2007–08 State League

The 2007–08 State League was a 50-over women's cricket competition that took place in New Zealand. It ran from December 2007 to February 2008, with 6 provincial teams taking part. Canterbury Magicians beat Central Hinds in the final to win the competition, their second State League title in two seasons.

2007–08 State League

Dates	8 December 2007 – 9 February 2008
Administrator(s)	New Zealand Cricket
Cricket format	50 over
Tournament format(s)	Round robin and final
Champions	Canterbury Magicians (34th title)
Participants	6
Matches	31
Most runs	Megan Wakefield (411)
Most wickets	Sophie Devine (18)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The tournament ran alongside the 2007–08 State League Twenty20.

Competition format

Teams played in a double round-robin in a group of six, therefore playing 10 matches overall. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side. The top two in the group advanced to the final.^[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.
Bonus Point: 1 point awarded for run rate in a match being 1.25x that of opponent.

Points table

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	A	BP	Pts	NRR
Central Hinds	10	7	2	0	0	1	5	35	1.062
Canterbury Magicians	10	7	2	0	1	0	5	35	0.922
Auckland Hearts	10	6	3	0	0	1	2	28	0.033
Otago Sparks	10	4	4	0	0	2	3	23	–0.245
Wellington Blaze	10	2	8	0	0	0	0	8	–0.883
Northern Spirit	10	1	8	0	1	0	0	6	–0.890

Source: CricketArchive^[1]

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Final

9 February 2008 Scorecard

Central Hinds 85/8 (50 overs)	v	Canterbury Magicians 86/3 (19.2 overs)
Rachel Candy 16* (23) Sarah Burke 3/12 (10 overs)		Michelle Mitchell 32 (24) Kate Ebrahim 1/15 (4 overs)

Canterbury Magicians won by 7 wickets McLean Park, Napier Umpires: Barry Frost and Dave Quested

• Central Hinds won the toss and chose to bat.

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Megan Wakefield	Wellington Blaze	10	10	411	45.66	85	0	4
Ingrid Cronin-Knight	Auckland Hearts	9	9	372	62.00	83	0	3
Sara McGlashan	Central Hinds	10	10	371	53.00	78*	0	3
Aimee Watkins	Central Hinds	10	10	368	52.57	94	0	3
Nicola Browne	Northern Spirit	10	9	359	51.28	84*	0	3

Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[3]

Most wickets

Player	Team	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5w
Sophie Devine	Canterbury Magicians	80.0	18	13.22	5/33	1
Rachel Candy	Central Hinds	82.0	17	15.64	5/24	1
Aimee Watkins	Central Hinds	77.5	17	15.70	4/33	0
Prashilla Mistry	Auckland Hearts	80.2	16	17.56	5/23	1
Amanda Cooper	Wellington Blaze	79.2	16	22.81	4/42	0

Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[4]