2016 Women's Twenty20 Cup

2016 Women's Twenty20 Cup
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsKent (3rd title)
Participants36
Most runsLaura Newton (272)
Most wicketsNicole Richards (15)
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The 2016 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2016 NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup was the 8th 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. Kent Women won the Twenty20 Cup, their third title, and completed the double later in 2016 with their victory in the County Championship.[1]

The tournament ran alongside the 50-over 2016 Women's County Championship, and was followed by the inaugural Twenty20 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 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 2016 Women's Twenty20 Cup was divided into four divisions: Division One and Division Two with eight teams each, Division Three with nine teams and Division Four with 11 teams, divided into three regional groups; teams played between six and eight games, depending on the division.

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

Division One

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Kent (C) 7 5 2 0 0 0 +0.43 0 20
Warwickshire 7 4 2 0 0 1 +0.44 0 17
Middlesex 7 3 2 0 0 2 +0.29 0 14
Berkshire 7 3 4 0 0 0 −0.06 0 12
Lancashire 7 3 4 0 0 0 −0.64 0 12
Yorkshire 7 2 3 0 0 2 +0.79 0 10
Sussex 7 2 3 0 0 2 −0.07 0 9
Nottinghamshire (R) 7 2 4 0 0 1 −0.81 0 9
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[3]

Division Two

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Somerset (P) 7 5 2 0 0 0 +0.78 0 20
Surrey (P) 7 4 1 0 1 1 +0.71 0 18
Wales 7 4 2 0 0 1 +0.95 0 17
Worcestershire 7 4 3 0 0 0 +0.35 0 16
Essex 7 3 3 0 0 1 +0.55 0 13
Hampshire 7 3 4 0 0 0 −0.33 0 12
Staffordshire 7 2 4 0 0 1 −0.44 0 9
Durham 7 0 6 0 1 0 −2.48 0 1
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[4]

Division Three

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Scotland (P) 8 8 0 0 0 0 +1.79 0 32
Derbyshire (P) 8 7 1 0 0 0 +0.89 0 28
Devon 8 6 2 0 0 0 +1.99 0 24
Northamptonshire 8 4 4 0 0 0 −0.80 0 16
Oxfordshire 8 3 4 0 1 0 –0.14 0 13
Cheshire 8 3 4 0 1 0 −0.35 0 13
Cornwall 8 2 6 0 0 0 −1.24 0 8
Hertfordshire 8 2 6 0 0 0 −1.05 0 8
Shropshire 8 0 8 0 0 0 −1.53 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[5]

Division Four

Group A

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Suffolk 6 6 0 0 0 0 +0.88 0 24
Norfolk 6 3 3 0 0 0 +0.90 0 12
Cambridgeshire 6 0 6 0 0 0 −1.77 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[6]

Group B

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Gloucestershire 6 4 0 0 0 2 +5.61 0 18
Wiltshire 6 2 2 0 0 2 −0.30 0 10
Buckinghamshire 6 2 2 0 0 2 −1.65 0 10
Dorset 6 0 4 0 0 2 −3.32 0 2
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[7]

Group C

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Leicestershire and Rutland 6 6 0 0 0 0 +1.82 0 24
Northumberland 6 3 3 0 0 0 +0.35 0 12
Cumbria 6 2 4 0 0 0 −0.36 0 8
Lincolnshire 6 1 5 0 0 0 −1.72 0 4
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[8]

Statistics

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Laura Newton Cheshire 8 8 272 38.85 71* 0 3
Thea Brookes Worcestershire 6 6 270 54.00 79* 0 3
Suzie Bates Kent 7 7 240 40.00 106* 1 0
Lauren Parfitt Wales 6 6 215 43.00 74* 0 2
Lauren Hemp Norfolk 6 6 213 35.50 84 0 2

Source: CricketArchive[9]

Most wickets

Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5w
Nicole Richards Somerset 150 15 6.53 4/12 0
Kari Carswell Scotland 126 13 6.46 4/1 0
Suzie Bates Kent 168 12 10.08 3/11 0
Anje Lague Hampshire 186 12 10.25 3/9 0
Nicola Hawes Northumberland 121 11 7.36 3/12 0

Source: CricketArchive[10]

References

  1. ^ "NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2016". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. ^ "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2016". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. ^ Division 1 - 2016, Play-Cricket.
  4. ^ Division 2 - 2016, Play-Cricket.
  5. ^ Division 3 - 2016, Play-Cricket.
  6. ^ Division 4A - 2016, Play-Cricket.
  7. ^ Division 4B - 2016, Play-Cricket.
  8. ^ Division 4C - 2016, Play-Cricket.
  9. ^ "Batting and Fielding in NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2016 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Bowling in NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2016 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.