Women's National Cricket League
2005–06 season
Dates5 November 2005 – 5 February 2006
Administrator(s)Cricket Australia
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)Group stage and finals series
Champions New South Wales (8th title)
Runners-up Queensland
Participants5
Matches23
Player of the seriesSouth Australia Karen Rolton
Most runsSouth Australia Karen Rolton (553)
Most wicketsNew South Wales Emma Liddell (19)
Official websitecricket.com.au

The 2005–06 Women's National Cricket League season was the 10th season of the Women's National Cricket League, the women's domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 5 November 2005 and finished on 5 February 2006. Defending champions Victorian Spirit finished fourth after winning only two games. New South Wales Breakers won the tournament for the eighth time after topping the ladder at the conclusion of the group stage and beating Queensland Fire by two games to one in the finals series.[1][2]

Ladder

As of 22 January 2006
Pos Team Pld W L T NR BP Pts NRR
1  New South Wales 8 7 1 0 0 5 33 1.090
2  Queensland 8 5 3 0 0 3 23 0.116
3  South Australia 8 5 3 0 0 1 21 0.018
4  Victoria 8 2 6 0 0 1 9 −0.298
5  Western Australia 8 1 7 0 0 0 4 −0.912
Updated to match(es) played on 22 January 2006. Source: [2]
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.

Fixtures

1st final

3 February 2006
Scorecard
Queensland 
174 (48 overs)
v
 New South Wales
2/175 (37.4 overs)
Kasee Marxsen 72 (113)
Sarah Andrews 3/35 (10 overs)
Leah Poulton 70* (126)
Angela Murnane 1/10 (2.4 overs)
New South Wales won by 8 wickets
North Sydney Oval, Sydney
Umpires: Tim Donahoo and Bill Hendricks
  • Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd final

4 February 2006
Scorecard
New South Wales 
154 (50 overs)
v
 Queensland
7/155 (35.1 overs)
Lisa Sthalekar 53 (95)
Jude Coleman 5/26 (9 overs)
Jodie Fields 61* (108)
Emma Liddell 2/40 (8 overs)
Queensland won by 3 wickets
North Sydney Oval, Sydney
Umpires: Tim Donahoo and Bill Hendricks
  • Queensland won the toss and elected to field.

3rd final

5 February 2006
Scorecard
New South Wales 
146 (48.4 overs)
v
 Queensland
144 (47.2 overs)
Lisa Sthalekar 39 (91)
Jude Coleman 4/28 (8.4 overs)
Jodie Fields 37 (86)
Charlotte Anneveld 4/29 (6 overs)
New South Wales won by 2 runs
North Sydney Oval, Sydney
Umpires: Tim Donahoo and Bill Hendricks
  • New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
  • New South Wales won the 2005–06 Women's National Cricket League.

Statistics

Highest totals

Team[3] Score Against Venue Date
 New South Wales9/289 Western AustraliaWACA Ground, Perth20 November 2005
 Queensland5/254 South AustraliaAdelaide Oval No 26 November 2005
 South Australia3/251 New South WalesNewcastle Number 1 Sports Ground18 December 2005
 New South Wales7/248 South AustraliaNewcastle Number 1 Sports Ground18 December 2005
 South Australia8/247 QueenslandAdelaide Oval No 26 November 2005

Most runs

Player[4] Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50
Karen Rolton South Australia88255315192.1665884.0424
Melissa Bulow Queensland1111045412341.2759376.5521
Alex Blackwell New South Wales1111042213038.3666863.1713
Kate Blackwell New South Wales1110432710254.5039682.5713
Leah Poulton New South Wales1111132570*32.5056457.6203

Most wickets

Player[5] Team Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave SR 4WI
Emma Liddell New South Wales111196.38343194/3518.0530.41
Jude Coleman Queensland111186.46332185/2618.4428.81
Sarah Andrews New South Wales111186.214301165/1618.8132.30
Belinda Matheson Queensland1111100.011362153/1024.1340.00
Lisa Sthalekar New South Wales1111104.019293143/1520.9244.50

References

  1. ↑ "Women's National Cricket League 2005/06 Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Women's National Cricket League 2005/06 Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Records / Women's National Cricket League, 2005/06 / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Records / Women's National Cricket League, 2005/06 / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  5. ↑ "Records / Women's National Cricket League, 2005/06 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2021.


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