Bold, brave one-day cricket next goal for T20 World Champs

Australia's T20 World Cup winners have reunited in Brisbane, once again toasting their success before turning their attention to how they can adapt their barnstorming 20-over approach to the one-day game.

The 15 team members who lifted Australia's seventh women's T20 title at Lord's in July were joined by staff and special guests at a dinner on Monday night, where they were presented with photo books among other tournament mementos.

But the cricket calendar moves apace and already the next ICC tournament is looming on the horizon: the inaugural women's T20 Champions Trophy in India in February.

Major one-day events are more scarce, with the next ODI World Cup pencilled in for late 2029, but the 50-over format makes up a crucial leg of the multi-format tours that form the biggest bilateral series in the women's game including next year's Ashes.

"We haven't played a lot of one-day cricket recently, and even looking over the next 24 months, it's going to be sporadic when we drop into one-day cricket as a group," Ellyse Perry told reporters in Brisbane on Wednesday.

"(But) I think our ethos is the same. There's obviously some nuance in the format, the period of time you spend either at the crease or bowling, but I really hope that translates (across).

"There's a one-day World Cup at the back end of this decade, which I think having not had success in the last one, everyone will be looking towards.

"A lot changes in a couple of years in women's cricket, so I think we've got to keep trying to push that where we want to take that style of cricket too."

Smarting after back-to-back semi-final exits at ICC tournaments, Australia produced one of their most dominant runs at this year's T20 World Cup in England, romping through undefeated.

After talking up a "no ceilings" approach to their T20 cricket across the past few years since their previous title win in early 2023, it was the tournament where Australia fully walked the walk.

Former skipper Alyssa Healy described it as "taking the handbrake off", while the Australian players spoke of buying into mantras including 'freedom' and 'bravery' which resulted in them scoring at a faster rate than any of their previous T20 World Cup campaigns – by a significant margin – while also boasting the most miserly bowling attack.

"I think we're all very comfortable in the style of play we want to be playing, and it's driven from Shell (Nitschke) and Soph (Molineux) and the leadership group as well," leg-spinner Alana King said.

"There's just a lot of accountability from everyone to play their role and do it as best as they can, there's a lot of freedom … that's how we want to play our cricket, no matter what format we play.

"We actually had a great reflection the other day as a whole team and staff and just reviewed the whole (T20 World Cup and how we went about it) and I think we can hold our heads up pretty high.

"We went there to change a few things and the way we wanted to play, and led beautifully by Sophie Molineux as well in her first World Cup to lift a trophy, that's pretty special for her and us as a whole group.

"Hopefully that's not the end and it's going to be the start of some pretty special stuff."

Australia have played just six previous ODIs against Bangladesh, and this will be just their second bilateral series – and the first Down Under.

Last time they met in a one-dayer, during the 2025 World Cup, the Aussies cruised to a 10-wicket win, and their sole 50-over series today saw them win by margins of 116 runs, six and eight wickets.

Australia were not taking the Tigresses lightly, with allrounder Nicola Carey pointing to their raft of crafty spinners, alongside quick Marufa Akter and other less familiar faces.

However, this series will present the hosts with an opportunity to push the boundaries of the format, even without the services of injured captain Molineux and quicks Lucy Hamilton and Darcie Brown.

"We don't play them that often, but we know they've got some great spinners," Carey said. "They're a competitive team, and cricket around the world's, the standards are lifting every year, so we're expecting a quality side in these three games as well.

"We're coming into this series full of confidence. I think we're in a good spot, the girls know what they need to do and how they want to go about it.

"There's a lot of focus on us and how we want to go about the game."

The 12-player Australian squad – with the recovering Molineux and Hamilton in tow – trained at Allan Border Field on Wednesday afternoon ahead of Friday's opening one-dayer.

National selector Shawn Flegler last week flagged the potential for one or two additions to what had initially been intended to be a 14-strong group, but as it stands the group is unchanged.

NRMA Insurance Women's ODI Series v Bangladesh

Australia ODI squad: Tahlia McGrath (c), Ashleigh Gardner (vc), Nicola Carey, Kim Garth, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Voll, Georgia Wareham 

First ODI: Friday, October 9 (D/N)

Second ODI: Sunday, October 11 (D/N)

Third ODI: Wednesday, October 14 (D/N)

* All matches played at Allan Border Field, Brisbane, starting at 1:50pm local

NRMA Insurance Women's T20 Series v New Zealand

Australia T20I squad: Sophie Molineux (c), Ashleigh Gardner (vc), Tahlia McGrath (vc), Nicola Carey, Kim Garth, Lucy Hamilton, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Voll, Georgia Wareham 

First T20I: Sunday, October 18

Second T20I: Tuesday, October 20

Third T20I: Thursday, October 22

* All matches played at North Sydney Oval starting at 7:15pm AEDT

All women's international matches will be shown live on Seven, 7Plus, Kayo Sports and Foxtel