| Administrator: | New Zealand Cricket |
| Cricket Format: | 50 over |
| Fromdate: | 8 December 2007 |
| Todate: | 9 February 2008 |
| Tournament Format: | Round robin and final |
| Champions: | Canterbury Magicians |
| Participants: | 6 |
| Matches: | 31 |
| Most Runs: | Megan Wakefield (411) |
| Most Wickets: | Sophie Devine (18) |
| Previous Year: | 2006–07 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2006–07 State League |
| Next Year: | 2008–09 |
| Next Tournament: | 2008–09 State League |
The 2007–08 State League was a 50-over women's cricket competition that took place in New Zealand. It ran from December 2007 to February 2008, with 6 provincial teams taking part. Canterbury Magicians beat Central Hinds in the final to win the competition, their second State League title in two seasons.
The tournament ran alongside the 2007–08 State League Twenty20.
Teams played in a double round-robin in a group of six, therefore playing 10 matches overall. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side. The top two in the group advanced to the final.[1] [2]
The group worked on a points system with positions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:
Win: 4 points
Tie
2 points
Loss: 0 points.
Abandoned/No Result: 2 points.
Bonus Point: 1 point awarded for run rate in a match being 1.25x that of opponent.
| Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Hinds | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 1.062 | |
| Canterbury Magicians | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 0.922 | |
| Auckland Hearts | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 0.033 | |
| Otago Sparks | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 23 | –0.245 | |
| Wellington Blaze | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | –0.883 | |
| Northern Spirit | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | –0.890 |
Source: CricketArchive[1]
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| width=125 | Player | width=125 | Team | width=60 | Matches | width=60 | Innings | width=60 | Runs | width=60 | Average | width=60 | width=60 | 100s | width=60 | 50s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megan Wakefield | Wellington Blaze | 10 | 10 | 411 | 45.66 | 85 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| Ingrid Cronin-Knight | Auckland Hearts | 9 | 9 | 372 | 62.00 | 83 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Sara McGlashan | Central Hinds | 10 | 10 | 371 | 53.00 | 78 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Aimee Watkins | Central Hinds | 10 | 10 | 368 | 52.57 | 94 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Nicola Browne | Northern Spirit | 10 | 9 | 359 | 51.28 | 84 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| width=125 | Player | width=125 | Team | width=60 | Overs | width=60 | Wickets | width=60 | Average | width=60 | BBI | width=60 | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophie Devine | Canterbury Magicians | 80.0 | 18 | 13.22 | 5/33 | 1 | |||||||
| Rachel Candy | Central Hinds | 82.0 | 17 | 15.64 | 5/24 | 1 | |||||||
| Aimee Watkins | Central Hinds | 77.5 | 17 | 15.70 | 4/33 | 0 | |||||||
| Prashilla Mistry | Auckland Hearts | 80.2 | 16 | 17.56 | 5/23 | 1 | |||||||
| Amanda Cooper | Wellington Blaze | 79.2 | 16 | 22.81 | 4/42 | 0 |