2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup

2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsLancashire (1st title)
Participants36
Most runsJodie Dibble (260)
Most wicketsClare Boycott (14)
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The 2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2017 NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup was the 9th 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. Lancashire Women won the Twenty20 Cup, as winners of Division 1, the first of two trophies they won in 2017, along with the County Championship.[1]

The tournament ran alongside the 50-over 2017 Women's County Championship, and was followed by the Twenty20 2017 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 works 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 2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup was divided into three divisions: Division One and Division Two with nine teams each, and Division Three with 18 teams, divided into regional groups of 6 teams apiece; teams in all divisions played eight games.

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

Division One

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Lancashire (C) 8 7 1 0 0 0 +1.48 0 28
Middlesex 8 5 3 0 0 0 +0.76 0 20
Sussex 8 4 2 0 0 2 +0.54 0 18
Warwickshire 8 4 4 0 0 0 +1.29 0 16
Surrey 8 4 4 0 0 0 −0.36 0 16
Kent 8 4 4 0 0 0 −0.38 0 16
Yorkshire 8 3 5 0 0 0 −0.21 0 12
Somerset (R) 8 1 5 0 0 2 −1.35 0 6
Berkshire (R) 8 1 5 0 0 2 −2.94 0 6
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[3]

Division Two

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Nottinghamshire (P) 8 7 0 0 1 0 +1.44 0 29
Worcestershire (P) 8 5 3 0 0 0 +0.33 0 20
Hampshire 8 4 2 0 0 2 +1.08 0 18
Scotland A 8 4 4 0 0 0 −0.08 0 16
Wales 8 3 3 0 0 2 +0.07 0 14
Durham 8 3 5 0 0 0 −0.21 0 12
Derbyshire (R) 8 3 5 0 0 0 −0.83 0 12
Staffordshire (R) 8 2 4 0 0 2 −0.83 0 10
Essex (R) 8 1 6 0 1 0 −0.79 0 5
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[4]

Division Three

Group A

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Gloucestershire (P) 8 6 0 0 0 2 +2.96 0 26
Oxfordshire 8 5 1 0 0 2 +1.29 0 22
Devon 8 4 2 0 0 2 +1.55 0 18
Cornwall 8 3 5 0 0 0 −0.7 0 12
Dorset 8 2 6 0 0 0 −1.04 0 8
Wiltshire 8 1 7 0 0 0 −1.94 0 4
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[5]

Group B

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Cheshire (P) 8 7 1 0 0 0 +2.00 0 28
Leicestershire and Rutland 8 5 2 0 1 0 +0.77 0 21
Shropshire 8 4 3 0 1 0 −0.44 0 17
Northumberland 8 4 4 0 0 0 +0.28 0 16
Lincolnshire 8 3 5 0 0 0 −1.42 0 12
Cumbria 8 0 8 0 0 0 −2.25 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[6]

Group C

Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Northamptonshire (P) 8 7 1 0 0 0 +2.00 0 28
Hertfordshire 8 6 2 0 0 0 +1.00 0 24
Norfolk 8 5 3 0 0 0 +0.36 0 20
Suffolk 8 3 5 0 0 0 −0.08 0 12
Buckinghamshire 8 2 6 0 0 0 −1.60 0 8
Cambridgeshire 8 1 7 0 0 0 −2.02 0 4
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[7]

Statistics

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Jodie Dibble Nottinghamshire 8 8 260 37.14 78* 0 2
Gabrielle Basketter Wales 6 6 253 50.60 94* 0 2
Natalie Samuels Suffolk 6 6 231 57.75 69 0 1
Kezia Hassall Hertfordshire 8 8 230 38.33 61* 0 1
Emma Lamb Lancashire 8 8 230 28.75 52 0 1

Source: CricketArchive[8]

Most wickets

Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5w
Clare Boycott Worcestershire 185 14 8.64 3/11 0
Sophia Dunkley Middlesex 186 13 11.53 4/24 0
Rebecca Tyson Hertfordshire 125 12 7.66 3/6 0
Rebecca Grundy Warwickshire 138 12 7.91 4/14 0
Hannah Jones Surrey 132 12 9.08 3/8 0

Source: CricketArchive[9]

References

  1. ^ "NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2017 Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2017". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  3. ^ Division 1 - 2017, Play-Cricket.
  4. ^ Division 2 - 2017, Play-Cricket.
  5. ^ Division 3A - 2017, Play-Cricket.
  6. ^ Division 3B - 2017, Play-Cricket.
  7. ^ Division 3C - 2017, Play-Cricket.
  8. ^ "Batting and Fielding in NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2017 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Bowling in NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2017 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.