2014 Women's Twenty20 Cup

2014 Women's Twenty20 Cup
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsNottinghamshire (1st title)
Participants40
Most runsClare Shillington (242)
Most wicketsErin Bermingham (15)
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The 2014 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2014 NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup, was the 6th cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in July and August, with 40 teams taking part: 36 county teams, alongside Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Netherlands. Nottinghamshire Women won the Twenty20 Cup, achieving their first title. The tournament ran alongside the 50-over 2014 Women's County Championship.[1]

Competition format

Teams played matches within a series of divisions, across two rounds of groupings. 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: 2 points.
Loss: 0 points.
Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point.

Teams

The 2014 Women's Twenty20 Cup was divided into four divisions: Divisions One, Two and Three with nine teams each and Division Four with 13 teams. Each Division was divided into regional groups of 3 teams apiece, with each team playing each other twice (apart from Division 4B, which had four teams, and each team played each other once).

Based on placings in the first round, teams then progressed to tiered divisions in round two (or tiered matches, in Division Four): for example, the winner of Group 1A progressed to Round 2 Group 1A, with the runners-up being placed in Round 2 Group 1B and third place moving to Round 2 Group 1C. The winners of Round 2 Group 1A were crowned champions, and placings further down determined promotion and relegation. The teams were initially divided into groups as follows:

Division 1A Berkshire Middlesex Sussex
Division 1B Essex Kent Surrey
Division 1C Nottinghamshire Warwickshire Yorkshire
Division 2A Cheshire Staffordshire Worcestershire
Division 2B Durham Ireland Lancashire
Division 2C Devon Somerset Wales
Division 3A Gloucestershire Hampshire Oxfordshire
Division 3B Hertfordshire Netherlands Northamptonshire
Division 3C Derbyshire Leicestershire and Rutland Scotland
Division 4A Buckinghamshire Shropshire Suffolk
Division 4B Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Huntingdonshire Norfolk
Division 4C Cumbria Lincolnshire Northumberland
Division 4D Cornwall Dorset Wiltshire

Division One

Round 1

Group A

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Middlesex 4 3 1 0 0 0 +0.31 0 12
Sussex 4 3 1 0 0 0 +0.20 0 12
Berkshire 4 0 4 0 0 0 –0.53 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[3]

Group B

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Kent 4 3 1 0 0 0 +2.28 0 12
Surrey 4 3 1 0 0 0 +0.78 0 12
Essex 4 0 4 0 0 0 –3.44 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[4]

Group C

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Nottinghamshire 4 4 0 0 0 0 +0.92 0 16
Yorkshire 4 2 2 0 0 0 +0.94 0 8
Warwickshire 4 0 4 0 0 0 –1.85 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[5]

Round 2

Group A

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Nottinghamshire (C) 2 1 1 0 0 0 +1.83 0 4
Middlesex 2 1 1 0 0 0 –0.75 0 4
Kent 2 1 1 0 0 0 –1.08 0 4
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[6]

Group B

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Yorkshire 2 2 0 0 0 0 +0.38 0 8
Sussex 2 1 1 0 0 0 +0.27 0 4
Surrey 2 0 2 0 0 0 –0.67 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[7]

Group C

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Berkshire 2 2 0 0 0 0 +3.06 0 8
Warwickshire (R) 2 1 1 0 0 0 +0.56 0 4
Essex (R) 2 0 2 0 0 0 –3.94 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[8]

Division Two

Round 1

Group A

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Staffordshire 4 3 1 0 0 0 +1.60 0 12
Cheshire 4 2 2 0 0 0 +0.20 0 8
Worcestershire 4 1 3 0 0 0 –1.81 0 4
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[9]

Group B

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Ireland 4 3 1 0 0 0 +2.07 0 12
Lancashire 4 2 2 0 0 0 +0.32 0 8
Durham 4 1 3 0 0 0 –2.99 0 4
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[10]

Group C

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Somerset 4 3 1 0 0 0 +2.50 0 12
Wales 4 2 2 0 0 0 –1.14 0 8
Devon 4 1 3 0 0 0 –1.36 0 4
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[11]

Round 2

Group A

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Ireland (P) 2 2 0 0 0 0 +2.25 0 8
Somerset (P) 2 1 1 0 0 0 –1.75 0 4
Staffordshire 2 0 2 0 0 0 –0.45 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[12]

Group B

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Lancashire 2 2 0 0 0 0 +1.50 0 8
Wales 2 1 1 0 0 0 +0.05 0 4
Cheshire 2 0 2 0 0 0 –1.55 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[13]

Group C

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Durham 2 2 0 0 0 0 +3.06 0 8
Devon (R) 2 1 1 0 0 0 +0.56 0 4
Worcestershire (R) 2 0 2 0 0 0 –3.94 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[14]

Division Three

Round 1

Group A

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Hampshire 4 4 0 0 0 0 +1.61 0 16
Gloucestershire 4 2 2 0 0 0 +0.16 0 8
Oxfordshire 4 0 4 0 0 0 –1.72 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[15]

Group B

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Netherlands 4 4 0 0 0 0 +2.86 0 16
Northamptonshire 4 2 2 0 0 0 –0.88 0 8
Hertfordshire 4 0 4 0 0 0 –0.78 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[16]

Group C

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Derbyshire 4 3 1 0 0 0 +0.56 0 12
Scotland 4 3 1 0 0 0 +0.26 0 12
Leicestershire and Rutland 4 0 4 0 0 0 –0.78 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[17]

Round 2

Group A

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Derbyshire (P) 2 1 1 0 0 0 +1.72 0 4
Netherlands (P) 2 1 1 0 0 0 –0.15 0 4
Hampshire 2 1 1 0 0 0 –1.11 0 4
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[18]

Group B

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Scotland 2 2 0 0 0 0 +1.47 0 8
Northamptonshire 2 1 1 0 0 0 +0.61 0 4
Gloucestershire 2 0 2 0 0 0 –2.09 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[19]

Group C

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Oxfordshire 1 1 0 0 0 0 +0.20 0 4
Leicestershire and Rutland (R) 1 0 1 0 0 0 –0.20 0 0
Hertfordshire[a] (R) 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[20]

Division Four

Round 1

Group A

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Buckinghamshire 4 4 0 0 0 0 +1.56 0 16
Suffolk 4 2 2 0 0 0 −0.39 0 8
Shropshire 4 0 4 0 0 0 –1.19 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[21]

Group B

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Norfolk 3 3 0 0 0 0 +1.27 0 12
Cambridgeshire 3 2 1 0 0 0 +0.63 0 8
Bedfordshire 3 1 2 0 0 0 –0.39 0 4
Huntingdonshire 3 0 3 0 0 0 –1.58 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[22]

Group C

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Cumbria 4 4 0 0 0 0 +2.50 0 16
Northumberland 4 1 3 0 0 0 −0.54 0 4
Lincolnshire 4 1 3 0 0 0 −1.82 0 4
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[23]

Group D

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Cornwall 4 4 0 0 0 0 +2.51 0 16
Dorset 4 2 2 0 0 0 −0.85 0 8
Wiltshire 4 0 4 0 0 0 –1.74 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[24]

Round 2

The teams in Division Four then played in a series of placing matches, to determine finishing positions from 1st to 13th, with the top two being promoted. The teams placed as follows:[25]

Position Team(s)
1st Cornwall (P)
2nd Buckinghamshire (P)
3rd= Cumbria
3rd= Norfolk
5th Suffolk
6th Dorset
7th Northumberland
8th Cambridgeshire
9th Shropshire
10th Lincolnshire
11th Bedfordshire
12th Wiltshire
13th Huntingdonshire

Statistics

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Clare Shillington Ireland 6 6 242 48.40 113* 1 0
Heather Knight Berkshire 5 5 205 51.25 92 0 2
Dawn Prestidge Cheshire 6 6 204 51.00 87* 0 2
Nat Sciver Surrey 4 4 202 50.50 77 0 3
Alex MacDonald Yorkshire 6 6 193 48.25 71* 0 1

Source: CricketArchive[26]

Most wickets

Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5w
Erin Bermingham Kent 144 15 7.60 4/7 0
Nicole Richards Cornwall 124 13 4.15 4/12 0
Sarah Sundaram Derbyshire 129 13 8.69 3/6 0
Carrie Ellwood Cumbria 115 11 6.00 3/8 0
Martha Manktelow Buckinghamshire 138 11 7.90 3/8 0

Source: CricketArchive[27]

Notes

  1. ^ Withdrew from group

References

  1. ^ "NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2014". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. ^ "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2014". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. ^ Division 1A - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  4. ^ Division 1B - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  5. ^ Division 1C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  6. ^ Division R2 1A - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  7. ^ Division R2 1B - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  8. ^ Division R2 1C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  9. ^ Division 2A - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  10. ^ Division 2B - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  11. ^ Division 2C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  12. ^ Division R2 2A - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  13. ^ Division R2 2B - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  14. ^ Division R2 2C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  15. ^ Division 3A - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  16. ^ Division 3B - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  17. ^ Division 3C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  18. ^ Division R2 3A - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  19. ^ Division R2 3B - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  20. ^ Division R2 3C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  21. ^ Division 4A - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  22. ^ Division 4B - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  23. ^ Division 4C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  24. ^ Division 4C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
  25. ^ "NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2014". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  26. ^ "Batting and Fielding in ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2014 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  27. ^ "Bowling in ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2014 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.