Dates | 16 April 2023 – 8 July 2023 |
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Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | League system |
Champions | No overall winner |
Participants | 35 |
Matches | 131 |
Most runs | Gemma Marriott (203) |
Most wickets | Bhoomika Bhat (12) Rebecca Tyson (12) |
The 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2023 Vitality Women's County T20, was the 14th edition of the Women's Twenty20 Cup, an English women's cricket Twenty20 domestic competition. It was scheduled to take place in April and May 2023, although one matchday was played later due to rain, with 35 teams taking part, organised into eight regional groups. [1] [2]
There was no overall winner, with Lancashire, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, Sussex, Northamptonshire and Somerset winning their individual groups. Middlesex and Kent shared their group title due to rain on their group Finals Day. One group winner was not determined, with the Group 4 Finals Day abandoned due to rain.
Teams played matches within a series of regional divisions, playing three matchdays, with most matchdays consisting of two matches between the same teams. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format. The group stages were followed by a group Finals Day, scheduled for 14 May, with all teams from the group stage qualifying, with first playing fourth and second playing third in the semi-finals. [3] [4]
The groups worked on a points system with positions being based on total points. Points were awarded as follows: [5]
Win: 4 points.
Tie : 2 points.
Loss: 0 points.
Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point.
Teams were divided into eight regional groups. Group 1 consisted of 7 teams, whilst Groups 2 to 7 consisted of 4 teams apiece. Scotland replacing North Representative XI was the only change from the 2022 season. [1]
Group 1 | Cumbria | Derbyshire | Lancashire | North East Warriors | Nottinghamshire | Scotland | Yorkshire |
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Group 2 | Leicestershire and Rutland | Staffordshire | Warwickshire | Worcestershire | |||
Group 3 | Dorset | Gloucestershire | Shropshire | Wiltshire | |||
Group 4 | Cambridgeshire | Huntingdonshire | Lincolnshire | Norfolk | |||
Group 5 | Berkshire | Buckinghamshire | Hampshire | Sussex | |||
Group 6 | Kent | Middlesex | Oxfordshire | Surrey | |||
Group 7 | Essex | Hertfordshire | Northamptonshire | Suffolk | |||
Group 8 | Cornwall | Devon | Somerset | Wales |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Scotland (Q) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 2.900 |
2 | Lancashire (Q) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2.500 |
3 | Derbyshire (Q) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.000 |
4 | Nottinghamshire (Q) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.000 |
5 | North East Warriors | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.000 |
6 | Yorkshire | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.000 |
7 | Cumbria | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −5.900 |
advanced to 1A Finals Day. Teams equal in the standings were chosen by lot to advance to 1A Finals Day. [6]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Leicestershire and Rutland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.000 |
2 | Staffordshire | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.000 |
3 | Warwickshire | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.000 |
4 | Worcestershire | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.000 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Gloucestershire | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 2.820 |
2 | Wiltshire | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 2.210 |
3 | Shropshire | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | −0.670 |
4 | Dorset | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3.010 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Cambridgeshire | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1.050 |
2 | Lincolnshire | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | −0.410 |
3 | Norfolk | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1.050 |
4 | Huntingdonshire | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | −1.160 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Hampshire | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1.070 |
2 | Sussex | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0.160 |
3 | Berkshire | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | −1.530 |
4 | Buckinghamshire | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1.030 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Middlesex | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 1.340 |
2 | Kent | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 3.310 |
3 | Surrey | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0.110 |
4 | Oxfordshire | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.130 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Northamptonshire | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1.210 |
2 | Hertfordshire | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | −0.060 |
3 | Essex | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0.540 |
4 | Suffolk | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1.830 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Wales | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 2.930 |
2 | Devon | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.000 |
3 | Somerset | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.000 |
4 | Cornwall | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −2.930 |
Source: [14]
Cumbria 83/7 (16 overs) | v | Scotland 80/2 (9.3 overs) |
Emily Tucker 24 (22) Kirsty McColl 2/21 (4 overs) | Ellen Watson 39 (20) Grace Airey 1/14 (2 overs) |
Lancashire 135/6 (20 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire 113/9 (20 overs) |
Seren Smale 65 (48) Amelia Kite 3/30 (4 overs) |
Scotland 126/9 (20 overs) | v | Derbyshire 91 (19.3 overs) |
Ailsa Lister 37 (–) Maria Andrews 3/11 (4 overs) |
Lancashire 141/7 (18 overs) | v | Scotland 78 (14.1 overs) |
Cumbria 94/8 (20 overs) | v | North East Warriors 95/2 (17.4 overs) |
Olivia Brinsden 38 (43) Libby Haward 3/12 (4 overs) | Harriet Robson 35* (48) Kate Field 1/13 (2.4 overs) |
Yorkshire 77/9 (20 overs) | v | North East Warriors 81/4 (17.5 overs) |
Hannah Buck 36 (49) Lilly-Mai Taylor 2/8 (3 overs) | Harriet Robson 33* (52) Elicia Pollard 1/0 (1 over) |
Cumbria 62 (19.1 overs) | v | Yorkshire 65/3 (15.4 overs) |
Maeve Jones 24 (30) Rhia Sedha 5/7 (4 overs) |
Staffordshire 130/3 (20 overs) | v | Leicestershire and Rutland 104/6 (20 overs) |
Meg Austin 50 (58) Aimee Colquhoun 1/18 (4 overs) | Rebecca Brooker 34 (42) Amelia Lee 3/10 (3 overs) |
Warwickshire 133/4 (20 overs) | v | Worcestershire 96 (20 overs) |
Staffordshire 102/8 (20 overs) | v | Warwickshire 103/1 (15.5 overs) |
Shropshire 76 (18 overs) | v | Gloucestershire 82/7 (18.2 overs) |
Beth Charnell 28 (36) Bhoomika Bhat 4/15 (4 overs) | Katie Dolman 18 (21) Harriet Shuker 3/7 (4 overs) |
Wiltshire 147/2 (20 overs) | v | Dorset 83/6 (20 overs) |
Katie Butler 17* (50) Holly Morgan 2/8 (2 overs) |
Shropshire 23/2 (8.4 overs) | v | |
Beth Charnell 13* (19) Charlie Phillips 1/3 (2 overs) |
Dorset 94/7 (20 overs) | v | Wiltshire 94/7 (20 overs) |
Megan Bishop 18* (13) Katy Cobb 2/14 (4 overs) |
Gloucestershire 131/6 (20 overs) | v | Dorset 49/8 (20 overs) |
Katie Dolman 51 (47) Ceri Harris 3/24 (4 overs) | Freya Cutler 10 (21) Charlie Phillips 2/4 (3 overs) |
Gloucestershire 104/5 (20 overs) | v | Dorset 32 (14.5 overs) |
Beatrix Willis 36 (39) Lizzie Williams 1/6 (2 overs) | Mamta Kothiyal 8 (25) Bhoomika Bhat 3/3 (3 overs) |
Gloucestershire 155/2 (20 overs) | v | Dorset 50 (19.2 overs) |
Beatrix Ellis 60* (55) Emelia Butler 1/26 (3 overs) | Victoria Pack 15 (34) Bhoomika Bhat 3/3 (4 overs) |
Shropshire 131/5 (20 overs) | v | Wiltshire 117/8 (20 overs) |
Amy Weir 37* (25) Poppy Walker 1/13 (2 overs) | Isla Thomson 35 (30) Lauren Kenvyn 3/17 (4 overs) |
Gloucestershire 161/7 (20 overs) | v | Shropshire 73/8 (20 overs) |
Fran Wilson 53 (35) Lauren Kenvyn 2/26 (4 overs) | Holly Whitfield 26 (39) Alice Hill 2/11 (3 overs) |
Lincolnshire 90/7 (20 overs) | v | Huntingdonshire 81/7 (20 overs) |
Millie Greenwood 24 (32) Faith Teekasingh 2/5 (3 overs) | Holly Chambers 13* (18) Abigail Hannan 2/11 (4 overs) |
Norfolk 121/3 (20 overs) | v | Cambridgeshire 100/6 (20 overs) |
Grace Hanworth-Knights 66* (69) Freya Houlden 1/26 (4 overs) | Nina Jerman 36 (48) Maddy Browne 2/8 (2 overs) |
Huntingdonshire 85/7 (20 overs) | v | Lincolnshire 82/9 (20 overs) |
Abigail Butcher 27 (31) Kate Williams 2/23 (3 overs) | Lillimae Severn 38 (56) Emily Carpenter 3/17 (4 overs) |
Cambridgeshire 45/3 (10.2 overs) | v | |
Freya Houlden 19 (24) Maddy Browne 1/6 (2 overs) |
Huntingdonshire 86/5 (20 overs) | v | Cambridgeshire 87/1 (17.1 overs) |
Faith Teekasingh 24* (33) Sophia Pearson 2/10 (3 overs) | May Busher 33* (47) Holly Chambers 1/14 (3 overs) |
Cambridgeshire 143/6 (20 overs) | v | Huntingdonshire 72/5 (20 overs) |
May Busher 31 (27) Ella Briault 2/22 (4 overs) | Lottie Taylor 21 (29) Katie McPherson 2/2 (1 over) |
Lincolnshire 78/6 (20 overs) | v | Cambridgeshire 77/6 (20 overs) |
Lillimae Severn 32* (59) Beth Matthews 2/4 (4 overs) | Sirisha Gorantla 27 (46) Lauren Tuffrey 3/11 (4 overs) |
Cambridgeshire 121/4 (20 overs) | v | Lincolnshire 81/6 (20 overs) |
Kelly Haynes 35* (22) Lauren Tuffrey 2/12 (3 overs) | Millie Greenwood 19 (18) Jessica McCrum 2/29 (4 overs) |
TBD | v | TBD |
Hampshire 115/6 (20 overs) | v | Sussex 80/5 (20 overs) |
Danielle Ransley 29 (25) Nancy Harman 2/9 (2 overs) | Nancy Harman 15 (14) Eve O'Neill 4/13 (4 overs) |
Sussex 91/7 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire 74 (19.1 overs) |
Maia Bouchier 15 (24) Daisy Gibb 2/6 (3 overs) |
Hampshire 86/7 (20 overs) | v | Buckinghamshire 83/7 (20 overs) |
Danielle Ransley 29 (40) Cara Duggan 4/17 (4 overs) | Amelia Peck 23 (33) Danielle Ransley 3/12 (4 overs) |
Hampshire 111/7 (20 overs) | v | Buckinghamshire 65 (14.4 overs) |
Sophie Mitchelmore 34 (31) Hannah Davis 3/19 (4 overs) | Amelia Peck 25 (24) Caitlin Chissell 4/12 (3 overs) |
Hampshire 148/4 (20 overs) | v | Berkshire 86/6 (20 overs) |
Mia Rogers 38 (42) Eve O'Neill 2/7 (2 overs) |
Buckinghamshire 95/8 (20 overs) | v | Sussex 96/2 (16.2 overs) |
Cara Duggan 37 (47) Beth Harvey 2/14 (4 overs) | Nicole Faltum 32 (35) Alissa Shannon 1/16 (3 overs) |
Buckinghamshire 89/7 (20 overs) | v | Sussex 90/5 (17.4 overs) |
Amelia Peck 33 (43) Chiara Green 2/12 (4 overs) | Nicole Faltum 35 (39) Megs Woodward 2/12 (4 overs) |
Hampshire 176/4 (20 overs) | v | Buckinghamshire 60 (18.3 overs) |
Emily Windsor 85 (49) Alissa Shannon 1/26 (4 overs) | Natasha MacBean 8 (12) Finty Trussler 3/2 (2 overs) |
Sussex 136/5 (20 overs) | v | Berkshire 72/7 (20 overs) |
Ashleigh Muttitt 20 (24) Mary Taylor 2/9 (3 overs) |
Oxfordshire 71/8 (20 overs) | v | Middlesex 72/2 (12.5 overs) |
Ellie Ingram 13 (18) Emily Thorpe 2/8 (3 overs) |
Oxfordshire 69 (19.4 overs) | v | Middlesex 71/5 (16.5 overs) |
Carla Wood 17 (47) Isabella Routledge 2/9 (4 overs) |
Oxfordshire 89/7 (20 overs) | v | Surrey 90/2 (14.1 overs) |
Amy Gordon 52 (46) Katie Waugh 1/9 (2.1 overs) |
Surrey 126/8 (20 overs) | v | Oxfordshire 97/7 (20 overs) |
Charlotte Stubbs 26 (20) Katie Waugh 2/12 (4 overs) | Abi Norgrove 32 (37) Priya Khatkar 3/16 (4 overs) |
Kent 142/2 (20 overs) | v | Oxfordshire 71/9 (20 overs) |
Katie Waugh 19 (23) Kalea Moore 4/10 (4 overs) |
Middlesex 128/5 (20 overs) | v | Surrey 78 (18.4 overs) |
Charlotte Stubbs 18 (23) Kate Coppack 3/11 (3.4 overs) |
Oxfordshire 87/6 (20 overs) | v | Kent 88/2 (11.4 overs) |
Genevieve Porter 25 (37) Alice Grant 2/4 (2 overs) | Phoebe Franklin 53 (32) Eleanor Bath 1/8 (1 over) |
Middlesex 85/8 (20 overs) | v | Surrey 84/8 (20 overs) |
Izzy Berry 18 (27) Naomi Dattani 3/9 (2.4 overs) |
Middlesex 110/5 (20 overs) | v | Oxfordshire 26/2 (5.3 overs) |
Sonali Patel 39 (33) Sophia Hanson 2/12 (3 overs) | Chloe Westbury 11 (18) Chloe Abel 1/4 (1 over) |
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Suffolk 65/9 (20 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 69/3 (9.3 overs) |
Sophie Hughes 15 (21) Anje Lague 3/7 (4 overs) |
Northamptonshire 143/3 (20 overs) | v | Suffolk 82/7 (20 overs) |
Florence Miller 46 (32) Sophie Hughes 1/28 (4 overs) | Sophie Singer 27 (30) Honor Austin 4/7 (4 overs) |
Northamptonshire 102/7 (20 overs) | v | Hertfordshire 103/5 (18.4 overs) |
Gemma Marriott 38 (40) Josie Groves 2/21 (4 overs) |
Suffolk 72/6 (20 overs) | v | Essex 73/4 (15.2 overs) |
Imogen Sidhu 13 (22) Esmae MacGregor 2/11 (4 overs) | Catherine Dalton 20 (22) Poppy Sidhu 2/13 (4 overs) |
Hertfordshire 73 (19.1 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 74/3 (13 overs) |
Gemma Marriott 20 (16) Josie Groves 3/11 (3.1 overs) |
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Northamptonshire 68/9 (20 overs) | v | Essex 69/5 (16.1 overs) |
Grace Poole 17 (26) Josie Groves 3/7 (3.1 overs) |
Suffolk 97/6 (20 overs) | v | Hertfordshire 98/8 (18.3 overs) |
Kezie Hassall 22 (23) Maddie Reynolds 2/18 (4 overs) |
Essex 83/9 (20 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 84/3 (18.3 overs) |
Hertfordshire 117/6 (20 overs) | v | Suffolk 101/9 (20 overs) |
Gemma Marriott 43 (38) Imogen Sidhu 4/12 (4 overs) | Emily Cunningham 26 (29) Rebecca Tyson 4/18 (4 overs) |
Northamptonshire 155/3 (20 overs) | v | Suffolk 76 (19.5 overs) |
Josie Groves 68 (47) Imogen Sidhu 2/18 (4 overs) | Sophie Hughes 19 (16) Anje Lague 3/5 (4 overs) |
Essex 133/6 (20 overs) | v | Hertfordshire 136/2 (16.4 overs) |
Jessica Bird 32 (34) Rebecca Tyson 2/12 (4 overs) | Gemma Marriott 72 (46) Prisha Bedi 1/17 (4 overs) |
Hertfordshire 65 (19.3 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 69/5 (12 overs) |
Gemma Marriott 16 (28) Alicia Presland 3/8 (2.3 overs) |
Wales 118/6 (20 overs) | v | Cornwall 63/6 (20 overs) |
Sophia Smale 34 (34) Hannah Dodd 3/18 (4 overs) |
Wales 111/5 (20 overs) | v | Cornwall 49/8 (20 overs) |
Lauren Parfitt 39 (52) Tegan Smith 2/22 (4 overs) | Robyn Edge 13 (23) Eve Jackson 4/5 (3 overs) |
Devon 73/9 (18 overs) | v | |
Amelie Munday 17 (14) Nicole Reid 2/12 (4 overs) |
Wales 124/4 (20 overs) | v | Cornwall 64/8 (20 overs) |
Keira De Villiers 16 (13) Claire Nicholas 2/9 (4 overs) |
Devon 95/7 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 96/3 (16.1 overs) |
Nat Wraith 45 (28) Hollie Perkin 2/11 (2.1 overs) |
Devon 100/7 (20 overs) | v | Cornwall 96/7 (20 overs) |
Erin Vukusic 31* (25) Tegan Smith 2/6 (4 overs) | Caitlin Burnett 48* (60) Ellie Bishop 3/13 (3 overs) |
Wales 117/4 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 121/1 (12 overs) |
Daisy Jeanes 44* (34) Ffion Wynne 1/25 (3 overs) |
Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
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Gemma Marriott | Hertfordshire | 6 | 6 | 203 | 33.83 | 72 | 0 | 1 |
Seren Smale | Lancashire | 4 | 4 | 201 | 67.00 | 121* | 1 | 1 |
Emily Windsor | Hampshire | 4 | 4 | 177 | 59.00 | 85 | 0 | 2 |
Ailsa Lister | Scotland | 4 | 3 | 172 | 86.00 | 117* | 1 | 0 |
Isla Thomson | Wiltshire | 3 | 3 | 143 | 71.50 | 62 | 0 | 1 |
Source: CricketArchive [15]
Player | Team | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5w |
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Bhoomika Bhat | Gloucestershire | 19.0 | 12 | 3.50 | 4/15 | 0 |
Rebecca Tyson | Hertfordshire | 20.0 | 12 | 5.33 | 4/8 | 0 |
Melissa Story | Gloucestershire | 16.0 | 11 | 5.00 | 2/4 | 0 |
Eve O'Neill | Hampshire | 18.0 | 11 | 5.81 | 4/13 | 0 |
Anje Lague | Northamptonshire | 27.0 | 11 | 8.90 | 3/5 | 0 |
Source: CricketArchive [16]