2014 Women's Twenty20 Cup

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2014 Women's Twenty20 Cup
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format Twenty20
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Nottinghamshire (1st title)
Participants40
Most runs Clare Shillington (242)
Most wickets Erin Bermingham (15)
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The 2014 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2014 NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup, was the 6th cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in July and August, with 40 teams taking part: 36 county teams, alongside Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Netherlands. Nottinghamshire Women won the Twenty20 Cup, achieving their first title. The tournament ran alongside the 50-over 2014 Women's County Championship. [1]

Contents

Competition Format

Teams played matches within a series of divisions, across two rounds of groupings. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format.

The championship 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 2014 Women's Twenty20 Cup was divided into four divisions: Divisions One, Two and Three with nine teams each and Division Four with 13 teams. Each Division was divided into regional groups of 3 teams apiece, with each team playing each other twice (apart from Division 4B, which had four teams, and each team played each other once).

Based on placings in the first round, teams then progressed to tiered divisions in round two (or tiered matches, in Division Four): for example, the winner of Group 1A progressed to Round 2 Group 1A, with the runners-up being placed in Round 2 Group 1B and third place moving to Round 2 Group 1C. The winners of Round 2 Group 1A were crowned champions, and placings further down determined promotion and relegation. The teams were initially divided into groups as follows:

Division 1A Berkshire Middlesex Sussex
Division 1B Essex Kent Surrey
Division 1C Nottinghamshire Warwickshire Yorkshire
Division 2A Cheshire Staffordshire Worcestershire
Division 2B Durham Ireland Lancashire
Division 2C Devon Somerset Wales
Division 3A Gloucestershire Hampshire Oxfordshire
Division 3B Hertfordshire Netherlands Northamptonshire
Division 3C Derbyshire Leicestershire and Rutland Scotland
Division 4A Buckinghamshire Shropshire Suffolk
Division 4B Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Huntingdonshire Norfolk
Division 4C Cumbria Lincolnshire Northumberland
Division 4D Cornwall Dorset Wiltshire

Division One

Round 1

Group A

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Middlesex 431000+0.31012
Sussex 431000+0.20012
Berkshire 404000–0.5300
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [3]

Group B

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Kent 431000+2.28012
Surrey 431000+0.78012
Essex 404000–3.4400
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [4]

Group C

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Nottinghamshire 440000+0.92016
Yorkshire 422000+0.9408
Warwickshire 404000–1.8500
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [5]

Round 2

Group A

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Nottinghamshire (C)211000+1.8304
Middlesex 211000–0.7504
Kent 211000–1.0804
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [6]

Group B

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Yorkshire 220000+0.3808
Sussex 211000+0.2704
Surrey 202000–0.6700
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [7]

Group C

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Berkshire 220000+3.0608
Warwickshire (R)211000+0.5604
Essex (R)202000–3.9400
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [8]

Division Two

Round 1

Group A

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Staffordshire 431000+1.60012
Cheshire 422000+0.2008
Worcestershire 413000–1.8104
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [9]

Group B

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Ireland 431000+2.07012
Lancashire 422000+0.3208
Durham 413000–2.9904
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [10]

Group C

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Somerset 431000+2.50012
Wales 422000–1.1408
Devon 413000–1.3604
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [11]

Round 2

Group A

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Ireland (P)220000+2.2508
Somerset (P)211000–1.7504
Staffordshire 202000–0.4500
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [12]

Group B

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Lancashire 220000+1.5008
Wales 211000+0.0504
Cheshire 202000–1.5500
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [13]

Group C

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Durham 220000+3.0608
Devon (R)211000+0.5604
Worcestershire (R)202000–3.9400
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [14]

Division Three

Round 1

Group A

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Hampshire 440000+1.61016
Gloucestershire 422000+0.1608
Oxfordshire 404000–1.7200
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [15]

Group B

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Netherlands 440000+2.86016
Northamptonshire 422000–0.8808
Hertfordshire 404000–0.7800
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [16]

Group C

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Derbyshire 431000+0.56012
Scotland 431000+0.26012
Leicestershire and Rutland 404000–0.7800
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [17]

Round 2

Group A

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Derbyshire (P)211000+1.7204
Netherlands (P)211000–0.1504
Hampshire 211000–1.1104
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [18]

Group B

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Scotland 220000+1.4708
Northamptonshire 211000+0.6104
Gloucestershire 202000–2.0900
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [19]

Group C

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Oxfordshire 110000+0.2004
Leicestershire and Rutland (R)101000–0.2000
Hertfordshire [lower-alpha 1] (R)000000–00
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [20]

Division Four

Round 1

Group A

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Buckinghamshire 440000+1.56016
Suffolk 422000−0.3908
Shropshire 404000–1.1900
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [21]

Group B

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Norfolk 330000+1.27012
Cambridgeshire 321000+0.6308
Bedfordshire 312000–0.3904
Huntingdonshire 303000–1.5800
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [22]

Group C

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Cumbria 440000+2.50016
Northumberland 413000−0.5404
Lincolnshire 413000−1.8204
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [23]

Group D

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Cornwall 440000+2.51016
Dorset 422000−0.8508
Wiltshire 404000–1.7400
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [24]

Round 2

The teams in Division Four then played in a series of placing matches, to determine finishing positions from 1st to 13th, with the top two being promoted. The teams placed as follows: [25]

PositionTeam(s)
1st Cornwall (P)
2nd Buckinghamshire (P)
3rd= Cumbria
3rd= Norfolk
5th Suffolk
6th Dorset
7th Northumberland
8th Cambridgeshire
9th Shropshire
10th Lincolnshire
11th Bedfordshire
12th Wiltshire
13th Huntingdonshire

Statistics

Most runs

PlayerTeamMatchesInningsRunsAverageHS100s50s
Clare Shillington Ireland 6624248.40113* 10
Heather Knight Berkshire 5520551.259202
Dawn Prestidge Cheshire 6620451.0087* 02
Nat Sciver Surrey 4420250.507703
Alex MacDonald Yorkshire 6619348.2571* 01

Source: CricketArchive [26]

Most wickets

PlayerTeamBallsWicketsAverageBBI5w
Erin Bermingham Kent 144157.604/70
Nicole Richards Cornwall 124134.154/120
Sarah Sundaram Derbyshire 129138.693/60
Carrie Ellwood Cumbria 115116.003/80
Martha Manktelow Buckinghamshire 138117.903/80

Source: CricketArchive [27]

Notes

  1. ↑ Withdrew from group

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References

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  2. ↑ "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2014". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. ↑ Division 1A - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  4. ↑ Division 1B - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  5. ↑ Division 1C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  6. ↑ Division R2 1A - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  7. ↑ Division R2 1B - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  8. ↑ Division R2 1C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  9. ↑ Division 2A - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  10. ↑ Division 2B - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  11. ↑ Division 2C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  12. ↑ Division R2 2A - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  13. ↑ Division R2 2B - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  14. ↑ Division R2 2C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  15. ↑ Division 3A - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  16. ↑ Division 3B - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  17. ↑ Division 3C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  18. ↑ Division R2 3A - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  19. ↑ Division R2 3B - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  20. ↑ Division R2 3C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  21. ↑ Division 4A - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  22. ↑ Division 4B - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  23. ↑ Division 4C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  24. ↑ Division 4C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  25. ↑ "NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2014". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  26. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2014 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  27. ↑ "Bowling in ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2014 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
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