Victoria Women vs New South Wales Breakers Women, WNCL, Today Match Prediction 26 September 2025

VAW-W vs NSB-W Match Prediction & Analysis

Victoria Women square off against New South Wales women in the 2nd match of the Women's National Cricket League on Friday, 26th September. The match is slated to be played at Junction Oval in Melbourne and the scheduled start time is 5:30 AM IST. 

Head to Head Record - Victoria Women and New South Wales faced off in 42 WNCL matches till date, where Victoria Women has won 20 matches, while New South Wales Women has won 21 matches and one match ended in a tie. At Junction Oval, Victoria Women has won 8 of the 10 matches played against New South Wales Women. 

RECENT PERFORMANCE

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HEAD TO HEAD

TEAMS PREVIEW

Victoria Women Preview

Victoria Women finished last season at 5th place with 6 wins and 6 losses in 12 matches. Despite performing well Victoria missed out on qualification last season. They will hope to kick start their season well against the defending champions New South Wales women. 

Victoria has one of the best batting units led by Meg Lanning who scored 358 runs in 8 matches, averaging 51.14 last season. Ella Hayward had a phenomenal season where she scored 446 runs in 12 matches and finished as the leading run-scorer for her team. While in the middle order wicket keeper batter Nicole Faltum also had a good, where she amassed 438 runs in 12 matches. 

Hayward was also the stand out with the ball, where she bagged 21 wickets in 12 matches, bowling at an economy of 4.58. Sophie Day (19 wickets) and Georgia Prestige (11 wickets) are the other key bowlers to watch out for Victoria in this fixture. 

Victoria Women Predicted Playing XI:

Sophie Day, Nicole Faltum, Tess Flintoff , Ella Hayward, Meg Lanning, Rhys McKenna, Sasha Moloney, Georgia Prestwidge, Sophie Reid, Molly Strano, Tayla Vlaeminck.

Victoria Women Actual Playing XI:

Meg Lanning, Mia Perrin, Ella Hayward, Hasrat Gill, Rhys McKenna, Nicole Faltum, Sophie Reid, Georgia Prestwidge, Sasha Moloney, Sophie Day, Zoe Samuel

New South Wales Breakers Women Preview

The defending champions New South Wales women won the finals against Queensland Women by 21 runs in a nail biting low scoring final where they defended  216 runs, rattling up Queensland to 194 runs in 47 overs. They will be hoping to kick start their title defense on a positive note with a win over Victoria Women. 

Young wicket keeper batter Tahlia Wilson played a huge role with the bat scoring 667 runs in 13 matches, averaging 55.58. Anika Learoyd also chipped with 577 runs 13 matches. These two batters will once again be key in this fixture against the Victoria Women. If they lay a solid foundation at the top for the middle order batters Erin Burns and Katie Mack can capitalise on. 

In the bowling department Hannah Darlington has provided key breakthroughs with the ball early in the innings, while Erin Burns brings in all her experience in the middle overs. Maitlian Brown, Lauren Cheatle and Sam Bates are the other key bowlers for New South Wales in this fixture. 

New South Wales Breakers Women Predicted Playing XI:

Sam Bates, Maitlan Brown, Erin Burns, Lauren Cheatle, Sarah Coyte, Hannah Darlington, Tara French, Elsa Hunter, Anika Learoyd, Katie Mack, Tahlia Wilson.

New South Wales Breakers Women Actual Playing XI:

Maitlan Brown, Samantha Bates, Sarah Coyte, Anika Learoyd, Claire Moore, Katie Mack, Caoimhe Bray, Tahlia Wilson, Lauren Cheatle, Georgia Adams, Lauren Kua

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The weather at Junction Oval, Melbourne on Friday, 26th September is expected to be around 16° C and the humidity is expected to be around 63% and precipitation of 10% and the wind blowing at 14 km/hr. 

VAW-W vs NSB-W Pitch Report

The pitch at Junction Oval offers a balanced track that favours both the batters and bowlers. The average 1st innings score is around 240-250 runs, where the surface gets better for batting as the game progresses and teams often prefer chasing at this venue. 

Toss: To Bowl

Teams bowling first won 53% of the Women's list A matches played at the Junction Oval and we predict the team that wins the toss will opt to bowl first.