2013 Women's Twenty20 Cup Explained

Administrator:England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket Format:Twenty20
Tournament Format:League system
Champions:Kent
Count:2
Participants:33
Most Runs:Fran Wilson (290)
Most Wickets:Megan Belt (9)
Previous Year:2012
Previous Tournament:2012 Women's Twenty20 Cup
Next Year:2014
Next Tournament:2014 Women's Twenty20 Cup

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]

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 OneNottinghamshireStaffordshireWorcestershireYorkshire
Division TwoLancashireNetherlandsWarwickshire
Division ThreeCheshireGloucestershireLeicestershire and Rutland
Division FourCumbriaDerbyshireNorthumberlandOxfordshire

South

Division OneEssexKentMiddlesexSussex
Division TwoHampshireHertfordshireSurreySuffolk
Division ThreeBedfordshireCambridgeshire and HuntingdonshireNorfolk

South & West

Division OneBerkshireCornwallSomersetWales
Division TwoBuckinghamshireDevonDorsetWiltshire

Midlands & North

Division 1

Group stage

Team
Nottinghamshire (Q)3 3 0 0 0 0 +2.570 12
Yorkshire3 2 1 0 0 0 +0.090 8
Worcestershire3 1 2 0 0 0 –0.870 4
Staffordshire3 0 3 0 0 0 –1.760 0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[3]

Final

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Division 2

Team
Warwickshire2 2 0 0 0 0 +6.260 8
Lancashire2 0 1 0 0 1 −4.850 1
Netherlands2 0 1 0 0 1 –7.700 1

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[4]

Division 3

Team
Leicestershire2 1 0 0 1 0 +2.220 5
Gloucestershire2 1 1 0 0 0 −0.490 4
Cheshire2 0 1 0 1 0 –0.730 1

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[5]

Division 4

Team
Derbyshire3 3 0 0 0 0 +1.690 12
Cumbria3 1 2 0 0 0 −0.350 4
Northumberland3 1 2 0 0 0 –0.690 4
Oxfordshire3 1 2 0 0 0 –0.720 4

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[6]

South

Division 1

Group stage

Team
Sussex (Q)3 2 1 0 0 0 +1.530 8
Kent (Q)3 2 1 0 0 0 +0.990 8
Middlesex3 2 1 0 0 0 +0.340 8
Essex3 0 3 0 0 0 –2.700 0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[7]

Final

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Division 2

Team
Surrey3 3 0 0 0 0 +2.050 12
Hampshire3 2 1 0 0 0 +0.410 8
Hertfordshire3 1 2 0 1 0 +0.270 4
Suffolk3 0 3 0 0 0 –2.760 0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[8]

Division 3

Team
Bedfordshire2 2 0 0 0 0 +1.380 8
Norfolk2 1 1 0 0 0 +0.150 4
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire2 0 2 0 0 0 –1.400 0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[9]

South & West

Division 1

Group stage

Team
Somerset3 3 0 0 0 0 +5.780 12
Berkshire (Q)3 2 1 0 0 0 +2.220 8
Wales3 1 2 0 0 0 −3.050 4
Cornwall3 0 3 0 0 0 –4.500 0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[10]

Final

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Division 2

Team
Devon3 3 0 0 0 0 +4.920 12
Buckinghamshire3 2 1 0 0 0 +0.300 8
Dorset3 1 2 0 1 0 −2.470 4
Wiltshire3 0 3 0 0 0 –2.550 0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[11]

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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Fran WilsonSomerset4429096.669903
Rosalie BirchDevon44248248.0011311
Heather KnightBerkshire4422556.258002
Anya ShrubsoleSomerset44219109.5010911
Alexis MannionHertfordshire44204204.006602
Source: CricketArchive[12]

Most wickets

width=125Playerwidth=125Teamwidth=60 Ballswidth=60 Wicketswidth=60 Averagewidth=60 BBIwidth=60 5w
Megan BeltKent138913.333/180
Lucy MaxwellNottinghamshire8087.624/190
Anisha ThindBedfordshire7275.424/50
Leah KelloggDerbyshire9677.423/150
Jenny WithersSomerset8479.144/90
Source: CricketArchive[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2013 . Cricket Archive . 1 January 2021.
  2. Web site: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2013 . Play-Cricket . 1 January 2021.
  3. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41941 Division M&N 1 - 2013
  4. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41953 Division M&N 2 - 2013
  5. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41961 Division M&N 3 - 2013
  6. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41965 Division M&N 4 - 2013
  7. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41933 Division S1 - 2013
  8. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41945 Division S2 - 2013
  9. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41957 Division S3 - 2013
  10. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41937 Division S&W 1 - 2013
  11. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41949 Division S&W 2 - 2013
  12. Web site: Batting and Fielding in ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2013 (Ordered by Runs) . CricketArchive . 21 March 2021.
  13. Web site: Bowling in ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2013 (Ordered by Wickets) . CricketArchive . 21 March 2021.

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