2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup
English cricket season
Cricket tournament
The 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup , known for sponsorship reasons as the 2023 Vitality Women's County T20 , was the 14th edition of the Women's Twenty20 Cup , an English women's cricket Twenty20 domestic competition. It was scheduled to take place in April and May 2023, although one matchday was played later due to rain, with 35 teams taking part, organised into eight regional groups.[ 1] [ 2]
There was no overall winner, with Lancashire , Warwickshire , Gloucestershire , Sussex , Northamptonshire and Somerset winning their individual groups. Middlesex and Kent shared their group title due to rain on their group Finals Day. One group winner was not determined, with the Group 4 Finals Day abandoned due to rain.
Teams played matches within a series of regional divisions, playing three matchdays, with most matchdays consisting of two matches between the same teams. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format. The group stages were followed by a group Finals Day, scheduled for 14 May, with all teams from the group stage qualifying, with first playing fourth and second playing third in the semi-finals.[ 3] [ 4]
The groups worked on a points system with positions being based on total points. Points were awarded as follows:[ 5]
Win : 4 points.
Tie : 2 points.
Loss : 0 points.
Abandoned/Cancelled : 1 point.
Teams
Teams were divided into eight regional groups. Group 1 consisted of 7 teams, whilst Groups 2 to 7 consisted of 4 teams apiece. Scotland replacing North Representative XI was the only change from the 2022 season.[ 1]
Standings
Note: Teams highlighted in gold were champions of their group, by virtue of winning on Finals Day. The group winners title was shared in Group 6 due to rain.
Group 1
advanced to 1A Finals Day. Teams equal in the standings were chosen by lot to advance to 1A Finals Day.[ 6]
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Fixtures
Source:[ 14]
Group 1
Group stage
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
Match Abandoned Cuckney CC, Cuckney
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
Match Abandoned Cuckney CC, Cuckney
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
Match Abandoned Cuckney CC, Cuckney
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
Match Abandoned Cuckney CC, Cuckney
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
Scotland won by 47 runs Titwood , Glasgow Umpires: Neil Cauldwell and Craig MacDonnell
Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
Lancashire won by 146 runs Titwood , Glasgow Umpires: Neil Cauldwell and Craig MacDonell
Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat.
v
Emily Tucker 24 (22) Kirsty McColl 2/21 (4 overs)
Scotland won by 8 wickets (DLS ) Titwood , Glasgow Umpires: Neil Cauldwell and Craig MacDonell
Cumbria won the toss and elected to bat.
Rain interruption during Cumbria's innings, with match reduced to 16 overs per side; Scotland's target was 80.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
Finals Day
Lancashire won by 22 runs Bradshaw CC, Bradshaw
Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field.
Scotland won by 35 runs Bradshaw CC, Bradshaw
Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat.
Lancashire innings reduced to 18 overs due to rain.
Scotland innings was reduced to 15 overs due to rain; revised target was 125.
v
Olivia Brinsden 38 (43) Libby Haward 3/12 (4 overs)
Harriet Robson 35* (48) Kate Field 1/13 (2.4 overs)
North East Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
v
Hannah Buck 36 (49) Lilly-Mai Taylor 2/8 (3 overs)
Harriet Robson 33* (52) Elicia Pollard 1/0 (1 over)
North East Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
v
Maeve Jones 24 (30) Rhia Sedha 5/7 (4 overs)
Cumbria won the toss and elected to bat.
Group 2
Group stage
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
Finals Day
v
Rebecca Brooker 34 (42) Amelia Lee 3/10 (3 overs)
Leicestershire and Rutland won the toss and elected to field.
Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat.
Staffordshire won the toss and elected to bat.
Group 3
Group stage
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
v
Beth Charnell 28 (36) Bhoomika Bhat 4/15 (4 overs)
Katie Dolman 18 (21) Harriet Shuker 3/7 (4 overs)
Gloucestershire won by 3 wickets Worfield CC, Worfield
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
v
Katie Butler 17* (50) Holly Morgan 2/8 (2 overs)
Wiltshire won by 64 runs Westbury & District CC, Westbury Umpires: Rocky Riccalton and Richard Saunders
Dorset won the toss and elected to field.
v
Beth Charnell 13* (19) Charlie Phillips 1/3 (2 overs)
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
No further play possible due to rain.
v
Megan Bishop 18* (13) Katy Cobb 2/14 (4 overs)
Wiltshire won by 5 wickets Westbury & District CC, Westbury Umpires: Rocky Riccalton and Richard Saunders
Wiltshire won the toss and elected to field.
v
Katie Dolman 51 (47) Ceri Harris 3/24 (4 overs)
Freya Cutler 10 (21) Charlie Phillips 2/4 (3 overs)
Gloucestershire won by 82 runs Dorchester CC, Dorchester
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat.
Match rearranged from 16 April 2023.
v
Beatrix Willis 36 (39) Lizzie Williams 1/6 (2 overs)
Mamta Kothiyal 8 (25) Bhoomika Bhat 3/3 (3 overs)
Gloucestershire won by 72 runs Dorchester CC, Dorchester
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat.
Match rearranged from 16 April 2023.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
Finals Day
v
Beatrix Ellis 60* (55) Emelia Butler 1/26 (3 overs)
Victoria Pack 15 (34) Bhoomika Bhat 3/3 (4 overs)
Dorset won the toss and elected to field.
v
Amy Weir 37* (25) Poppy Walker 1/13 (2 overs)
Shropshire won the toss and elected to bat.
v
Holly Whitfield 26 (39) Alice Hill 2/11 (3 overs)
Shropshire won the toss and elected to field.
Group 4
Group stage
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
v
Millie Greenwood 24 (32) Faith Teekasingh 2/5 (3 overs)
Holly Chambers 13* (18) Abigail Hannan 2/11 (4 overs)
Lincolnshire won by 9 runs Skegness CC, Skegness
Huntingdonshire won the toss and elected to field.
v
Grace Hanworth-Knights 66* (69) Freya Houlden 1/26 (4 overs)
Nina Jerman 36 (48) Maddy Browne 2/8 (2 overs)
Norfolk won by 21 runs Great Witchingham CC, Great Witchingham Umpires: Steve Utting and Richard Sage
Norfolk won the toss and elected to bat.
v
Abigail Butcher 27 (31) Kate Williams 2/23 (3 overs)
Lillimae Severn 38 (56) Emily Carpenter 3/17 (4 overs)
Huntingdonshire won by 3 runs Skegness CC, Skegness
Lincolnshire won the toss and elected to field.
v
Freya Houlden 19 (24) Maddy Browne 1/6 (2 overs)
No Result Great Witchingham CC, Great Witchingham Umpires: Steve Utting and Richard Sage
Cambridgeshire won the toss and elected to bat.
No further play possible due to rain.
v
Faith Teekasingh 24* (33) Sophia Pearson 2/10 (3 overs)
May Busher 33* (47) Holly Chambers 1/14 (3 overs)
Cambridgeshire won by 9 wickets Hardwick & Caldecote CC, Caldecote
Cambridgeshire won the toss and elected to field.
Match rearranged from 16 April 2023.
v
May Busher 31 (27) Ella Briault 2/22 (4 overs)
Lottie Taylor 21 (29) Katie McPherson 2/2 (1 over)
Cambridgeshire won by 71 runs Hardwick & Caldecote CC, Caldecote
Huntingdonshire won the toss and elected to field.
Match rearranged from 16 April 2023.
v
Lillimae Severn 32* (59) Beth Matthews 2/4 (4 overs)
Sirisha Gorantla 27 (46) Lauren Tuffrey 3/11 (4 overs)
Lincolnshire won by 1 run March Town CC, March
Cambridgeshire won the toss and elected to field.
Match Abandoned Ramsey CC, Ramsey
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
v
Kelly Haynes 35* (22) Lauren Tuffrey 2/12 (3 overs)
Millie Greenwood 19 (18) Jessica McCrum 2/29 (4 overs)
Cambridgeshire won by 40 runs March Town CC, March
Lincolnshire won the toss and elected to field.
Match Abandoned Ramsey CC, Ramsey
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
Finals Day
Semi-Final 14 May 2023
10:30
BST
No play possible due to rain.
Semi-Final 14 May 2023
13:30
BST
No play possible due to rain.
Final 14 May 2023
16:30
BST
Semi-finals were abandoned due to rain, meaning that the final could not go ahead.
Group 5
Group stage
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
Sussex won the toss and elected to field.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
Sussex won the toss and elected to bat.
v
Danielle Ransley 29 (40) Cara Duggan 4/17 (4 overs)
Amelia Peck 23 (33) Danielle Ransley 3/12 (4 overs)
Buckinghamshire won the toss and elected to field.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
v
Amelia Peck 25 (24) Caitlin Chissell 4/12 (3 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
Hampshire won by 62 runs FWE Goates Memorial Ground, Binfield Umpires: John Reed and Nikki Batchelor
Berkshire won the toss and elected to field.
v
Cara Duggan 37 (47) Beth Harvey 2/14 (4 overs)
Sussex won the toss and elected to field.
Berkshire won by 5 wickets FWE Goates Memorial Ground, Binfield Umpires: John Reed and Nikki Batchelor
Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat.
Buckinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat.
Finals Day
Buckinghamshire won the toss and elected to field.
Berkshire won the toss and elected to field.
Sussex won the toss and elected to bat.
Group 6
Group stage
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
Middlesex won by 8 wickets Didcot CC, Didcot Umpires: David Hall and Ian Royle
Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
v
Carla Wood 17 (47) Isabella Routledge 2/9 (4 overs)
Middlesex won by 5 wickets Didcot CC, Didcot Umpires: David Hall and Ian Royle
Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
Surrey won by 8 wickets Great & Little Tew CC, Great Tew
Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
Match rearranged from 16 April 2023.
v
Charlotte Stubbs 26 (20) Katie Waugh 2/12 (4 overs)
Surrey won by 29 runs Great & Little Tew CC, Great Tew Umpires: Tony Lord and Yolanda Harris
Oxfordshire won the toss and elected to field.
Match rearranged from 16 April 2023.
Kent won by 71 runs Polo Farm, Canterbury Umpires: Julia Jarvis and Mel Juniper
Oxfordshire won the toss and elected to field.
Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
v
Genevieve Porter 25 (37) Alice Grant 2/4 (2 overs)
Kent won by 8 wickets Polo Farm, Canterbury Umpires: Mel Juniper and Julia Jarvis
Oxfordshire won the toss and elected to bat.
Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat.
Finals Day
v
Chloe Westbury 11 (18) Chloe Abel 1/4 (1 over)
Oxfordshire won the toss and elected to field.
Match rearranged from 14 May 2023 due to rain.
Oxfordshire innings curtailed at 5.3 overs by rain; target was 33.
No toss.
Match rearranged from 14 May 2023 due to rain.
No play possible due to rain; a coin toss determined the winner.
Final 8 July 2023
16:30
BST
No toss.
Match rearranged from 14 May 2023 due to rain.
No play possible due to rain.
Group title was shared between Middlesex and Kent.
Group 7
Group stage
v
Sophie Hughes 15 (21) Anje Lague 3/7 (4 overs)
Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field.
v
Sophie Singer 27 (30) Honor Austin 4/7 (4 overs)
Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to bat.
Hertfordshire won by 5 wickets Geddington Sports Ground, Geddington
Hertfordshire won the toss and elected to field.
Essex won the toss and elected to field.
Northamptonshire won by 7 wickets Geddington Sports Ground, Geddington
Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
Hertfordshire won the toss and elected to field.
No play possible due to rain.
Match rearranged from 16 April 2023.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
Match rearranged from 16 April 2023.
Essex won the toss and elected to field.
v
Kezie Hassall 22 (23) Maddie Reynolds 2/18 (4 overs)
Hertfordshire won by 2 wickets Harlow CC, Harlow Umpires: Rose Dovey and Anthony Levy
Hertfordshire won the toss and elected to field.
Northamptonshire won by 7 wickets Billericay CC, Billericay
Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field.
v
Gemma Marriott 43 (38) Imogen Sidhu 4/12 (4 overs)
Hertfordshire won by 16 runs Harlow CC, Harlow Umpires: Rose Dovey and Anthony Levy
Hertfordshire won the toss and elected to bat.
Finals Day
v
Sophie Hughes 19 (16) Anje Lague 3/5 (4 overs)
Suffolk won the toss and elected to field.
v
Gemma Marriott 72 (46) Prisha Bedi 1/17 (4 overs)
Essex won the toss and elected to bat.
Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field.
Group 8
Group stage
Wales won by 55 runs Elerkey Lane, Veryan
Cornwall won the toss and elected to field.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
v
Robyn Edge 13 (23) Eve Jackson 4/5 (3 overs)
Wales won by 62 runs Elerkey Lane, Veryan
Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
v
Amelie Munday 17 (14) Nicole Reid 2/12 (4 overs)
Wales won the toss and elected to field.
No further play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
Finals Day
Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
v
Erin Vukusic 31* (25) Tegan Smith 2/6 (4 overs)
Caitlin Burnett 48* (60) Ellie Bishop 3/13 (3 overs)
Cornwall won the toss and elected to field.
v
Daisy Jeanes 44* (34) Ffion Wynne 1/25 (3 overs)
Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
Statistics
Most runs
Source: CricketArchive [ 15]
Most wickets
Source: CricketArchive [ 16]
References
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