1996–97 Women's National Cricket League season

Women's National Cricket League
1996–97 season
Dates16 November 1996 – 5 January 1997
Administrator(s)Cricket Australia
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)Group stage and finals series
Champions New South Wales (1st title)
Runners-up Victoria
Participants5
Matches23
Player of the seriesVictoria (state) Zoe Goss
Most runsVictoria (state) Zoe Goss (629)
Most wicketsNew South Wales Jo Garey (15)
Official websitecricket.com.au

The 1996–97 Women's National Cricket League season was the first season of the Women's National Cricket League, the women's domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 16 November 1996 and finished on 5 January 1997. Five teams took part with New South Wales Breakers taking the trophy after defeating ladder-toppers Victorian Spirit by three games to zero in the finals series.[1]

Ladder

As of 29 December 1996
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1  Victoria 8 7 0 0 1 45 0.496
2  New South Wales 8 5 3 0 0 30 0.713
3  South Australia 8 3 3 0 2 24 −0.103
4  Western Australia 8 2 6 0 0 12 −0.587
5  Queensland 8 0 5 0 3 9 −0.746
Updated to match(es) played on 29 December 1996. 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

3 January 1997
Scorecard
Victoria 
7/211 (50 overs)
v
 New South Wales
4/129 (48.3 overs)
Mel Jones 71 (76)
Sue Marsh 2/30 (8 overs)
Sally Griffiths 63 (81)
Cathryn Fitzpatrick 2/37 (9.3 overs)
New South Wales won by 3 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground
Umpires: Tony Morgan and Ian Thomas
  • Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd final

4 January 1997
Scorecard
Victoria 
8/161 (50 overs)
v
 New South Wales
5/163 (48 overs)
Zoe Goss 50 (105)
Belinda Clark 2/16 (4 overs)
Michelle Goszko 64 (101)
Cathryn Fitzpatrick 2/39 (10 overs)
New South Wales won by 5 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground
Umpires: Ken Duffy and Ian Thomas
  • Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd final

5 January 1997
Scorecard
Victoria 
7/208 (50 overs)
v
 New South Wales
7/218 (48.4 overs)
Zoe Goss 73 (95)
Jo Garey 2/25 (9 overs)
Sally Griffiths 95 (126)
Zoe Goss 1/23 (6 overs)
New South Wales won by 7 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground
Umpires: Ken Duffy and Tony Morgan
  • Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.
  • New South Wales won the 1996–97 Women's National Cricket League.

Statistics

Most runs

Player[3] Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50
Zoe Goss  Victoria 11 11 2 629 123* 69.88 964 65.24 1 7
Lisa Keightley  New South Wales 11 11 3 467 144* 58.37 695 67.19 2 1
Belinda Clark  New South Wales 11 11 2 431 86 47.88 548 78.64 0 5
Angele Gray  Western Australia 8 8 1 321 86 45.85 540 59.44 0 4
Mel Jones  Victoria 11 10 1 302 71 33.55 456 66.22 0 2

Most wickets

Player[4] Team Mat Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave SR 4WI
Jo Garey  Victoria 11 83.0 16 280 15 4/13 18.66 33.2 1
Charmaine Mason  New South Wales 11 93.1 12 288 14 4/32 20.57 39.9 1
Bronwyn Calver  New South Wales 11 101.3 22 307 12 2/4 25.58 50.7 0
Olivia Magno  Western Australia 8 109.0 15 323 12 3/26 26.91 54.5 0
Cathryn Fitzpatrick  Western Australia 6 100.3 10 378 12 2/11 31.50 50.2 0

References

  1. ^ "Women's National Cricket League, 1996/97". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Women's National Cricket League 1996/97 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Batting and Fielding in the Women's National Cricket League 1996/97 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Bowling in the Women's National Cricket League 1996/97 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 December 2021.


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