Sydney Sixers Women vs Adelaide Strikers Women, 17 October 2026: Time and Venue.

Sydney Sixers Women vs Adelaide Strikers Women: time and venue

Sydney Sixers Women are scheduled to play Adelaide Strikers Women in the 14th T20 Spring Challenge match on Saturday, 17 October 2026. The venue is Blacktown International Sportspark 1 in Sydney. The listed start is 14:30 AEDT, which is 09:00 IST and 03:30 UTC.

This is a pre-match schedule briefing. It identifies the competition, match number, date, ground and scheduled start only. Final playing XIs, the toss, innings and the result belong to later official match records rather than this advance listing.

• Match: Sydney Sixers Women vs Adelaide Strikers Women.
• Competition: T20 Spring Challenge 2026, 14th Match.
• Date: Saturday, 17 October 2026.
• Venue: Blacktown International Sportspark 1, Sydney.
• Start: 14:30 AEDT / 09:00 IST / 03:30 UTC.

What the schedule sources confirm

The Sydney Sixers matches page is the first-party team source for the upcoming Sydney Sixers Women v Adelaide Strikers Women fixture. It places the match in the T20 Spring Challenge on 17 October and names Blacktown International Sportspark 1.

The Cricket Australia match centre supplies the corresponding event metadata. Its start value is 2026-10-17T03:30:00Z, and its venue metadata identifies Blacktown International Sportspark 1 in Sydney. That UTC value is the same scheduled moment as 14:30 AEDT.

Independent listings support the same fixture identity. Cricbuzz labels it the 14th match of the T20 Spring Challenge and gives a 14:30 local start. LiveScore renders the ground as Blacktown ISP Oval and gives 14:30 venue time, or 03:30 GMT.

14:30 AEDT, 09:00 IST and 03:30 UTC are one start

The three displayed times describe one scheduled start, not three separate sessions. Sydney is on AEDT in October, which is UTC+11:00. Subtracting 11 hours from 14:30 AEDT gives 03:30 UTC. Adding five hours and 30 minutes to 03:30 UTC gives 09:00 IST.

For a calendar entry, the precise local value is 2026-10-17T14:30:00+11:00. Readers using UTC can use 2026-10-17T03:30:00Z. Readers in India can use 17 October 2026 at 09:00 IST. Keeping the timezone label prevents the date from being shifted when a device is set to another region.

At 04:04 IST on 15 October 2026, the scheduled fixture was about 52 hours 55 minutes away. This dated reference is based on the scheduled start; it is not a live countdown or a guarantee that play will begin on time.

What belongs to the later match record

A schedule entry establishes a planned event. It does not supply the later match record. The teams named in the fixture are the scheduled opponents; the final playing XIs and any match-day changes are matters for the official record when they are published.

The toss is also a later event. It determines which side bats or fields first, while the innings record shows how each side actually batted and bowled. A pre-match schedule cannot be used to state who won the toss, which innings occurred first, or what score was made.

The result likewise remains a later official record. Once the match is complete, readers should use a result or scorecard entry that identifies the completed state. Until then, this page should be read only as the 14th T20 Spring Challenge fixture at the stated Sydney venue and time.

• Final playing XIs: read the later official match record.
• Toss: read the match-day record after it occurs.
• Innings: read the scorecard or innings record after play begins.
• Result: read the completed official result, not the schedule listing.

Where to check the fixture state

Before play, the Upcoming desk is the relevant Fairplay surface for the planned date, competition and start time. Its fixture listing is a schedule reference, not a toss, innings or result record.

When an official match record becomes available, readers can use Fair Play Live Score for the displayed live state, if listed, and Fair Play Cricket Result for an available completed outcome. The cricket scorecard guide explains how innings, overs and wickets should be read together rather than as isolated numbers.

Fairplay is an information portal. This page keeps the schedule answer separate from later match events so a future fixture is not presented as if it had already started or finished.

For a careful reading once match evidence is available, the Fairplay cricket analysis guide explains how to label a fact, context or unknown. No batting order, player form or likely outcome is inferred from this schedule.

Questions, answered

1. Sydney Sixers — Official matches

   First-party fixture listing supporting the teams, 17 October 2026 date, T20 Spring Challenge and Blacktown International Sportspark 1. Checked 15 October 2026.

2. Cricket Australia — Sydney Sixers Women v Adelaide Strikers Women, CA:40782

   First-party match metadata supporting the 2026-10-17T03:30:00Z start and Blacktown International Sportspark 1, Sydney.

3. Cricbuzz — 14th Match, T20 Spring Challenge 2026

   Independent corroboration of the 14th-match label, competition, date, Blacktown International Sportspark and 14:30 local / 03:30 GMT start.

4. LiveScore — Sydney Sixers W vs Adelaide Strikers W

   Independent event metadata supporting 17 October, 14:30 venue time, 03:30 GMT and Blacktown ISP Oval, Sydney.

5. Fairplay — Upcoming Cricket Matches

   Supporting Fairplay schedule desk for provider-listed upcoming fixtures and the distinction between schedule data and later match records.

Scheduled facts and sourced history are separate from live match data. Source attribution does not imply affiliation with IPL, BCCI, ICC or players.

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