Women's National Cricket League
2002–03 season
Dates9 November 2002 – 18 January 2003
Administrator(s)Cricket Australia
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)Group stage and finals series
Champions Victoria (1st title)
Runners-up New South Wales
Participants5
Matches22
Player of the seriesSouth Australia Karen Rolton
Most runsSouth Australia Karen Rolton (468)
Most wicketsVictoria (state) Cathryn Fitzpatrick (17)
Official websitecricket.com.au

The 2002–03 Women's National Cricket League season was the seventh season of the Women's National Cricket League, the women's domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 9 November 2002 and finished on 18 January 2003. Victorian Spirit won the tournament for the first time after topping the ladder at the conclusion of the group stage and beating New South Wales Breakers by two games to zero in the finals series, ending the Breakers' six-tournament winning streak.[1]

Ladder

As of 12 January 2003
Pos Team Pld W L T NR BP Pts NRR
1  Victoria 8 6 2 0 0 4 40 0.615
2  New South Wales 8 6 2 0 0 0 36 0.210
3  South Australia 8 5 3 0 0 4 34 0.713
4  Queensland 8 3 5 0 0 1 19 −0.344
5  Western Australia 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 −1.275
Updated to match(es) played on 12 January 2003. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: The top two ranked teams qualified for the finals series.
  • Points system: 6 for a win, 3 each for a tie or a no result, 0 for a loss, 1 each for an abandoned match.

Fixtures

1st final

17 January 2003
Scorecard
New South Wales 
6/200 (50 overs)
v
 Victoria
7/203 (50 overs)
Lisa Keightley 94* (156)
Cathryn Fitzpatrick 3/31 (10 overs)
Belinda Clark 83 (137)
Emma Liddell 1/23 (10 overs)
Victoria won by 3 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Umpires: Bob Parry and John Ward
  • New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd final

18 January 2003
Scorecard
Victoria 
181 (50 overs)
v
 New South Wales
141 (47.3 overs)
Belinda Clark 63 (107)
Julie Hayes 3/23 (10 overs)
Lisa Sthalekar 45 (61)
Megan Pauwels 2/20 (4 overs)
Victoria won by 40 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Umpires: Bob Parry and John Ward
  • Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Victoria won the 2002–03 Women's National Cricket League.

References

  1. ↑ "Women's National Cricket League 2002/03". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Women's National Cricket League 2002/03 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
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