# 2012–13 Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup

The 2012–13 Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup was the fourth 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 12 October 2012 and finished on 19 January 2013. Defending champions Victorian Spirit finished third. New South Wales Breakers won the tournament for the first time after finishing first in the group stage and beating Western Fury in the final.

## Ladder

    As of 7 January 2013
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | New South Wales | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2.120 |
| 2 | Western Australia | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | −0.148 |
| 3 | Victoria | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0.245 |
| 4 | Australian Capital Territory | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −0.042 |
| 5 | Queensland | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 9 | −0.253 |
| 6 | Tasmania | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.523 |
| 7 | South Australia | 12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −1.228 |
* Points system: 2 for a win, 1 each for a tie, no result or abandonment, 0 for a loss.

## Fixtures
### Final

* 19 January 2013 Scorecard
| Western Australia 5/126 (20 overs) | v | New South Wales 5/130 (19.2 overs) |
| Suzie Bates 41 (48) Sarah Coyte 2/18 (4 overs) | | Leah Poulton 41 (31) Suzie Bates 1/9 (2.2 overs) |
* New South Wales won by 5 wickets. WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Matthew Hall and Dean Trigg
* Western Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* New South Wales won the 2012–13 Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup.

## Statistics
### Highest totals

| Team | Score | Against | Venue | Date |
| New South Wales | 6/173 | Victoria | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 6 January 2013 |
| New South Wales | 4/166 | Australian Capital Territory | Blacktown Olympic Park Oval, Sydney | 19 October 2012 |
| Tasmania | 6/165 | Victoria | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | 22 December 2012 |
| Queensland | 4/154 | South Australia | Allan Border Field, Brisbane | 14 October 2012 |
| Victoria | 4/151 | Queensland | Allan Border Field, Brisbane | 7 December 2012 |

### Most runs

| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 |
| Alex Blackwell | New South Wales | 13 | 11 | 4 | 377 | 58* | 53.85 | 321 | 117.44 | 0 | 3 |
| Leah Poulton | New South Wales | 13 | 13 | 3 | 359 | 52* | 35.90 | 332 | 108.13 | 0 | 1 |
| Jenny Wallace | Western Australia | 13 | 13 | 1 | 315 | 55 | 26.25 | 345 | 91.30 | 0 | 1 |
| Jodie Fields | Queensland | 12 | 11 | 3 | 313 | 54* | 39.12 | 302 | 103.64 | 0 | 2 |
| Alyssa Healy | New South Wales | 13 | 13 | 1 | 306 | 62 | 25.50 | 262 | 116.79 | 0 | 4 |

### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Overs | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4WI |
| Lisa Sthalekar | New South Wales | 12 | 12 | 43.4 | 205 | 16 | 4/25 | 12.81 | 4.69 | 16.3 | 1 |
| Lauren Ebsary | South Australia | 12 | 12 | 32.3 | 242 | 16 | 5/19 | 15.12 | 7.44 | 12.1 | 0 |
| Molly Strano | Victoria | 12 | 11 | 37.0 | 221 | 15 | 4/15 | 14.73 | 5.97 | 14.8 | 1 |
| Sarah Coyte | New South Wales | 8 | 7 | 26.0 | 159 | 14 | 3/7 | 11.35 | 6.11 | 11.1 | 0 |
| Briana Binch | Victoria | 11 | 10 | 36.0 | 208 | 14 | 3/8 | 14.85 | 5.77 | 15.4 | 0 |