The 2012 Women's Twenty20 Cup was the 4th cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in July and August, with 36 teams taking part: 33 county teams plus Wales, Ireland and the Netherlands. Sussex Women won the Twenty20 Cup, beating Berkshire Women in the final, achieving their first T20 title. The tournament ran alongside the 50-over 2012 Women's County Championship.
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:
Win: 2 points. Tie: 1 points. Loss: 0 points. Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point.
Teams The 2012 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 OneNottinghamshireWarwickshireWorcestershireYorkshire Division TwoLancashireGloucestershireNorthamptonshireStaffordshire Division ThreeCheshireCumbriaDurhamNetherlands Division FourDerbyshireLeicestershire and RutlandNorthumberlandOxfordshire
South Division OneKentMiddlesexSurreySussex Division TwoEssexHampshireHertfordshireSuffolk Division ThreeBedfordshireCambridgeshire and HuntingdonshireIrelandNorfolk
South & West Division OneBerkshireDevonSomersetWales Division TwoBuckinghamshireCornwallDorsetWiltshire
Midlands & North
Division 1
Group stage TeamYorkshire (Q)3 3 0 0 0 0 +0.800 6Nottinghamshire 3 2 1 0 0 0 +0.700 4Worcestershire3 1 2 0 0 0 −0.910 2Warwickshire (R)3 0 3 0 0 0 −1.270 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision M&N 1 - 2012, Play-Cricket.
Final
Third-place play-off
Division 2 TeamStaffordshire (P)3 3 0 0 0 0 +5.740 6Lancashire3 1 1 0 0 1 −0.220 2Gloucestershire (R)3 1 1 0 0 1 −1.450 2Northamptonshire3 0 3 0 0 0 −3.060 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision M&N 2 - 2012, Play-Cricket.
Final
Third-place play-off
Division 3 TeamNetherlands (P)3 3 0 0 0 0 +1.510 6Cheshire3 2 1 0 0 0 +1.620 4Durham3 1 2 0 0 0 −1.270 2Cumbria (R)3 0 3 0 0 0 −1.540 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision M&N 3 - 2012, Play-Cricket.
Final
Third-place play-off
Division 4 TeamLeicestershire (P)3 2 1 0 0 0 +1.560 4Derbyshire3 2 1 0 0 0 +0.830 4Oxfordshire3 2 1 0 0 0 +0.470 4Northumberland3 0 3 0 0 0 −3.020 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision M&N 4 - 2012, Play-Cricket.
Final
Third-place play-off
South
Division 1
Group stage TeamSussex (Q)3 2 0 0 1 0 +3.030 5Kent (Q)3 2 0 0 1 0 +2.230 5Middlesex3 0 2 0 1 0 −1.230 1Surrey (R)3 0 2 0 1 0 −5.530 1 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision S1 - 2012, Play-Cricket.
Final
Third-place play-off
Division 2 TeamEssex (P)3 3 0 0 0 0 +6.170 6Hertfordshire3 1 1 0 0 1 −1.110 3Hampshire3 1 2 0 0 0 +1.260 2Suffolk3 0 2 0 0 1 −6.300 1 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision S2 - 2012, Play-Cricket.
Final
Third-place play-off
Division 3 TeamIreland3 3 0 0 0 0 +7.250 6Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire3 2 1 0 0 0 −0.540 4Norfolk3 1 2 0 0 0 −2.470 2Bedfordshire3 0 3 0 0 0 −4.470 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision S3 - 2012, Play-Cricket.
Final
Third-place play-off
South & West
Division 1
Group stage TeamBerkshire (Q)3 3 0 0 0 0 +2.560 6Somerset3 2 1 0 0 0 +1.410 4Wales3 1 2 0 0 0 −1.040 2Devon (R)3 0 3 0 0 0 −3.040 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision S&W 1 - 2012, Play-Cricket.
Final
Third-place play-off
Division 2 TeamBuckinghamshire3 3 0 0 0 0 +1.720 6Cornwall (P)3 2 1 0 0 0 +1.020 4Wiltshire3 1 2 0 0 0 −1.020 2Dorset3 0 3 0 0 0 –1.770 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision S&W 2 - 2012, Play-Cricket.
Final
Third-place play-off
Knock-Out Stage
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Statistics
Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sHeather KnightBerkshire5528494.6611121Jenny DunnCheshire4424782.339303Elyse VillaniStaffordshire44226113.0098*03Fran WilsonSomerset3316884.007901Katie MackEssex33162162.0071*02 Source: CricketArchive
Most wickets Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5wGeorgia ElwissSussex114105.803/90Alexia WalkerSussex10298.444/120Lucy MaxwellNottinghamshire7285.005/91Judith TurnerBuckinghamshire9686.124/80Izi NoakesSussex10886.623/50 Source: CricketArchive
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