| Administrator: | New Zealand Cricket |
| Cricket Format: | Twenty20 |
| Fromdate: | 27 November 2015 |
| Todate: | 14 February 2016 |
| Tournament Format: | Round robin and final |
| Champions: | Canterbury Magicians |
| Count: | 4 |
| Participants: | 6 |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Most Runs: | Frances Mackay (190) |
| Most Wickets: | Deanna Doughty (7) Frances Mackay (7) Anna Peterson (7) Amy Satterthwaite (7) Lea Tahuhu (7) |
| Previous Year: | 2014–15 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2014–15 New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition |
| Next Year: | 2016–17 |
| Next Tournament: | 2016–17 New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition |
The 2015–16 New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition was the ninth season of the women's Twenty20 cricket competition played in New Zealand. It ran from November 2015 to February 2016, with 6 provincial teams taking part. Canterbury Magicians beat Central Hinds in the final to win the tournament, their fourth Twenty20 title.
The tournament ran alongside the 2015–16 New Zealand Women's One-Day Competition.
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1.051 | ||
| Central Hinds | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | –0.061 | |
| Wellington Blaze | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | –0.071 | |
| Otago Sparks | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | –0.127 | |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | –1.273 | ||
| Auckland Hearts | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.207 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frances Mackay | Canterbury Magicians | 5 | 5 | 190 | 63.33 | 64 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Kate Ebrahim | Central Hinds | 6 | 6 | 181 | 45.25 | 73 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Sophie Devine | Wellington Blaze | 4 | 3 | 166 | 83.00 | 106 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Michelle Mitchell | Central Hinds | 6 | 6 | 150 | 30.00 | 67 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Suzie Bates | Otago Sparks | 5 | 5 | 146 | 29.20 | 52 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| width=125 | Player | width=125 | Team | width=60 | Overs | width=60 | Wickets | width=60 | Average | width=60 | BBI | width=60 | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deanna Doughty | Wellington Blaze | 19.0 | 7 | 10.85 | 3/11 | 0 | |||||||
| Frances Mackay | Canterbury Magicians | 20.0 | 7 | 13.85 | 2/18 | 0 | |||||||
| Anna Peterson | Auckland Hearts | 12.2 | 7 | 14.14 | 4/11 | 0 | |||||||
| Amy Satterthwaite | Canterbury Magicians | 17.0 | 7 | 15.00 | 3/11 | 0 | |||||||
| Lea Tahuhu | Canterbury Magicians | 19.3 | 7 | 15.42 | 3/15 | 0 | |||||||