2013 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]

2013 Women's Twenty20 Cup

Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Kent (2nd title)
Participants	33
Most runs	Fran Wilson (290)
Most wickets	Megan Belt (9)
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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 One	Nottinghamshire	Staffordshire	Worcestershire	Yorkshire
Division Two	Lancashire	Netherlands	Warwickshire
Division Three	Cheshire	Gloucestershire	Leicestershire and Rutland
Division Four	Cumbria	Derbyshire	Northumberland	Oxfordshire

South

Division One	Essex	Kent	Middlesex	Sussex
Division Two	Hampshire	Hertfordshire	Surrey	Suffolk
Division Three	Bedfordshire	Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire	Norfolk

South & West

Division One	Berkshire	Cornwall	Somerset	Wales
Division Two	Buckinghamshire	Devon	Dorset	Wiltshire

Midlands & North

Division 1

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Nottinghamshire (Q)	3	3	0	0	0	0	+2.57	0	12
Yorkshire	3	2	1	0	0	0	+0.09	0	8
Worcestershire	3	1	2	0	0	0	–0.87	0	4
Staffordshire	3	0	3	0	0	0	–1.76	0	0

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

Final

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23 July 2013 Scorecard

Nottinghamshire 182/3 (20 overs)	v	Yorkshire 46 (9.2 overs)
Danni Wyatt 102 (63) Aimee Simms 2/43 (4 overs)		Lauren Winfield 18 (9) Lucy Maxwell 3/1 (1.2 overs)

Nottinghamshire won by 136 runs Arlington Avenue, Leamington Spa Umpires: Sue Haynes and Vanessa Holliday

• Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field.
• Nottinghamshire progress to the semi-finals.

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Division 2

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Warwickshire	2	2	0	0	0	0	+6.26	0	8
Lancashire	2	0	1	0	0	1	−4.85	0	1
Netherlands	2	0	1	0	0	1	–7.70	0	1

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

Division 3

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Leicestershire	2	1	0	0	1	0	+2.22	0	5
Gloucestershire	2	1	1	0	0	0	−0.49	0	4
Cheshire	2	0	1	0	1	0	–0.73	0	1

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

Division 4

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Derbyshire	3	3	0	0	0	0	+1.69	0	12
Cumbria	3	1	2	0	0	0	−0.35	0	4
Northumberland	3	1	2	0	0	0	–0.69	0	4
Oxfordshire	3	1	2	0	0	0	–0.72	0	4

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

South

Division 1

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Sussex (Q)	3	2	1	0	0	0	+1.53	0	8
Kent (Q)	3	2	1	0	0	0	+0.99	0	8
Middlesex	3	2	1	0	0	0	+0.34	0	8
Essex	3	0	3	0	0	0	–2.70	0	0

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

Final

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23 July 2013 Scorecard

Kent 112/5 (20 overs)	v	Sussex 114/6 (20 overs)
Tammy Beaumont 55 (−) Freya Davies 2/11 (4 overs)		Alexia Walker 52 (42) Tash Farrant 2/18 (4 overs)

Sussex won by 2 runs Wellington College, Crowthorne

• Kent won the toss and elected to field.
• Sussex and Kent progress to the semi-finals.

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Division 2

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Surrey	3	3	0	0	0	0	+2.05	0	12
Hampshire	3	2	1	0	0	0	+0.41	0	8
Hertfordshire	3	1	2	0	1	0	+0.27	0	4
Suffolk	3	0	3	0	0	0	–2.76	0	0

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

Division 3

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Bedfordshire	2	2	0	0	0	0	+1.38	0	8
Norfolk	2	1	1	0	0	0	+0.15	0	4
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire	2	0	2	0	0	0	–1.40	0	0

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

South & West

Division 1

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Somerset	3	3	0	0	0	0	+5.78	0	12
Berkshire (Q)	3	2	1	0	0	0	+2.22	0	8
Wales	3	1	2	0	0	0	−3.05	0	4
Cornwall	3	0	3	0	0	0	–4.50	0	0

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

Final

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23 July 2013 Scorecard

Berkshire 147/6 (20 overs)	v	Somerset 144/5 (20 overs)
Heather Knight 43 (34) Jenny Withers 2/16 (4 overs)		Fran Wilson 48 (34) Heather Knight 3/23 (4 overs)

Berkshire won by 3 runs Spytty Park, Newport Umpires: Clive Poulton and Darren Turl

• Berkshire won the toss and elected to bat.
• Berkshire progress to the semi-finals.

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Division 2

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Devon	3	3	0	0	0	0	+4.92	0	12
Buckinghamshire	3	2	1	0	0	0	+0.30	0	8
Dorset	3	1	2	0	1	0	−2.47	0	4
Wiltshire	3	0	3	0	0	0	–2.55	0	0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup^[11]

Knock-Out Stage

Semi-finals

7 September 2013 Scorecard

Kent 131/4 (20 overs)	v	Nottinghamshire 123/7 (20 overs)
Tammy Beaumont 47 (46) Danni Wyatt 3/28 (4 overs)		Jane Smit 59 (53) Megan Belt 3/18 (4 overs)

Kent won by 8 runs Spen Cama Memorial Ground, Fulking Umpires: John Booker and Trevor Cox

• Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field.
• Kent progress to the final.

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7 September 2013 Scorecard

Sussex 63/2 (13.2 overs)	v	Berkshire 59/7 (15 overs)
Arran Brindle 17* (19) Alice Macleod 1/8 (3 overs)		Alex Rogers 25* (41) Arran Brindle 2/6 (2 overs)

Sussex won by 8 wickets Spen Cama Memorial Ground, Fulking Umpires: Terry Burstow and Trevor Cox

• Sussex won the toss and elected to field.
• Match reduced to 15 overs per side.
• Sussex progress to the final.

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Third-place play-off

7 September 2013 Scorecard

Berkshire 114/5 (18.4 overs)	v	Nottinghamshire 113/8 (20 overs)
Alex Rogers 46 (40) Ruth Sprawson 3/15 (4 overs)		Danni Wyatt 28 (15) Daisy Gardner 2/14 (3 overs)

Berkshire won by 5 wickets Spen Cama Memorial Ground, Fulking Umpires: John Booker and Terry Burstow

• Berkshire won the toss and elected to field.

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Final

7 September 2013 Scorecard

Sussex 107/5 (20 overs)	v	Kent 108/2 (18.2 overs)
Alexia Walker 26 (28) Charlotte Pape 2/23 (4 overs)		Charlotte Edwards 49 (46) Freya Davies 1/17 (4 overs)

Kent won by 8 wickets Spen Cama Memorial Ground, Fulking Umpires: Terry Burstow and Trevor Cox

• Sussex won the toss and elected to bat.
• Kent won the 2013 Women's Twenty20 Cup.

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Fran Wilson	Somerset	4	4	290	96.66	99	0	3
Rosalie Birch	Devon	4	4	248	248.00	113*	1	1
Heather Knight	Berkshire	4	4	225	56.25	80	0	2
Anya Shrubsole	Somerset	4	4	219	109.50	109*	1	1
Alexis Mannion	Hertfordshire	4	4	204	204.00	66	0	2

Source: CricketArchive^[12]

Most wickets

Player	Team	Balls	Wickets	Average	BBI	5w
Megan Belt	Kent	138	9	13.33	3/18	0
Lucy Maxwell	Nottinghamshire	80	8	7.62	4/19	0
Anisha Thind	Bedfordshire	72	7	5.42	4/5	0
Leah Kellogg	Derbyshire	96	7	7.42	3/15	0
Jenny Withers	Somerset	84	7	9.14	4/9	0

Source: CricketArchive^[13]