2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup Explained

Administrator:England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket Format:Twenty20
Tournament Format:League system
Champions:Lancashire
Count:1
Participants:36
Most Runs:Jodie Dibble (260)
Most Wickets:Clare Boycott (14)
Previous Year:2016
Previous Tournament:2016 Women's Twenty20 Cup
Next Year:2018
Next Tournament:2018 Women's Twenty20 Cup

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]

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 OneBerkshireKentLancashireMiddlesexSomersetSurreySussexWarwickshireYorkshire
Division TwoDerbyshireDurhamEssexHampshireNottinghamshireScotland AStaffordshireWalesWorcestershire
Division Three - Group ACornwallDevonDorsetGloucestershireOxfordshireWiltshire
Division Three - Group BCheshireCumbriaLeicestershire and RutlandLincolnshireNorthumberlandShropshire
Division Three - Group CBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireHertfordshireNorfolkNorthamptonshireSuffolk

Division One

Team
Lancashire (C)8 7 1 0 0 0 +1.480 28
Middlesex8 5 3 0 0 0 +0.760 20
Sussex8 4 2 0 0 2 +0.540 18
Warwickshire8 4 4 0 0 0 +1.290 16
Surrey8 4 4 0 0 0 −0.360 16
Kent8 4 4 0 0 0 −0.380 16
8 3 5 0 0 0 −0.210 12
Somerset (R)8 1 5 0 0 2 −1.350 6
Berkshire (R)8 1 5 0 0 2 −2.940 6

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[3]

Division Two

Team
Nottinghamshire (P)8 7 0 0 1 0 +1.440 29
Worcestershire (P)8 5 3 0 0 0 +0.330 20
Hampshire8 4 2 0 0 2 +1.080 18
8 4 4 0 0 0 −0.080 16
Wales8 3 3 0 0 2 +0.070 14
Durham8 3 5 0 0 0 −0.210 12
Derbyshire (R)8 3 5 0 0 0 −0.830 12
Staffordshire (R)8 2 4 0 0 2 −0.830 10
Essex (R)8 1 6 0 1 0 −0.790 5

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[4]

Division Three

Group A

Team
Gloucestershire (P)8 6 0 0 0 2 +2.960 26
Oxfordshire8 5 1 0 0 2 +1.290 22
Devon8 4 2 0 0 2 +1.550 18
Cornwall8 3 5 0 0 0 −0.70 12
Dorset8 2 6 0 0 0 −1.040 8
Wiltshire8 1 7 0 0 0 −1.940 4

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[5]

Group B

Team
Cheshire (P)8 7 1 0 0 0 +2.000 28
Leicestershire and Rutland8 5 2 0 1 0 +0.770 21
Shropshire8 4 3 0 1 0 −0.440 17
Northumberland8 4 4 0 0 0 +0.280 16
Lincolnshire8 3 5 0 0 0 −1.420 12
Cumbria8 0 8 0 0 0 −2.250 0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[6]

Group C

Team
Northamptonshire (P)8 7 1 0 0 0 +2.000 28
Hertfordshire8 6 2 0 0 0 +1.000 24
Norfolk8 5 3 0 0 0 +0.360 20
Suffolk8 3 5 0 0 0 −0.080 12
Buckinghamshire8 2 6 0 0 0 −1.600 8
Cambridgeshire8 1 7 0 0 0 −2.020 4

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[7]

Statistics

Most runs

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Jodie DibbleNottinghamshire8826037.147802
Gabrielle BasketterWales6625350.609402
Natalie SamuelsSuffolk6623157.756901
Kezia HassallHertfordshire8823038.336101
Emma LambLancashire8823028.755201
Source: CricketArchive[8]

Most wickets

width=125Playerwidth=125Teamwidth=60 Ballswidth=60 Wicketswidth=60 Averagewidth=60 BBIwidth=60 5w
Clare BoycottWorcestershire185148.643/110
Sophia DunkleyMiddlesex1861311.534/240
Rebecca TysonHertfordshire125127.663/60
Rebecca GrundyWarwickshire138127.914/140
Hannah JonesSurrey132129.083/80
Source: CricketArchive[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2017 Scorecards . Cricket Archive . 28 December 2020.
  2. Web site: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2017 . Play-Cricket . 28 December 2020.
  3. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/70010 Division 1 - 2017
  4. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/70011 Division 2 - 2017
  5. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/70015 Division 3A - 2017
  6. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/70016 Division 3B - 2017
  7. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/70017 Division 3C - 2017
  8. Web site: Batting and Fielding in NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2017 (Ordered by Runs) . CricketArchive . 21 March 2021.
  9. Web site: Bowling in NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2017 (Ordered by Wickets) . CricketArchive . 21 March 2021.

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