Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup

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Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup
Australian Women T20 Cup Logo.svg
Countries Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Administrator Cricket Australia
Format Twenty20
First edition 2009–10
Latest edition 2014–15
Tournament formatDouble round-robin and final
Number of teams7
Most successful Victoria (3 titles)
Most runs Meg Lanning – 2,087
Most wickets Jemma Barsby – 62

The Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup (WT20) was the premier domestic women's Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. Beginning in 2007 as a series of exhibition matches, the first official tournament took place during the summer of 2009–10. All seven state and territory representative teams from its 50-over counterpart, the pre-existing Women's National Cricket League, participated in the WT20's formal six-year span. The competition was replaced by the Women's Big Bash League in 2015.

Contents

The Victorian Spirit were the most successful team, having managed to claim three titles in a row. The New South Wales Breakers finished on top of the ladder at the conclusion of every regular season, but they lost three consecutive championship deciders against Victoria before eventually winning two titles of their own. The Queensland Fire also won one title.

Tournament structure

After experimenting with an informal five-match exhibition structure for each of its first two editions, [1] [2] Cricket Australia delivered a fully-fledged competition for the 2009–10 season which was made up of a single round-robin before a final between the two highest-ranked teams. [3] For 2010–11 and onward, the structure of the tournament was expanded to twelve rounds and a final (or, in the case of the 2013–14 edition, a finals series featuring the four highest-ranked teams) to determine each season's champion. [4]

The competition was typically scheduled alongside, and interspersed with, the Women's National Cricket League as each team would draw from the same squad for both formats. In what was promoted as an "unprecedented" [5] boost to the visibility of the women's game, the 2014–15 season featured eight fixtures paired as double-headers with the men's Big Bash League. This included the championship decider which was also broadcast live and nationally on free-to-air network Ten. [6]

On 19 February 2015, Cricket Australia announced that the competition would be replaced by the Women's Big Bash League. The decision was made in an attempt to further heighten the profile and professionalism of elite-level women's cricket, thereby ideally helping to grow grassroots participation and viewership of the game among girls and women across the country. [7] [8]

Teams

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Map of Australia with each state/territory shaded in its cricket team's main colour.

The Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup featured the same seven teams that competed in the Women's National Cricket League from the corresponding period of 2009 to 2015. In addition to each team's primary ground, matches were also played at a wide variety of alternate and boutique venues.

TeamNicknameHome groundEstablishedTitles won
Australian Capital Territory Meteors Manuka Oval 20090
New South Wales Breakers Sydney Cricket Ground 19962
Queensland Fire The Gabba 19961
South Australia Scorpions Adelaide Oval 19960
Tasmania Roar Bellerive Oval 20090
Victoria Spirit Melbourne Cricket Ground 19963
Western Australia Fury WACA Ground 19960

Tournament results

Season summaries

SeasonChampionsMost runsMost wicketsPlayer of the SeasonSources
2009–10 Victoria Leah Poulton (NSW) – 201 Sarah Elliott (VIC) – 13 Alex Blackwell (NSW) [9] [10] [11] [12]
2010–11 Victoria Karen Rolton (SA) – 440 Renee Chappell (WA) – 17 Karen Rolton (SA) [9] [13] [14] [15]
2011–12 Victoria Melissa Bulow (QLD) – 505 Jemma Barsby (QLD) – 18 Meg Lanning (VIC) [9] [16] [17] [18]
2012–13 New South Wales Alex Blackwell (NSW) – 377 Sthalekar (NSW), Ebsary (SA) – 16 Jenny Wallace (WA) [9] [19] [20] [21]
2013–14 Queensland Elyse Villani (VIC) – 498 Aley (NSW), Pike (QLD) – 18 Elyse Villani (VIC) [9] [22] [23] [24]
2014–15 New South Wales Alex Blackwell (NSW) – 451 Molly Strano (VIC) – 22 Heather Knight (TAS) [9] [25] [26] [27]

Final summaries

Final1st Innings2nd InningsResultPlayer of the FinalVenue
2009–10 Victoria
5/127 (20 overs)		 New South Wales
75 (16 overs)		Victoria won by 52 runs
Scorecard 		Clea Smith
(Victoria)		 Adelaide Oval
Adelaide, SA
2010–11 Victoria
5/161 (20 overs)		 New South Wales
9/157 (20 overs)		Victoria won by 4 runs
Scorecard 		Meg Lanning [28]
(Victoria)		 Adelaide Oval
Adelaide, SA
2011–12 Victoria
7/143 (20 overs)		 New South Wales
9/134 (20 overs)		Victoria won by 9 runs
Scorecard 		Danielle Wyatt [29]
(Victoria)		 Docklands Stadium
Melbourne, VIC
2012–13 Western Australia
5/126 (20 overs)		 New South Wales
5/130 (19.2 overs)		New South Wales won by 5 wickets
Scorecard 		Alex Blackwell [30]
(New South Wales)		 WACA Ground
Perth, WA
2013–14 Australian Capital Territory
7/107 (20 overs)		 Queensland
3/108 (14.2 overs)		Queensland won by 7 wickets
Scorecard 		Delissa Kimmince
(Queensland)		 WACA Ground
Perth, WA
2014–15 New South Wales
3/175 (20 overs)		 Victoria
8/124 (20 overs)		New South Wales won by 51 runs
Scorecard 		Alex Blackwell
(New South Wales)		 Manuka Oval
Canberra, ACT

Team performance

Team 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
Australian Capital Territory 3rd4th5th4th4th (RU)7th
New South Wales 1st (RU)1st (RU)1st (RU)1st (C)1st (SF)1st (C)
Queensland 4th6th3rd5th3rd (C)3rd
South Australia 5th3rd4th7th5th5th
Tasmania 7th7th7th6th7th4th
Victoria 2nd (C)2nd (C)2nd (C)3rd2nd (SF)2nd (RU)
Western Australia 6th5th6th2nd (RU)6th6th

Source: [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36]

Legend
C = Champions; RU = Runners-up; SF = Semi-finalists; 1st = Ladder position after regular season

Statistics

Most runs

Player (Team)MatInnsRuns HS Ave SR
Meg Lanning (VIC)666620878240.13123.86
Leah Poulton (NSW)68372011103* 34.67122.85
Alex Blackwell (NSW)6460191599* 54.71119.46
Elyse Villani (VIC)6564158479* 31.06107.83
Lauren Ebsary (WA, SA)6563151485* 30.28105.80

Most wickets

Player (Team)MatOversWkts Ave Econ
Jemma Barsby (QLD)60187.56217.895.90
Erin Osborne (NSW)602046117.775.31
Sarah Coyte (NSW)591825419.195.69
Briana Binch (VIC)65182.15420.546.09
Sharon Millanta (NSW)57162.34918.315.52

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