2008 Super Fours

The 2008 Super Fours was the 7th cricket Super Fours season. It took place from May to July and saw 4 teams compete in a 50 over league and a Twenty20 knockout tournament. Sapphires won the 50 over tournament, achieving their third 50 over title, whilst Rubies won the Twenty20 tournament, claiming their first title in the format.

2008 Super Fours

Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	50 over
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Sapphires (3rd title)
Participants	4
Matches played	12
Most runs	Leah Poulton, Sapphires (215)
Most wickets	Georgia Elwiss, Diamonds; Jenny Gunn, Emeralds; Danielle Hazell, Sapphires (9)

Competition format

In the one day tournament, teams played each other twice in a round-robin format, with the winners of the group winning the tournament. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side.

The group worked on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:[1]

Win: 15 points.
Tie: 6 points.
Loss: 0 points.
Bonus Points: Up to 5 points available to the winning team.

The Twenty20 competition consisted of two semi-finals, with the winners progressing to a Final and the losers playing in a third place play-off.[2]

Teams

Diamonds	Emeralds	Rubies	Sapphires
Charlotte Edwards (c) Charlotte Anneveld Lynsey Askew Karen Baker (wk) Sarah Bartlett Tammy Beaumont (wk) Rosalie Birch Georgia Elwiss Lydia Greenway Charlotte Horton Beth Morgan Ebony Rainford-Brent Anna Stevenson Izzy Westbury	Nicky Shaw (c) Salliann Briggs Daisy Gardner Jenny Gunn Laura Joyce (wk) Heather Knight Laura Marsh Nicky Myers Sarah Taylor (wk) Jasmine Titmuss Jo Watts Beth Wild Danni Wyatt	Gill Richards (c) Caroline Atkins Karen Baker (wk) Alex Blackwell Elwyn Campbell Holly Colvin Steph Davies Isa Guha Holly Knight Natalie Lane Sophie Le Marchand (wk) Kate Oakenfold Amanda Potgieter Anya Shrubsole Jo Watts Rebecca Williams	Alexia Walker (c) Tammy Beaumont (wk) Katherine Brunt Kate Cross Kathryn Doherty Jenny Halstead Lauren Griffiths (wk) Danielle Hazell Stephanie Masters Rochelle Petty Leah Poulton Dawn Prestidge Laura Spragg Claire Taylor (wk)

50 over

Results

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	BP	Pts
Sapphires (C)	6	3	1	0	2	7	74
Diamonds	6	2	2	0	2	10	62
Emeralds	6	2	2	0	2	2	54
Rubies	6	1	3	0	2	3	40

Source: ESPN Cricinfo[3]

31 May	Diamonds 120 (41.5 overs)	v	Emeralds 166 (46.5 overs)	Emeralds won by 46 runs
Scorecard				Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Annette Owen and John Hayes
	Charlotte Edwards 50 (69) Jenny Gunn 2/9 (2 overs)		Sarah Taylor 58 (96) Georgia Elwiss 3/15 (8.5 overs)
Emeralds won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Emeralds 16, Diamonds 0

31 May	Rubies 146/8 (50 overs)	v	Sapphires 147/6 (45.1 overs)	Sapphires won by 4 wickets
Scorecard				Brockington Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Ann Roberts and John Harper
	Anya Shrubsole 27 (40) Katherine Brunt 2/18 (9 overs)		Leah Poulton 50 (87) Isa Guha 2/23 (10 overs)
Rubies won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Sapphires 17, Rubies 0

1 June	Diamonds 163 (34.1 overs)	v	Sapphires 192/6 (35 overs)	Sapphires won by 29 runs
Scorecard				Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Ian Armitage and Arnold Brotherhood
	Lydia Greenway 43 (60) Danielle Hazell 5/27 (6.1 overs)		Leah Poulton 69 (87) Georgia Elwiss 4/24 (7 overs)
Diamonds won the toss and elected to field. Points: Sapphires 17, Diamonds 0

1 June	Emeralds 163/3 (35 overs)	v	Rubies 118/9 (35 overs)	Emeralds won by 45 runs
Scorecard				Brockington Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Annette Owen and John Hayes
	Sarah Taylor 60 (68) Holly Colvin 1/20 (7 overs)		Amanda Potgieter 26 (33) Jenny Gunn 3/22 (7 overs)
Rubies won the toss and elected to field. Match reduced to 35 overs per side. Points: Emeralds 16, Rubies 0

14 June	Emeralds 116 (42.4 overs)	v	Sapphires 202 (46.5 overs)	Sapphires won by 86 runs
Scorecard				Worksop College Ground, Worksop Umpires: Annette Owen and Graham Harvey
	Sarah Taylor 52 (78) Katherine Brunt 2/16 (10 overs)		Claire Taylor 100 (110) Jenny Gunn 4/37 (7 overs)
Sapphires won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Sapphires 18, Emeralds 0

14 June	Diamonds 263/5 (50 overs)	v	Rubies 198/8 (50 overs)	Diamonds won by 65 runs
Scorecard				Kent County Cricket Ground, Beckenham Umpires: Roger Croft and Martin Seguss
	Lydia Greenway 71 (89) Caroline Atkins 1/26 (10 overs)		Caroline Atkins 69 (85) Anna Stevenson 2/20 (5 overs)
Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Diamonds 20, Rubies 0

21 June	Diamonds	v	Rubies	Match Abandoned
Scorecard				Topsham Sports Ground, Exeter
No toss. No play possible due to rain. Points: Diamonds 11, Rubies 11

21 June	Emeralds	v	Sapphires	Match Abandoned
Scorecard				Topsham Sports Ground, Exeter
No toss. No play possible due to rain. Points: Emeralds 11, Sapphires 11

5 July	Diamonds 299/8 (50 overs)	v	Sapphires 243 (46.4 overs)	Diamonds won by 56 runs
Scorecard				Wellington College, Crowthorne Umpires: Terry Owen and Keith Parsons
	Ebony Rainford-Brent 133 (147) Katherine Brunt 2/31 (10 overs)		Leah Poulton 59 (86) Charlotte Anneveld 4/33 (8.4 overs)
Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Diamonds 20, Sapphires 0

5 July	Emeralds 187 (49.4 overs)	v	Rubies 201/7 (50 overs)	Rubies won by 14 runs
Scorecard				Wellington College, Crowthorne Umpires: Roger Croft and Graham Cooper
	Heather Knight 35 (55) Holly Colvin 2/5 (10 overs)		Caroline Atkins 95 (138) Daisy Gardner 2/39 (8 overs)
Rubies won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Rubies 18, Emeralds 0

6 July	Diamonds	v	Emeralds	Match Abandoned
Scorecard				Wellington College, Crowthorne
No toss. No play possible due to rain. Points: Diamonds 11, Emeralds 11

6 July	Rubies	v	Sapphires	Match Abandoned
Scorecard				Wellington College, Crowthorne
No toss. No play possible due to rain. Points: Rubies 11, Sapphires 11

Twenty20

Semi-finals

26 May	Diamonds 124/4 (19.5 overs)	v	Sapphires 123 (19.4 overs)	Diamonds won by 6 wickets
Scorecard				Brockington Road, Loughborough Umpires: John Hayes and C McGuiness
	Charlotte Edwards 57* (55) Rochelle Petty 1/22 (4 overs)		Leah Poulton 32 (17) Georgia Elwiss 2/7 (2.4 overs)
Diamonds won the toss and elected to field. Diamonds progress to the final.

26 May	Emeralds 77/9 (20 overs)	v	Rubies 83/9 (20 overs)	Rubies won by 6 runs
Scorecard				Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Ian Armitage and Arnold Brotherhood
	Laura Joyce 20 (40) Holly Colvin 2/11 (4 overs)		Rebecca Williams 18 (27) Nicky Myers 4/11 (4 overs)
Emeralds won the toss and elected to field. Rubies progress to the final.

Third Place Play-off

26 May	Emeralds 119/4 (20 overs)	v	Sapphires 123/3 (18.2 overs)	Sapphires won by 7 wickets
Scorecard				Brockington Ground, Loughborough Umpires: John Hayes and C McGuiness
	Salliann Briggs 31 (40) Leah Poulton 2/23 (3 overs)		Jenny Halstead 56* (53) Danni Wyatt 1/16 (3 overs)
Emeralds won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

26 May	Diamonds 106/8 (20 overs)	v	Rubies 110/7 (20 overs)	Rubies won by 4 runs
Scorecard				Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Ian Armitage and Arnold Brotherhood
	Lydia Greenway 42* (33) Isa Guha 2/15 (4 overs)		Kate Oakenfold 35 (31) Charlotte Edwards 2/28 (4 overs)
Diamonds won the toss and elected to field. Rubies won the Super Fours Twenty20 2008.

References

1. "Super Fours 2008 Table". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
2. "Super Fours Twenty20 2008". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
3. Super Fours 2008 Table, ESPN Cricinfo.