2004–05 Women's National Cricket League season

Women's National Cricket League
2004–05 season
Dates30 October 2004 – 13 February 2005
Administrator(s)Cricket Australia
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)Group stage and finals series
Champions Victoria (2nd title)
Runners-up New South Wales
Participants5
Matches23
Player of the seriesSouth Australia Karen Rolton
Most runsVictoria (state) Belinda Clark (397)
Most wicketsNew South Wales Julie Hayes (19)
Official websitecricket.com.au

The 2004–05 Women's National Cricket League season was the ninth season of the Women's National Cricket League, the women's domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 30 October 2004 and finished on 13 February 2005. Victorian Spirit won the tournament for the second time after finishing second on the ladder at the conclusion of the group stage and beating defending champions New South Wales Breakers by two games to one in the finals series.[1][2]

Ladder

As of 30 January 2005
Pos Team Pld W L T NR BP Pts NRR
1  New South Wales 8 7 1 0 0 4 32 0.728
2  Victoria 8 7 1 0 0 4 32 0.643
3  South Australia 8 3 4 0 1 2 16 0.275
4  Queensland 8 2 5 0 1 1 11 −0.091
5  Western Australia 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 −1.621
Updated to match(es) played on 30 January 2005. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: The top two ranked teams qualified for the finals series.
  • Points system: 4 for a win, 2 each for a tie, no result or abandonment and 0 for a loss.
  • 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

1st final

11 February 2005
Scorecard
New South Wales 
3/200 (50 overs)
v
 Victoria
179 (49.1 overs)
Shannon Cunneen 56 (87)
Jane Franklin 1/31 (9 overs)
Sarah Elliott 64 (118)
Julie Hayes 4/31 (10 overs)
New South Wales won by 21 runs
Bankstown Oval, Sydney
Umpires: Tim Donahoo and Bill Hendricks
  • Victoria won the toss and elected to field.

2nd final

12 February 2005
Scorecard
New South Wales 
71 (43.4 overs)
v
 Victoria
5/72 (39.1 overs)
Sarah Andrews 19* (37)
Clea Smith 4/10 (10 overs)
Kelly Applebee 27* (100)
Julie Hayes 2/18 (10 overs)
Victoria won by 5 wickets
Bankstown Oval, Sydney
Umpires: Tim Donahoo and Bill Hendricks
  • New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd final

13 February 2005
Scorecard
Victoria 
6/159 (50 overs)
v
 New South Wales
109 (43.4 overs)
Louise Broadfoot 29* (39)
Lisa Sthalekar 2/26 (10 overs)
Alex Blackwell 24 (52)
Jane Franklin 3/25 (8.4 overs)
Victoria won by 50 runs
Bankstown Oval, Sydney
Umpires: Tim Donahoo and Bill Hendricks
  • New South Wales won the toss and elected to field.
  • Victoria won the 2004–05 Women's National Cricket League.

Statistics

Highest totals

Team[3] Score Against Venue Date
 New South Wales 2/285  Western Australia North Sydney Oval No 2 31 October 2004
 Victoria 5/240  Queensland Harry Trott Oval, Melbourne 21 November 2004
 Victoria 7/236  Western Australia Settlers Hill, Baldivis 13 November 2004
 South Australia 4/226  Western Australia Adelaide Oval No 2 15 January 2005
 New South Wales 5/220  Western Australia Raby Oval, Campbelltown 30 October 2004

Most runs

Player[4] Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50
Belinda Clark  Victoria 11 11 2 397 107* 44.11 642 61.83 1 2
Mel Jones  Victoria 11 11 2 314 79* 34.88 470 66.80 0 2
Karen Rolton  South Australia 7 6 1 298 125 59.60 416 71.63 1 2
Shannon Cunneen  New South Wales 11 11 0 293 56 26.63 588 49.82 0 2
Sarah Elliott  Victoria 11 11 0 281 90 25.54 540 52.03 0 2

Most wickets

Player[5] Team Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave SR 4WI
Julie Hayes  New South Wales 11 11 105.5 19 315 19 4/30 16.57 33.4 2
Karen Rolton  South Australia 7 7 53.0 14 131 15 5/7 8.73 21.2 0
Lisa Sthalekar  New South Wales 11 11 99.0 19 303 14 4/32 21.64 42.4 1
Clea Smith  Victoria 11 11 87.3 16 248 13 4/10 19.07 40.3 1
Kirsten Pike  Queensland 7 7 70.0 11 211 12 3/36 17.58 35.0 0

References

  1. ^ "Women's National Cricket League 2004/05 Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Women's National Cricket League 2004/05 Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Records / Women's National Cricket League, 2004/05 / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Records / Women's National Cricket League, 2004/05 / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Records / Women's National Cricket League, 2004/05 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2021.