# 2004–05 Women's National Cricket League season

The 2004–05 Women's National Cricket League season was the ninth season of the Women's National Cricket League, the women's domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 30 October 2004 and finished on 13 February 2005. Victorian Spirit won the tournament for the second time after finishing second on the ladder at the conclusion of the group stage and beating defending champions New South Wales Breakers by two games to one in the finals series.

## Ladder

    As of 30 January 2005
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | New South Wales | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 0.728 |
| 2 | Victoria | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 0.643 |
| 3 | South Australia | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0.275 |
| 4 | Queensland | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | −0.091 |
| 5 | Western Australia | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.621 |
* Points system: 4 for a win, 2 each for a tie, no result or abandonment 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
### 1st final

* 11 February 2005 Scorecard
| New South Wales 3/200 (50 overs) | v | Victoria 179 (49.1 overs) |
| Shannon Cunneen 56 (87) Jane Franklin 1/31 (9 overs) | | Sarah Elliott 64 (118) Julie Hayes 4/31 (10 overs) |
* New South Wales won by 21 runs Bankstown Oval, Sydney Umpires: Tim Donahoo and Bill Hendricks
* Victoria won the toss and elected to field.

### 2nd final

* 12 February 2005 Scorecard
| New South Wales 71 (43.4 overs) | v | Victoria 5/72 (39.1 overs) |
| Sarah Andrews 19* (37) Clea Smith 4/10 (10 overs) | | Kelly Applebee 27* (100) Julie Hayes 2/18 (10 overs) |
* Victoria won by 5 wickets Bankstown Oval, Sydney Umpires: Tim Donahoo and Bill Hendricks
* New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd final

* 13 February 2005 Scorecard
| Victoria 6/159 (50 overs) | v | New South Wales 109 (43.4 overs) |
| Louise Broadfoot 29* (39) Lisa Sthalekar 2/26 (10 overs) | | Alex Blackwell 24 (52) Jane Franklin 3/25 (8.4 overs) |
* Victoria won by 50 runs Bankstown Oval, Sydney Umpires: Tim Donahoo and Bill Hendricks
* New South Wales won the toss and elected to field.
* Victoria won the 2004–05 Women's National Cricket League.

## Statistics
### Highest totals

| Team | Score | Against | Venue | Date |
| New South Wales | 2/285 | Western Australia | North Sydney Oval No 2 | 31 October 2004 |
| Victoria | 5/240 | Queensland | Harry Trott Oval, Melbourne | 21 November 2004 |
| Victoria | 7/236 | Western Australia | Settlers Hill, Baldivis | 13 November 2004 |
| South Australia | 4/226 | Western Australia | Adelaide Oval No 2 | 15 January 2005 |
| New South Wales | 5/220 | Western Australia | Raby Oval, Campbelltown | 30 October 2004 |

### Most runs

| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 |
| Belinda Clark | Victoria | 11 | 11 | 2 | 397 | 107* | 44.11 | 642 | 61.83 | 1 | 2 |
| Mel Jones | Victoria | 11 | 11 | 2 | 314 | 79* | 34.88 | 470 | 66.80 | 0 | 2 |
| Karen Rolton | South Australia | 7 | 6 | 1 | 298 | 125 | 59.60 | 416 | 71.63 | 1 | 2 |
| Shannon Cunneen | New South Wales | 11 | 11 | 0 | 293 | 56 | 26.63 | 588 | 49.82 | 0 | 2 |
| Sarah Elliott | Victoria | 11 | 11 | 0 | 281 | 90 | 25.54 | 540 | 52.03 | 0 | 2 |

### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | SR | 4WI |
| Julie Hayes | New South Wales | 11 | 11 | 105.5 | 19 | 315 | 19 | 4/30 | 16.57 | 33.4 | 2 |
| Karen Rolton | South Australia | 7 | 7 | 53.0 | 14 | 131 | 15 | 5/7 | 8.73 | 21.2 | 0 |
| Lisa Sthalekar | New South Wales | 11 | 11 | 99.0 | 19 | 303 | 14 | 4/32 | 21.64 | 42.4 | 1 |
| Clea Smith | Victoria | 11 | 11 | 87.3 | 16 | 248 | 13 | 4/10 | 19.07 | 40.3 | 1 |
| Kirsten Pike | Queensland | 7 | 7 | 70.0 | 11 | 211 | 12 | 3/36 | 17.58 | 35.0 | 0 |