The 2021–22 Women's National Cricket League season was the 26th season of the

Women's National Cricket League The Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) is the national domestic 50-over competition for women's cricket in Australia. Featuring seven teams—one from every state, plus the Australian Capital Territory—each season's winner is awarded the ...

, the women's domestic

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competition in Australia. The tournament started on 17 December 2021 and finished on 27 March 2022.

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were the defending champions.

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won the competition, their first WNCL title, beating

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in the final.

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announced the original schedule on 21 July 2021, with the season set to begin on 23 September 2021 and the final to take place on 6 March 2022. However, on 8 September 2021, it was announced that the season start would be delayed until 16 December 2021 following the completion of WBBL/07 due to lockdowns in

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and

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

and subsequent border restrictions, with a full revised schedule to be released "in due course". The revised fixtures were released on 18 November 2021, with the season set to start with a match between

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and

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on 16 December 2021 and the final date unchanged. However, on 10 December 2021, it was announced that

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border closures and the need for Meteors players to self-isolate would mean further schedule changes, including the postponement of the original season opener between Victoria and the Meteors until later in the season. Further COVID-related schedule changes, including the pushing back of the final first to 18 March 2022 and subsequently 25 March 2022, were announced on 4 January 2022, 6 January 2022, 8 January 2022 and 11 February 2022.

Ladder

Fixtures

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Final

Statistics

Highest totals

Most runs

Most wickets

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links

WNCL 2021–22 on cricket.com.au

Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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