1998–99 Women's National Cricket League season

Women's National Cricket League
1998–99 season
Dates14 November 1998 – 9 January 1999
Administrator(s)Cricket Australia
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)Group stage and finals series
Champions New South Wales (3rd title)
Runners-up Victoria
Participants5
Matches22
Player of the seriesNew South Wales Belinda Clark
Most runsSouth Australia Karen Rolton (435)
Most wicketsVictoria (state) Cathryn Fitzpatrick (14)
Official websitecricket.com.au

The 1998–99 Women's National Cricket League season was the third season of the Women's National Cricket League, the women's domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 14 November 1998 and finished on 9 January 1999. Defending champions New South Wales Breakers won the tournament for the third time after topping the ladder at the conclusion of the group stage and beating Victorian Spirit by two games to zero in the finals series.[1]

Ladder

As of 3 January 1999
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1  New South Wales 8 5 1 0 2 36 0.999
2  Victoria 8 6 2 0 0 36 0.745
3  South Australia 8 4 4 0 0 24 0.374
4  Queensland 8 3 3 0 2 24 0.219
5  Western Australia 8 0 8 0 0 0 −2.058
Updated to match(es) played on 3 January 1999. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: The top two ranked teams qualified for the finals series.
  • Points system: 6 for a win, 3 each for a tie, no result or abandonment, 0 for a loss.

Fixtures

1st final

8 January 1999
Scorecard
New South Wales 
6/153 (50 overs)
v
 Victoria
146 (48.2 overs)
Lisa Keightley 57 (117)
Charmaine Mason 2/28 (10 overs)
Julie Savage 36 (56)
Terry McGregor 2/9 (10 overs)
New South Wales won by 7 runs
Princes Park, Melbourne
  • Victoria won the toss and elected to field.

2nd final

9 January 1999
Scorecard
New South Wales 
114 (45 overs)
v
 Victoria
113 (47.3 overs)
Martha Winch 35 (60)
Louise Broadfoot 4/27 (10 overs)
Stephanie Theodore 30 (37)
Terry McGregor 2/26 (10 overs)
New South Wales won by 1 run
Princes Park, Melbourne
  • New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
  • New South Wales won the 1998–99 Women's National Cricket League.

References

  1. ^ "Women's National Cricket League 1998/99". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Women's National Cricket League 1998/99 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 December 2021.


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