Women's National Cricket League

The Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) is the national competition for women's cricket in Australia.

Women's National Cricket League
Countries Australia
AdministratorCricket Australia
FormatLimited-overs (50 overs per side)
First edition1996–97
Latest edition2019–20
Next edition2020–21
Tournament formatSingle round-robin, then finals series
Number of teams7
Current championWestern Australia
Most successfulNew South Wales Breakers (20 titles)
TVCricket Australia TV
WebsiteCricket Australia

The league competition involves the six member teams playing each other in two 50-over limited-over matches, with the side finishing at the top of the table after the preliminary rounds earning the right to host the best-of-three finals series. The winner of the finals series wins the Ruth Preddey Cup. From 2007–08 onwards the finals series was reduced to a single match as Twenty20 matches were introduced.

The first WNCL took place in 1996–97, replacing the Australian Women's Cricket Championships which had taken place in a two-week tournament format since 1930–31. The Ruth Preddey Cup was introduced to those championships in 1972–73. The competition was expanded to include ACT in the 2009–10 season and Tasmania in the 2010–11 season.

In the 2008–09 season, the Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup was introduced for Australian domestic women's teams. The competition was expanded to include ACT and Tasmania in the 2009–10 season.

The Australian Capital Territory participates in the Women's National Cricket League despite not being members of the national association.[1]

Teams
Map of Australia with each state / territory shaded in its cricket team's main colour.
 State/TerritoryTeamHome ground[a]EstablishedSeasonTitlesRunner-up
  Australian Capital Territory ACT Meteors Manuka Oval, Canberra 2009 2009–10 – present 0 0
  New South Wales New South Wales Breakers Sydney Cricket Ground 1996 1996–97 – present 20 4
  Queensland Queensland Fire Allan Border Field, Brisbane 1996 1996–97 – present 0 5
  South Australia South Australian Scorpions Adelaide Oval 1996 1996–97 – present 1 3
  Tasmania Tasmanian Tigers Bellerive Oval, Hobart 2009 2010–11 – present 0 0
  Victoria Victorian Spirit Melbourne Cricket Ground 1996 1996–97 – present 2 10
  Western Australia Western Fury WACA Ground, Perth 1996 1996–97 – present 1 2

a Each team has used several venues to host matches. For a full list, see list of cricket grounds in Australia.

Competition placings
SEASONWINNERRUNNER UPSEMI-FINALISTSEMI-FINALISTFIFTHSIXTHSEVENTH
1996–97 New South Wales2 Victoria1 South Australia Western Australia Queensland n/a
1997–98 New South Wales2 South Australia1 Victoria Queensland Western Australia
1998–99 New South Wales1 Victoria2 South Australia Queensland Western Australia
1999–00 New South Wales1 Western Australia2 Victoria Queensland South Australia
2000–01 New South Wales1 Queensland2 South Australia Western Australia Victoria
2001–02 New South Wales1 Victoria2 South Australia Queensland Western Australia
2002–03 Victoria1 New South Wales2 South Australia Queensland Western Australia
2003–04 New South Wales2 Victoria1 South Australia Western Australia Queensland
2004–05 Victoria2 New South Wales1 South Australia Queensland Western Australia
2005–06 New South Wales1 Queensland2 South Australia Victoria Western Australia
2006–07 New South Wales2 Victoria1 Queensland South Australia Western Australia
2007–08 New South Wales1 South Australia2 Western Australia Victoria Queensland
2008–09 New South Wales1 Victoria2 Western Australia Queensland South Australia
2009–10 New South Wales2 Victoria1 ACT Western Australia Queensland South Australia n/a
2010–11 New South Wales1 Victoria2 ACT Western Australia South Australia Queensland Tasmania
2011–12 New South Wales1 Victoria2 ACT South Australia Queensland Tasmania Western Australia
2012–13 New South Wales1 Queensland2 Victoria3 Western Australia4 ACT South Australia Tasmania
2013–14 New South Wales1 Victoria2 Western Australia South Australia Queensland ACT Tasmania
2014–15 New South Wales4 South Australia3 Victoria1 Queensland2 ACT Tasmania Western Australia
2015–16 South Australia2 New South Wales1 Queensland ACT Victoria Western Australia Tasmania
2016–17 New South Wales2 Queensland1 Victoria South Australia ACT Tasmania Western Australia
2017–18 New South Wales1 Western Australia2 South Australia ACT Queensland Victoria Tasmania
2018–19 New South Wales1 Queensland2 Tasmania ACT Victoria Western Australia South Australia
2019–20 Western Australia2 New South Wales1 Queensland Victoria ACT Tasmania South Australia

Finals
SEASONWINNERRUNNER UPVENUEFINALS SERIES RESULTS
1996–97[2]New South WalesVictoria1Sydney Cricket Ground
2Sydney Cricket Ground
3Sydney Cricket Ground		1New South Wales won by 3 wickets
2New South Wales won by 5 wickets
3New South Wales won by 7 wickets
4New South Wales won 3–0
1997–98New South WalesSouth AustraliaAlbert Park, Melbourne3–0
1998–99New South WalesVictoriaPrinces Park, Melbourne2–0
1999–00New South WalesWestern AustraliaSydney Cricket Ground2–0
2000–01New South WalesQueenslandBankstown Oval2–0
2001–02New South WalesVictoriaBankstown Oval2–0
2002–03VictoriaNew South WalesMelbourne Cricket Ground2–0
2003–04New South WalesVictoriaMelbourne Cricket Ground2–1
2004–05VictoriaNew South WalesBankstown Oval2–1
2005–06New South WalesQueenslandNorth Sydney Oval2–1
2006–07New South WalesVictoriaCentral Reserve, Glen Waverley2–1
2007–08New South WalesSouth AustraliaSydney Cricket GroundWashout, won on virtue of qualifying first
2008–09New South WalesVictoriaSydney Cricket Ground1–0
2009–10New South WalesVictoriaMelbourne Cricket Ground1–0
2010–11New South WalesVictoriaSydney Cricket Ground1–0
2011–12New South WalesVictoriaSydney Cricket Ground1–0
2012–13New South WalesQueenslandSydney Cricket Ground1–0
2013–14New South WalesVictoriaNorth Sydney Oval1–0
2014–15New South WalesSouth AustraliaBlacktown International Sportspark1–0
2015–16South AustraliaNew South WalesHurstville Oval1–0
2016–17 New South Wales Queensland Allan Border Field 1–0
2017–18New South WalesWestern AustraliaBlacktown International Sportspark1–0
2018–19New South WalesQueenslandNorth Sydney Oval1–0
2019–20Western AustraliaNew South WalesNorth Sydney Oval1–0

Records

See also

References
  1. John Nauright; Charles Parrish (6 April 2012). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. ABC-CLIO. p. 374. ISBN 978-1-59884-300-2. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  2. "Women's National Cricket League 1996/97". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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