2003–04 Women's National Cricket League season

The 2003–04 Women's National Cricket League season was the eighth season of the Women's National Cricket League, the women's domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 22 November 2003 and finished on 2 February 2004. New South Wales Breakers won the tournament for the seventh time after finishing second on the ladder at the conclusion of the group stage and beating defending champions Victorian Spirit by two games to one in the finals series.[1]

Women's National Cricket League
2003–04 season
Dates22 November 20032 February 2004
Administrator(s)Cricket Australia
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)Group stage and finals series
Champions New South Wales (7th title)
Runners-up Victoria
Participants5
Matches23
Player of the seriesVictoria (state) Belinda Clark
Most runsVictoria (state) Belinda Clark (622)
Most wicketsVictoria (state) Cathryn Fitzpatrick (18)
Official websitecricket.com.au

Ladder

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As of 18 January 2004
Pos Team Pld W L T NR BP Pts NRR
1   Victoria 8 6 1 1 0 4 30 0.722
2   New South Wales 8 5 2 1 0 5 27 0.973
3   South Australia 8 4 3 0 1 0 18 −0.044
4   Western Australia 8 2 5 0 1 0 10 −0.971
5   Queensland 8 0 6 0 2 0 4 −0.952
Updated to match(es) played on 18 January 2004. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: The top two ranked teams qualified for the finals series.
  • Points system: 4 for a win, 2 each for a tie, no result or abandonment, 0 for a loss.

Fixtures

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1st final

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31 January 2004
Scorecard
New South Wales  
128 (45.1 overs)
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  Victoria
4/129 (48.3 overs)
Lisa Keightley 60 (118)
Megan Pauwels 3/7 (4.1 overs)
Belinda Clark 38 (77)
Lisa Sthalekar 2/19 (10 overs)
Victoria won by 6 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Umpires: Ashley Barrow and Tony Ward
  • Victoria won the toss and elected to field.

2nd final

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1 February 2004
Scorecard
Victoria  
8/162 (50 overs)
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  New South Wales
5/163 (48 overs)
Belinda Clark 52 (107)
Bronwyn Calver 3/37 (9 overs)
Shannon Cunneen 48 (106)
Cathryn Fitzpatrick 1/18 (9 overs)
New South Wales won by 5 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Umpires: Ashley Barrow and Tony Ward
  • New South Wales won the toss and elected to field.

3rd final

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2 February 2004
Scorecard
Victoria  
4/217 (50 overs)
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  New South Wales
7/218 (48.4 overs)
Belinda Clark 115 (145)
Lisa Keightley 1/26 (8 overs)
Lisa Keightley 75 (100)
Cathryn Fitzpatrick 3/38 (9.4 overs)
New South Wales won by 3 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Umpires: Ashley Barrow and Tony Ward
  • Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.
  • New South Wales won the 2003–04 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 8/284   Western Australia WACA Ground, Perth 23 November 2003
  New South Wales 6/266   Western Australia WACA Ground, Perth 22 November 2003
  Victoria 7/265   Western Australia Princes Park No 2 Oval 6 December 2003

Most runs

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Player[4] Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50
Belinda Clark   Victoria 11 11 2 622 115 69.11 973 63.92 2 4
Lisa Keightley   New South Wales 11 11 0 394 76 35.81 704 55.96 0 4
Shannon Cunneen   New South Wales 11 11 0 336 72 30.54 602 55.81 0 3
Lisa Sthalekar   New South Wales 11 11 0 313 108 28.45 424 73.82 1 1
Karen Rolton   South Australia 8 8 2 302 102* 50.33 460 65.65 1 2

Most wickets

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Player[5] Team Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave SR 4WI
Cathryn Fitzpatrick   Victoria 11 11 96.0 21 275 18 3/13 15.27 32.0 0
Lisa Sthalekar   New South Wales 11 11 97.0 16 267 14 3/34 19.07 41.5 0
Bronwyn Calver   New South Wales 11 11 78.2 12 263 12 3/37 21.91 39.1 0
Connie Wong   Western Australia 8 8 72.1 8 297 12 3/47 24.75 36.0 0
Cindy Kross   Western Australia 6 6 59.0 12 225 11 3/27 20.45 32.1 0

References

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  1. ^ "Women's National Cricket League 2003/04 Results". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Women's National Cricket League 2003/04 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Women's National Cricket League 2003/04 Highest Team Totals". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Batting and Fielding in the Women's National Cricket League 2003/04 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Bowling in the Women's National Cricket League 2003/04 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 May 2021.