1998–99 Women's National Cricket League season

The 1998–99 Women's National Cricket League season was the third season of the Women's National Cricket League, the women's domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 14 November 1998 and finished on 9 January 1999. Defending champions New South Wales Breakers won the tournament for the third time after topping the ladder at the conclusion of the group stage and beating Victorian Spirit by two games to zero in the finals series.^[1]

Women's National Cricket League
1998–99 season

Dates	14 November 1998 – 9 January 1999
Administrator(s)	Cricket Australia
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (50 overs)
Tournament format(s)	Group stage and finals series
Champions	New South Wales (3rd title)
Runners-up	Victoria
Participants	5
Matches	22
Player of the series	Belinda Clark
Most runs	Karen Rolton (435)
Most wickets	Cathryn Fitzpatrick (14)
Official website	cricket.com.au
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Ladder

As of 3 January 1999

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	New South Wales	8	5	1	0	2	36	0.999
2	Victoria	8	6	2	0	0	36	0.745
3	South Australia	8	4	4	0	0	24	0.374
4	Queensland	8	3	3	0	2	24	0.219
5	Western Australia	8	0	8	0	0	0	−2.058

Updated to match(es) played on 3 January 1999. Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: The top two ranked teams qualified for the finals series.

• Points system: 6 for a win, 3 each for a tie, no result or abandonment, 0 for a loss.

Fixtures

1st final

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8 January 1999 Scorecard

New South Wales  6/153 (50 overs)	v	Victoria 146 (48.2 overs)
Lisa Keightley 57 (117) Charmaine Mason 2/28 (10 overs)		Julie Savage 36 (56) Terry McGregor 2/9 (10 overs)

New South Wales won by 7 runs Princes Park, Melbourne

• Victoria won the toss and elected to field.

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2nd final

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9 January 1999 Scorecard

New South Wales  114 (45 overs)	v	Victoria 113 (47.3 overs)
Martha Winch 35 (60) Louise Broadfoot 4/27 (10 overs)		Stephanie Theodore 30 (37) Terry McGregor 2/26 (10 overs)

New South Wales won by 1 run Princes Park, Melbourne

• New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
• New South Wales won the 1998–99 Women's National Cricket League.

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