2014–15 Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup

The 2014–15 Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup was the sixth and last formal season of the Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup, which was the premier domestic women's Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia prior to the inception of the Women's Big Bash League in 2015. The tournament started on 10 October 2014 and finished on 28 January 2015. The defending champions were Queensland Fire, who finished third. New South Wales Breakers won the tournament for the second time after finishing first in the group stage and beating Victorian Spirit in the final.[1]

2014–15 Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup
Dates10 October 201428 January 2015
Administrator(s)Cricket Australia
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and final
Champions New South Wales (2nd title)
Runners-up Victoria
Participants7
Matches43
Player of the seriesTasmania Heather Knight
Most runsNew South Wales Alex Blackwell (451)
Most wicketsVictoria (state) Molly Strano (22)
Official websitecricket.com.au

Ladder

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As of 12 January 2015
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1   New South Wales 12 9 2 0 1 19 1.397
2   Victoria 12 9 3 0 0 18 1.219
3   Queensland 12 9 3 0 0 18 0.487
4   Tasmania 12 6 6 0 0 12 −0.569
5   South Australia 12 5 6 0 1 11 −0.247
6   Western Australia 12 2 10 0 0 4 −0.573
7   Australian Capital Territory 12 1 11 0 0 2 −1.449
Updated to match(es) played on 12 January 2015. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: The top two ranked teams qualified for the final.
  • Points system: 2 for a win, 1 each for a tie, no result or abandonment, 0 for a loss.

Fixtures

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Final

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28 January 2015
Scorecard
New South Wales  
3/175 (20 overs)
v
  Victoria
8/124 (20 overs)
Alex Blackwell 72 (43)
Molly Strano 2/35 (4 overs)
Meg Lanning 72 (42)
Erin Osborne 5/27 (4 overs)
New South Wales won by 51 runs
Manuka Oval, Canberra
Umpires: Gerard Abood and Ashley Barrow
Player of the match: Alex Blackwell
  • New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
  • New South Wales won the 2014–15 Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup.

Statistics

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Highest totals

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Team[3] Score Against Venue Date
  Queensland 8/179   Australian Capital Territory Manuka Oval, Canberra 21 December 2014
  New South Wales 2/177   Western Australia Blacktown Olympic Park Oval, Sydney 12 December 2014
  Australian Capital Territory 4/176   Queensland Manuka Oval, Canberra 21 December 2014
  New South Wales 3/175   Victoria Manuka Oval, Canberra 28 January 2015
  Tasmania 2/167   Australian Capital Territory Bellerive Oval, Hobart 10 January 2015

Most runs

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Player[4] Team Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50
Alex Blackwell   New South Wales 12 12 7 451 72 90.20 387 116.53 0 3
Meg Lanning   Victoria 13 13 4 445 82 49.44 337 132.04 0 4
Heather Knight   Tasmania 10 10 3 419 72* 59.85 373 112.33 0 5
Charlotte Edwards   Western Australia 12 12 2 413 66* 41.30 375 110.13 0 3
Elyse Villani   Victoria 13 13 4 372 79* 41.33 349 106.59 0 4

Most wickets

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Player[5] Team Mat Inns Overs Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 4WI
Molly Strano   Victoria 13 13 46.0 277 22 4/15 12.59 6.02 12.5 2
Jemma Barsby   Queensland 12 12 41.0 250 19 4/9 13.15 6.09 12.9 1
Sarah Aley   New South Wales 12 12 36.5 224 14 2/15 16.00 6.08 15.7 0
Erin Osborne   New South Wales 11 11 38.0 197 13 5/27 15.15 5.18 17.5 0
Amanda-Jade Wellington   South Australia 11 11 34.0 212 13 3/21 16.30 6.23 15.6 0

References

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  1. ^ "Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup 2014/15". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup 2014/15 Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Records / Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup, 2014/15 / Highest totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Records / Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup, 2014/15 / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Records / Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup, 2014/15 / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
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