| Administrator: | New Zealand Cricket |
| Cricket Format: | Twenty20 |
| Fromdate: | 2 December 2011 |
| Todate: | 15 January 2012 |
| Tournament Format: | Round robin and final |
| Champions: | Canterbury Magicians |
| Count: | 3 |
| Participants: | 6 |
| Matches: | 31 |
| Most Runs: | Sarah Taylor (306) |
| Most Wickets: | Paula Gruber (11) Rachel Candy (11) |
| Previous Year: | 2010–11 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2010–11 Action Cricket Twenty20 |
| Next Year: | 2012–13 |
| Next Tournament: | 2012–13 New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition |
The 2011–12 Action Cricket Twenty20 was the fifth season of the women's Twenty20 cricket competition played in New Zealand. It ran from December 2011 to January 2012, with 6 provincial teams taking part. Canterbury Magicians beat Auckland Hearts in the final to win the tournament, their third Twenty20 title and second in two seasons.
The tournament ran alongside the 2011–12 Action Cricket Cup.
Teams played in a double round-robin in a group of six, playing 10 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 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 0.932 | |
| Auckland Hearts | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0.903 | |
| Wellington Blaze | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0.000 | |
| Northern Spirit | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | –0.254 | |
| Central Hinds | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | –0.513 | |
| Otago Sparks | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.797 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Taylor | Wellington Blaze | 10 | 9 | 306 | 61.20 | 63 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Stafanie Taylor | Auckland Hearts | 9 | 8 | 291 | 48.50 | 86 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| Frances Mackay | Canterbury Magicians | 10 | 10 | 288 | 41.14 | 62 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Rachel Priest | Central Hinds | 10 | 9 | 283 | 35.37 | 106 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Katey Martin | Otago Sparks | 10 | 10 | 276 | 27.60 | 45 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| width=125 | Player | width=125 | Team | width=60 | Overs | width=60 | Wickets | width=60 | Average | width=60 | BBI | width=60 | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paula Gruber | Auckland Hearts | 32.0 | 11 | 15.00 | 3/9 | 0 | |||||||
| Rachel Candy | Canterbury Magicians | 37.0 | 11 | 16.36 | 2/10 | 0 | |||||||
| Kelly Anderson | Canterbury Magicians | 32.0 | 10 | 16.00 | 3/20 | 0 | |||||||
| Eimear Richardson | Central Hinds | 25.0 | 9 | 15.33 | 3/21 | 0 | |||||||
| Kate Ebrahim | Central Hinds | 33.1 | 9 | 16.55 | 3/8 | 0 | |||||||