# 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.

## Ladder

    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 |
* Points system: 4 for a win, 2 each for a tie, no result or abandonment, 0 for a loss.

## Fixtures
### 1st final

* 31 January 2004 Scorecard
| New South Wales 128 (45.1 overs) | v | 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

* 1 February 2004 Scorecard
| Victoria 8/162 (50 overs) | v | 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

* 2 February 2004 Scorecard
| Victoria 4/217 (50 overs) | v | 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
### Highest totals

| Team | 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

| Player | 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

| Player | 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 |