2004–05 Women's National Cricket League season explained

Women's National Cricket League 2004–05 season
Administrator:	Cricket Australia
Tournament Format:	Group stage and finals series
Count:	2
Participants:	5
Matches:	23
Player Of The Series:	Karen Rolton
Most Runs:	Belinda Clark (397)
Most Wickets:	Julie Hayes (19)
Previous Year:	2003–04
Previous Tournament:	2003–04 Women's National Cricket League season
Next Year:	2005–06
Next Tournament:	2005–06 Women's National Cricket League season
Website:	cricket.com.au

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.^{[1] [2]}

Fixtures

1st final

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2nd final

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3rd final

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Statistics

Highest totals

Team^[3]	Score	Against	Venue	Date
	2/285		North Sydney Oval No 2	31 October 2004
	5/240		Harry Trott Oval, Melbourne	21 November 2004
	7/236		Settlers Hill, Baldivis	13 November 2004
	4/226		Adelaide Oval No 2	15 January 2005
	5/220		Raby Oval, Campbelltown	30 October 2004

Most runs

Player^[4]	Team
Belinda Clark		11	11	2	397	107	44.11	642	61.83	1	2
Mel Jones		11	11	2	314	79	34.88	470	66.80	0	2
Karen Rolton		7	6	1	298	125	59.60	416	71.63	1	2
Shannon Cunneen		11	11	0	293	56	26.63	588	49.82	0	2
Sarah Elliott		11	11	0	281	90	25.54	540	52.03	0	2

Most wickets

Player^[5]	Team
Julie Hayes		11	11	105.5	19	315	19	4/30	16.57	33.4	2
Karen Rolton		7	7	53.0	14	131	15	5/7	8.73	21.2	0
Lisa Sthalekar		11	11	99.0	19	303	14	4/32	21.64	42.4	1
Clea Smith		11	11	87.3	16	248	13	4/10	19.07	40.3	1
Kirsten Pike		7	7	70.0	11	211	12	3/36	17.58	35.0	0

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Women's National Cricket League 2004/05 Results . . 8 July 2018.
2. Web site: Women's National Cricket League 2004/05 Table . . 8 July 2018.
3. Web site: Records / Women's National Cricket League, 2004/05 / Highest totals. ESPNcricinfo. 30 November 2021.
4. Web site: Records / Women's National Cricket League, 2004/05 / Most runs. ESPNcricinfo. 30 November 2021.
5. Web site: Records / Women's National Cricket League, 2004/05 / Most wickets. ESPNcricinfo. 30 November 2021.