The 2014 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2014 NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup, was the 6th cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in July and August, with 40 teams taking part: 36 county teams, alongside Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Netherlands. Nottinghamshire Women won the Twenty20 Cup, achieving their first title. The tournament ran alongside the 50-over 2014 Women's County Championship.
Competition format
Teams played matches within a series of divisions, across two rounds of groupings. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format.
The championship worked on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:
Win: 4 points. Tie: 2 points. Loss: 0 points. Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point.
Teams The 2014 Women's Twenty20 Cup was divided into four divisions: Divisions One, Two and Three with nine teams each and Division Four with 13 teams. Each Division was divided into regional groups of 3 teams apiece, with each team playing each other twice (apart from Division 4B, which had four teams, and each team played each other once).
Based on placings in the first round, teams then progressed to tiered divisions in round two (or tiered matches, in Division Four): for example, the winner of Group 1A progressed to Round 2 Group 1A, with the runners-up being placed in Round 2 Group 1B and third place moving to Round 2 Group 1C. The winners of Round 2 Group 1A were crowned champions, and placings further down determined promotion and relegation. The teams were initially divided into groups as follows:
Division 1ABerkshireMiddlesexSussex Division 1BEssexKentSurrey Division 1CNottinghamshireWarwickshireYorkshire Division 2ACheshireStaffordshireWorcestershire Division 2BDurhamIrelandLancashire Division 2CDevonSomersetWales Division 3AGloucestershireHampshireOxfordshire Division 3BHertfordshireNetherlandsNorthamptonshire Division 3CDerbyshireLeicestershire and RutlandScotland Division 4ABuckinghamshireShropshireSuffolk Division 4BBedfordshireCambridgeshireHuntingdonshireNorfolk Division 4CCumbriaLincolnshireNorthumberland Division 4DCornwallDorsetWiltshire
Division One
Round 1
Group A TeamMiddlesex4 3 1 0 0 0 +0.310 12Sussex4 3 1 0 0 0 +0.200 12Berkshire4 0 4 0 0 0 –0.530 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 1A - 2014, Play-Cricket.
Group B TeamKent4 3 1 0 0 0 +2.280 12Surrey4 3 1 0 0 0 +0.780 12Essex4 0 4 0 0 0 –3.440 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 1B - 2014, Play-Cricket.
Group C TeamNottinghamshire4 4 0 0 0 0 +0.920 16Yorkshire4 2 2 0 0 0 +0.940 8Warwickshire4 0 4 0 0 0 –1.850 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 1C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
Round 2
Group A TeamNottinghamshire (C)2 1 1 0 0 0 +1.830 4Middlesex2 1 1 0 0 0 –0.750 4Kent2 1 1 0 0 0 –1.080 4 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision R2 1A - 2014, Play-Cricket.
Group B TeamYorkshire2 2 0 0 0 0 +0.380 8Sussex2 1 1 0 0 0 +0.270 4Surrey2 0 2 0 0 0 –0.670 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision R2 1B - 2014, Play-Cricket.
Group C TeamBerkshire2 2 0 0 0 0 +3.060 8Warwickshire (R)2 1 1 0 0 0 +0.560 4Essex (R)2 0 2 0 0 0 –3.940 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision R2 1C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
Division Two
Round 1
Group A TeamStaffordshire4 3 1 0 0 0 +1.600 12Cheshire4 2 2 0 0 0 +0.200 8Worcestershire4 1 3 0 0 0 –1.810 4 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 2A - 2014, Play-Cricket.
Group B TeamIreland4 3 1 0 0 0 +2.070 12Lancashire4 2 2 0 0 0 +0.320 8Durham4 1 3 0 0 0 –2.990 4 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 2B - 2014, Play-Cricket.
Group C TeamSomerset4 3 1 0 0 0 +2.500 12Wales4 2 2 0 0 0 –1.140 8Devon4 1 3 0 0 0 –1.360 4 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 2C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
Round 2
Group A TeamIreland (P)2 2 0 0 0 0 +2.250 8Somerset (P)2 1 1 0 0 0 –1.750 4Staffordshire2 0 2 0 0 0 –0.450 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision R2 2A - 2014, Play-Cricket.
Group B TeamLancashire2 2 0 0 0 0 +1.500 8Wales2 1 1 0 0 0 +0.050 4Cheshire2 0 2 0 0 0 –1.550 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision R2 2B - 2014, Play-Cricket.
Group C TeamDurham2 2 0 0 0 0 +3.060 8Devon (R)2 1 1 0 0 0 +0.560 4Worcestershire (R)2 0 2 0 0 0 –3.940 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision R2 2C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
Division Three
Round 1
Group A TeamHampshire4 4 0 0 0 0 +1.610 16Gloucestershire4 2 2 0 0 0 +0.160 8Oxfordshire4 0 4 0 0 0 –1.720 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 3A - 2014, Play-Cricket.
Group B TeamNetherlands4 4 0 0 0 0 +2.860 16Northamptonshire4 2 2 0 0 0 –0.880 8Hertfordshire4 0 4 0 0 0 –0.780 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 3B - 2014, Play-Cricket.
Group C TeamDerbyshire4 3 1 0 0 0 +0.560 12Scotland4 3 1 0 0 0 +0.260 12Leicestershire and Rutland4 0 4 0 0 0 –0.780 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 3C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
Round 2
Group A TeamDerbyshire (P)2 1 1 0 0 0 +1.720 4Netherlands (P)2 1 1 0 0 0 –0.150 4Hampshire2 1 1 0 0 0 –1.110 4 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision R2 3A - 2014, Play-Cricket.
Group B TeamScotland2 2 0 0 0 0 +1.470 8Northamptonshire2 1 1 0 0 0 +0.610 4Gloucestershire2 0 2 0 0 0 –2.090 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision R2 3B - 2014, Play-Cricket.
Group C TeamOxfordshire1 1 0 0 0 0 +0.200 4Leicestershire and Rutland (R)1 0 1 0 0 0 –0.200 0Hertfordshire (R)0 0 0 0 0 0 –0 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision R2 3C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
Division Four
Round 1
Group A TeamBuckinghamshire4 4 0 0 0 0 +1.560 16Suffolk4 2 2 0 0 0 −0.390 8Shropshire4 0 4 0 0 0 –1.190 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 4A - 2014, Play-Cricket.
Group B TeamNorfolk3 3 0 0 0 0 +1.270 12Cambridgeshire3 2 1 0 0 0 +0.630 8Bedfordshire3 1 2 0 0 0 –0.390 4Huntingdonshire3 0 3 0 0 0 –1.580 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 4B - 2014, Play-Cricket.
Group C TeamCumbria4 4 0 0 0 0 +2.500 16Northumberland4 1 3 0 0 0 −0.540 4Lincolnshire4 1 3 0 0 0 −1.820 4 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 4C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
Group D TeamCornwall4 4 0 0 0 0 +2.510 16Dorset4 2 2 0 0 0 −0.850 8Wiltshire4 0 4 0 0 0 –1.740 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 4C - 2014, Play-Cricket.
Round 2 The teams in Division Four then played in a series of placing matches, to determine finishing positions from 1st to 13th, with the top two being promoted. The teams placed as follows:
Position Team(s) 1st Cornwall (P)2nd Buckinghamshire (P)3rd= Cumbria3rd= Norfolk5th Suffolk6th Dorset7th Northumberland8th Cambridgeshire9th Shropshire10th Lincolnshire11th Bedfordshire12th Wiltshire13th Huntingdonshire
Statistics
Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sClare ShillingtonIreland6624248.40113*10Heather KnightBerkshire5520551.259202Dawn PrestidgeCheshire6620451.0087*02Nat SciverSurrey4420250.507703Alex MacDonaldYorkshire6619348.2571*01 Source: CricketArchive
Most wickets Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5wErin BerminghamKent144157.604/70Nicole RichardsCornwall124134.154/120Sarah SundaramDerbyshire129138.693/60Carrie EllwoodCumbria115116.003/80Martha ManktelowBuckinghamshire138117.903/80 Source: CricketArchive
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