2009 Women's Twenty20 Cup

The 2009 Women's Twenty20 Cup was the inaugural cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in July, with 32 teams taking part: 30 county teams plus Wales and Scotland. Surrey Women won the Twenty20 Cup, as champions of Division One. The tournament ran alongside the 50-over 2009 Women's County Championship.^[1]

2009 Women's Twenty20 Cup

Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Surrey (1st title)
Participants	32
Most runs	Ebony Rainford-Brent (90)
Most wickets	Jodie Dibble (6) Abbi Aitken (6)
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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 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 point.
Loss: 0 points.
Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point.

Teams

The 2009 Women's Twenty20 Cup was divided into eight divisions, Division One to Division Eight. Teams played each other once.

Division One	Berkshire	Kent	Surrey	Sussex
Division Two	Lancashire	Somerset	Warwickshire	Yorkshire
Division Three	Cheshire	Derbyshire	Essex	Middlesex
Division Four	Devon	Scotland	Staffordshire	Worcestershire
Division Five	Hampshire	Hertfordshire	Norfolk	Northamptonshire
Division Six	Durham	Gloucestershire	Wales	Wiltshire
Division Seven	Cumbria	Dorset	Northumberland	Shropshire
Division Eight	Buckinghamshire	Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire	Oxfordshire	Suffolk

Division One

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Surrey (C)	3	2	0	0	0	1	−0.36	0	5
Kent	3	1	1	0	0	1	+0.97	0	3
Berkshire	3	0	1	0	1	1	−0.40	0	2
Sussex	3	0	1	0	1	1	−1.05	0	2

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup^[3]

Division Two

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Somerset	3	2	0	0	1	0	+1.23	0	5
Lancashire	3	1	1	0	0	1	+0.45	0	3
Yorkshire	3	1	1	0	0	1	−0.05	0	3
Warwickshire	3	0	2	0	1	0	−1.63	0	1

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup^[4]

Division Three

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Essex	3	2	0	0	0	1	+0.61	0	5
Cheshire	3	1	1	0	0	1	+1.08	0	3
Middlesex	3	1	1	0	0	1	−0.25	0	3
Derbyshire	3	0	2	0	0	1	−1.23	0	1

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup^[5]

Division Four

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Devon	3	2	1	0	0	0	+1.03	0	4
Staffordshire	3	2	1	0	0	0	+0.47	0	4
Worcestershire	3	2	1	0	0	0	−0.30	0	4
Scotland	3	0	3	0	0	0	−1.17	0	0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup^[6]

Division Five

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Northamptonshire	3	2	1	0	0	0	+1.13	0	4
Hampshire	3	2	1	0	0	0	−2.73	0	4
Norfolk	3	1	2	0	0	0	+0.99	0	2
Hertfordshire	3	1	2	0	0	0	+0.02	0	2

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup^[7]

Division Six

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Durham	3	0	0	0	3	0	−	0	3
Gloucestershire	3	0	0	0	3	0	−	0	3
Wales	3	0	0	0	3	0	−	0	3
Wiltshire	3	0	0	0	3	0	−	0	3

All games abandoned due to rain.

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup^[8]

Division Seven

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Cumbria	3	0	0	0	3	0	−	0	3
Dorset	3	0	0	0	3	0	−	0	3
Northumberland	3	0	0	0	3	0	−	0	3
Shropshire	3	0	0	0	3	0	−	0	3

All games abandoned due to rain.

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup^[9]

Division Eight

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Oxfordshire	3	3	0	0	0	0	+0.65	0	6
Suffolk	3	2	1	0	0	0	+0.71	0	4
Buckinghamshire	3	1	2	0	0	0	−1.37	0	2
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire	3	0	3	0	0	0	−	0	0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup^[10]

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Ebony Rainford-Brent	Surrey	2	2	90	45.00	58	0	1
Charlotte Edwards	Kent	2	1	71	–	71*	0	1
Amara Carr	Devon	3	3	63	31.50	39*	0	0
Penny Everett	Suffolk	2	2	62	62.00	58*	0	1
Alice Macleod	Berkshire	2	1	60	60.00	60	0	1

Source: CricketArchive^[11]

Most wickets

Player	Team	Balls	Wickets	Average	BBI	5w
Jodie Dibble	Devon	48	6	5.16	4/1	0
Abbi Aitken	Scotland	54	6	9.33	3/21	0
Beth MacGregor	Essex	47	5	3.60	3/6	0
Fi Morris	Oxfordshire	48	5	4.00	3/6	0
Emma Sampson	Surrey	36	5	4.20	3/12	0

Source: CricketArchive^[12]