Following recommendations from former Australian representative Kristen Beams' review into the competition, it is set to be overhauled in 2020-21 and the Raiders are guaranteed a seat at the table.

Simmonds said reducing the first-grade players from 110 to 44 will raise the standard of the competition - giving his side a greater chance of securing top-end talent.

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"That's going to be of enormous benefit for our young cricketers going forward," Simmonds said.

"The state contracted players as well, depending on what's happening this season, you don't have them for all the games of course because they have their state commitments but obviously when they are about, it's great for our players.

"Part of it is as well, when they are back playing, the competition is going to be a lot stronger and it's better for those players to be playing in a stronger competition as well, preparing for their state duties."

Among the raft of changes recommended to Cricket Tasmania by Beams is the implementation of a second-grade competition, which will potentially see the six clubs not selected for first-grade battle it out.

While the Raiders won't be fielding a side in the new reserves competition, they will have their feet in the first-grade pool for at least three seasons, with a minimum time period set before changes are to be made.

"It's exciting for women's cricket in Tassie and particularly for the Greater North as well as Cricket Tas have invested in the Raiders by making sure we are one of the four teams in the first-grade competition.

"That shows they believe that this part of Tassie is very important in their plans going forward and they are giving every female cricketer in the North and North-West an opportunity to hopefully become state and Australian players down the track."

Simmonds, who was named head coach of the side earlier this month with 2019-20 co-coach Robert Stewart now stepping into an assistant role, also welcomed the proposed jump from 40-over cricket to the standard 50-over format.

"I'm a big advocate of playing longer formats and at this level which is just under state cricket and for our players to get better they have to play more 50-over cricket.

"There's a big gap between most of our players, particularly up in this area of the state who are only playing T20 cricket and there's a big jump between that and the longer format.

"We even noticed that last year from 20 to 40 overs, so it's a little bit more with 50-over cricket as well, but for our players to be able to develop their games going forward and hopefully become state players themselves one day, their skills will be developed by playing more 50-over cricket."