The Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) is the national competition for women's cricket in Australia.
The league competition involves the six member teams playing each other in two 50-over limited-over matches, with the side finishing at the top of the table after the preliminary rounds earning the right to host the best-of-three finals series. The winner of the finals series wins the Ruth Preddey Cup. From 2007-08 onwards the finals series as reduced to a single match as Twenty20 matches were introduced.
The first WNCL took place in 1996-97, replacing the Australian Women's Cricket Championships which had taken place in a two-week tournament format since 1930-31. The Ruth Preddey Cup was introduced to those championships in 1972-73. The competition was expanded to include ACT in the 2009-10 season and Tasmania in the 2010-11 season.
In the 2008-09 season, the Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup was introduced for Australian domestic women's teams. The competition was expanded to include ACT and Tasmania in the 2009-10 season.
The Australian Capital Territory participates in the Women's National Cricket League despite not being members of the national association.
Video Women's National Cricket League
Teams
a Each team has used several venues to host matches. For a full list, see list of cricket grounds in Australia.
Competition placings
Finals
Records
Maps Women's National Cricket League
See also
- Women's Big Bash League
- Women's cricket in Australia
- Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup
References
External links
- WNCL 2017-18 at Cricket Australia
- WNCL web page with squad lists, results and records (archived January 2012)
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