2012–13 Women's National Cricket League season

Women's National Cricket League
2012–13 season
Dates13 October 2012 – 13 January 2013
Administrator(s)Cricket Australia
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and knockout
Champions New South Wales (15th title)
Runners-up Queensland
Participants7
Matches25
Player of the seriesWestern Australia Nicole Bolton
Victoria (state) Meg Lanning
Most runsVictoria (state) Meg Lanning (509)
Most wicketsQueensland Jude Coleman (18)
Official websitecricket.com.au

The 2012–13 Women's National Cricket League season was the 17th season of the Women's National Cricket League, the women's domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 13 October 2012 and finished on 13 January 2013. For the first time, the tournament included semi-finals, with the top four teams on the ladder advancing. This was repeated on one further occasion, in 2014–15. Defending champions New South Wales Breakers won the tournament for the 15th time after topping the ladder at the end of the group stage and beating Queensland Fire in the final.[1][2]

Ladder

As of 6 January 2013
Pos Team Pld W L T NR BP Pts NRR
1  New South Wales 6 5 1 0 0 4.5 24.5 1.589
2  Queensland 6 5 1 0 0 4 24 0.908
3  Victoria 6 4 2 0 0 4 20 0.999
4  Western Australia 6 3 3 0 0 3 15 −0.039
5  Australian Capital Territory 6 3 3 0 0 1 13 0.016
6  South Australia 6 1 5 0 0 0 4 −1.849
7  Tasmania 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 −1.590
Updated to match(es) played on 6 January 2013. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: The top four ranked teams qualified for the semi-finals.
  • 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.

Fixtures

Round-robin phase

Match 1
13 October 2012
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Match 2
13 October 2012
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Match 4
27 October 2012
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Match 6
27 October 2012
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(H) Victoria 
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Match 8
10 November 2012
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Match 9
10 November 2012
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Match 11
24 November 2013
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 Tasmania (H)
NWTCA Ground, Burnie
Match 14
8 December 2012
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Match 16
21 December 2012
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(H) Tasmania 
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Match 20
5 January 2013
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 Victoria (H)
Match 21
6 January 2013
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(H) Tasmania 
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Knockout phase

Overview

Semifinals Finals
      
1  New South Wales 5/331
4  Western Australia 8/221
1  New South Wales 4/135 (D/L)
2  Queensland 7/232
2  Queensland 3/210
3  Victoria 209 Third place
3  Victoria 5/208
4  Western Australia 9/207

Semi-final 1

11 January 2013
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New South Wales 
5/331 (50 overs)
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 Western Australia
8/221 (50 overs)
Alex Blackwell 135* (110)
Nicky Shaw 2/48 (8 overs)
Jenny Wallace 96 (127)
Ellyse Perry 2/25 (5 overs)
New South Wales won by 110 runs
Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney
Umpires: Andrew Hamilton and Tony Ward
  • New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
  • New South Wales advanced to the final

Semi-final 2

11 January 2013
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Victoria 
9/209 (48 overs)
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 Queensland
3/210 (36.4 overs)
Kelly Applebee 71 (97)
Jude Coleman 3/25 (9 overs)
Melissa Bulow 64 (71)
Molly Strano 1/38 (8.2 overs)
Queensland won by 7 wickets (with 80 balls remaining)
Blacktown Olympic Park No 2 Oval, Sydney
Umpires: David Taylor and Damien Mealey
  • Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Queensland advanced to the final

3rd-place play-off

12 January 2013
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Western Australia 
9/207 (50 overs)
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 Victoria
5/208 (40.2 overs)
Suzie Bates 63 (67)
Molly Strano 3/43 (10 overs)
Meg Lanning 94 (81)
Emma Biss 2/28 (8.2 overs)
Victoria won by 5 wickets (with 58 balls remaining)
Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney
Umpires: Andrew Hamilton and David Taylor
  • Western Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

13 January 2013
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Queensland 
7/232 (50 overs)
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 New South Wales
4/135 (27 overs)
Jodie Fields 102* (122)
Angela Reakes 2/23 (5 overs)
Alex Blackwell 42* (63)
Delissa Kimmince 2/16 (5 overs)
New South Wales won by 15 runs (D/L method)
Sydney Cricket Ground
Umpires: Damien Mealey and Tony Ward
  • New South Wales won the toss and elected to field.
  • New South Wales won the 2012–13 Women's National Cricket League.

Statistics

Highest totals

Team[3] Score Against Venue Date
 Victoria 3/418  South Australia Camberwell Sports Ground, Melbourne 24 November 2012
 New South Wales 5/331  Western Australia Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney 11 January 2013
 New South Wales 3/312  Western Australia Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney 24 November 2012
 Victoria 8/286  Australian Capital Territory Manuka Oval, Canberra 10 November 2012
 Australian Capital Territory 8/277  Tasmania North West Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Burnie 24 November 2012

Most runs

Player[4] Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50
Meg Lanning  Victoria 8 8 0 509 175 63.62 487 104.51 1 4
Alex Blackwell  New South Wales 8 8 3 464 135* 92.80 519 89.40 2 3
Jodie Fields  Queensland 8 8 4 399 102* 99.75 482 82.78 1 3
Nicole Bolton  Western Australia 8 8 0 363 121 45.37 463 78.40 2 1
Jenny Wallace  Western Australia 8 8 1 351 96 50.14 579 60.62 0 4

Most wickets

Player[5] Team Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave SR 4WI
Jude Coleman  Queensland 8 8 63.1 9 215 18 4/19 11.94 20.5 2
Molly Strano  Victoria 8 8 72.2 7 333 15 4/45 22.20 28.9 1
Jemma Barsby  Queensland 7 7 50.0 2 212 13 3/43 16.30 23.0 0
Angela Reakes  New South Wales 8 8 44.0 5 167 12 4/10 13.91 22.0 1
Sally Moylan  Australian Capital Territory 6 6 46.3 4 199 10 4/30 19.90 27.9 1

References

Notes

  1. ^ "Women's National Cricket League 2012/13 Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Women's National Cricket League 2012/13 Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Records / Women's National Cricket League, 2012/13 / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Records / Women's National Cricket League, 2012/13 / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Records / Women's National Cricket League, 2012/13 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.

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