Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | League system |
Champions | Sussex (1st title) |
Participants | 36 |
Most runs | Heather Knight (284) |
Most wickets | Georgia Elwiss (10) |
The 2012 Women's Twenty20 Cup was the 4th cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in July and August, with 36 teams taking part: 33 county teams plus Wales, Ireland and the Netherlands. Sussex Women won the Twenty20 Cup, beating Berkshire Women in the final, achieving their first T20 title. The tournament ran alongside the 50-over 2012 Women's County Championship. [1]
Teams played matches within a series of regionalised divisions, with the winners of the top divisions progressing to semi-finals and a final. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format.
The divisions worked on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows: [2]
Win: 2 points.
Tie : 1 points.
Loss: 0 points.
Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point.
The 2012 Women's Twenty20 Cup was divided into three regions: Midlands & North, South and South & West. Each region was further divided into divisions: Midlands & North with four, South with three and South & West with two. Teams in each division played each other once, and then the top two played in a Division Final and bottom two in a 3rd-place play-off. The winners of each Division 1, and the best-performing second-place team, progressed to the semi-finals.
Division One | Nottinghamshire | Warwickshire | Worcestershire | Yorkshire |
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Division Two | Lancashire | Gloucestershire | Northamptonshire | Staffordshire |
Division Three | Cheshire | Cumbria | Durham | Netherlands |
Division Four | Derbyshire | Leicestershire and Rutland | Northumberland | Oxfordshire |
Division One | Kent | Middlesex | Surrey | Sussex |
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Division Two | Essex | Hampshire | Hertfordshire | Suffolk |
Division Three | Bedfordshire | Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire | Ireland | Norfolk |
Division One | Berkshire | Devon | Somerset | Wales |
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Division Two | Buckinghamshire | Cornwall | Dorset | Wiltshire |
Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts |
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Yorkshire (Q) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.80 | 0 | 6 |
Nottinghamshire | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.70 | 0 | 4 |
Worcestershire | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.91 | 0 | 2 |
Warwickshire (R) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.27 | 0 | 0 |
31 July 2012 Scorecard |
Nottinghamshire 73/7 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire 77/3 (19.1 overs) |
Danielle Hazell 26 (32) Lucy Maxwell 2/13 (4 overs) |
31 July 2012 Scorecard |
Worcestershire 123/7 (20 overs) | v | Warwickshire 114 (19.4 overs) |
Laura Crofts 2/14 (2 overs) | Amy Jones 35 (35) |
Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts |
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Staffordshire (P) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5.74 | 0 | 6 |
Lancashire | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −0.22 | 0 | 2 |
Gloucestershire (R) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −1.45 | 0 | 2 |
Northamptonshire | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.06 | 0 | 0 |
31 July 2012 Scorecard |
Lancashire 79 (16 overs) | v | Staffordshire 84/3 (13.2 overs) |
Francesca James 28 (17) Megan Fairclough 2/22 (4 overs) |
31 July 2012 Scorecard |
Gloucestershire 96/8 (20 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 94/6 (20 overs) |
Emily Ablitt 30 (40) Fi Morris 2/17 (4 overs) | Fi Morris 40 (43) Patricia Hankins 2/8 (4 overs) |
Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts |
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Netherlands (P) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.51 | 0 | 6 |
Cheshire | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.62 | 0 | 4 |
Durham | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.27 | 0 | 2 |
Cumbria (R) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.54 | 0 | 0 |
31 July 2012 Scorecard |
Cheshire 94 (19.2 overs) | v | Netherlands 95/0 (12.5 overs) |
Dawn Prestidge 18 (–) Leonie Bennett 2/9 (4 overs) | Helmien Rambaldo 45* (–) |
31 July 2012 Scorecard |
Cumbria 102/7 (20 overs) | v | Durham 103/4 (17 overs) |
Matisse Iliffe 42* (–) | Sarah Earl 3/25 (4 overs) |
Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts |
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Leicestershire (P) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.56 | 0 | 4 |
Derbyshire | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.83 | 0 | 4 |
Oxfordshire | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.47 | 0 | 4 |
Northumberland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.02 | 0 | 0 |
31 July 2012 Scorecard |
Derbyshire 55 (14.2 overs) | v | Leicestershire 56/0 (10.1 overs) |
Rebecca Vernon 30 (35) Abigail McCray 3/4 (2.2 overs) | Harriet Leach 27* (25) |
31 July 2012 Scorecard |
Oxfordshire 117/6 (20 overs) | v | Northumberland 95/7 (20 overs) |
Gemma Muttitt 34 (40) Nicola Hawes 2/20 (4 overs) | Nicola Hawes 23 (–) Gemma Muttitt 1/9 (2 overs) |
Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts |
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Sussex (Q) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +3.03 | 0 | 5 |
Kent (Q) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +2.23 | 0 | 5 |
Middlesex | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | −1.23 | 0 | 1 |
Surrey (R) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | −5.53 | 0 | 1 |
31 July 2012 Scorecard |
Kent 124/8 (20 overs) | v | Sussex 142/4 (20 overs) |
31 July 2012 Scorecard |
Surrey 94/5 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex 90/1 (12.4 overs) |
Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts |
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Essex (P) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6.17 | 0 | 6 |
Hertfordshire | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −1.11 | 0 | 3 |
Hampshire | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.26 | 0 | 2 |
Suffolk | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −6.30 | 0 | 1 |
31 July 2012 Scorecard |
Essex 145/5 (20 overs) | v | Hertfordshire 46 (14 overs) |
Phoebe McMurray 11 (13) Katie Mack 3/20 (3 overs) |
31 July 2012 Scorecard |
Suffolk 61/6 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire 62/1 (11 overs) |
Penny Everett 12 (14) Emma Plume 2/5 (2 overs) | Charlotte Taylor 35 (36) Lizzie Shaw 1/6 (2 overs) |
Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts |
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Ireland [lower-alpha 1] | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7.25 | 0 | 6 |
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.54 | 0 | 4 |
Norfolk | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.47 | 0 | 2 |
Bedfordshire | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4.47 | 0 | 0 |
31 July 2012 Scorecard |
Ireland 71/0 (7 overs) | v | Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire 25/3 (7 overs) |
Clare Shillington 40* (20) | Elizabeth Reynolds 14 (20) Laura Delany 2/2 (1 over) |
31 July 2012 Scorecard |
Norfolk 61/2 (12 overs) | v | Bedfordshire 45/8 (12 overs) |
Peggy Tirimanna 33 (42) Anisha Thind 1/5 (2 overs) | Julie Clarke 15 (17) Amber Tirimanna 3/10 (2 overs) |
Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts |
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Berkshire (Q) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.56 | 0 | 6 |
Somerset | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.41 | 0 | 4 |
Wales | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.04 | 0 | 2 |
Devon (R) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.04 | 0 | 0 |
31 July 2012 Scorecard |
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Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts |
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Buckinghamshire | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.72 | 0 | 6 |
Cornwall (P) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.02 | 0 | 4 |
Wiltshire | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.02 | 0 | 2 |
Dorset | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.77 | 0 | 0 |
31 July 2012 Scorecard |
Buckinghamshire 59 (20 overs) | v | Cornwall 60/5 (18.1 overs) |
Sue Benson 19 (38) Katie Pearce 3/7 (4 overs) | Hannah Grice 15 (29) Laura Sandy 2/3 (4 overs) |
31 July 2012 Scorecard |
Dorset 76/6 (20 overs) | v | Wiltshire 77/0 (14.1 overs) |
Danielle Rigby 22 (35) Hannah Morgan 2/10 (4 overs) | Hannah Morgan 34* (44) |
27 August 2012 Scorecard |
Berkshire 117/9 (20 overs) | v | Kent 113/9 (20 overs) |
Asha Smith 47 (29) Charlotte Edwards 3/29 (4 overs) |
27 August 2012 Scorecard |
Sussex 130/6 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire 113/8 (20 overs) |
Sarah Taylor 58 (47) Camilla Westwood 2/24 (4 overs) |
27 August 2012 Scorecard |
Kent 133/7 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire 126/7 (20 overs) |
Liz Perry 45* (29) Rhiannon Dick 2/15 (4 overs) |
27 August 2012 Scorecard |
Berkshire 52 (18.3 overs) | v | Sussex 54/0 (18.2 overs) |
Linsey Smith 12 (28) Izi Noakes 3/5 (4 overs) | Alexia Walker 39* (18) |
Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
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Heather Knight | Berkshire | 5 | 5 | 284 | 94.66 | 111 | 2 | 1 |
Jenny Dunn | Cheshire | 4 | 4 | 247 | 82.33 | 93 | 0 | 3 |
Elyse Villani | Staffordshire | 4 | 4 | 226 | 113.00 | 98* | 0 | 3 |
Fran Wilson | Somerset | 3 | 3 | 168 | 84.00 | 79 | 0 | 1 |
Katie Mack | Essex | 3 | 3 | 162 | 162.00 | 71* | 0 | 2 |
Source: CricketArchive [12]
Player | Team | Balls | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5w |
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Georgia Elwiss | Sussex | 114 | 10 | 5.80 | 3/9 | 0 |
Alexia Walker | Sussex | 102 | 9 | 8.44 | 4/12 | 0 |
Lucy Maxwell | Nottinghamshire | 72 | 8 | 5.00 | 5/9 | 1 |
Judith Turner | Buckinghamshire | 96 | 8 | 6.12 | 4/8 | 0 |
Izi Noakes | Sussex | 108 | 8 | 6.62 | 3/5 | 0 |
Source: CricketArchive [13]
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