The 2009 Women's Twenty20 Cup was the inaugural cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in July, with 32 teams taking part: 30 county teams plus Wales and Scotland. Surrey Women won the Twenty20 Cup, as champions of Division One. The tournament ran alongside the 50-over 2009 Women's County Championship.
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 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 point. Loss: 0 points. Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point.
Teams
The 2009 Women's Twenty20 Cup was divided into eight divisions, Division One to Division Eight. Teams played each other once.
Division OneBerkshireKentSurreySussex Division TwoLancashireSomersetWarwickshireYorkshire Division ThreeCheshireDerbyshireEssexMiddlesex Division FourDevonScotlandStaffordshireWorcestershire Division FiveHampshireHertfordshireNorfolkNorthamptonshire Division SixDurhamGloucestershireWalesWiltshire Division SevenCumbriaDorsetNorthumberlandShropshire Division EightBuckinghamshireCambridgeshire and HuntingdonshireOxfordshireSuffolk
Division One TeamSurrey (C)3 2 0 0 0 1 −0.360 5Kent 3 1 1 0 0 1 +0.970 3Berkshire3 0 1 0 1 1 −0.400 2Sussex3 0 1 0 1 1 −1.050 2 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 1 - 2009, Play-Cricket.
Division Two TeamSomerset3 2 0 0 1 0 +1.230 5Lancashire 3 1 1 0 0 1 +0.450 3Yorkshire3 1 1 0 0 1 −0.050 3Warwickshire3 0 2 0 1 0 −1.630 1 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 2 - 2009, Play-Cricket.
Division Three TeamEssex3 2 0 0 0 1 +0.610 5Cheshire 3 1 1 0 0 1 +1.080 3Middlesex3 1 1 0 0 1 −0.250 3Derbyshire3 0 2 0 0 1 −1.230 1 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 3 - 2009, Play-Cricket.
Division Four TeamDevon3 2 1 0 0 0 +1.030 4Staffordshire 3 2 1 0 0 0 +0.470 4Worcestershire3 2 1 0 0 0 −0.300 4Scotland3 0 3 0 0 0 −1.170 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 4 - 2009, Play-Cricket.
Division Five TeamNorthamptonshire3 2 1 0 0 0 +1.130 4Hampshire 3 2 1 0 0 0 −2.730 4Norfolk3 1 2 0 0 0 +0.990 2Hertfordshire3 1 2 0 0 0 +0.020 2 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 5 - 2009, Play-Cricket.
Division Six TeamDurham3 0 0 0 3 0 −0 3Gloucestershire 3 0 0 0 3 0 −0 3Wales3 0 0 0 3 0 −0 3Wiltshire3 0 0 0 3 0 −0 3
All games abandoned due to rain.
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 6 - 2009, Play-Cricket.
Division Seven TeamCumbria3 0 0 0 3 0 −0 3Dorset 3 0 0 0 3 0 −0 3Northumberland3 0 0 0 3 0 −0 3Shropshire3 0 0 0 3 0 −0 3
All games abandoned due to rain.
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 7 - 2009, Play-Cricket.
Division Eight TeamOxfordshire3 3 0 0 0 0 +0.650 6Suffolk 3 2 1 0 0 0 +0.710 4Buckinghamshire3 1 2 0 0 0 −1.370 2Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire3 0 3 0 0 0 −0 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 8 - 2009, Play-Cricket.
Statistics
Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sEbony Rainford-BrentSurrey229045.005801Charlotte EdwardsKent2171–71*01Amara CarrDevon336331.5039*00Penny EverettSuffolk226262.0058*01Alice MacleodBerkshire216060.006001 Source: CricketArchive
Most wickets Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5wJodie DibbleDevon4865.164/10Abbi AitkenScotland5469.333/210Beth MacGregorEssex4753.603/60Fi MorrisOxfordshire4854.003/60Emma SampsonSurrey3654.203/120 Source: CricketArchive
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