2017–18 New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition

Cricket tournament

2017–18 New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition
Dates	24 November 2017 – 11 February 2018
Administrator(s)	New Zealand Cricket
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round robin
Champions	Wellington Blaze (4th title)
Participants	6
Matches	30
Most runs	Bernadine Bezuidenhout (280)
Most wickets	Lucy Doolan (16) Anna Peterson (16)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition was the eleventh season of the women's Twenty20 cricket competition played in New Zealand. It ran from November 2017 to February 2018, with 6 provincial teams taking part. Wellington Blaze topped the group with 7 wins to win their 4th Twenty20 title.

The tournament ran alongside the 2017–18 Hallyburton Johnstone Shield.

Competition format

Teams played in a double round-robin in a group of six, therefore playing 10 matches overall. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format. The team that topped the group were named the Champions.^[1]^[2]

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.

Points table

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Wellington Blaze (C)	10	7	2	1	30	1.324
Auckland Hearts	10	6	3	1	26	0.855
Canterbury Magicians	10	5	3	2	24	0.525
Central Hinds	10	3	6	1	14	–0.948
Northern Spirit	10	3	6	1	14	–1.341
Otago Sparks	10	2	6	2	12	–0.434

Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[1]

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	50s
Bernadine Bezuidenhout	Northern Spirit	9	9	280	35.00	65	2
Natalie Dodd	Northern Spirit	9	9	257	36.71	55*	1
Maddy Green	Auckland Hearts	9	9	251	35.85	56*	2
Jess Watkin	Central Hinds	9	9	248	27.55	66	2
Amy Satterthwaite	Canterbury Magicians	7	7	218	36.33	63*	2

Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[3]

Most wickets

Player	Team	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI
Lucy Doolan	Wellington Blaze	30.2	16	10.00	4/10
Anna Peterson	Auckland Hearts	33.1	16	11.00	4/17
Bella Armstrong	Auckland Hearts	30.0	14	10.85	3/20
Deanna Doughty	Wellington Blaze	33.0	13	12.92	3/13
Holly Huddleston	Auckland Hearts	35.1	12	14.25	3/15

Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "New Zealand Cricket Women's Twenty20 2017/18". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^ "New Zealand Women's Twenty20 Competition 2017–18 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^ "Records/New Zealand Cricket Women's Twenty20, 2017/18/Most Runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^ "Records/New Zealand Cricket Women's Twenty20 Competition, 2017/18/Most Wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

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