2013 Women's Twenty20 Cup

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2013 Women's Twenty20 Cup
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format Twenty20
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Kent (2nd title)
Participants33
Most runs Fran Wilson (290)
Most wickets Megan Belt (9)
2012
2014

The 2013 Women's Twenty20 Cup was the 5th cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place between July and September, with 33 teams taking part: 31 county teams plus Wales and the Netherlands. Kent Women won the Twenty20 Cup, beating Sussex Women in the final, achieving their second title. The tournament ran alongside the 50-over 2013 Women's County Championship. [1]

Contents

Competition format

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: 4 points.
Tie : 2 points.
Loss: 0 points.
Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point.

Teams

The 2013 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.

Midlands & North

Division One Nottinghamshire Staffordshire Worcestershire Yorkshire
Division Two Lancashire Netherlands Warwickshire
Division Three Cheshire Gloucestershire Leicestershire and Rutland
Division Four Cumbria Derbyshire Northumberland Oxfordshire

South

Division One Essex Kent Middlesex Sussex
Division Two Hampshire Hertfordshire Surrey Suffolk
Division Three Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Norfolk

South & West

Division One Berkshire Cornwall Somerset Wales
Division Two Buckinghamshire Devon Dorset Wiltshire

Midlands & North

Division 1

Group stage

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Nottinghamshire (Q)330000+2.57012
Yorkshire 321000+0.0908
Worcestershire 312000–0.8704
Staffordshire 303000–1.7600
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [3]

Final


23 July 2013
Scorecard
Nottinghamshire
182/3 (20 overs)
v
Yorkshire
46 (9.2 overs)
Danni Wyatt 102 (63)
Aimee Simms 2/43 (4 overs)
Lauren Winfield 18 (9)
Lucy Maxwell 3/1 (1.2 overs)
Nottinghamshire won by 136 runs
Arlington Avenue, Leamington Spa
Umpires: Sue Haynes and Vanessa Holliday
  • Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field.
  • Nottinghamshire progress to the semi-finals.

Division 2

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Warwickshire 220000+6.2608
Lancashire 201001−4.8501
Netherlands 201001–7.7001
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [4]

Division 3

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Leicestershire 210010+2.2205
Gloucestershire 211000−0.4904
Cheshire 201010–0.7301
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [5]

Division 4

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Derbyshire 330000+1.69012
Cumbria 312000−0.3504
Northumberland 312000–0.6904
Oxfordshire 312000–0.7204
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [6]

South

Division 1

Group stage

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Sussex (Q)321000+1.5308
Kent (Q)321000+0.9908
Middlesex 321000+0.3408
Essex 303000–2.7000
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [7]

Final


23 July 2013
Scorecard
Kent
112/5 (20 overs)
v
Sussex
114/6 (20 overs)
Tammy Beaumont 55 (−)
Freya Davies 2/11 (4 overs)
Alexia Walker 52 (42)
Tash Farrant 2/18 (4 overs)
Sussex won by 2 runs
Wellington College, Crowthorne
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sussex and Kent progress to the semi-finals.

Division 2

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Surrey 330000+2.05012
Hampshire 321000+0.4108
Hertfordshire 312010+0.2704
Suffolk 303000–2.7600
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [8]

Division 3

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Bedfordshire 220000+1.3808
Norfolk 211000+0.1504
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire 202000–1.4000
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [9]

South & West

Division 1

Group stage

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Somerset 330000+5.78012
Berkshire (Q)321000+2.2208
Wales 312000−3.0504
Cornwall 303000–4.5000
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [10]

Final


23 July 2013
Scorecard
Berkshire
147/6 (20 overs)
v
Somerset
144/5 (20 overs)
Heather Knight 43 (34)
Jenny Withers 2/16 (4 overs)
Fran Wilson 48 (34)
Heather Knight 3/23 (4 overs)
Berkshire won by 3 runs
Spytty Park, Newport
Umpires: Clive Poulton and Darren Turl
  • Berkshire won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Berkshire progress to the semi-finals.

Division 2

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Devon 330000+4.92012
Buckinghamshire 321000+0.3008
Dorset 312010−2.4704
Wiltshire 303000–2.5500
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [11]

Knock-Out Stage

Semi-finals

7 September 2013
Scorecard
Kent
131/4 (20 overs)
v
Nottinghamshire
123/7 (20 overs)
Tammy Beaumont 47 (46)
Danni Wyatt 3/28 (4 overs)
Jane Smit 59 (53)
Megan Belt 3/18 (4 overs)
Kent won by 8 runs
Spen Cama Memorial Ground, Fulking
Umpires: John Booker and Trevor Cox
  • Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field.
  • Kent progress to the final.

7 September 2013
Scorecard
Sussex
63/2 (13.2 overs)
v
Berkshire
59/7 (15 overs)
Arran Brindle 17* (19)
Alice Macleod 1/8 (3 overs)
Alex Rogers 25* (41)
Arran Brindle 2/6 (2 overs)
Sussex won by 8 wickets
Spen Cama Memorial Ground, Fulking
Umpires: Terry Burstow and Trevor Cox
  • Sussex won the toss and elected to field.
  • Match reduced to 15 overs per side.
  • Sussex progress to the final.

Third-place play-off

7 September 2013
Scorecard
Berkshire
114/5 (18.4 overs)
v
Nottinghamshire
113/8 (20 overs)
Alex Rogers 46 (40)
Ruth Sprawson 3/15 (4 overs)
Danni Wyatt 28 (15)
Daisy Gardner 2/14 (3 overs)
Berkshire won by 5 wickets
Spen Cama Memorial Ground, Fulking
Umpires: John Booker and Terry Burstow
  • Berkshire won the toss and elected to field.

Final

7 September 2013
Scorecard
Sussex
107/5 (20 overs)
v
Kent
108/2 (18.2 overs)
Alexia Walker 26 (28)
Charlotte Pape 2/23 (4 overs)
Charlotte Edwards 49 (46)
Freya Davies 1/17 (4 overs)
Kent won by 8 wickets
Spen Cama Memorial Ground, Fulking
Umpires: Terry Burstow and Trevor Cox
  • Sussex won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Kent won the 2013 Women's Twenty20 Cup.

Statistics

Most runs

PlayerTeamMatchesInningsRunsAverageHS100s50s
Fran Wilson Somerset 4429096.669903
Rosalie Birch Devon 44248248.00113* 11
Heather Knight Berkshire 4422556.258002
Anya Shrubsole Somerset 44219109.50109* 11
Alexis Mannion Hertfordshire 44204204.006602

Source: CricketArchive [12]

Most wickets

PlayerTeamBallsWicketsAverageBBI5w
Megan Belt Kent 138913.333/180
Lucy Maxwell Nottinghamshire 8087.624/190
Anisha Thind Bedfordshire 7275.424/50
Leah Kellogg Derbyshire 9677.423/150
Jenny Withers Somerset 8479.144/90

Source: CricketArchive [13]

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