| Administrator: | New Zealand Cricket |
| Cricket Format: | 50 over |
| Fromdate: | 3 December 2011 |
| Todate: | 14 January 2012 |
| Tournament Format: | Round robin and final |
| Champions: | Auckland Hearts |
| Participants: | 6 |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Most Runs: | Frances Mackay (320) |
| Most Wickets: | Rachel Candy (12) |
| Previous Year: | 2010–11 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2010–11 Action Cricket Cup |
| Next Year: | 2012–13 |
| Next Tournament: | 2012–13 New Zealand Women's One-Day Competition |
The 2011–12 Action Cricket Cup was a 50-over women's cricket competition that took place in New Zealand. It ran from December 2011 to January 2012, with 6 provincial teams taking part. Auckland Hearts beat Canterbury Magicians in the final to win the competition.
The tournament ran alongside the 2011–12 Action Cricket Twenty20.
Teams played in a round-robin in a group of six, therefore playing 5 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 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canterbury Magicians | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0.998 | |
| Auckland Hearts | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0.796 | |
| Wellington Blaze | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0.580 | |
| Northern Spirit | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0.150 | |
| Otago Sparks | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.700 | |
| 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | –1.602 |
Source: ESPN Cricinfo[3]
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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frances Mackay | Canterbury Magicians | 6 | 6 | 320 | 80.00 | 93 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Amy Satterthwaite | Canterbury Magicians | 6 | 5 | 271 | 90.33 | 124 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Liz Perry | Wellington Blaze | 4 | 4 | 188 | 47.00 | 101 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Katey Martin | Otago Sparks | 5 | 5 | 168 | 33.60 | 90 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Stafanie Taylor | Auckland Hearts | 5 | 4 | 166 | 55.33 | 110 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| width=125 | Player | width=125 | Team | width=60 | Overs | width=60 | Wickets | width=60 | Average | width=60 | BBI | width=60 | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel Candy | Canterbury Magicians | 50.5 | 12 | 12.25 | 3/29 | 0 | |||||||
| Kelly Anderson | Canterbury Magicians | 48.1 | 11 | 17.09 | 4/41 | 0 | |||||||
| Erin Bermingham | Canterbury Magicians | 41.0 | 8 | 15.12 | 3/8 | 0 | |||||||
| Nicola Browne | Northern Spirit | 33.5 | 7 | 16.85 | 5/31 | 1 | |||||||
| Frances Mackay | Canterbury Magicians | 51.0 | 7 | 24.42 | 3/12 | 0 |