Nitesh Samuel (R), William Taylor (R)
Women: Nicola Carey (CA), Alice Davidson-Richards, Maisy Gibson, Ella Hayward, Ruth Johnston, Sara Kennedy, Lizelle Lee, Caity Mair, Kate Pelle, Tabatha Saville, Hayley Silver-Holmes, Courtney Sippel, Lauren Smith, Naomi Stalenberg, Rachel Trenaman, Elyse Villani, Callie Wilson, Ava Curtis (R), Mia Barwick (R)
Victoria
Men: Austin Anlezark, Liam Blackford, Scott Boland (CA), Dylan Brasher, Ashley Chandrasinghe, Harry Dixon, Sam Elliott, Peter Handscomb, Sam Harper, Marcus Harris, Campbell Kellaway, Blake Macdonald, Cam McClure, David Moody, Todd Murphy (CA), Fergus O’Neill, Oliver Peake, Mitch Perry, Tyler Pearson, Tom Rogers, Will Sutherland, Doug Warre, Harry Hoekstra (R), Tom Paddington (R), Aryan Sharma (R)
Women: Ira Aery, Sophie Day, Samara Dulvin, Nicole Faltum, Tess Flintoff, Kim Garth (CA), Hasrat Gill, Olivia Henry, Milly Illingworth, Bronte Leishman (R), Rhys McKenna, Sophie Molineux (CA), Indigo Noble, Mia Perrin, Georgia Prestwidge, Zoe Samuel, Molly Strano, Annabel Sutherland (CA), Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham (CA)
Western Australia
Men: Cameron Bancroft, Mahli Beardman, Simon Budge (R), Hilton Cartwright, Cooper Connolly, Brody Couch, Kieran Elliott, Albert Esterhuysen (R), Sam Fanning, Jayden Goodwin, Cameron Green (CA), Aaron Hardie, Liam Haskett, Josh Inglis (CA), Will Malajczuk, Mitchell Marsh (CA), Tom Murray, Lance Morris, Joel Paris, Jordan Quiggin (R), Jhye Richardson, Corey Rocchiccioli, Ashton Turner, Corey Wasley (R), Sam Whiteman
Women: Chloe Ainsworth (CA), Zoe Britcliffe, Mathilda Carmichael, Maddy Darke, Amy Edgar, Heather Graham (CA), Mikayla Hinkley, Ebony Hoskin, Alana King (CA), Shay Manolini, Rebecca McGrath, Ines McKeon, Lilly Mills, Beth Mooney (CA), Taneale Peschel, Chloe Piparo, Ruby Strange, Maddie White, Tegan Williamson, Chloe Bartholomew (R)
*(CA) indicates Cricket Australia contract
**(R) indicates rookie contract
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