| Administrator: | New Zealand Cricket |
| Cricket Format: | Twenty20 |
| Fromdate: | 5 December 2008 |
| Todate: | 25 January 2009 |
| Tournament Format: | Round robin and final |
| Champions: | Wellington Blaze |
| Count: | 1 |
| Participants: | 6 |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Most Runs: | Lucy Doolan (212) |
| Most Wickets: | Amanda Cooper (9) |
| Previous Year: | 2007–08 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2007–08 State League Twenty20 |
| Next Year: | 2009–10 |
| Next Tournament: | 2009–10 New Zealand Cricket Women's Twenty20 |
The 2008–09 State League Twenty20 was the second season of the women's Twenty20 cricket competition played in New Zealand. It ran from December 2008 to January 2009, with 6 provincial teams taking part. Wellington Blaze beat Canterbury Magicians in the final to win the tournament, their first Twenty20 title.
The tournament ran alongside the 2008–09 State League.
Teams played in a round-robin in a group of six, playing 5 matches overall. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format. The top two in the group advanced to the final.[1]
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.
| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canterbury Magicians | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.926 | |
| Wellington Blaze | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1.888 | |
| Central Hinds | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0.276 | |
| Auckland Hearts | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | –0.642 | |
| Northern Spirit | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | –1.028 | |
| Otago Sparks | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | –1.593 |
Source: ESPN Cricinfo[2]
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| width=175 | Player | width=125 | Team | width=60 | Matches | width=60 | Innings | width=60 | Runs | width=60 | Average | width=60 | width=60 | 100s | width=60 | 50s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy Doolan | Wellington Blaze | 5 | 5 | 212 | 53.00 | 63 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Kate Pulford | Northern Spirit | 4 | 4 | 193 | 64.33 | 83 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Maria Fahey | Canterbury Magicians | 5 | 5 | 167 | 41.75 | 52 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Sophie Devine | Wellington Blaze | 5 | 5 | 149 | 29.80 | 51 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Suzie Bates | Otago Sparks | 4 | 4 | 134 | 44.66 | 70 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| width=125 | Player | width=125 | Team | width=60 | Overs | width=60 | Wickets | width=60 | Average | width=60 | BBI | width=60 | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amanda Cooper | Wellington Blaze | 14.4 | 9 | 10.11 | 3/0 | 0 | |||||||
| Lucy Doolan | Wellington Blaze | 18.0 | 8 | 12.87 | 3/12 | 0 | |||||||
| Sarah Burke | Canterbury Magicians | 23.0 | 8 | 14.37 | 3/23 | 0 | |||||||
| Amy Satterthwaite | Canterbury Magicians | 20.0 | 7 | 12.42 | 2/14 | 0 | |||||||
| Kelly Winkley | Central Hinds | 9.0 | 6 | 8.16 | 4/10 | 0 | |||||||