# 2012–13 Women's National Cricket League season

The 2012–13 Women's National Cricket League season was the 17th season of the Women's National Cricket League, the women's domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 13 October 2012 and finished on 13 January 2013. For the first time, the tournament included semi-finals, with the top four teams on the ladder advancing. This was repeated on one further occasion, in 2014–15. Defending champions New South Wales Breakers won the tournament for the 15th time after topping the ladder at the end of the group stage and beating Queensland Fire in the final.

## Ladder

    As of 6 January 2013
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | New South Wales | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 24.5 | 1.589 |
| 2 | Queensland | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 0.908 |
| 3 | Victoria | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0.999 |
| 4 | Western Australia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | −0.039 |
| 5 | Australian Capital Territory | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0.016 |
| 6 | South Australia | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −1.849 |
| 7 | Tasmania | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.590 |
* 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
### Round-robin phase

* Match 1 13 October 2012 Scorecard
| (H) Queensland | v | South Australia |
* Allan Border Field, Brisbane
* Match 2 13 October 2012 Scorecard
| (H) Western Australia | v | Tasmania |
* WACA Ground, Perth
* Match 3 20 October 2012 Scorecard
| Australian Capital Territory | v | New South Wales (H) |
* Blacktown Olympic Park Oval, Sydney
* Match 4 27 October 2012 Scorecard
| (H) Queensland | v | New South Wales |
* Allan Border Field, Brisbane
* Match 5 27 October 2012 Scorecard
| (H) South Australia | v | Australian Capital Territory |
* Park 25, Adelaide
* Match 6 27 October 2012 Scorecard
| (H) Victoria | v | Western Australia |
* Casey Fields No 4, Melbourne
* Match 7 10 November 2012 Scorecard
| Victoria | v | Australian Capital Territory (H) |
* Manuka Oval, Canberra
* Match 8 10 November 2012 Scorecard
| (H) South Australia | v | Tasmania |
* Park 25, Adelaide
* Match 9 10 November 2012 Scorecard
| Queensland | v | Western Australia (H) |
* WACA Ground, Perth
* Match 10 24 November 2012 Scorecard
| (H) New South Wales | v | Western Australia |
* Blacktown Olympic Park Oval, Sydney
* Match 11 24 November 2013 Scorecard
| Australian Capital Territory | v | Tasmania (H) |
* NWTCA Ground, Burnie
* Match 12 24 November 2012 Scorecard
| (H) Victoria | v | South Australia |
* Camberwell Sports Ground, Melbourne
* Match 13 7 December 2012 Scorecard
| Tasmania | v | New South Wales (H) |
* Blacktown Olympic Park Oval, Sydney
* Match 14 8 December 2012 Scorecard
| Victoria | v | Queensland (H) |
* Allan Border Field, Brisbane
* Match 15 8 December 2012 Scorecard
| (H) Western Australia | v | South Australia |
* Christ Church Grammar School Playing Fields, Perth
* Match 16 21 December 2012 Scorecard
| (H) Tasmania | v | Victoria |
* Bellerive Oval, Hobart
* Match 17 22 December 2012 Scorecard
| (H) Australian Capital Territory | v | Queensland |
* Freebody Oval, Queanbeyan
* Match 18 22 December 2012 Scorecard
| New South Wales | v | South Australia |
* Prospect Oval, Adelaide
* Match 19 5 January 2013 Scorecard
| Western Australia | v | Australian Capital Territory (H) |
* Manuka Oval, Canberra
* Match 20 5 January 2013 Scorecard
| New South Wales | v | Victoria (H) |
* Junction Oval, Melbourne
* Match 21 6 January 2013 Scorecard
| (H) Tasmania | v | Queensland |
* Bellerive Oval, Hobart

### Knockout phase
#### Overview

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | New South Wales | 5/331 | | | |
| 4 | Western Australia | 8/221 | | | |
| 4 | Western Australia | 8/221 | 1 | New South Wales | 4/135 (D/L) |
| | | | 2 | Queensland | 7/232 |
| 2 | Queensland | 3/210 | 2 | Queensland | 7/232 |
| 3 | Victoria | 209 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 3 | Victoria | 5/208 |
| | | | 4 | Western Australia | 9/207 |

#### Semi-final 1

* 11 January 2013 Scorecard
| New South Wales 5/331 (50 overs) | v | Western Australia 8/221 (50 overs) |
| Alex Blackwell 135* (110) Nicky Shaw 2/48 (8 overs) | | Jenny Wallace 96 (127) Ellyse Perry 2/25 (5 overs) |
* New South Wales won by 110 runs Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney Umpires: Andrew Hamilton and Tony Ward
* New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
* New South Wales advanced to the final

#### Semi-final 2

* 11 January 2013 Scorecard
| Victoria 9/209 (48 overs) | v | Queensland 3/210 (36.4 overs) |
| Kelly Applebee 71 (97) Jude Coleman 3/25 (9 overs) | | Melissa Bulow 64 (71) Molly Strano 1/38 (8.2 overs) |
* Queensland won by 7 wickets (with 80 balls remaining) Blacktown Olympic Park No 2 Oval, Sydney Umpires: David Taylor and Damien Mealey
* Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.
* Queensland advanced to the final

#### 3rd-place play-off

* 12 January 2013 Scorecard
| Western Australia 9/207 (50 overs) | v | Victoria 5/208 (40.2 overs) |
| Suzie Bates 63 (67) Molly Strano 3/43 (10 overs) | | Meg Lanning 94 (81) Emma Biss 2/28 (8.2 overs) |
* Victoria won by 5 wickets (with 58 balls remaining) Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney Umpires: Andrew Hamilton and David Taylor
* Western Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

#### Final

* 13 January 2013 Scorecard
| Queensland 7/232 (50 overs) | v | New South Wales 4/135 (27 overs) |
| Jodie Fields 102* (122) Angela Reakes 2/23 (5 overs) | | Alex Blackwell 42* (63) Delissa Kimmince 2/16 (5 overs) |
* New South Wales won by 15 runs (D/L method) Sydney Cricket Ground Umpires: Damien Mealey and Tony Ward
* New South Wales won the toss and elected to field.
* New South Wales won the 2012–13 Women's National Cricket League.

## Statistics
### Highest totals

| Team | Score | Against | Venue | Date |
| Victoria | 3/418 | South Australia | Camberwell Sports Ground, Melbourne | 24 November 2012 |
| New South Wales | 5/331 | Western Australia | Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney | 11 January 2013 |
| New South Wales | 3/312 | Western Australia | Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney | 24 November 2012 |
| Victoria | 8/286 | Australian Capital Territory | Manuka Oval, Canberra | 10 November 2012 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 8/277 | Tasmania | North West Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Burnie | 24 November 2012 |

### Most runs

| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 |
| Meg Lanning | Victoria | 8 | 8 | 0 | 509 | 175 | 63.62 | 487 | 104.51 | 1 | 4 |
| Alex Blackwell | New South Wales | 8 | 8 | 3 | 464 | 135* | 92.80 | 519 | 89.40 | 2 | 3 |
| Jodie Fields | Queensland | 8 | 8 | 4 | 399 | 102* | 99.75 | 482 | 82.78 | 1 | 3 |
| Nicole Bolton | Western Australia | 8 | 8 | 0 | 363 | 121 | 45.37 | 463 | 78.40 | 2 | 1 |
| Jenny Wallace | Western Australia | 8 | 8 | 1 | 351 | 96 | 50.14 | 579 | 60.62 | 0 | 4 |

### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | SR | 4WI |
| Jude Coleman | Queensland | 8 | 8 | 63.1 | 9 | 215 | 18 | 4/19 | 11.94 | 20.5 | 2 |
| Molly Strano | Victoria | 8 | 8 | 72.2 | 7 | 333 | 15 | 4/45 | 22.20 | 28.9 | 1 |
| Jemma Barsby | Queensland | 7 | 7 | 50.0 | 2 | 212 | 13 | 3/43 | 16.30 | 23.0 | 0 |
| Angela Reakes | New South Wales | 8 | 8 | 44.0 | 5 | 167 | 12 | 4/10 | 13.91 | 22.0 | 1 |
| Sally Moylan | Australian Capital Territory | 6 | 6 | 46.3 | 4 | 199 | 10 | 4/30 | 19.90 | 27.9 | 1 |