2015 Women's Twenty20 Cup

2015 Women's Twenty20 Cup
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsSussex (2nd title)
Participants38
Most runsDanni Wyatt (287)
Most wicketsMegan Fairclough (15)
Jenny Gunn (15)
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The 2015 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2015 NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup, was the 7th cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place between June and August, with 38 teams taking part: 34 county teams, alongside Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Netherlands. Sussex Women won the Twenty20 Cup, achieving their second title. The tournament ran alongside the 50-over 2015 Women's County Championship.[1]

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

Teams

The 2015 Women's Twenty20 Cup was divided into four divisions: Divisions One, Two and Three with nine teams each and Division Four with 11 teams, divided into three regional groups; teams in the top three divisions played each other once, and teams in Division Four played between four and six matches. The top team in each Division Four group progressed to a final group of three, with the top two being promoted.

Division One Berkshire Ireland Kent Middlesex Nottinghamshire Somerset Surrey Sussex Yorkshire
Division Two Cheshire Derbyshire Durham Essex Lancashire Netherlands Staffordshire Wales Warwickshire
Division Three Buckinghamshire Cornwall Devon Gloucestershire Hampshire Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Scotland Worcestershire
Division Four - Group A Cambridgeshire Leicestershire and Rutland Norfolk Suffolk
Division Four - Group B Dorset Hertfordshire Wiltshire
Division Four - Group C Cumbria Lincolnshire Northumberland Shropshire

Division One

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Sussex (C) 8 6 2 0 0 0 +0.56 0 24
Yorkshire 8 6 2 0 0 0 +0.51 0 24
Kent 8 6 2 0 0 0 –0.10 0 24
Middlesex 8 5 3 0 0 0 +1.34 0 20
Ireland 8 3 4 0 1 0 −0.36 0 13
Nottinghamshire 8 3 5 0 0 0 +0.45 0 12
Berkshire 8 3 5 0 0 0 –0.34 0 12
Somerset (R) 8 2 5 0 1 0 −0.59 0 9
Surrey (R) 8 0 6 0 2 0 −2.12 0 2
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[3]

Division Two

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Lancashire (P) 8 8 0 0 0 0 +2.28 0 32
Warwickshire (P) 8 6 2 0 0 0 +1.82 0 24
Essex 8 5 3 0 0 0 +0.31 0 20
Netherlands 8 4 4 0 0 0 –0.84 0 16
Staffordshire 8 4 4 0 0 0 –0.22 0 16
Wales 8 3 5 0 0 0 −0.24 0 12
Durham 8 2 5 0 0 1 −0.55 0 9
Cheshire (R) 8 2 6 0 0 0 −1.39 0 8
Derbyshire (R) 8 1 6 0 0 1 −1.38 0 5
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[4]

Division Three

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Worcestershire (P) 8 8 0 0 0 0 +2.77 0 32
Hampshire (P) 8 7 1 0 0 0 +1.54 0 28
Devon 8 6 2 0 0 0 +2.55 0 24
Scotland 8 5 3 0 0 0 +0.22 0 20
Northamptonshire 8 3 5 0 0 0 –1.02 0 12
Cornwall 8 3 5 0 0 0 −1.21 0 12
Oxfordshire 8 2 6 0 0 0 −1.51 0 8
Gloucestershire (R) 8 2 6 0 0 0 −0.78 0 8
Buckinghamshire (R) 8 0 8 0 0 0 −2.32 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[5]

Division Four

Group A

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Leicestershire and Rutland 4 4 0 0 0 0 +3.16 0 16
Suffolk 4 3 1 0 0 0 +0.14 0 12
Norfolk 4 1 3 0 0 0 –2.20 0 4
Cambridgeshire 4 0 4 0 0 0 −0.72 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[6]

Group B

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Hertfordshire 6 6 0 0 0 0 +1.64 0 24
Dorset 6 2 4 0 0 0 −0.72 0 8
Wiltshire 6 1 5 0 0 0 −0.87 0 4
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[7]

Group C

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Shropshire 6 3 0 0 1 2 +2.15 0 15
Cumbria 6 2 1 0 1 2 +0.19 0 11
Lincolnshire 6 1 2 0 1 2 −0.70 0 7
Northumberland 6 0 3 0 1 2 −1.44 0 3
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[8]

Play-Off

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Hertfordshire (P) 2 2 0 0 0 0 +0.65 0 8
Shropshire (P) 2 1 1 0 0 0 −0.25 0 4
Leicestershire and Rutland 2 0 2 0 0 0 −0.40 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[9]

Statistics

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Danni Wyatt Nottinghamshire 6 6 287 57.40 102 1 2
Jodie Dibble Devon 4 4 264 264.00 104* 1 1
Thea Brookes Worcestershire 8 8 260 32.50 73 0 2
Georgia Adams Sussex 8 8 243 34.71 60 0 3
Chloe Hill Buckinghamshire 8 8 223 27.87 66 0 2

Source: CricketArchive[10]

Most wickets

Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5w
Megan Fairclough Lancashire 156 15 5.06 4/9 0
Jenny Gunn Nottinghamshire 138 15 7.00 5/3 1
Kelly Castle Essex 174 13 8.61 3/6 0
Holly Colvin Sussex 192 13 10.69 4/10 0
Ashley Bridges Cornwall 174 13 13.38 3/15 0

Source: CricketArchive[11]

References

  1. ^ "NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2015". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. ^ "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2015". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  3. ^ Division 1 - 2015, Play-Cricket.
  4. ^ Division 2 - 2015, Play-Cricket.
  5. ^ Division 3 - 2015, Play-Cricket.
  6. ^ Division 4A - 2015, Play-Cricket.
  7. ^ Division 4B - 2015, Play-Cricket.
  8. ^ Division 4C - 2015, Play-Cricket.
  9. ^ Division 4PO - 2015, Play-Cricket.
  10. ^ "Batting and Fielding in NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2015 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Bowling in NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2015 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.