2011 Women's Twenty20 Cup

The 2011 Women's Twenty20 Cup was the 3rd cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in August and September, with 35 teams taking part: 33 county teams plus Wales and the Netherlands. Kent Women won the Twenty20 Cup, beating Berkshire Women in the final, achieving their first T20 title. The tournament ran alongside the 50-over 2011 Women's County Championship.[1]

2011 Women's Twenty20 Cup

Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Kent (1st title)
Participants	35

Competition Format

Teams played matches within a series of regionalised divisions, with the winners of the top divisions progressing to semi-finals and a final. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format.

The divisions worked on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:[2]

Win: 2 points.
Tie: 1 points.
Loss: 0 points.
Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point.

Teams

The 2011 Women's Twenty20 Cup was divided into three regions: Midlands & North, South and South & West. Each region was further divided into divisions: Midlands & North with four, South with three and South & West with two. Teams in each division played each other once, and then the top two played in a Division Final and bottom two in a 3rd Place Play-off. The winners of each Division 1, and the best-performing second-place team, progressed to the semi-finals.

Midlands & North

Division One	Nottinghamshire	Staffordshire	Warwickshire	Yorkshire
Division Two	Cheshire	Lancashire	Northamptonshire	Worcestershire
Division Three	Cumbria	Durham	Gloucestershire	Northumberland
Division Four	Derbyshire	Leicestershire and Rutland	Netherlands	Oxfordshire

South

Division One	Essex	Kent	Middlesex	Sussex
Division Two	Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire	Hampshire	Hertfordshire	Surrey
Division Three	Bedfordshire	Norfolk	Suffolk

South & West

Division One	Berkshire	Devon	Somerset	Wales
Division Two	Buckinghamshire	Cornwall	Dorset	Wiltshire

Midlands & North

Group Stage

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Yorkshire (Q)	3	3	0	0	0	0	+2.30	0	6
Warwickshire	3	2	1	0	0	0	+1.80	0	4
Staffordshire[lower-alpha 1] (R)	3	1	2	0	0	0	−2.75	0	2
Nottinghamshire	3	0	3	0	0	0	−2.09	0	0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[3]

Final

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3 August 2011 Scorecard

Warwickshire 102/8 (20 overs)	v	Yorkshire 105/4 (18.2 overs)
Amy Jones 16 (17) Katherine Brunt 3/15 (4 overs)		Katherine Brunt 49 (34) Rebecca Grundy 1/12 (4 overs)

Yorkshire won by 6 wickets Arlington Avenue, Leamington Spa Umpires: Ian Harris and Saeed Rehman

• Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field.
• Yorkshire progress to the semi-finals.

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Division 2

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Northamptonshire	3	3	0	0	0	0	+1.84	0	6
Worcestershire[lower-alpha 2] (P)	3	2	1	0	0	0	−0.46	0	4
Lancashire	3	1	2	0	0	0	−1.16	0	2
Cheshire (R)	3	0	3	0	0	0	−0.25	0	0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[4]

Division 3

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Gloucestershire (P)	3	3	0	0	0	0	+2.52	0	6
Durham	3	2	1	0	0	0	+1.00	0	4
Northumberland[lower-alpha 3] (R)	3	1	2	0	0	0	−1.22	0	2
Cumbria	3	0	3	0	0	0	−1.91	0	0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[5]

Division 4

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Netherlands (P)	3	3	0	0	0	0	+3.40	0	6
Leicestershire	3	2	1	0	0	0	+1.07	0	4
Derbyshire	3	1	2	0	0	0	+0.48	0	2
Oxfordshire	3	0	3	0	0	0	−5.30	0	0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[6]

South

Group Stage

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Kent (Q)	3	3	0	0	0	0	+2.17	0	6
Sussex (Q)	3	2	1	0	0	0	+0.70	0	4
Middlesex	3	1	2	0	0	0	−1.52	0	2
Essex (R)	3	0	3	0	0	0	−1.38	0	0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[7]

Final

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3 August 2011 Scorecard

Kent 131/9 (20 overs)	v	Sussex 132/8 (19.3 overs)
Susie Rowe 57* (50) Izi Noakes 3/23 (4 overs)		Holly Colvin 26* (16) Charlotte Edwards 2/26 (4 overs)

Sussex won by 2 wickets Hunts Hill Road, Normandy Umpires: Graham Bullock and Roger Croft

• Sussex won the toss and elected to field.
• Sussex and Kent progress to the semi-finals.

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Division 2

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Surrey (P)	3	3	0	0	0	0	+2.44	0	6
Hampshire	3	2	1	0	0	0	–[lower-alpha 4]	0	4
Hertfordshire	3	1	2	0	0	0	–[lower-alpha 5]	0	2
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire (R)	3	0	3	0	0	0	−2.50	0	0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[8]

Division 3

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Suffolk (P)	2	1	1	0	0	0	+1.06	0	2
Bedfordshire	2	1	1	0	0	0	−0.39	0	2
Norfolk	2	1	1	0	0	0	−0.74	0	2

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[9]

South & West

Group Stage

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Berkshire (Q)	3	3	0	0	0	0	+2.16	0	6
Devon	3	2	1	0	0	0	+0.08	0	4
Somerset	3	1	2	0	0	0	+0.33	0	2
Wales	3	0	3	0	0	0	−2.73	0	0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[10]

Final

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3 August 2011 Scorecard

Berkshire 143/4 (20 overs)	v	Devon 86/7 (20 overs)
Alice Macleod 53 (51) Lydia Harris 1/18 (4 overs)		Amara Carr 27 (40) Nicole Beesley 4/12 (4 overs)

Berkshire won by 57 runs Spytty Park, Newport Umpires: J Dey and Dave Jones

• Berkshire won the toss and elected to bat.
• Berkshire progress to the semi-finals.

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Division 2

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Buckinghamshire	3	2	1	0	0	0	+2.98	0	4
Wiltshire	3	2	1	0	0	0	+0.35	0	4
Cornwall	3	2	1	0	0	0	−1.45	0	4
Dorset	3	0	3	0	0	0	–1.91	0	0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[11]

Knock-Out Stage

Semi-Finals

17 September 2011 Scorecard

Berkshire 144/6 (20 overs)	v	Yorkshire 134/7 (20 overs)
Heather Knight 66 (63) Katie Levick 2/24 (4 overs)		Danielle Hazell 58 (42) Daisy Gardner 2/22 (4 overs)

Berkshire won by 10 runs Nursery Ground, Shenley Umpires: Lorraine Elgar and Angela Tuff

• Berkshire won the toss and elected to bat.
• Berkshire progress to the final.

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17 September 2011 Scorecard

Kent 103/5 (19.3 overs)	v	Sussex 101/9 (20 overs)
Laura Marsh 55* (67) Sophie Parnell 1/14 (2 overs)		Sarah Taylor 37 (44) Alice Davidson-Richards 4/13 (4 overs)

Kent won by 5 wickets Denis Compton Oval, Shenley Umpires: Janet Rogers and Alison Smith

• Kent won the toss and elected to field.
• Kent progress to the final.

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Third Place Play-Off

17 September 2011 Scorecard

Sussex 130/3 (13.2 overs)	v	Yorkshire 126/6 (20 overs)
Arran Brindle 45 (35) Laura Spragg 1/21 (3 overs)		Salliann Briggs 35 (44) Chiara Green 2/15 (3 overs)

Sussex won by 7 wickets Nursery Ground, Shenley Umpires: Alison Smith and Angela Tuff

• Sussex won the toss and elected to field.

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Final

17 September 2011 Scorecard

Berkshire 73 (19.1 overs)	v	Kent 74/2 (11 overs)
Isa Guha 18 (14) Charlotte Edwards 2/9 (4 overs)		Tammy Beaumont 26* (19) Isa Guha 2/15 (3 overs)

Kent won by 8 wickets Denis Compton Oval, Shenley Umpires: Lorraine Elgar and Janet Rogers

• Berkshire won the toss and elected to bat.
• Kent won the 2011 Women's Twenty20 Cup.

Notes

1. Staffordshire were relegated after losing the Third Place Play-off to Nottinghamshire.
2. Worcestershire were promoted after winning the Division Final against Northamptonshire.
3. Northumberland were relegated after losing the Third Place Play-off to Cumbria.
4. NRR unknown due to unrecorded matches
5. NRR unknown due to unrecorded matches

References

1. "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2011". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
2. "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2011". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
3. Division M&N 1 - 2011, Play-Cricket.
4. Division M&N 2 - 2011, Play-Cricket.
5. Division M&N 3 - 2011, Play-Cricket.
6. Division M&N 4 - 2011, Play-Cricket.
7. Division S1 - 2011, Play-Cricket.
8. Division S2 - 2011, Play-Cricket.
9. Division S3 - 2011, Play-Cricket.
10. Division S&W 1 - 2011, Play-Cricket.
11. Division S&W 2 - 2011, Play-Cricket.