2013–14 Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup
# 2013–14 Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup

The 2013–14 Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup was the fifth formal season of the Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup, which was the premier domestic women's Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia prior to the inception of the Women's Big Bash League in 2015. The tournament started on 11 October 2013 and finished on 7 February 2014. For the first and only time, the tournament included semi-finals. Defending champions New South Wales Breakers went unbeaten in the group stage but lost to ACT Meteors in the semi-finals. Queensland Fire won the tournament for the first time after finishing third in the group stage and beating ACT Meteors in the final.

## Ladder

    As of 4 January 2014

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | New South Wales | 12 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 1.350 |
| 2 | Victoria | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1.413 |
| 3 | Queensland | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.348 |
| 4 | Australian Capital Territory | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | −0.077 |
| 5 | South Australia | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.393 |
| 6 | Western Australia | 12 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | −0.759 |
| 7 | Tasmania | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2.014 |

* Points system: 2 for a win, 1 each for a tie, no result or abandonment, 0 for a loss.

## Fixtures

### Semi-finals

* Semi-final 1 5 February 2014 Scorecard

| Australian Capital Territory 8/146 (20 overs) | v | New South Wales 134 (19.5 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Nicola Browne 45 (37) Sharon Millanta 2/23 (2 overs) | | Alyssa Healy 51 (44) Rene Farrell 2/25 (4 overs) |

* Australian Capital Territory won by 12 runs Blacktown Olympic Park Oval, Sydney Umpires: Greg Davidson and Damien Mealey
* Australian Capital Territory won the toss and elected to bat.
* Semi-final 2 5 February 2014 Scorecard

| Victoria 6/118 (20 overs) | v | Queensland 2/121 (15.3 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Sarah Elliott 39* (25) Delissa Kimmince 2/15 (3 overs) | | Beth Mooney 46* (42) Kath Hempenstall 1/21 (2.3 overs) |

* Queensland won by 8 wickets Blacktown Olympic Park Oval, Sydney Umpires: Ashley Barrow and Tony Wilds
* Queensland won the toss and elected to field.

### Final

* 7 February 2014 Scorecard

| Australian Capital Territory 7/107 (20 overs) | v | Queensland 3/108 (14.1 overs) |
| - | - | - |
| Kris Britt 33 (32) Holly Ferling 2/13 (4 overs) | | Delissa Kimmince 78 (52) Rene Farrell 2/18 (4 overs) |

* Queensland won by 7 wickets WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Gerard Abood and Geoff Joshua Player of the match: Delissa Kimmince
* Australian Capital Territory won the toss and elected to bat.
* Queensland won the 2013–14 Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup.

## Statistics

### Highest totals

| Team | Score | Against | Venue | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| New South Wales | 3/181 | Tasmania | NTCA Ground, Launceston | 25 October 2013 |
| Queensland | 6/177 | Tasmania | Allan Border Field, Brisbane | 13 October 2013 |
| New South Wales | 4/174 | South Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 21 December 2013 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 6/161 | Tasmania | Freebody Oval, Queanbeyan | 8 November 2013 |
| Victoria | 1/160 | South Australia | Park 25, Adelaide | 18 October 2013 |

### Most runs

| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Elyse Villani | Victoria | 13 | 13 | 3 | 498 | 76* | 49.80 | 421 | 118.28 | 0 | 6 |
| Meg Lanning | Victoria | 12 | 12 | 3 | 452 | 65* | 50.22 | 364 | 124.17 | 0 | 3 |
| Delissa Kimmince | Queensland | 14 | 14 | 2 | 443 | 78* | 36.91 | 358 | 123.74 | 0 | 3 |
| Lauren Ebsary | South Australia | 12 | 12 | 4 | 384 | 85* | 48.00 | 334 | 114.97 | 0 | 3 |
| Alex Blackwell | New South Wales | 11 | 11 | 5 | 361 | 72* | 60.16 | 298 | 121.14 | 0 | 3 |

### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Overs | Runs | Wkts | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 4WI |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sarah Aley | New South Wales | 11 | 11 | 38.0 | 211 | 18 | 3/7 | 11.72 | 5.55 | 12.6 | 0 |
| Kirsten Pike | Queensland | 14 | 14 | 50.0 | 276 | 18 | 4/14 | 15.33 | 5.52 | 16.6 | 1 |
| Kath Hempenstall | Victoria | 13 | 12 | 38.3 | 219 | 16 | 3/10 | 13.68 | 5.68 | 14.4 | 0 |
| Erin Osborne | New South Wales | 12 | 12 | 43.0 | 247 | 15 | 4/17 | 16.46 | 5.74 | 17.2 | 1 |
| Rene Farrell | Australian Capital Territory | 14 | 14 | 49.3 | 283 | 15 | 5/11 | 18.86 | 5.71 | 19.8 | 0 |
