# 2014–15 Women's National Cricket League season

The 2014–15 Women's National Cricket League season was the 19th season of the Women's National Cricket League, the women's domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 11 October 2014 and finished on 25 January 2015. For the second (after 2012–13) and last time, the tournament included semi-finals, with the top four teams on the ladder advancing. New South Wales Breakers won the tournament for the 17th time after finishing only fourth on the ladder and beating South Australian Scorpions in the final. Jess Jonassen was named player of the series in recognition of her fine early season performance, before she was sidelined for the second half of the season by a knee injury.

## Ladder

    As of 11 January 2015
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Victoria | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 1.585 |
| 2 | Queensland | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 1.119 |
| 3 | South Australia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | −0.391 |
| 4 | New South Wales | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0.335 |
| 5 | Australian Capital Territory | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | −0.297 |
| 6 | Tasmania | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −1.001 |
| 7 | Western Australia | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −1.303 |
* 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 11 October 2014 Scorecard
| Australian Capital Territory | v | New South Wales (H) |
* Blacktown Olympic Park Oval, Sydney
* Match 2 11 October 2014 Scorecard
| (H) Victoria | v | South Australia |
* Junction Oval, Melbourne
* Match 3 11 October 2014 Scorecard
| (H) Western Australia | v | Queensland |
* Murdoch University Ground, Perth
* Match 4 25 October 2014 Scorecard
| Victoria | v | Australian Capital Territory (H) |
* Manuka Oval, Canberra
* Match 5 25 October 2014 Scorecard
| (H) Queensland | v | New South Wales |
* Allan Border Field, Brisbane
* Match 6 25 October 2014 Scorecard
| (H) Western Australia | v | Tasmania |
* WACA Ground, Perth
* Match 7 29 November 2014 Scorecard
| Queensland | v | Tasmania (H) |
* Aurora Stadium, Launceston
* Match 8 29 November 2014 Scorecard
| (H) Victoria | v | Western Australia |
* Junction Oval, Melbourne
* Match 9 29 November 2014 Scorecard
| (H) South Australia | v | Australian Capital Territory |
* Adelaide Oval No 2, Adelaide
* Match 10 13 December 2014 Scorecard
| Victoria | v | Tasmania (H) |
* Bellerive Oval, Hobart
* Match 11 13 December 2014 Scorecard
| (H) New South Wales | v | Western Australia |
* Blacktown Olympic Park Oval, Sydney
* Match 12 13 December 2014 Scorecard
| South Australia | v | Queensland (H) |
* Allan Border Field, Brisbane
* Match 13 20 December 2014 Scorecard
| (H) Australian Capital Territory | v | Queensland |
* Manuka Oval, Canberra
* Match 14 20 December 2014 Scorecard
| Tasmania | v | New South Wales (H) |
* Manly Oval, Sydney
* Match 15 21 December 2014 Scorecard
| South Australia | v | Western Australia (H) |
* Murdoch University Ground, Perth
* Match 16 1 January 2015 Scorecard
| Tasmania | v | South Australia (H) |
* Adelaide Oval No 2, Adelaide
* Match 17 3 January 2015 Scorecard
| Western Australia | v | Australian Capital Territory (H) |
* Manuka Oval, Canberra
* Match 18 4 January 2015 Scorecard
| New South Wales | v | Victoria (H) |
* Junction Oval, Melbourne
* Match 19 9 January 2015 Scorecard
| Australian Capital Territory | v | Tasmania (H) |
* Bellerive Oval, Hobart
* Match 20 10 January 2015 Scorecard
| Victoria | v | Queensland (H) |
* Allan Border Field, Brisbane
* Match 21 11 January 2015 Scorecard
| New South Wales | v | South Australia (H) |
* Adelaide Oval No 2, Adelaide

### Knockout phase
#### Overview

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Victoria | 175 | | | |
| 4 | New South Wales | 3/179 | | | |
| 4 | New South Wales | 3/179 | 4 | New South Wales | 4/279 |
| | | | 3 | South Australia | 135 |
| 2 | Queensland | 90 | 3 | South Australia | 135 |
| 3 | South Australia | 7/91 | | | |

#### Semi-final 1

* 23 January 2015 Scorecard
| Victoria 175 (49.2 overs) | v | New South Wales 3/179 (46.3 overs) |
| Meg Lanning 41 (76) Sarah Coyte 3/33 (9.2 overs) | | Alex Blackwell 73 (121) Emma Kearney 1/14 (10 overs) |
* New South Wales won by 7 wickets (with 21 balls remaining) Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney Umpires: Greg Davidson and Phillip Gillespie Player of the match: Ellyse Perry (New South Wales)
* Victoria won the toss and elected to bat
* New South Wales qualified for the final

#### Semi-final 2

* 23 January 2015 Scorecard
| Queensland 90 (28.4 overs) | v | South Australia 7/91 (30 overs) |
| Jodie Fields 29 (61) Megan Schutt 4/20 (8.2 overs) | | Sarah Taylor 21* (50) Holly Ferling 2/15 (5 overs) |
* South Australia won by 3 wickets (with 120 balls remaining) Bankstown Oval, Sydney Umpires: Damien Mealey and Tony Wilds Player of the match: Megan Schutt (South Australia)
* Queensland won the toss and elected to bat
* South Australia qualified for the final

#### Final

* 25 January 2015 Scorecard
| New South Wales 4/279 (50 overs) | v | South Australia 135 (44.5 overs) |
| Rachael Haynes 79 (89) Samantha Betts 2/44 (7 overs) | | Bridget Patterson 26 (58) Erin Osborne 3/33 (7.5 overs) |
* New South Wales won by 144 runs Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney Umpires: Damien Mealey and Greg Davidson Player of the match: Rachael Haynes (New South Wales)
* South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
* New South Wales won the 2014–15 Women's National Cricket League.

## Statistics
### Highest totals

| Team | Score | Against | Venue | Date |
| Victoria | 2/357 | Tasmania | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | 13 December 2014 |
| Victoria | 3/299 | South Australia | Junction Oval, Melbourne | 11 October 2014 |
| New South Wales | 4/299 | Western Australia | Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney | 13 December 2014 |
| New South Wales | 4/279 | South Australia | Blacktown International Sportspark, Sydney | 25 January 2015 |
| Victoria | 7/262 | Western Australia | Junction Oval, Melbourne | 29 November 2014 |

### Most runs

| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 |
| Meg Lanning | Victoria | 7 | 7 | 0 | 440 | 125 | 62.85 | 494 | 89.06 | 2 | 2 |
| Nicole Bolton | Victoria | 7 | 7 | 2 | 400 | 170* | 80.00 | 522 | 76.62 | 2 | 0 |
| Alex Blackwell | New South Wales | 8 | 8 | 1 | 371 | 81 | 53.00 | 511 | 72.60 | 0 | 3 |
| Alyssa Healy | New South Wales | 8 | 8 | 0 | 335 | 146 | 41.87 | 404 | 82.92 | 1 | 1 |
| Rachael Haynes | New South Wales | 7 | 7 | 0 | 327 | 115 | 46.71 | 358 | 91.34 | 1 | 2 |

### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | SR | 4WI |
| Amanda-Jade Wellington | South Australia | 8 | 8 | 62.0 | 5 | 300 | 12 | 6/25 | 25.00 | 31.0 | 1 |
| Jess Jonassen | Queensland | 5 | 5 | 49.4 | 6 | 147 | 11 | 4/19 | 13.36 | 27.0 | 1 |
| Alex Price | South Australia | 8 | 8 | 60.3 | 8 | 226 | 11 | 3/37 | 20.54 | 33.0 | 0 |
| Grace Harris | Queensland | 7 | 7 | 35.3 | 3 | 158 | 10 | 4/20 | 15.80 | 21.3 | 1 |
| Megan Schutt | South Australia | 7 | 7 | 55.4 | 5 | 180 | 10 | 4/20 | 18.00 | 33.4 | 1 |