1996–97_Women's_National_Cricket_League_season

1996–97 Women's National Cricket League season

1996–97 Women's National Cricket League season

Cricket tournament

The 1996–97 Women's National Cricket League season was the first season of the Women's National Cricket League, the women's domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 16 November 1996 and finished on 5 January 1997. Five teams took part with New South Wales Breakers taking the trophy after defeating ladder-toppers Victorian Spirit by three games to zero in the finals series.[1]

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Ladder

As of 29 December 1996
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Updated to match(es) played on 29 December 1996. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: The top two ranked teams qualified for the finals series.
  • Points system: 6 for a win, 3 each for a tie, no result or abandonment, 0 for a loss.

Fixtures

1st final

3 January 1997
Scorecard
Victoria 
7/211 (50 overs)
v
 New South Wales
4/129 (48.3 overs)
Mel Jones 71 (76)
Sue Marsh 2/30 (8 overs)
Sally Griffiths 63 (81)
Cathryn Fitzpatrick 2/37 (9.3 overs)
New South Wales won by 3 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground
Umpires: Tony Morgan and Ian Thomas
  • Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd final

4 January 1997
Scorecard
Victoria 
8/161 (50 overs)
v
 New South Wales
5/163 (48 overs)
Zoe Goss 50 (105)
Belinda Clark 2/16 (4 overs)
Michelle Goszko 64 (101)
Cathryn Fitzpatrick 2/39 (10 overs)
New South Wales won by 5 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground
Umpires: Ken Duffy and Ian Thomas
  • Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd final

5 January 1997
Scorecard
Victoria 
7/208 (50 overs)
v
 New South Wales
7/218 (48.4 overs)
Zoe Goss 73 (95)
Jo Garey 2/25 (9 overs)
Sally Griffiths 95 (126)
Zoe Goss 1/23 (6 overs)
New South Wales won by 7 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground
Umpires: Ken Duffy and Tony Morgan
  • Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.
  • New South Wales won the 1996–97 Women's National Cricket League.

Statistics

Most runs

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Most wickets

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References

  1. [1]
    "Women's National Cricket League, 1996/97". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Women's National Cricket League 1996/97 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Batting and Fielding in the Women's National Cricket League 1996/97 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Bowling in the Women's National Cricket League 1996/97 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 December 2021.


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