2011 Women's Twenty20 Cup Explained

Administrator:England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket Format:Twenty20
Tournament Format:League system
Champions:Kent
Count:1
Participants:35
Most Runs:Danni Wyatt (202)
Most Wickets:Alice Davidson-Richards (12)
Previous Year:2010
Previous Tournament:2010 Women's Twenty20 Cup
Next Year:2012
Next Tournament:2012 Women's Twenty20 Cup

The 2011 Women's Twenty20 Cup was the 3rd cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in August and September, with 35 teams taking part: 33 county teams plus Wales and the Netherlands. Kent Women won the Twenty20 Cup, beating Berkshire Women in the final, achieving their first T20 title. The tournament ran alongside the 50-over 2011 Women's County Championship.[1]

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: 2 points.
Tie

1 points.
Loss: 0 points.
Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point.

Teams

The 2011 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 third-place play-off. The winners of each Division 1, and the best-performing second-place team, progressed to the semi-finals.

Midlands & North

Division OneNottinghamshireStaffordshireWarwickshireYorkshire
Division TwoCheshireLancashireNorthamptonshireWorcestershire
Division ThreeCumbriaDurhamGloucestershireNorthumberland
Division FourDerbyshireLeicestershire and RutlandNetherlandsOxfordshire

South

Division OneEssexKentMiddlesexSussex
Division TwoCambridgeshire and HuntingdonshireHampshireHertfordshireSurrey
Division ThreeBedfordshireNorfolkSuffolk

South & West

Division OneBerkshireDevonSomersetWales
Division TwoBuckinghamshireCornwallDorsetWiltshire

Midlands & North

Division 1

Group stage

Team
Yorkshire (Q)3 3 0 0 0 0 +2.300 6
3 2 1 0 0 0 +1.800 4
Staffordshire (R)3 1 2 0 0 0 −2.750 2
Nottinghamshire3 0 3 0 0 0 −2.090 0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[3]

Final

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Third-place play-off

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Division 2

Team
Northamptonshire3 3 0 0 0 0 +1.840 6
Worcestershire (P)3 2 1 0 0 0 −0.460 4
3 1 2 0 0 0 −1.160 2
Cheshire (R)3 0 3 0 0 0 −0.250 0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[4]

Final

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Third-place play-off

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Division 3

Team
Gloucestershire (P)3 3 0 0 0 0 +2.520 6
Durham3 2 1 0 0 0 +1.000 4
Northumberland (R)3 1 2 0 0 0 −1.220 2
3 0 3 0 0 0 −1.910 0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[5]

Final

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Third-place play-off

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Division 4

Team
Netherlands (P)3 3 0 0 0 0 +3.400 6
Leicestershire3 2 1 0 0 0 +1.070 4
Derbyshire3 1 2 0 0 0 +0.480 2
Oxfordshire3 0 3 0 0 0 −5.300 0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[6]

Final

The division final between Netherlands and Leicestershire was scheduled to take place on 3 August 2011 at The Copper Yard, Denby. However, the result of the match is not recorded.[1]

Third-place play-off

The division third-place play-off between Derbyshire and Oxfordshire was scheduled to take place on 3 August 2011 at The Copper Yard, Denby. However, the result of the match is not recorded.[1]

South

Division 1

Group stage

Team
Kent (Q)3 3 0 0 0 0 +2.170 6
Sussex (Q)3 2 1 0 0 0 +0.700 4
Middlesex3 1 2 0 0 0 −1.520 2
Essex (R)3 0 3 0 0 0 −1.380 0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[7]

Final

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Third-place play-off

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Division 2

Team
Surrey (P)3 3 0 0 0 0 +2.440 6
Hampshire3 2 1 0 0 0 0 4
Hertfordshire3 1 2 0 0 0 0 2
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire (R)3 0 3 0 0 0 −2.500 0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[8]

Final

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Third-place play-off

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Division 3

Team
Suffolk (P)2 1 1 0 0 0 +1.060 2
Bedfordshire2 1 1 0 0 0 −0.390 2
Norfolk2 1 1 0 0 0 −0.740 2

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[9]

Final

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South & West

Division 1

Group stage

Team
Berkshire (Q)3 3 0 0 0 0 +2.160 6
Devon3 2 1 0 0 0 +0.080 4
Somerset3 1 2 0 0 0 +0.330 2
Wales3 0 3 0 0 0 −2.730 0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[10]

Final

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Third-place play-off

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Division 2

Team
Buckinghamshire3 2 1 0 0 0 +2.980 4
Wiltshire3 2 1 0 0 0 +0.350 4
Cornwall3 2 1 0 0 0 −1.450 4
Dorset3 0 3 0 0 0 –1.910 0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[11]

Final

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Third-place play-off

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Knock-Out Stage

Semi-finals

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Third-place play-off

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Final

Statistics

Most runs

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Danni WyattStaffordshire4420267.339102
Jenny DunnMiddlesex4419364.337002
Heather KnightBerkshire6517142.756601
Laura MarshKent6616733.406402
Katherine BruntYorkshire6616227.004900
Source: CricketArchive[12]

Most wickets

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Alice Davidson-RichardsKent1261210.254/130
Charlotte EdwardsKent108109.403/220
Katie LevickYorkshire1341010.505/161
Delissa KimminceWarwickshire9697.443/120
Georgia ElwissSussex111913.003/290
Source: CricketArchive[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2011 . Cricket Archive . 3 January 2021.
  2. Web site: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2011 . Play-Cricket . 3 January 2021.
  3. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41939 Division M&N 1 - 2011
  4. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41951 Division M&N 2 - 2011
  5. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41959 Division M&N 3 - 2011
  6. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41963 Division M&N 4 - 2011
  7. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41931 Division S1 - 2011
  8. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41943 Division S2 - 2011
  9. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41955 Division S3 - 2011
  10. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41935 Division S&W 1 - 2011
  11. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41947 Division S&W 2 - 2011
  12. Web site: Batting and Fielding in ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2011 (Ordered by Runs) . CricketArchive . 21 March 2021.
  13. Web site: Bowling in ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2011 (Ordered by Wickets) . CricketArchive . 21 March 2021.