{{short description|Australian women's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition}} {{Multiple issues| {{notability|Sport|date=October 2025}} {{Independent sources|date=November 2025}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox cricket tournament main | name = T20 Spring Challenge | image = T20 Spring Challenge.webp | caption = | country = Australia | administrator = Cricket Australia | cricket format = Twenty20 | first = 2024 | last = 2025 | next = | tournament format = 4 matches per side, then knockout finals | participants = 9 | champions = Hobart Hurricanes | most successful = Hobart Hurricanes (2 titles) | qualification = | most runs = Lizelle Lee (252){{citation needed|date=November 2025}} | most wickets = Nicola Hancock (10){{citation needed|date=November 2025}} | TV = {{ubl|Seven Network|Fox Cricket}} | website = {{URL|https://www.cricket.com.au}} | current = }}
The '''T20 Spring Challenge''' is an Australian domestic women's Twenty20 cricket competition. Organised by Cricket Australia, the first edition of the tournament took place in 2024.<ref name="CA">{{cite web |title=Schedule locked in for new T20 Challenge, 2024–25 WNCL |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/4066129/womens-2024-25-domestic-schedule-t20-spring-challenge-womens-national-cricket-league-schedule-games |work=cricket.com.au |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref><ref name="T20">{{cite web |title=ACT to join WBBL teams in new women's T20 comp |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/4024852/act-meteors-join-wbbl-big-bash-clubs-in-new-national-nine-team-womens-t20-competition-cricket-australia? |work=cricket.com.au |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref>
The competition features the eight Women's Big Bash League teams and the ACT Meteors. It runs before the Women's Big Bash League and acts as a warm up for the BBL.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/4146042/everything-you-need-to-know-about-t20-spring-challenge-wbbl-brisbane-heat-adelaide-strikers-act-perth-scorchers-melbourne-renegades-stars-sydney-thunder-sixers-hobart-hurricanes-t20-womens-domestic-tournament |title=Everything you need to know about the T20 Spring Challenge |work=cricket.com.au |access-date=13 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://femalecricket.com/women-cricket-news/54433-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-inaugural-womens-t20-spring-challenge.html |title=All You Need to Know about the Inaugural Women's T20 Spring Challenge |work=female cricket |date=10 October 2024 |access-date=13 October 2024}}</ref> Hobart Hurricanes won the first two editions of the competition.
== Organisation and history == The nine teams play four matches each, with the four teams finishing with the most points entering the knockout-stage of the competition.{{citation needed|date=November 2025}} The first season of the league took place from 11 October to 20 October 2024, and featured 21 matches, all held in Sydney and Adelaide. Hobart Hurricanes and Brisbane Heat finished top of the group stage and advanced to the final, Brisbane defeating Adelaide Strikers by 38 runs and Hobart advancing after their match against Melbourne Stars was cut short due to rain – Hobart advancing having finished higher during the group stage. Hobart won the final by five wickets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/4152241/spring-challenge-final-hobart-hurricanes-brisbane-heat-t20-spring-challenge-final-champions-molly-strano-lizelle-lee-emma-manix-geeves|title=Hurricanes win Spring Challenge in final ball thriller|work=cricket.com.au|access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref>
The second season took place in October 2025 with all matches held in Sydney.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/4382548/all-you-need-to-know-t20-spring-challenge-2025-wbbl-brisbane-heat-adelaide-strikers-act-perth-scorchers-melbourne-renegades-stars-sydney-thunder-sixers-hobart-hurricanes-t20-womens-domestic-tournament |title=All you need to know: T20 Spring Challenge 2025 |access-date=22 October 2025 |work=Cricket Australia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-14 |title=Opportunity abounds for Aussie hopefuls in 2025-26 domestic summer |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/4310809/australia-womens-domestic-schedule-2025-26-summer-wncl-t20-spring-challenge |access-date=2025-07-17 |work=Cricket Australia |language=en}}</ref> Hobart and Brisbane once again finished top of the group stage and advanced to the final after both semi-final matches were abandoned due to rain. Hobart won the final by 88 runs.
=== Teams === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Team ! Location{{efn|name=location1|Administrative and training base}} ! Titles won |- | ACT Meteors | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | – |- | Adelaide Strikers | North Adelaide, South Australia | – |- | Brisbane Heat | Albion, Queensland | – |- | Hobart Hurricanes | Bellerive, Tasmania | 2 (2024, 2025) |- | Melbourne Renegades | St Kilda, Victoria | – |- | Melbourne Stars | St Kilda, Victoria | – |- | Perth Scorchers | East Perth, Western Australia | – |- | Sydney Sixers | Moore Park, New South Wales | – |- | Sydney Thunder | Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales | – |}
===Results === Hobart Hurricanes defeated Brisbane Heat in both of the first two editions of the tournament. Both finals were held at Cricket Central in Sydney. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! Season ! Winner ! Winning margin ! Runner-up ! Final venue |- | 2024 | Hobart Hurricanes | Hobart Hurricanes won by 5 wickets<br />[https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1445065.html Scorecard] | Brisbane Heat | Cricket Central, Sydney |- | 2025 | Hobart Hurricanes | Hobart Hurricanes won by 88 runs<br />[https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1495395.html Scorecard] | Brisbane Heat | Cricket Central, Sydney |}
== Broadcasting == In July 2024, Fox Sports, announced it had acquired the global media rights for TV and digital broadcasts for the tournament. The initial season was broadcast in Australia on the Fox Sports TV channel and the Kayo Sports app.<ref name="CA" /> Matches were broadcast internationally by Sky Sports in the United Kingdom, Fancode in India, Willow TV in North America, SuperSports in South Africa, and by Sky Sport NZ in New Zealand.{{citation needed|date=October 2025}}
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