2016–17 Women's National Cricket League season

Women's National Cricket League
2016–17 season
Dates13 October 2016 – 3 December 2016
Administrator(s)Cricket Australia
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and final
Champions New South Wales (18th title)
Runners-up Queensland
Participants7
Matches22
Player of the seriesVictoria (state) Meg Lanning
Most runsVictoria (state) Meg Lanning (359)
Most wicketsVictoria (state) Molly Strano (13)
Official websitecricket.com.au

The 2016–17 Women's National Cricket League season was the 21st season of the Women's National Cricket League, the women's domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 13 October 2016 and finished on 3 December 2016. Defending champions South Australian Scorpions finished fourth. New South Wales Breakers won the tournament for the 18th time after finishing second on the ladder and beating Queensland Fire in the final.[1][2] Meg Lanning was named player of the tournament.[3]

Ladder

As of 20 November 2016
Pos Team Pld W L T NR BP Pts NRR
1  Queensland 6 4 1 1 0 1 19 0.531
2  New South Wales 6 4 2 0 0 3 19 0.915
3  Victoria 6 4 2 0 0 2 18 0.688
4  South Australia 6 3 2 1 0 2 16 0.416
5  Australian Capital Territory 6 3 3 0 0 2 14 0.219
6  Tasmania 6 2 4 0 0 0 8 −1.805
7  Western Australia 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 −1.030
Updated to match(es) played on 20 November 2016. Source: [4][5]
Rules for classification: The top two ranked teams qualified for the final.
  • Points system: 4 for a win, 2 each for a tie or a no result, 0 for a loss, 1 each for an abandoned match.
  • Bonus point system: 2 for win with a run rate twice that of the opposition, 1 for win with a run rate 1.25 times that of the opposition.[6]

Fixtures

Round 1

Match 1
13 October 2016
10:00
Scorecard
South Australia 
9/215 (50 overs)
v
 New South Wales
9/216 (48.2 overs)
Amanda-Jade Wellington 37 (34)
Rene Farrell 3/33 (10 overs)
Alex Blackwell 70 (113)
Tahlia McGrath 3/36 (9.2 overs)
New South Wales won by 1 wicket (with 10 balls remaining)
The Gabba, Brisbane
Umpires: Steven Farrell and Andrew Crozier
Player of the match: Alex Blackwell (New South Wales)
  • South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: New South Wales 4, South Australia 0.
Match 2
13 October 2016
10:00
Scorecard
Tasmania 
151 (50 overs)
v
 Queensland (H)
4/152 (27.2 overs)
Brooke Hepburn 38 (53)
Georgia Prestwidge 3/25 (7 overs)
Beth Mooney 53 (43)
Brooke Hepburn 2/28 (6 overs)
Queensland won by 6 wickets (with 136 balls remaining)
Allan Border Field, Brisbane
Umpires: Murray Branch and David Taylor
Player of the match: Jess Jonassen (Queensland)
  • Queensland won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Queensland 5, Tasmania 0.
Match 3
14 October 2016
10:00
Scorecard
(H) Queensland 
267 (50 overs)
v
 South Australia
9/267 (50 overs)
Jemma Barsby 53 (67)
Amanda-Jade Wellington 3/30 (10 overs)
Charlotte Edwards 100 (107)
Delissa Kimmince 3/37 (7 overs)
Match tied
Allan Border Field, Brisbane
Umpires: Murray Branch and Stephen Dionysius
Player of the match: Charlotte Edwards (South Australia)
  • Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Queensland 2, South Australia 2.
Match 4
14 October 2016
10:00
Scorecard
New South Wales 
3/377 (50 overs)
v
 Tasmania
170 (46.5 overs)
Alyssa Healy 159 (115)
Brooke Hepburn 1/67 (9 overs)
Isobel Joyce 35 (36)
Ashleigh Gardner 3/31 (8.5 overs)
New South Wales won by 207 runs
The Gabba, Brisbane
Umpires: David Taylor and Craig Thomas
Player of the match: Alyssa Healy (New South Wales)
  • New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: New South Wales 6, Tasmania 0.
Match 5
14 October 2016
10:00
Scorecard
v
 Western Australia (H)
170 (47.2 overs)
Kris Britt 72 (104)
Natasha Farrant 3/36 (10 overs)
Heather Graham 35 (62)
Samantha Bates 3/16 (9.2 overs)
ACT won by 25 runs
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: Trent Steenholdt and James Hewitt
Player of the match: Kris Britt (ACT)
  • Western Australia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: ACT 4, Western Australia 0.
Match 6
15 October 2016
10:00
Scorecard
v
 Victoria
1/227 (44.3 overs)
Angela Reakes 58* (64)
Kristen Beams 2/43 (10 overs)
Meg Lanning 107 (113)
Nicole Goodwin 1/31 (10 overs)
Victoria won by 9 wickets (with 33 balls remaining)
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: Nathan Johnstone and A Kovalevs
Player of the match: Meg Lanning (Victoria)
  • Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Victoria 4, ACT 0.
Match 7
16 October 2016
10:00
Scorecard
(H) Queensland 
3/318 (50 overs)
v
 New South Wales
5/264 (50 overs)
Delissa Kimmince 93* (62)
Lauren Smith 1/44 (6 overs)
Alex Blackwell 113 (117)
Jess Jonassen 2/40 (10 overs)
Queensland won by 54 runs
The Gabba, Brisbane
Umpires: Murray Branch and T Penman
Player of the match: Grace Harris (Queensland)
  • Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Queensland 4, New South Wales 0.
Match 8
16 October 2016
10:00
Scorecard
South Australia 
241 (50 overs)
v
 Tasmania
190 (46.4 overs)
Charlotte Edwards 57 (68)
Brooke Hepburn 5/39 (9 overs)
Erin Burns 45 (56)
Alex Price 3/29 (10 overs)
South Australia won by 51 runs
Allan Border Field, Brisbane
Umpires: Steven Farrell and Stephen Dionysius
Player of the match: Brooke Hepburn (Tasmania)
  • South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: South Australia 4, Tasmania 0.
Match 9
16 October 2016
10:00
Scorecard
(H) Western Australia 
151 (44.5 overs)
v
 Victoria
3/155 (28.3 overs)
Elyse Villani 81 (95)
Sophie Molineux 3/41 (10 overs)
Meg Lanning 60 (59)
Emma Biss 1/4 (3 overs)
Victoria won by 7 wickets (with 129 balls remaining)
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: Todd Rann and Hennie Botes
Player of the match: Meg Lanning (Victoria)
  • Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Victoria 5, Western Australia 0.

Round 2

Match 10
28 October 2016
10:00
Scorecard
South Australia 
7/217 (50 overs)
v
 Victoria
155 (48.5 overs)
Tegan McPharlin 46 (68)
Makinley Blows 2/7 (3 overs)
Emma Inglis 36 (50)
Alex Price 3/38 (10 overs)
South Australia won by 62 runs
Lindisfarne Oval, Hobart
Umpires: Harvey Wolff and G Beechey
Player of the match: Sarah Coyte (South Australia)
  • Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: South Australia 5, Victoria 0.
Match 11
28 October 2016
14:15 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
 Tasmania (H)
6/246 (50 overs)
Kris Britt 64 (97)
Veronica Pyke 3/36 (10 overs)
Georgia Redmayne 114* (147)
Nicole Goodwin 3/41 (10 overs)
Tasmania won by 4 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Umpires: Darren Close and W Braid
Player of the match: Georgia Redmayne (Tasmania)
  • Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Tasmania 4, ACT 0.
Match 12
29 October 2016
10:00
Scorecard
(H) New South Wales 
7/250 (50 overs)
v
 Western Australia
143 (43.3 overs)
Ellyse Perry 103 (120)
Emma King 2/38 (10 overs)
Heather Graham 57 (74)
Rene Farrell 3/20 (9 overs)
New South Wales won by 107 runs
Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney
Umpires: G Stubbings and Marc Nickl
Player of the match: Ellyse Perry (New South Wales)
  • New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: New South Wales 5, Western Australia 0.
Match 13
29 October 2016
14:15 (D/N)
Scorecard
Victoria 
3/320 (50 overs)
v
 Tasmania (H)
163 (40.4 overs)
Meg Lanning 190 (153)
Katelyn Fryett 1/50 (10 overs)
Corinne Hall 47 (53)
Alana King 4/28 (6 overs)
Victoria won by 157 runs
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Umpires: Muhammad Qureshi and Darren Close
Player of the match: Meg Lanning (Victoria)
  • Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Victoria 5, Tasmania 0.
Match 14
30 October 2016
10:00
Scorecard
Queensland 
7/264 (50 overs)
v
 Western Australia
9/258 (50 overs)
Kirby Short 64 (103)
Tash Farrant 3/59 (10 overs)
Heather Graham 73 (85)
Holly Ferling 3/34 (10 overs)
Queensland won by 6 runs
Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney
Umpires: Troy Penman and Marc Nickl
Player of the match: Holly Ferling (Queensland)
  • Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Queensland 4, Western Australia 0.
Match 15
30 October 2016
14:15 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Australian Capital Territory 
133 (39 overs)
v
 South Australia
100 (33.5 overs)
Angela Reakes 37 (54)
Amanda-Jade Wellington 3/36 (9 overs)
Bridget Patterson 24 (27)
Erin Osborne 4/24 (10 overs)
ACT won by 33 runs (D/L method)
Manuka Oval, Canberra
Umpires: Yohan Ramasundara and D Young
Player of the match: Erin Osborne (ACT)
  • ACT won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: ACT 5, South Australia 0.

Round 3

Match 16
18 November 2016
10:00
Scorecard
New South Wales 
193 (45 overs)
v
 Victoria
7/194 (48.2 overs)
Naomi Stalenberg 63 (53)
Alana King 4/20 (6 overs)
Sarah Elliott 53 (103)
Maisy Gibson 1/20 (4 overs)
Victoria won by 3 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)
Casey Fields No. 4, Melbourne
Umpires: Dale Ireland and David Shepard
Player of the match: Emma Kearney (Victoria)
  • New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Victoria 4, New South Wales 0.
Match 17
18 November 2016
10:00
Scorecard
Queensland 
9/211 (50 overs)
v
 Australian Capital Territory
4/213 (39.5 overs)
Jemma Barsby 56 (104)
Nicole Goodwin 3/34 (10 overs)
Katie Mack 73 (108)
Haidee Birkett 2/36 (6.5 overs)
ACT won by 6 wickets (with 61 balls remaining)
Jubilee Park, Melbourne
Umpires: Daryl Brigham and Stephen Brne
Player of the match: Katie Mack (ACT)
  • Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: ACT 4, Queensland 0.
Match 18
19 November 2016
10:00
Scorecard
Queensland 
7/251 (50 overs)
v
 Victoria
8/222 (50 overs)
Beth Mooney 146 (144)
Molly Strano 4/44 (10 overs)
Sophie Molineux 55 (90)
Jemma Barsby 2/37 (10 overs)
Queensland won by 29 runs
Casey Fields No. 4, Melbourne
Umpires: David Shepard and Daryl Brigham
Player of the match: Beth Mooney (Queensland)
  • Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Queensland 4, Victoria 0.
Match 19
19 November 2016
10:00
Scorecard
(H) South Australia 
6/267 (50 overs)
v
 Western Australia
5/215 (50 overs)
Charlotte Edwards 104 (114)
Piepa Cleary 4/50 (10 overs)
Taneale Peschel 50* (75)
Alex Price 2/37 (10 overs)
South Australia won by 52 runs
Woodville Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: Cain Kemp and Craig Thomas
Player of the match: Charlotte Edwards (South Australia)
  • South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: South Australia 4, Western Australia 0.
Match 20
20 November 2016
10:00
Scorecard
(H) New South Wales 
8/201 (50 overs)
v
Rachael Haynes 55 (74)
Erin Osborne 2/33 (10 overs)
Erin Osborne 78 (100)
Sarah Aley 3/33 (9 overs)
New South Wales won by 13 runs
Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney
Umpires: Marc Nickl and another
Player of the match: Angela Reakes (ACT)
  • New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: New South Wales 4, Australian Capital Territory 1.
Match 21
20 November 2016
10:00
Scorecard
Western Australia 
8/275 (50 overs)
v
 Tasmania
163 (40.4 overs)
Chloe Piparo 119 (140)
Katelyn Fryett 2/45 (10 overs)
Georgia Redmayne 116 (119)
Emma Biss 3/50 (10 overs)
Tasmania won by 6 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
Woodville Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: Craig Thomas and Luke Uthenwoldt
Player of the match: Georgia Redmayne (Tasmania)
  • Western Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Tasmania 4, Western Australia 0.

Final

3 December 2016
10:00
Scorecard
(H) Queensland 
119 (41.1 overs)
v
 New South Wales
1/123 (24 overs)
Jemma Barsby 30 (57)
Rene Farrell 3/20 (7 overs)
Alyssa Healy 56* (69)
Grace Harris 1/8 (2 overs)
New South Wales won by 9 wickets (with 156 balls remaining)
Allan Border Field, Brisbane
Umpires: Michael Graham-Smith and Claire Polosak
Player of the match: Rene Farrell (New South Wales)
  • Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
  • New South Wales won the 2016–17 Women's National Cricket League.

Statistics

Highest totals

Team[7] Score Against Venue Date
 New South Wales 3/377  Tasmania Brisbane Cricket Ground 14 October 2016
 Victoria 3/320  Tasmania Bellerive Oval 29 October 2016
 Queensland 3/318  New South Wales Brisbane Cricket Ground 16 October 2016
 Tasmania 4/276  Western Australia Woodville Oval, Adelaide 20 November 2016
 Western Australia 8/275  Tasmania Woodville Oval, Adelaide 20 November 2016

Most runs

Player[8] Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50
Meg Lanning  Victoria 4 4 1 359 190 119.66 336 106.84 2 1
Beth Mooney  Queensland 7 7 0 325 146 46.42 353 92.06 1 1
Alex Blackwell  New South Wales 5 5 2 318 113* 106.00 365 87.12 1 2
Charlotte Edwards  South Australia 6 6 0 312 104 52.00 394 79.18 2 1
Georgia Redmayne  Tasmania 6 6 1 295 116 59.00 376 78.45 2 0

Most wickets

Player[9] Team Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave SR 4WI
Molly Strano  Victoria 6 6 54.3 5 210 13 4/44 16.15 25.1 1
Amanda-Jade Wellington  South Australia 6 6 58.0 5 229 13 3/30 17.61 26.7 0
Brooke Hepburn  Tasmania 6 6 54.0 1 310 13 5/39 23.84 24.9 1
Nicole Goodwin  Australian Capital Territory 6 6 48.5 7 171 12 3/12 14.25 24.4 0
Sarah Aley  New South Wales 7 7 58.3 4 225 11 3/31 20.45 31.9 0

References

Notes

  1. ^ Jolly, Laura (12 October 2016). "WNCL: All you need to know". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  2. ^ ESPNcricinfo staff (3 December 2016). "Farrell, Healy steer NSW to 18th National Cricket League title". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  3. ^ Jolly, Laura (4 December 2016). "Lanning named WNCL Player of Tournament". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Women's National Cricket League Table – 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  5. ^ "WNCL 2016 Standings". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  6. ^ "2016 WNCL Playing Conditions" (pdf). Cricket Australia. October 2017. p. 186. Refer to clause 21.7 Match Points / Qualifying Provisions
  7. ^ "Records / Women's National Cricket League, 2016/17 / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Records / Women's National Cricket League, 2016/17 / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Records / Women's National Cricket League, 2016/17 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2018.

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