The 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2022 Vitality Women's County T20, was the 13th edition of the Women's Twenty20 Cup, an English women's cricket Twenty20 domestic competition. It took place in April and May 2022, with 35 teams taking part, organised into eight regional groups. There was no overall winner, with Lancashire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Suffolk, Leicestershire and Rutland, Sussex, Middlesex and Devon winning their individual groups.
Format Teams played matches within a series of regional divisions, playing three matchdays, with most matchdays consisting of two matches between the same teams. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format. The group stages were followed by a group Finals Day, played on 8 May. In Group 1, the top four teams qualified for Finals Day (with the other three teams playing off at a different venue), whilst in Groups 2 to 7 all four teams qualified, with first playing fourth and second playing third in the semi-finals.
The groups worked on a points system with positions being based on total points. Points were awarded as follows:
Win: 4 points. Tie: 2 points. Loss: 0 points. Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point.
Teams The teams were divided into eight regional groups. Group 1 consisted of 7 teams, whilst Groups 2 to 7 consisted of 4 teams apiece.
Group 1CumbriaDerbyshireLancashireNorth East WarriorsNorth Representative XINottinghamshireYorkshire Group 2BerkshireShropshireStaffordshireWorcestershire Group 3GloucestershireSomersetWalesWarwickshire Group 4CambridgeshireEssexNorfolkSuffolk Group 5Leicestershire and RutlandLincolnshireNorthamptonshireOxfordshire Group 6HampshireKentSurreySussex Group 7BuckinghamshireHertfordshireHuntingdonshireMiddlesex Group 8CornwallDevonDorsetWiltshire
Standings Note: Teams highlighted in gold were champions of their group, by virtue of winning on Finals Day.
Group 1
advances to 1A Finals Day
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Fixtures Source:
Group 1
Group stage
Finals Day
Note: Cumbria withdrew from the Group 1B Finals Day, meaning that North Representative XI and North East Warriors played a double-header matchday.
Group 2
Group stage
Finals Day
Group 3
Group stage
Finals Day
Group 4
Group stage
Finals Day
Group 5
Group stage
Finals Day
Group 6
Group stage
Finals Day
Group 7
Group stage
Finals Day Note: Huntingdonshire withdrew from the Group 7 Finals Day, meaning that the three remaining teams played each other once on Finals Day.
Group 8
Group stage
Finals Day
Statistics
Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sGeorgie BoyceLancashire8830676.5079*03Georgina MaceyWorcestershire8829536.887003Grace ScrivensKent6626553.008803Davina PerrinStaffordshire8724234.578702Sophie LuffSomerset8723939.835602 Source: Play-Cricket
Most wickets Player Team Overs Wickets Average BBI 5wAnisha PatelWarwickshire26.5158.274/70Chloe WestburyOxfordshire23.0136.083/90Alex HartleyLancashire31.1138.154/50Phoebe GrahamLancashire30.41310.003/80Georgia DavisWarwickshire32.01311.315/141 Source: Play-Cricket
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