2005–06 Women's National Cricket League season

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]

Women's National Cricket League
2005–06 season
Dates5 November 20055 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

Ladder

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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

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1st final

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3 February 2006
Scorecard
Queensland  
174 (48 overs)
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  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

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4 February 2006
Scorecard
New South Wales  
154 (50 overs)
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  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

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5 February 2006
Scorecard
New South Wales  
146 (48.4 overs)
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  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

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Highest totals

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Team[3] Score Against Venue Date
  New South Wales 9/289   Western Australia WACA Ground, Perth 20 November 2005
  Queensland 5/254   South Australia Adelaide Oval No 2 6 November 2005
  South Australia 3/251   New South Wales Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground 18 December 2005
  New South Wales 7/248   South Australia Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground 18 December 2005
  South Australia 8/247   Queensland Adelaide Oval No 2 6 November 2005

Most runs

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Player[4] Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50
Karen Rolton   South Australia 8 8 2 553 151 92.16 658 84.04 2 4
Melissa Bulow   Queensland 11 11 0 454 123 41.27 593 76.55 2 1
Alex Blackwell   New South Wales 11 11 0 422 130 38.36 668 63.17 1 3
Kate Blackwell   New South Wales 11 10 4 327 102 54.50 396 82.57 1 3
Leah Poulton   New South Wales 11 11 1 325 70* 32.50 564 57.62 0 3

Most wickets

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Player[5] Team Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave SR 4WI
Emma Liddell   New South Wales 11 11 96.3 8 343 19 4/35 18.05 30.4 1
Jude Coleman   Queensland 11 11 86.4 6 332 18 5/26 18.44 28.8 1
Sarah Andrews   New South Wales 11 11 86.2 14 301 16 5/16 18.81 32.3 0
Belinda Matheson   Queensland 11 11 100.0 11 362 15 3/10 24.13 40.0 0
Lisa Sthalekar   New South Wales 11 11 104.0 19 293 14 3/15 20.92 44.5 0

References

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  1. ^ "Women's National Cricket League 2005/06 Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b "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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