Who Will Win Queensland Fire Women vs Victoria Women 38th ODI 2026 Match Prediction

The Queensland Fire Women vs Victoria Women prediction for the 38th ODI of the Women’s National Cricket League 2025-26 is a fascinating match between a home side desperate to end a four-game losing streak and a winless touring team that has shown far more fight than their record suggests — losing their most recent game by just 4 runs.

This QFW vs VICW 38th ODI is scheduled for Thursday, 12th March 2026, at 5:00 AM at the Allan Border Field in Brisbane. The tournament is reaching its business end — Queensland sit 2nd on the WNCL points table and can ill afford to lose further ground with a fifth consecutive defeat. Victoria are at the bottom with 0 wins from 10 matches, but their recent performances have been much more competitive than their record indicates.

Queensland Fire Women have had a season of contrasts. They won both of their home games at the Allan Border Field in October 2025, but when the competition resumed in January, they suffered two consecutive home defeats to South Australia Women — posting 188 all out and 224 in those two games. Their last match — a 1-wicket loss to New South Wales Women — was another heartbreaker. They have now lost four consecutive matches.

Georgia Redmayne is Queensland’s anchor throughout this difficult run. Her 377 runs at an average of 53.85 are the team’s highest — and her ability to score consistently even as the team around her has struggled reflects genuine individual quality. Sianna Ginger is the bowling star — 17 WNCL wickets make her the third-highest wicket-taker in the entire tournament, and her 6 wickets in the last two home games at this specific venue are a critical form statistic heading into this match.

Victoria Women have lost 10 consecutive matches — the entire WNCL 2025-26 season without a win. But their last match against Western Australia Women showed what they are capable of: chasing 276, they reached 272 before being dismissed, falling just 4 runs short. Tess Flintoff’s 72 not out in 54 balls was the standout individual batting performance of the match.

Flintoff’s 314 runs in 8 innings at an average of 52.33 make her Victoria’s most productive batter this season. Ella Hayward’s 14 wickets across the season lead Victoria’s bowling chart.

The Allan Border Field has a distinctive chasing trend — teams batting second have won all 4 matches played at this venue this season. That trend will heavily influence the toss decision and the team selection strategy for both sides.

Cricketwebs brings you the full QFW vs VICW 38th ODI 2026 prediction — team previews, playing XIs, pitch, weather, toss, and expert winner selection.

Match Details

Match	QFW vs VICW, 38th ODI — Women’s National Cricket League 2025–26
Date	Thursday, 12th March 2026
Time	5:00 AM (Local AEST)
Venue	Allan Border Field, Brisbane, Queensland
Tournament	Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) 2025–26
Broadcaster	FanCode

Queensland Fire Women Preview

Queensland Fire Women come into the 38th ODI carrying the weight of four consecutive losses — a run of form that has been deeply frustrating for a team that still sits 2nd on the WNCL points table but is at serious risk of falling further if results do not improve immediately. The one-month break since their last match against New South Wales Women gives the team an opportunity to reset, regroup, and return with a fresh strategy.

Georgia Redmayne is the most important individual in this Queensland squad. Her 377 runs in 9 innings at an average of 53.85 are the team’s highest and reflect sustained individual quality across a full tournament campaign. She opens the batting and keeps wickets — contributing across both innings in a way that maximises her individual impact. In the last match, she got out cheaply and the team’s total suffered as a direct result.

Redmayne’s dismissal cheaply in the last game against NSW — alongside Charli Knott — left the middle order exposed from the very beginning of the innings. When your most reliable batter and your captain both get out early, the damage is difficult to repair regardless of the quality of the players coming in. Redmayne knows this better than anyone and will be motivated to lead from the front at her home ground.

Mikayla Wrigley is a critical partner for Redmayne at the top of the order. Her 50 runs in the last match against NSW showed the kind of contribution Queensland need from their second opener to give the middle order a reasonable foundation. Their partnership is the engine that drives Queensland’s batting — when it fires, Queensland post competitive totals.

Jess Jonassen is Queensland’s most complete cricketer — valuable with both bat and ball. Her 31 runs in the last match provided middle-order support. As a left-arm orthodox spinner, she is one of the most experienced and dangerous bowling options in the WNCL. Her ability to take wickets and restrict scoring in the middle overs makes her the all-round match-winner who can simultaneously bail out the batting and take crucial wickets.

Lauren Winfield-Hill, Charli Knott, and Lucinda Bourke provide the middle-order depth. All three have struggled to convert starts into significant innings during Queensland’s losing run — breaking that pattern is the key collective batting challenge for the home side.

Sianna Ginger is Queensland’s bowling star. Her 17 WNCL wickets make her the third-highest wicket-taker in the entire competition — and her 6 wickets in the last two home games at the Allan Border Field specifically is the most important form statistic in this match. She knows this surface, these conditions, and how to take wickets here. Her bowling makes Queensland the clear favourites with the ball.

Grace Parsons provides an additional spin option. Lily Bassingthwaighte and Bonnie Berry add lower-order batting depth and bowling variety. Annie O’Neil rounds out the pace options.

Key Queensland Fire Women Players

• Georgia Redmayne: 377 runs at 53.85 avg — captain, wicketkeeper, and team’s most reliable batter; a captain’s innings from her at home is the single most important contributor to Queensland’s chances
• Sianna Ginger: 17 WNCL wickets (3rd highest in tournament), 6 wkts in last 2 home games at this venue — the bowling match-winner whose home-ground form is the most powerful statistic in this fixture
• Jess Jonassen: All-round veteran — batting middle-order contributions + left-arm spin wickets in the middle overs, her dual impact is the foundation of Queensland’s all-round team balance

Victoria Women Preview

Victoria Women arrive at the Allan Border Field carrying the unwanted record of 10 consecutive losses across the entire 2025-26 WNCL season. But context matters enormously here — their most recent performance showed a team that is closing the gap between their results and their performances. Falling 4 runs short of a 276-run target against Western Australia Women is not the performance of a team that lacks quality. It is the performance of a team in an extended period of bad luck combined with some individual contributions that haven’t been enough.

Tess Flintoff is the standout player of this Victoria Women squad. Her 314 runs in 8 innings at an average of 52.33 are the team’s highest — and her 72 not out in 54 balls in the last match against Western Australia Women showed the kind of explosive, match-winning batting that the rest of the team needs to sustain around her. She arrived at the crease with Victoria needing to accelerate and delivered exactly that — but ran out of partners at the crucial moment.

Flintoff is also described as a handy bowling option — providing Victoria with an all-round element that adds to her fantasy and match value. At the Allan Border Field, where Queensland’s Ginger will be the primary bowling threat, having a batting option who can also bowl medium-pace adds tactical flexibility to Rhys McKenna’s captaincy options.

Nicole Faltum opens the batting and scored 60 runs against Western Australia Women — a quality individual innings that built the platform for Victoria’s near-successful chase. Her opening partnership of 64 with Ella Hayward was the foundation that gave the middle order a base to attack from. If Faltum bats deep again at Brisbane, Victoria’s chase will start from a strong position.

Ella Hayward is Victoria’s most important bowling option with 14 WNCL wickets — the team’s leading wicket-taker by a significant margin. She also contributed 28 runs in the last match as an opener. Her all-round contributions make her Victoria’s most complete player across both innings.

Samara Dulvin, Olivia Henry, and Rhys McKenna form the middle order. Henry at number 4 got promising starts in the last match but failed to convert. The entire top-4 getting starts without converting was the critical batting failure in the last game — a problem that has repeatedly defined Victoria’s season.

Milly Illingworth and Ira Arey are described as particularly economical bowlers — keeping the run rate down even when wickets haven’t been forthcoming. Molly Strano and Hasrat Gill add to the bowling depth. If Annabel Sutherland returns to the XI — having been missing in the last game — she significantly strengthens both the batting and bowling depth across the lineup.

Key Victoria Women Players

• Tess Flintoff: 314 runs at 52.33 avg (VIC top scorer), 72* in last match — the explosive middle-order batter whose ability to accelerate the chase at any point makes her Victoria’s most dangerous individual match-winner
• Ella Hayward: 14 WNCL wickets (VIC leading wicket-taker), all-round opener — her ability to take wickets as an opener and score useful runs makes her the most complete all-round individual in Victoria’s XI
• Nicole Faltum: 60 runs in last match, 64-run opening partnership with Hayward — Victoria’s most reliable top-order batting foundation, her ability to bat deep is the key to whether VIC can successfully chase here

Team Squads

Queensland Fire Women Full Squad

Annie O’Neil, Laura Harris, Lucy Bourke, Georgia Redmayne (c/wk), Lauren Winfield-Hill, Mikayla Wrigley, Bonnie Berry, Jess Jonassen, Lily Bassingthwaighte, Nicola Hancock, Charli Knott, Lucy Hamilton, Sianna Ginger

Victoria Women Full Squad

Indigo Noble, Meg Lanning, Mia Perrin, Olivia Henry, Samara Dulvin, Nicole Faltum (wk), Sophie Reid, Molly Strano, Sasha Moloney, Sophie Day, Sophie Molineux, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Prestwidge, Kim Garth, Milly Illingworth, Annabel Sutherland, Ella Hayward, Georgia Wareham, Hasrat Gill, Rhys McKenna (c), Tess Flintoff

Probable Playing XI

Queensland Fire Women XI	Victoria Women XI
Georgia Redmayne (c/wk)	Nicole Faltum (wk)
Mikayla Wrigley	Ella Hayward
Lauren Winfield-Hill	Samara Dulvin
Charli Knott	Olivia Henry
Jess Jonassen	Tess Flintoff
Lucinda Bourke	Rhys McKenna (c)
Sianna Ginger	Molly Strano
Annie O’Neil	Zoe Samuel
Grace Parsons	Milly Illingworth
Lily Bassingthwaighte	Hasrat Gill
Bonnie Berry	Ira Arey

Favourite Team — Queensland Fire Women (Why?)

Queensland Fire Women are the 78% favourites to win the 38th ODI and end their four-game losing streak at their home ground. The case for them begins and ends with two statistics: Sianna Ginger’s 6 wickets in the last two home games at this venue, and Victoria Women’s 0 wins from 10 matches this season.

Ginger’s bowling form at the Allan Border Field specifically is the most important match-up factor in this fixture. She knows this surface and how to take wickets here. When combined with Jess Jonassen’s left-arm spin and Queensland’s home-conditions advantage, Victoria’s batting will face their most challenging bowling environment of the season.

Georgia Redmayne’s 377 runs at 53.85 give Queensland the most reliable individual batting anchor in this match. When Redmayne scores, Queensland post competitive totals. The home ground advantage, Ginger’s venue-specific bowling record, and Redmayne’s sustained batting quality are the three decisive factors.

Victoria have shown fight — 4 runs short in the last match is genuinely competitive — but they have not won a single match all season. Breaking that record against Queensland at home is the most difficult possible task.

Pitch Report — Allan Border Field, Brisbane

The Allan Border Field in Brisbane is a relatively flat batting surface that assists high scoring in both innings. The outfield is quick — well-struck balls reach the boundary efficiently — and the pitch offers minimal seam movement once the first few overs pass. The surface rewards batters who play orthodox stroke-making through the off side and can pull strongly on the leg.

The most important pitch statistic for this match is the venue’s chasing trend: teams batting second have won all four matches played at the Allan Border Field in this WNCL 2025-26 season. This is a critically important context for both captains’ toss decisions. Queensland won both their home games here in October — but they batted first and bowled out their opponents. The conditions have apparently shifted to favour chasing teams as the tournament has progressed into the March heat. Spinners become effective in the middle overs on this surface.

Weather Report

Condition	Forecast
Temperature	26–33°C
Humidity	55–70%
Rain Chances	15%
Wind	Light southerly
Sky	Mostly sunny with some cloud

Brisbane in mid-March is hot and humid — 26-33°C with 55-70% humidity typical of Queensland’s late-summer conditions. Rain probability is 15% — brief afternoon showers are possible but a full 100-over match is the most likely outcome. The 5:00 AM AEST start means the early morning session will be cooler and more pleasant — conditions that assist swing bowling in the first 10 overs before the heat of the day sets in and the batting becomes increasingly comfortable.

Broadcast Details

The Queensland Fire Women vs Victoria Women 38th ODI will be streamed live on FanCode for Indian viewers. The 5:00 AM AEST start in Brisbane translates to early-morning viewing on the Australian east coast. FanCode subscribers can access live streaming, ball-by-ball commentary, and highlights. Live scores are available on the Cricket Australia website and ESPNcricinfo throughout the match.

Toss Prediction

Queensland Fire Women are predicted to win the toss at the Allan Border Field.

However, the chasing trend at this venue — teams batting second winning all 4 matches this season — creates a complex toss decision for Redmayne. If she wins the toss, she may choose to field first to take advantage of this trend, even though Queensland’s home record was built by batting first in October 2025.

Toss Prediction: Queensland Fire Women to win the toss. Expected decision: bowl first (chasing trend).

Probable Top Batsman & Bowler

Georgia Redmayne is the top batting pick from Queensland Fire Women. Her 377 runs at an average of 53.85 are the tournament’s most consistent individual batting performance from the Queensland camp. As captain and wicketkeeper, she opens the innings and provides the platform around which Queensland’s batting order functions. When she bats deep, Queensland post 240+. When she gets out cheaply — as in the last match — the innings collapses.

Mikayla Wrigley is the secondary batting pick. Her 50 in the last match against NSW showed the opening partnership can provide meaningful foundations. Jess Jonassen is the all-round pick — batting in the middle and bowling left-arm spin to take wickets in the middle overs.

For Victoria Women, Tess Flintoff is the overwhelming top batting pick. Her 314 runs at 52.33 average — including 72 not out in the last match — are the most dominant individual batting figures in Victoria’s squad. Nicole Faltum is the second pick — her 60 runs and 64-run opening partnership in the last game provided the foundation for Victoria’s near-successful chase.

With the ball, Sianna Ginger is the top wicket-taker pick from Queensland. Her 17 WNCL wickets (3rd highest in the tournament) and 6 wickets in the last two home games at this venue make her the most dangerous and consistent bowling pick in this fixture. Ella Hayward is the top bowling pick for Victoria — her 14 WNCL wickets are the team’s highest and her ability to take wickets as an opening bowler is Victoria’s best chance of restricting Queensland below 220.

Queensland Fire Women vs Victoria Women Winning Chances

Team	Win %	Why They Can Win	Why They Might Lose
Queensland Fire Women	78%	2nd on points table (6W 4L), home at Allan Border Field, won both Oct 2025 games here, Ginger 6 wkts in last 2 home games + 17 season wkts (3rd highest WNCL), Redmayne 377 runs at 53.85, VIC 0W 10L all season	Lost 4 consecutive matches, bowled out for 188 + 224 in last two home games, Redmayne and Knott both got out cheaply in last match, no win at home since October 2025
Victoria Women	22%	Lost by only 4 runs in last match vs WA Women, Flintoff 72* not out in last game (314 runs at 52.33 avg), Faltum 60 + 64-run opening stand vs WA, Hayward 14 WNCL wickets (VIC leading taker), teams chasing won all 4 at this venue	Lost all 10 matches this season (0W 10L), failed to defend 276 vs WA, key bowlers not consistent with wickets except Hayward, chasing trend favours VIC only if bowling restricts QLD first

Also, once the toss takes place, we might modify the Today Match Prediction as per the playing XIs. Please check this blog after the toss for the updated Prediction.

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