2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup

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2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format Twenty20
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Lancashire (1st title)
Participants36
Most runs Jodie Dibble (260)
Most wickets Clare Boycott (14)
2016
2018

The 2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2017 NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup was the 9th cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in June and July, with 36 teams taking part: 34 county teams plus Scotland and Wales. Lancashire Women won the Twenty20 Cup, as winners of Division 1, the first of two trophies they won in 2017, along with the County Championship. [1]

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The tournament ran alongside the 50-over 2017 Women's County Championship, and was followed by the Twenty20 2017 Women's Cricket Super League, competed for by regional teams.

Competition format

Teams played matches within a series of divisions with the winners of the top division being crowned the Champions. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format.

The championship works 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 : 1 point.
Loss: 0 points.
Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point.

Teams

The 2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup was divided into three divisions: Division One and Division Two with nine teams each, and Division Three with 18 teams, divided into regional groups of 6 teams apiece; teams in all divisions played eight games.

Division One Berkshire Kent Lancashire Middlesex Somerset Surrey Sussex Warwickshire Yorkshire
Division Two Derbyshire Durham Essex Hampshire Nottinghamshire Scotland A Staffordshire Wales Worcestershire
Division Three - Group A Cornwall Devon Dorset Gloucestershire Oxfordshire Wiltshire
Division Three - Group B Cheshire Cumbria Leicestershire and Rutland Lincolnshire Northumberland Shropshire
Division Three - Group C Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Hertfordshire Norfolk Northamptonshire Suffolk

Division One

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Lancashire (C)871000+1.48028
Middlesex 853000+0.76020
Sussex 842002+0.54018
Warwickshire 844000+1.29016
Surrey 844000−0.36016
Kent 844000−0.38016
Yorkshire 835000−0.21012
Somerset (R)815002−1.3506
Berkshire (R)815002−2.9406
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [3]

Division Two

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Nottinghamshire (P)870010+1.44029
Worcestershire (P)853000+0.33020
Hampshire 842002+1.08018
Scotland A 844000−0.08016
Wales 833002+0.07014
Durham 835000−0.21012
Derbyshire (R)835000−0.83012
Staffordshire (R)824002−0.83010
Essex (R)816010−0.7905
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [4]

Division Three

Group A

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Gloucestershire (P)860002+2.96026
Oxfordshire 851002+1.29022
Devon 842002+1.55018
Cornwall 835000−0.7012
Dorset 826000−1.0408
Wiltshire 817000−1.9404
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [5]

Group B

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Cheshire (P)871000+2.00028
Leicestershire and Rutland 852010+0.77021
Shropshire 843010−0.44017
Northumberland 844000+0.28016
Lincolnshire 835000−1.42012
Cumbria 808000−2.2500
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [6]

Group C

TeamPldWLTACNRRDedPts
Northamptonshire (P)871000+2.00028
Hertfordshire 862000+1.00024
Norfolk 853000+0.36020
Suffolk 835000−0.08012
Buckinghamshire 826000−1.6008
Cambridgeshire 817000−2.0204
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup [7]

Statistics

Most runs

PlayerTeamMatchesInningsRunsAverageHS100s50s
Jodie Dibble Nottinghamshire 8826037.1478* 02
Gabrielle Basketter Wales 6625350.6094* 02
Natalie Samuels Suffolk 6623157.756901
Kezia Hassall Hertfordshire 8823038.3361* 01
Emma Lamb Lancashire 8823028.755201

Source: CricketArchive [8]

Most wickets

PlayerTeamBallsWicketsAverageBBI5w
Clare Boycott Worcestershire 185148.643/110
Sophia Dunkley Middlesex 1861311.534/240
Rebecca Tyson Hertfordshire 125127.663/60
Rebecca Grundy Warwickshire 138127.914/140
Hannah Jones Surrey 132129.083/80

Source: CricketArchive [9]

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