Tasmania promoted to WNCL

Tasmania will join the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) for the 2010-11, taking the competition to seven teams. The Tasmanian Roar joined the women's national Twenty20 competition last summer and will take the final step by being added to the 50-over tournament.

The WNCL gained a sixth team last season with the addition of the ACT. James Sutherland, the chief executive of Cricket Australia the acceptance of Tasmania into the WNCL was testament to the efforts of Cricket Tasmania to develop women's cricket in the state.

"The team produced some encouraging performances in the interstate Twenty20 competition last year and regular exposure to matches at this level will help drive women's cricket participation in Tasmania," Sutherland said.

"Female cricket participation in Australia has risen dramatically in recent years and today's announcement, along with the continued success of the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars, will only inspire more young girls to pick up a bat and ball."