2014–15 Women's National Cricket League season

Cricket tournament

Women's National Cricket League
2014–15 season
Dates11 October 2014 – 25 January 2015
Administrator(s)Cricket Australia
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and knockout
Champions New South Wales (17th title)
Runners-up South Australia
Participants7
Matches24
Player of the seriesQueensland Jess Jonassen
Most runsVictoria (state) Meg Lanning (440)
Most wicketsSouth Australia Amanda-Jade Wellington (12)
Official websitecricket.com.au

The 2014–15 Women's National Cricket League season was the 19th season of the Women's National Cricket League, the women's domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 11 October 2014 and finished on 25 January 2015. For the second (after 2012–13) and last time, the tournament included semi-finals, with the top four teams on the ladder advancing. New South Wales Breakers won the tournament for the 17th time after finishing only fourth on the ladder and beating South Australian Scorpions in the final.[1][2][3] Jess Jonassen was named player of the series in recognition of her fine early season performance, before she was sidelined for the second half of the season by a knee injury.[4]

Ladder

As of 11 January 2015
Pos Team Pld W L T NR BP Pts NRR
1  Victoria 6 5 1 0 0 4 24 1.585
2  Queensland 6 4 2 0 0 5 21 1.119
3  South Australia 6 4 2 0 0 1 17 −0.391
4  New South Wales 6 3 3 0 0 2 14 0.335
5  Australian Capital Territory 6 2 4 0 0 1 9 −0.297
6  Tasmania 6 2 4 0 0 0 8 −1.001
7  Western Australia 6 1 5 0 0 0 4 −1.303
Updated to match(es) played on 11 January 2015. Source: [1]
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 2
11 October 2014
Scorecard
(H) Victoria 
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Match 3
11 October 2014
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Match 4
25 October 2014
Scorecard
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Match 5
25 October 2014
Scorecard
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Match 6
25 October 2014
Scorecard
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Match 7
29 November 2014
Scorecard
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 Tasmania (H)
Match 8
29 November 2014
Scorecard
(H) Victoria 
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Match 9
29 November 2014
Scorecard
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Match 10
13 December 2014
Scorecard
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 Tasmania (H)
Match 11
13 December 2014
Scorecard
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Match 12
13 December 2014
Scorecard
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Match 13
20 December 2014
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Match 14
20 December 2014
Scorecard
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Match 15
21 December 2014
Scorecard
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Match 16
1 January 2015
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Match 17
3 January 2015
Scorecard
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Match 18
4 January 2015
Scorecard
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 Victoria (H)
Match 19
9 January 2015
Scorecard
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 Tasmania (H)
Match 20
10 January 2015
Scorecard
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Match 21
11 January 2015
Scorecard
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Knockout phase

Overview

Semifinals Finals
      
1  Victoria 175
4  New South Wales 3/179
4  New South Wales 4/279
3  South Australia 135
2  Queensland 90
3  South Australia 7/91

Semi-final 1

23 January 2015
Scorecard
Victoria 
175 (49.2 overs)
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 New South Wales
3/179 (46.3 overs)
Meg Lanning 41 (76)
Sarah Coyte 3/33 (9.2 overs)
Alex Blackwell 73 (121)
Emma Kearney 1/14 (10 overs)
New South Wales won by 7 wickets (with 21 balls remaining)
Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney
Umpires: Greg Davidson and Phillip Gillespie
Player of the match: Ellyse Perry (New South Wales)
  • Victoria won the toss and elected to bat
  • New South Wales qualified for the final

Semi-final 2

23 January 2015
Scorecard
Queensland 
90 (28.4 overs)
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 South Australia
7/91 (30 overs)
Jodie Fields 29 (61)
Megan Schutt 4/20 (8.2 overs)
Sarah Taylor 21* (50)
Holly Ferling 2/15 (5 overs)
South Australia won by 3 wickets (with 120 balls remaining)
Bankstown Oval, Sydney
Umpires: Damien Mealey and Tony Wilds
Player of the match: Megan Schutt (South Australia)
  • Queensland won the toss and elected to bat
  • South Australia qualified for the final

Final

25 January 2015
Scorecard
New South Wales 
4/279 (50 overs)
v
 South Australia
135 (44.5 overs)
Rachael Haynes 79 (89)
Samantha Betts 2/44 (7 overs)
Bridget Patterson 26 (58)
Erin Osborne 3/33 (7.5 overs)
New South Wales won by 144 runs
Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney
Umpires: Damien Mealey and Greg Davidson
Player of the match: Rachael Haynes (New South Wales)
  • South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
  • New South Wales won the 2014–15 Women's National Cricket League.

Statistics

Highest totals

Team[5] Score Against Venue Date
 Victoria 2/357  Tasmania Bellerive Oval, Hobart 13 December 2014
 Victoria 3/299  South Australia Junction Oval, Melbourne 11 October 2014
 New South Wales 4/299  Western Australia Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney 13 December 2014
 New South Wales 4/279  South Australia Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney 25 January 2015
 Victoria 7/262  Western Australia Junction Oval, Melbourne 29 November 2014

Most runs

Player[6] Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50
Meg Lanning  Victoria 7 7 0 440 125 62.85 494 89.06 2 2
Nicole Bolton  Victoria 7 7 2 400 170* 80.00 522 76.62 2 0
Alex Blackwell  New South Wales 8 8 1 371 81 53.00 511 72.60 0 3
Alyssa Healy  New South Wales 8 8 0 335 146 41.87 404 82.92 1 1
Rachael Haynes  New South Wales 7 7 0 327 115 46.71 358 91.34 1 2

Most wickets

Player[7] Team Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave SR 4WI
Amanda-Jade Wellington  South Australia 8 8 62.0 5 300 12 6/25 25.00 31.0 1
Jess Jonassen  Queensland 5 5 49.4 6 147 11 4/19 13.36 27.0 1
Alex Price  South Australia 8 8 60.3 8 226 11 3/37 20.54 33.0 0
Grace Harris  Queensland 7 7 35.3 3 158 10 4/20 15.80 21.3 1
Megan Schutt  South Australia 7 7 55.4 5 180 10 4/20 18.00 33.4 1

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Women's National Cricket League Table 2014/15 Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  2. ^ Cricket Network (13 August 2014). "Women's cricket partners with BBL: WNCL, WT20 domestic schedules released". cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  3. ^ Sthalekar, Lisa (28 January 2015). "Experience the difference for NSW". cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  4. ^ Trehan, Dev (21 July 2015). "Australians to watch ahead of Women's Ashes with England". Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Records / Women's National Cricket League, 2014/15 / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Records / Women's National Cricket League, 2014/15 / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Records / Women's National Cricket League, 2014/15 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 June 2018.

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