2018 Women's Twenty20 Cup

The 2018 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2018 Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup was the 10th 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. Middlesex Women won the Twenty20 Cup, as winners of Division 1, therefore achieving their first title.[1]

2018 Women's Twenty20 Cup

Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Middlesex (1st title)
Participants	36

The tournament followed the 50-over 2018 Women's County Championship, and was subsequently followed by the Twenty20 2018 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 2018 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	Kent	Lancashire	Middlesex	Nottinghamshire	Surrey	Sussex	Warwickshire	Worcestershire	Yorkshire
Division Two	Berkshire	Cheshire	Durham	Gloucestershire	Hampshire	Northamptonshire	Scotland A	Somerset	Wales
Division Three - Group A	Buckinghamshire	Cornwall	Devon	Dorset	Oxfordshire	Wiltshire
Division Three - Group B	Cumbria	Derbyshire	Leicestershire and Rutland	Northumberland	Shropshire	Staffordshire
Division Three - Group C	Essex	Cambridgeshire	Hertfordshire	Lincolnshire	Norfolk	Suffolk

Division One

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Middlesex (C)	8	7	1	0	0	0	+0.55	0	28
Sussex	8	6	2	0	0	0	+1.19	0	24
Kent	8	5	3	0	0	0	+0.67	0	20
Warwickshire	8	4	4	0	0	0	+0.38	0	16
Nottinghamshire	8	4	4	0	0	0	+0.09	0	16
Lancashire	8	4	4	0	0	0	–0.16	0	16
Surrey	8	3	5	0	0	0	–0.77	0	12
Yorkshire (R)	8	2	6	0	0	0	–0.66	0	8
Worcestershire (R)	8	1	7	0	0	0	–1.36	0	4

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[3]

Division Two

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Hampshire (P)	8	7	1	0	0	0	+2.27	0	28
Wales (P)	8	7	1	0	0	0	+1.95	0	28
Scotland A	8	7	1	0	0	0	+0.63	0	28
Durham	8	5	3	0	0	0	–0.10	0	20
Somerset	8	4	4	0	0	0	+0.80	0	16
Cheshire	8	2	6	0	0	0	–0.86	0	8
Berkshire (R)	8	2	6	0	0	0	–0.74	0	8
Northamptonshire (R)	8	1	7	0	0	0	–1.90	0	4
Gloucestershire (R)	8	1	7	0	0	0	–2.20	0	4

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[4]

Division Three

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Devon (P)	8	8	0	0	0	0	+4.09	0	32
Oxfordshire	8	5	3	0	0	0	+0.57	0	20
Cornwall	8	5	3	0	0	0	+0.09	0	20
Dorset	8	4	4	0	0	0	–0.84	0	16
Buckinghamshire	8	2	6	0	0	0	–1.67	0	8
Wiltshire	8	0	8	0	0	0	–3.16	0	0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[5]

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Derbyshire (P)	8	7	1	0	0	0	+1.62	0	28
Staffordshire	8	6	2	0	0	0	+2.51	0	24
Leicestershire and Rutland	8	5	3	0	0	0	+0.13	0	20
Shropshire	8	2	6	0	0	0	–0.80	0	8
Northumberland	8	2	6	0	0	0	–1.53	0	8
Cumbria	8	2	6	0	0	0	–1.70	0	8

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[6]

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	C	NRR	Ded	Pts
Essex (P)	8	7	1	0	0	0	+3.23	0	28
Lincolnshire	8	6	2	0	0	0	+1.66	0	24
Hertfordshire	8	4	4	0	0	0	–0.12	0	16
Norfolk	8	4	4	0	0	0	–0.78	0	16
Suffolk	8	3	5	0	0	0	–1.49	0	12
Cambridgeshire	8	0	8	0	0	0	–2.60	0	0

Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[7]

References

1. "Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018 Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
2. "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
3. Division 1 - 2018, Play-Cricket.
4. Division 2 - 2018, Play-Cricket.
5. Division 3A - 2018, Play-Cricket.
6. Division 3B - 2018, Play-Cricket.
7. Division 3C - 2018, Play-Cricket.