Women's National Cricket League

Women's National Cricket League

Countries	Australia
Administrator	Cricket Australia
Format	Limited-overs (50 overs per side)
First tournament	1996–97
Last tournament	2016-17
Next tournament	2017-18
Tournament format	Single round-robin, then finals series
Number of teams	7
Current champion	New South Wales Breakers (18 titles)
Most successful	New South Wales Breakers (18 titles)
TV	Cricket Australia TV
Website	Cricket Australia

The Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) is the national competition for women's cricket in Australia.

The league competition involves the six member teams playing each other in two 50-over limited-over matches, with the side finishing at the top of the table after the preliminary rounds earning the right to host the best-of-three finals series. The winner of the finals series wins the Ruth Preddey Cup. From 2007–08 onwards the finals series as reduced to a single match as Twenty20 matches were introduced.

The first WNCL took place in 1996–97, replacing the Australian Women's Cricket Championships which had taken place in a two-week tournament format since 1930–31. The Ruth Preddey Cup was introduced to those championships in 1972–73. The competition was expanded to include ACT in the 2009–10 season and Tasmania in the 2010–11 season.

In the 2008–09 season, a Twenty20 competition was introduced for Australian domestic women's teams. The competition was expanded to include ACT and Tasmania in the 2009–10 season.

The Australian Capital Territory participates in the Women's National Cricket League despite not being members of the national association.^[1]

Teams

Map of Australia with each state / territory shaded in its cricket team's main colour.

State/Territory	Team	Home ground^[a]	Established	Season	Titles	Runner-up
Australian Capital Territory	ACT Meteors	Manuka Oval, Canberra	2009	2009-10 - present	0	0
New South Wales	New South Wales Breakers	Sydney Cricket Ground	1996	1996-97 - present	18	3
Queensland	Queensland Fire	Allan Border Field, Brisbane	1996	1996-97 - present	0	4
South Australia	South Australian Scorpions	Adelaide Oval	1996	1996-97 - present	1	3
Tasmania	Tasmanian Roar	Bellerive Oval, Hobart	2009	2010-11 - present	0	0
Victoria	Victorian Spirit	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1996	1996-97 - present	2	10
Western Australia	Western Fury	WACA Ground, Perth	1996	1996-97 - present	0	1

^a Each team has used several venues to host matches. For a full list, see list of cricket grounds in Australia.

Competition placings

SEASON	WINNER	RUNNER UP	SEMI-FINALIST	SEMI-FINALIST	FIFTH	SIXTH	SEVENTH
1996–97	New South Wales²	Victoria¹	South Australia	Western Australia	Queensland	n/a
1997–98	to be added soon
1998–99	to be added soon
1999–00	to be added soon
2000–01	to be added soon
2001–02	to be added soon
2002–03	to be added soon
2003-04	to be added soon
2004–05	to be added soon
2005-06	to be added soon
2006-07	to be added soon
2007-08	to be added soon
2008–09	to be added soon
2009–10	to be added soon
2010–11
2011–12	to be added soon
2012–13	to be added soon
2013-14	to be added soon
2014-15	to be added soon
2015-16	to be added soon
2016-17	New South Wales²	Queensland¹	Victoria	South Australia	Australian Capital Territory	Tasmania	Western Australia

¹ – Finished "First" this season, prior to finals.
² – Finished "Second" this season, prior to finals.

³ – Finished "Third" this season, prior to finals.
⁴ – Finished "Fourth" this season, prior to finals.

Finals

SEASON	WINNER	RUNNER UP	VENUE	FINALS SERIES RESULTS
1996–97 ^[2]	New South Wales	Victoria	¹Sydney Cricket Ground ²Sydney Cricket Ground ³Sydney Cricket Ground	¹New South Wales won by 3 wickets ²New South Wales won by 5 wickets ³New South Wales won by 7 wickets ⁴New South Wales won 3–0
1997–98	New South Wales	South Australia	Albert Park, Melbourne	3–0
1998–99	New South Wales	Victoria	Princes Park, Melbourne	2–0
1999–00	New South Wales	Western Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	2–0
2000–01	New South Wales	Queensland	Bankstown Oval	2–0
2001–02	New South Wales	Victoria	Bankstown Oval	2–0
2002–03	Victoria	New South Wales	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2–0
2003–04	New South Wales	Victoria	Melbourne Cricket Ground	2–1
2004–05	Victoria	New South Wales	Bankstown Oval	2–1
2005–06	New South Wales	Queensland	North Sydney Oval	2–1
2006–07	New South Wales	Victoria	Central Reserve, Glen Waverley	2–1
2007–08	New South Wales	South Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	Washout, won on virtue of qualifying first
2008–09	New South Wales	Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground	1–0
2009–10	New South Wales	Victoria	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1–0
2010–11	New South Wales	Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground	1–0
2011–12	New South Wales	Victoria	Sydney Cricket Ground	1–0
2012–13	New South Wales	Queensland	Sydney Cricket Ground	1–0
2013–14	New South Wales	Victoria	North Sydney Oval	1–0
2014–15	New South Wales	South Australia	Blacktown International Sportspark	1–0
2015–16	South Australia	New South Wales	Hurstville Oval	1–0
2016-17	New South Wales	Queensland	Allan Border Field	1-0

¹ – "First Final" match, during the best of three series.
² – "Second Final" match, during the best of three series.

³ – "Third Final" match, during the best of three series.
⁴ – "Head-to-Head Result" for the best of three series.

Records

Most runs

Player	Team	Runs	Average
Karen Rolton	SA	4797	57.80
Belinda Clark	NSW/Vic	4074	53.61
Mel Jones	Vic	3338	30.35
Lisa Keightley	NSW	3081	37.12
Zoe Goss	Vic/WA	2798	35.87

Most wickets

Player	Team	Wickets	Average
Cathryn Fitzpatrick	Vic	148	17.66
Lisa Sthalekar	NSW	128	22.16
Julie Hayes	NSW	115	26.43
Clea Smith	Vic	115	23.46
Karen Rolton	SA	104	18.21

References

↑ John Nauright; Charles Parrish (6 April 2012). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. ABC-CLIO. p. 374. ISBN 978-1-59884-300-2. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
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First-class

Sheffield Shield	1892–93 … 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

List A

One-day league	1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

WNCL	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Twenty20

KFC T20 Big Bash	2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11

BBL	2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

WNCL T20	2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

WBBL	2015–16 2016–17

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Women's National Cricket League

Teams

Competition placings

Finals

Records

Most runs

Most wickets

See also

References

External links