2000–01 Women's National Cricket League season

Women's National Cricket League
2000–01 season

Dates	14 October 2000 – 27 January 2001
Administrator(s)	Cricket Australia
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)	Group stage and finals series
Champions	New South Wales (5th title)
Runners-up	Queensland
Participants	5
Matches	22
Player of the series	Karen Rolton
Most runs	Karen Rolton (492)
Most wickets	Emma Liddell (17)
Official website	cricket.com.au
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The 2000–01 Women's National Cricket League season was the fifth season of the Women's National Cricket League, the women's domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 14 October 2000 and finished on 27 January 2001. Defending champions New South Wales Breakers won the tournament for the fifth time after topping the ladder at the conclusion of the group stage and beating Queensland Fire by two games to zero in the finals series.^[1]

Ladder[]

As of 21 January 2001

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	New South Wales	8	7	1	0	0	42	0.623
2	Queensland	8	4	4	0	0	24	−0.382
3	South Australia	8	3	5	0	0	18	0.017
4	Western Australia	8	3	5	0	0	18	−0.113
5	Victoria	8	3	5	0	0	18	−0.147

Fixtures[]

1st final[]

26 January 2001 Scorecard

New South Wales  5/234 (50 overs)	v	Queensland 201 (48.3 overs)
Michelle Goszko 80 (101) Tricia Brown 2/57 (10 overs)		Sally Cooper 78* (60) Emma Liddell 4/33 (10 overs)

New South Wales won by 33 runs Bankstown Oval, Sydney Umpires: Ron Furtner and Bill Hendricks

• New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd final[]

27 January 2001 Scorecard

Queensland  137 (49.3 overs)	v	New South Wales 3/138 (34 overs)
Melissa Bulow 30 (63) Emma Liddell 3/25 (8 overs)		Belinda Clark 76* (87) Bronwyn Buckley 2/35 (9 overs)

New South Wales won by 7 wickets Bankstown Oval, Sydney Umpires: Ron Furtner and Colin Laden

• Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
• New South Wales won the 2000–01 Women's National Cricket League.

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