2002–03 Women's National Cricket League season

Women's National Cricket League
2002–03 season

Dates	9 November 2002 – 18 January 2003
Administrator(s)	Cricket Australia
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)	Group stage and finals series
Champions	Victoria (1st title)
Runners-up	New South Wales
Participants	5
Matches	22
Player of the series	Karen Rolton
Most runs	Karen Rolton (468)
Most wickets	Cathryn Fitzpatrick (17)
Official website	cricket.com.au

The 2002–03 Women's National Cricket League season was the seventh season of the Women's National Cricket League, the women's domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 9 November 2002 and finished on 18 January 2003. Victorian Spirit won the tournament for the first time after topping the ladder at the conclusion of the group stage and beating New South Wales Breakers by two games to zero in the finals series, ending the Breakers' six-tournament winning streak.

Ladder

As of 12 January 2003

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
1	Victoria	8	6	2	0	0	4	40	0.615
2	New South Wales	8	6	2	0	0	0	36	0.210
3	South Australia	8	5	3	0	0	4	34	0.713
4	Queensland	8	3	5	0	0	1	19	−0.344
5	Western Australia	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	−1.275

Updated to match(es) played on 12 January 2003. Source:
Rules for classification: The top two ranked teams qualified for the finals series.

• Points system: 6 for a win, 3 each for a tie or a no result, 0 for a loss, 1 each for an abandoned match.

Fixtures

1st final

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17 January 2003 Scorecard

New South Wales 6/200 (50 overs)	v	Victoria 7/203 (50 overs)
Lisa Keightley 94* (156) Cathryn Fitzpatrick 3/31 (10 overs)		Belinda Clark 83 (137) Emma Liddell 1/23 (10 overs)

Victoria won by 3 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground Umpires: Bob Parry and John Ward

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

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2nd final

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18 January 2003 Scorecard

Victoria 181 (50 overs)	v	New South Wales 141 (47.3 overs)
Belinda Clark 63 (107) Julie Hayes 3/23 (10 overs)		Lisa Sthalekar 45 (61) Megan Pauwels 2/20 (4 overs)

Victoria won by 40 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground Umpires: Bob Parry and John Ward

• Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.
• Victoria won the 2002–03 Women's National Cricket League.

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