# 2011–12 Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup

The 2011–12 Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup was the third formal season of the Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup, which was the premier domestic women's Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia prior to the inception of the Women's Big Bash League in 2015. The tournament started on 21 October 2011 and finished on 12 January 2012. Defending champions Victorian Spirit won the tournament for the third time after finishing second in the group stage and beating New South Wales Breakers in the final. This marked the Breakers' third final loss in as many tournaments, each time after topping the ladder.

## Ladder

    As of 9 January 2012
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | New South Wales | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 2.092 |
| 2 | Victoria | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 1.611 |
| 3 | Queensland | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1.220 |
| 4 | Australian Capital Territory | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 10 | −0.467 |
| 5 | South Australia | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | −0.570 |
| 6 | Western Australia | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −1.505 |
| 7 | Tasmania | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.685 |
* Points system: 2 for a win, 1 each for a tie, no result or abandonment, 0 for a loss.

## Fixtures
### Final

* 12 January 2012 Scorecard
| Victoria 7/143 (20 overs) | v | New South Wales 9/134 (20 overs) |
| Jess Cameron 50 (39) Sarah Coyte 2/20 (4 overs) | | Alex Blackwell 41 (43) Kath Hempenstall 3/22 (4 overs) |
* Victoria won by 9 runs. Docklands Stadium, Melbourne Umpires: Ashley Barrow and Angelo Sammartino
* Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.
* Victoria won the 2011–12 Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup.

## Statistics
### Highest totals

| Team | Score | Against | Venue | Date |
| New South Wales | 2/181 | Australian Capital Territory | Manuka Oval, Canberra | 27 November 2011 |
| New South Wales | 4/175 | Western Australia | WACA Ground, Perth | 21 October 2011 |
| Queensland | 3/172 | Tasmania | Allan Border Field, Brisbane | 21 October 2011 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 4/162 | Western Australia | Murdoch University Ground, Perth | 16 December 2011 |
| Queensland | 2/161 | South Australia | Woodville Oval, Adelaide | 2 December 2011 |

### Most runs

| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 |
| Melissa Bulow | Queensland | 12 | 12 | 2 | 505 | 103 | 50.50 | 423 | 119.38 | 1 | 4 |
| Meg Lanning | Victoria | 13 | 13 | 2 | 411 | 68 | 37.36 | 327 | 125.68 | 0 | 4 |
| Leah Poulton | New South Wales | 12 | 12 | 4 | 405 | 103* | 50.62 | 307 | 131.92 | 1 | 1 |
| Jess Cameron | Victoria | 13 | 13 | 3 | 375 | 66 | 37.50 | 302 | 124.17 | 0 | 4 |
| Kris Britt | Australian Capital Territory | 11 | 11 | 1 | 347 | 77 | 34.70 | 336 | 103.27 | 0 | 1 |

### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Overs | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4WI |
| Jemma Barsby | Queensland | 12 | 11 | 39.0 | 180 | 18 | 4/8 | 10.00 | 4.61 | 13.0 | 2 |
| Sarah Coyte | New South Wales | 12 | 12 | 43.0 | 205 | 17 | 3/10 | 12.05 | 4.76 | 15.1 | 0 |
| Sharon Millanta | New South Wales | 12 | 12 | 43.3 | 225 | 17 | 5/10 | 13.23 | 5.17 | 15.3 | 0 |
| Charlotte Anneveld | Australian Capital Territory | 11 | 9 | 28.0 | 163 | 16 | 5/22 | 10.18 | 5.82 | 10.5 | 1 |
| Shelley Nitschke | South Australia | 12 | 12 | 41.0 | 253 | 16 | 3/15 | 15.81 | 6.17 | 15.3 | 0 |