WITH the WNCL set to return this weekend, let us see who topped the stats charts in the first half of the season before the WBBL break.
Runs
Annabel Sutherland – Victoria
Matches: 4
Runs: 319
Highest Score: 111
Average: 159.5
Beth Mooney – WA
Matches: 4
Runs: 237
Highest Score: 151 not out
Average: 79
Sophie Molineux – Victoria
Matches: 4
Runs: 192
Highest Score: 113
Average: 48
Phoebe Litchfield – NSW
Matches: 4
Runs: 187
Highest Score: 107
Average: 46.75
Georgia Voll – Queensland
Matches: 4
Runs: 187
Highest Score: 145
Average: 46.75
Wickets
Sophie Day (Victoria) – 10
Alana King (WA) – 9
Courtney Sippel (Queensland) – 8
Sammy-Jo Johnson (NSW) – 8
Heather Graham (Tasmania) – 7
Best figures
Alana King – WA
Figure: 5/12
Opponent: ACT
Sophie Day – Victoria
Figure: 5/41
Opponent: Tasmania
Jemma Barsby – SA
Figure: 4/21
Opponent: Victoria
Maitlin Brown – NSW
Figure: 4/41
Opponent: WA
Heather Graham – Tasmania
Figure: 4/69
Opponent: Victoria
Most Dismissals (Wicketkeeper)
Georgia Redmayne – Queensland
Matches: 4
Dismissals: 12 (nine catches, three stumpings)
Alyssa Healy – NSW
Matches: 4
Dismissals: 4 (four catches)
Josie Dooley – South Australia
Matches: 2
Dismissals: 3 (two catches and a stumping)
Nicole Faltum – Victoria
Matches: 4
Dismissals: 3 (one catch, two stumpings)
Emma Manix-Geeves – Tasmania
Matches: 2
Dismissals: 2 (a catch and a stumping)
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