WA fast bowler Chloe Ainsworth has earnt her maiden Cricket Australia national contract for season 2026-2027, off the back of a dominant domestic season for WA.
Four WA Women Earn National Contracts
Ainsworth headlines four WA inclusions on the 18-player list, joining batter and wicketkeeper Beth Mooney, leg-spinner Alana King and allrounder Heather Graham.
Australia’s schedule for the next 12 months includes an ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in England, white-ball matches at home against Bangladesh and New Zealand, and away series against Sri Lanka and South Africa.
Cricket Australia contracted women’s players 2026-27:
Chloe Ainsworth (WA/Melville CC)
Darcie Brown (SA/Northern Districts Cricket Club)
Nicola Carey (TAS/North Hobart CC)
Ashleigh Gardner (NSW/Bankstown Cricket Club)
Kim Garth (VIC/Dandenong Cricket Club)
Heather Graham (WA/Subiaco Floreat CC)
Lucy Hamilton (QLD/Sunshine Coast CC)
Grace Harris (QLD/Western Suburbs Cricket Club)
Alana King (WA/Midland Guildford Cricket Club)
Phoebe Litchfield (NSW/Sydney University Cricket Club)
Tahlia McGrath (SA/Glenelg Cricket Club)
Sophie Molineux (VIC/Dandenong Cricket Club)
Beth Mooney (WA/Sandgate-Redcliffe Cricket Club)
Ellyse Perry (NSW)
Megan Schutt (SA/Sturt Cricket Club)
Annabel Sutherland (VIC/Prahran Cricket Club)
Georgia Voll (OLD/Sandgate-Redcliffe District Cricket Club)
Georgia Wareham (VIC/Essendon Maribyrnong Park Ladies Cricket Club)