# 2011–12 Women's National Cricket League season

The 2011–12 Women's National Cricket League season was the 16th season of the Women's National Cricket League, the women's domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 22 October 2011 and finished on 14 January 2012. Defending champions New South Wales Breakers won the tournament for the 14th time after topping the ladder at the conclusion of the group stage and beating Victorian Spirit in the final.

## Ladder

    As of 8 January 2012
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | New South Wales | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 33 | 2.831 |
| 2 | Victoria | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 1.445 |
| 3 | Australian Capital Territory | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | −0.569 |
| 4 | South Australia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | −0.307 |
| 5 | Queensland | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | −0.758 |
| 6 | Tasmania | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | −1.359 |
| 7 | Western Australia | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | −0.917 |
* Points system: 4 for a win, 2 each for a tie or a no result and 0 for a loss.
* 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 22 October 2011 Scorecard
| South Australia | v | Australian Capital Territory (H) |
* ACT won by 7 wickets (with 76 balls remaining) Manuka Oval, Canberra
* Match 2 22 October 2011 Scorecard
| Tasmania | v | Queensland (H) |
* Queensland won by 6 wickets (with 82 balls remaining) Allan Border Field, Brisbane
* Match 3 22 October 2011 Scorecard
| (H) Western Australia | v | New South Wales |
* New South Wales won by 8 wickets (with 158 balls remaining) WACA Ground, Perth
* Match 4 29 October 2011 Scorecard
| Tasmania | v | Australian Capital Territory (H) |
* ACT won by 7 wickets (with 87 balls remaining) Manuka Oval, Canberra
* Match 5 29 October 2011 Scorecard
| (H) New South Wales | v | South Australia |
* New South Wales won by 167 runs Manly Oval, Sydney
* Match 6 29 October 2011 Scorecard
| (H) Victoria | v | Queensland |
* Victoria won by 90 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
* Match 7 12 November 2011 Scorecard
| (H) Queensland | v | Australian Capital Territory |
* Queensland won by 54 runs Allan Border Field, Brisbane
* Match 8 12 November 2011 Scorecard
| South Australia | v | Tasmania (H) |
* South Australia won by 56 runs Bellerive Oval, Hobart
* Match 9 12 November 2011 Scorecard
| Victoria | v | Western Australia (H) |
* Victoria won by 68 runs Murdoch University Ground, Perth
* Match 10 26 November 2011 Scorecard
| (H) Australian Capital Territory | v | New South Wales |
* New South Wales won by 7 wickets (with 184 balls remaining) Manuka Oval, Canberra
* Match 11 26 November 2011 Scorecard
| (H) South Australia | v | Western Australia |
* South Australia won by 92 runs Park 25, Adelaide
* Match 12 26 November 2011 Scorecard
| (H) Victoria | v | Tasmania |
* Match abandoned Camberwell Sports Ground, Melbourne
* Match 13 3 December 2011 Scorecard
| (H) New South Wales | v | Victoria |
* New South Wales won by 37 runs Blacktown Olympic Park Oval, Sydney
* Match 14 3 December 2011 Scorecard
| (H) South Australia | v | Queensland |
* South Australia won by 32 runs Woodville Oval, Adelaide
* Match 15 3 December 2011 Scorecard
| Western Australia | v | Tasmania (H) |
* Tasmania won by 7 runs (D/L method) Kingston Twin Ovals, Hobart
* Match 16 17 December 2011 Scorecard
| Queensland | v | New South Wales (H) |
* New South Wales won by 8 wickets (with 158 balls remaining) Drummoyne Oval, Sydney
* Match 17 17 December 2011 Scorecard
| Victoria | v | South Australia (H) |
* Victoria won by 46 runs Parkinson Oval, Adelaide
* Match 18 17 December 2011 Scorecard
| Australian Capital Territory | v | Western Australia (H) |
* ACT won by 67 runs Murdoch University Ground, Perth
* Match 19 7 January 2012 Scorecard
| (H) Queensland | v | Western Australia |
* Western Australia won by 9 wickets (with 138 balls remaining) Allan Border Field, Brisbane
* Match 20 7 January 2012 Scorecard
| New South Wales | v | Tasmania (H) |
* New South Wales won by 134 runs Bellerive Oval, Hobart
* Match 21 8 January 2012 Scorecard
| Australian Capital Territory | v | Victoria (H) |
* Victoria won by 7 wickets (with 217 balls remaining) Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

### Final

* 14 January 2012 Scorecard
| New South Wales 7/310 (50 overs) | v | Victoria 240 (41.4 overs) |
| Rachael Haynes 156 (139) Julie Hunter 2/39 (8 overs) | | Elyse Villani 75 (83) Sarah Coyte 4/53 (9.4 overs) |
* New South Wales won by 70 runs Sydney Cricket Ground Umpires: Tony Wilds and Michael Kumutat Player of the match: Rachael Haynes (New South Wales)
* Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
* New South Wales won the 2011–12 Women's National Cricket League.

## Statistics
### Highest totals

| Team | Score | Against | Venue | Date |
| New South Wales | 6/335 | Tasmania | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | 7 January 2012 |
| New South Wales | 7/310 | Victoria | Sydney Cricket Ground | 14 January 2012 |
| New South Wales | 4/300 | South Australia | Manly Oval, Sydney | 29 October 2011 |
| New South Wales | 8/275 | Victoria | Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney | 3 December 2011 |
| South Australia | 5/270 | Tasmania | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | 12 November 2011 |

### Most runs

| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 |
| Rachael Haynes | New South Wales | 7 | 7 | 0 | 402 | 156 | 57.42 | 403 | 99.75 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Blackwell | New South Wales | 7 | 7 | 4 | 310 | 132* | 103.33 | 362 | 85.63 | 1 | 2 |
| Meg Lanning | Victoria | 6 | 6 | 0 | 288 | 127 | 48.00 | 325 | 88.61 | 1 | 1 |
| Leah Poulton | New South Wales | 7 | 7 | 1 | 254 | 83* | 42.33 | 286 | 88.81 | 0 | 3 |
| Laura Wright | Australian Capital Territory | 6 | 6 | 1 | 236 | 96* | 47.20 | 393 | 60.05 | 0 | 2 |

### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | SR | 4WI |
| Lisa Sthalekar | New South Wales | 7 | 7 | 48.5 | 4 | 178 | 15 | 4/12 | 11.86 | 19.5 | 1 |
| Renee Chappell | Western Australia | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 3 | 203 | 14 | 3/32 | 14.50 | 21.4 | 0 |
| Sarah Coyte | New South Wales | 7 | 7 | 48.4 | 2 | 234 | 11 | 4/53 | 21.27 | 26.5 | 1 |
| Lynsey Askew | Australian Capital Territory | 6 | 6 | 41.5 | 3 | 153 | 10 | 4/24 | 15.30 | 25.1 | 1 |
| Charlotte Anneveld | Australian Capital Territory | 6 | 6 | 40.0 | 2 | 155 | 10 | 3/27 | 15.60 | 24.0 | 0 |