# 2005–06 Women's National Cricket League season

The 2005–06 Women's National Cricket League season was the 10th season of the Women's National Cricket League, the women's domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 5 November 2005 and finished on 5 February 2006. Defending champions Victorian Spirit finished fourth after winning only two games. New South Wales Breakers won the tournament for the eighth time after topping the ladder at the conclusion of the group stage and beating Queensland Fire by two games to one in the finals series.

## Ladder

    As of 22 January 2006
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | New South Wales | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 1.090 |
| 2 | Queensland | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0.116 |
| 3 | South Australia | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0.018 |
| 4 | Victoria | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | −0.298 |
| 5 | Western Australia | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.912 |
* 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
### 1st final

* 3 February 2006 Scorecard
| Queensland 174 (48 overs) | v | New South Wales 2/175 (37.4 overs) |
| Kasee Marxsen 72 (113) Sarah Andrews 3/35 (10 overs) | | Leah Poulton 70* (126) Angela Murnane 1/10 (2.4 overs) |
* New South Wales won by 8 wickets North Sydney Oval, Sydney Umpires: Tim Donahoo and Bill Hendricks
* Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2nd final

* 4 February 2006 Scorecard
| New South Wales 154 (50 overs) | v | Queensland 7/155 (35.1 overs) |
| Lisa Sthalekar 53 (95) Jude Coleman 5/26 (9 overs) | | Jodie Fields 61* (108) Emma Liddell 2/40 (8 overs) |
* Queensland won by 3 wickets North Sydney Oval, Sydney Umpires: Tim Donahoo and Bill Hendricks
* Queensland won the toss and elected to field.

### 3rd final

* 5 February 2006 Scorecard
| New South Wales 146 (48.4 overs) | v | Queensland 144 (47.2 overs) |
| Lisa Sthalekar 39 (91) Jude Coleman 4/28 (8.4 overs) | | Jodie Fields 37 (86) Charlotte Anneveld 4/29 (6 overs) |
* New South Wales won by 2 runs North Sydney Oval, Sydney Umpires: Tim Donahoo and Bill Hendricks
* New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
* New South Wales won the 2005–06 Women's National Cricket League.

## Statistics
### Highest totals

| Team | Score | Against | Venue | Date |
| New South Wales | 9/289 | Western Australia | WACA Ground, Perth | 20 November 2005 |
| Queensland | 5/254 | South Australia | Adelaide Oval No 2 | 6 November 2005 |
| South Australia | 3/251 | New South Wales | Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground | 18 December 2005 |
| New South Wales | 7/248 | South Australia | Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground | 18 December 2005 |
| South Australia | 8/247 | Queensland | Adelaide Oval No 2 | 6 November 2005 |

### Most runs

| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 |
| Karen Rolton | South Australia | 8 | 8 | 2 | 553 | 151 | 92.16 | 658 | 84.04 | 2 | 4 |
| Melissa Bulow | Queensland | 11 | 11 | 0 | 454 | 123 | 41.27 | 593 | 76.55 | 2 | 1 |
| Alex Blackwell | New South Wales | 11 | 11 | 0 | 422 | 130 | 38.36 | 668 | 63.17 | 1 | 3 |
| Kate Blackwell | New South Wales | 11 | 10 | 4 | 327 | 102 | 54.50 | 396 | 82.57 | 1 | 3 |
| Leah Poulton | New South Wales | 11 | 11 | 1 | 325 | 70* | 32.50 | 564 | 57.62 | 0 | 3 |

### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | SR | 4WI |
| Emma Liddell | New South Wales | 11 | 11 | 96.3 | 8 | 343 | 19 | 4/35 | 18.05 | 30.4 | 1 |
| Jude Coleman | Queensland | 11 | 11 | 86.4 | 6 | 332 | 18 | 5/26 | 18.44 | 28.8 | 1 |
| Sarah Andrews | New South Wales | 11 | 11 | 86.2 | 14 | 301 | 16 | 5/16 | 18.81 | 32.3 | 0 |
| Belinda Matheson | Queensland | 11 | 11 | 100.0 | 11 | 362 | 15 | 3/10 | 24.13 | 40.0 | 0 |
| Lisa Sthalekar | New South Wales | 11 | 11 | 104.0 | 19 | 293 | 14 | 3/15 | 20.92 | 44.5 | 0 |