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.
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:
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 OneBerkshireKentLancashireMiddlesexSomersetSurreySussexWarwickshireYorkshire Division TwoDerbyshireDurhamEssexHampshireNottinghamshireScotland AStaffordshireWalesWorcestershire Division Three - Group ACornwallDevonDorsetGloucestershireOxfordshireWiltshire Division Three - Group BCheshireCumbriaLeicestershire and RutlandLincolnshireNorthumberlandShropshire Division Three - Group CBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireHertfordshireNorfolkNorthamptonshireSuffolk
Division One TeamLancashire (C)8 7 1 0 0 0 +1.480 28Middlesex8 5 3 0 0 0 +0.760 20Sussex8 4 2 0 0 2 +0.540 18Warwickshire8 4 4 0 0 0 +1.290 16Surrey8 4 4 0 0 0 −0.360 16Kent8 4 4 0 0 0 −0.380 16Yorkshire 8 3 5 0 0 0 −0.210 12Somerset (R)8 1 5 0 0 2 −1.350 6Berkshire (R)8 1 5 0 0 2 −2.940 6 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 1 - 2017, Play-Cricket.
Division Two TeamNottinghamshire (P)8 7 0 0 1 0 +1.440 29Worcestershire (P)8 5 3 0 0 0 +0.330 20Hampshire8 4 2 0 0 2 +1.080 18Scotland A 8 4 4 0 0 0 −0.080 16Wales8 3 3 0 0 2 +0.070 14Durham8 3 5 0 0 0 −0.210 12Derbyshire (R)8 3 5 0 0 0 −0.830 12Staffordshire (R)8 2 4 0 0 2 −0.830 10Essex (R)8 1 6 0 1 0 −0.790 5 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 2 - 2017, Play-Cricket.
Division Three
Group A TeamGloucestershire (P)8 6 0 0 0 2 +2.960 26Oxfordshire8 5 1 0 0 2 +1.290 22Devon8 4 2 0 0 2 +1.550 18Cornwall8 3 5 0 0 0 −0.70 12Dorset8 2 6 0 0 0 −1.040 8Wiltshire8 1 7 0 0 0 −1.940 4 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 3A - 2017, Play-Cricket.
Group B TeamCheshire (P)8 7 1 0 0 0 +2.000 28Leicestershire and Rutland8 5 2 0 1 0 +0.770 21Shropshire8 4 3 0 1 0 −0.440 17Northumberland8 4 4 0 0 0 +0.280 16Lincolnshire8 3 5 0 0 0 −1.420 12Cumbria8 0 8 0 0 0 −2.250 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 3B - 2017, Play-Cricket.
Group C TeamNorthamptonshire (P)8 7 1 0 0 0 +2.000 28Hertfordshire8 6 2 0 0 0 +1.000 24Norfolk8 5 3 0 0 0 +0.360 20Suffolk8 3 5 0 0 0 −0.080 12Buckinghamshire8 2 6 0 0 0 −1.600 8Cambridgeshire8 1 7 0 0 0 −2.020 4 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 3C - 2017, Play-Cricket.
Statistics
Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sJodie DibbleNottinghamshire8826037.1478*02Gabrielle BasketterWales6625350.6094*02Natalie SamuelsSuffolk6623157.756901Kezia HassallHertfordshire8823038.3361*01Emma LambLancashire8823028.755201 Source: CricketArchive
Most wickets Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5wClare BoycottWorcestershire185148.643/110Sophia DunkleyMiddlesex1861311.534/240Rebecca TysonHertfordshire125127.663/60Rebecca GrundyWarwickshire138127.914/140Hannah JonesSurrey132129.083/80 Source: CricketArchive
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