2016–17 Women's National Cricket League season explained

Women's National Cricket League 2016–17 season
Administrator:	Cricket Australia
Tournament Format:	Round-robin and final
Count:	18
Participants:	7
Matches:	22
Player Of The Series:	Meg Lanning
Most Runs:	Meg Lanning (359)
Most Wickets:	Molly Strano (13)
Previous Year:	2015–16
Previous Tournament:	2015–16 Women's National Cricket League season
Next Year:	2017–18
Next Tournament:	2017–18 Women's National Cricket League season
Website:	cricket.com.au

The 2016–17 Women's National Cricket League season was the 21st season of the Women's National Cricket League, the women's domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 13 October 2016 and finished on 3 December 2016. Defending champions South Australian Scorpions finished fourth. New South Wales Breakers won the tournament for the 18th time after finishing second on the ladder and beating Queensland Fire in the final.^{[1] [2]} Meg Lanning was named player of the tournament.^[3]

Fixtures

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Final

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Statistics

Highest totals

Team^[4]	Score	Against	Venue	Date
	3/377		Brisbane Cricket Ground	14 October 2016
	3/320		Bellerive Oval	29 October 2016
	3/318		Brisbane Cricket Ground	16 October 2016
	4/276		Woodville Oval, Adelaide	20 November 2016
	8/275		Woodville Oval, Adelaide	20 November 2016

Most runs

Player^[5]	Team
Meg Lanning		4	4	1	359	190	119.66	336	106.84	2	1
Beth Mooney		7	7	0	325	146	46.42	353	92.06	1	1
Alex Blackwell		5	5	2	318	113	106.00	365	87.12	1	2
Charlotte Edwards		6	6	0	312	104	52.00	394	79.18	2	1
Georgia Redmayne		6	6	1	295	116	59.00	376	78.45	2	0

Most wickets

Player^[6]	Team
Molly Strano		6	6	54.3	5	210	13	4/44	16.15	25.1	1
Amanda-Jade Wellington		6	6	58.0	5	229	13	3/30	17.61	26.7	0
Brooke Hepburn		6	6	54.0	1	310	13	5/39	23.84	24.9	1
Nicole Goodwin		6	6	48.5	7	171	12	3/12	14.25	24.4	0
Sarah Aley		7	7	58.3	4	225	11	3/31	20.45	31.9	0

References

Bibliography

• Web site: AAP. Lanning belts highest score in WNCL history. cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. 20 May 2018. 29 October 2016.
• Web site: AAP. Breakers qualify for 21st straight WNCL final. cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. 20 May 2018. 20 November 2016.
• Web site: Jolly. Laura. Scorpions, Breakers launch WNCL season. cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. 20 May 2018. 19 July 2016.
• Web site: Jolly. Laura. WNCL 2016-17: All the ins and outs. cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. 20 May 2018. 11 October 2016.
• Web site: Laura. Jolly. WNCL: All you need to know. cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. 12 October 2016. 12 May 2018.
• Web site: Jolly. Laura. Magic Mooney fires QLD to WNCL final. cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. 20 May 2018. 19 November 2016.
• Web site: Jolly. Laura. Lanning named WNCL Player of Tournament. cricket.com.au. cricket.com.au. 12 May 2018. 4 December 2016.
• Web site: Jolly. Laura. Molineux wins Betty Wilson Award. cricket.com.au. cricket.com.au. 30 May 2018. 28 January 2017.

External links

• WNCL 2016–17 on cricket.com.au
• Series home at ESPNcricinfo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Laura. Jolly. WNCL: All you need to know. Cricket Australia. 12 October 2016. 12 May 2018.
2. Web site: ESPNcricinfo staff. Farrell, Healy steer NSW to 18th National Cricket League title. ESPNcricinfo. 12 May 2018. 3 December 2016.
3. Web site: Jolly. Laura. Lanning named WNCL Player of Tournament. cricket.com.au. 12 May 2018. 4 December 2016.
4. Web site: Records / Women's National Cricket League, 2016/17 / Highest totals. ESPNcricinfo. 12 May 2018.
5. Web site: Records / Women's National Cricket League, 2016/17 / Most runs. ESPNcricinfo. 12 May 2018.
6. Web site: Records / Women's National Cricket League, 2016/17 / Most wickets. ESPNcricinfo. 12 May 2018.