The 2013 Women's Twenty20 Cup was the 5th cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place between July and September, with 33 teams taking part: 31 county teams plus Wales and the Netherlands. Kent Women won the Twenty20 Cup, beating Sussex Women in the final, achieving their second title. The tournament ran alongside the 50-over 2013 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: 4 points. Tie: 2 points. Loss: 0 points. Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point.
Teams The 2013 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 OneNottinghamshireStaffordshireWorcestershireYorkshire Division TwoLancashireNetherlandsWarwickshire Division ThreeCheshireGloucestershireLeicestershire and Rutland Division FourCumbriaDerbyshireNorthumberlandOxfordshire
South Division OneEssexKentMiddlesexSussex Division TwoHampshireHertfordshireSurreySuffolk Division ThreeBedfordshireCambridgeshire and HuntingdonshireNorfolk
South & West Division OneBerkshireCornwallSomersetWales Division TwoBuckinghamshireDevonDorsetWiltshire
Midlands & North
Division 1
Group stage TeamNottinghamshire (Q)3 3 0 0 0 0 +2.570 12Yorkshire3 2 1 0 0 0 +0.090 8Worcestershire3 1 2 0 0 0 –0.870 4Staffordshire3 0 3 0 0 0 –1.760 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision M&N 1 - 2013, Play-Cricket.
Final
Division 2 TeamWarwickshire2 2 0 0 0 0 +6.260 8Lancashire2 0 1 0 0 1 −4.850 1Netherlands2 0 1 0 0 1 –7.700 1 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision M&N 2 - 2013, Play-Cricket.
Division 3 TeamLeicestershire2 1 0 0 1 0 +2.220 5Gloucestershire2 1 1 0 0 0 −0.490 4Cheshire2 0 1 0 1 0 –0.730 1 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision M&N 3 - 2013, Play-Cricket.
Division 4 TeamDerbyshire3 3 0 0 0 0 +1.690 12Cumbria3 1 2 0 0 0 −0.350 4Northumberland3 1 2 0 0 0 –0.690 4Oxfordshire3 1 2 0 0 0 –0.720 4 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision M&N 4 - 2013, Play-Cricket.
South
Division 1
Group stage TeamSussex (Q)3 2 1 0 0 0 +1.530 8Kent (Q)3 2 1 0 0 0 +0.990 8Middlesex3 2 1 0 0 0 +0.340 8Essex3 0 3 0 0 0 –2.700 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision S1 - 2013, Play-Cricket.
Final
Division 2 TeamSurrey3 3 0 0 0 0 +2.050 12Hampshire3 2 1 0 0 0 +0.410 8Hertfordshire3 1 2 0 1 0 +0.270 4Suffolk3 0 3 0 0 0 –2.760 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision S2 - 2013, Play-Cricket.
Division 3 TeamBedfordshire2 2 0 0 0 0 +1.380 8Norfolk2 1 1 0 0 0 +0.150 4Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire2 0 2 0 0 0 –1.400 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision S3 - 2013, Play-Cricket.
South & West
Division 1
Group stage TeamSomerset3 3 0 0 0 0 +5.780 12Berkshire (Q)3 2 1 0 0 0 +2.220 8Wales3 1 2 0 0 0 −3.050 4Cornwall3 0 3 0 0 0 –4.500 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision S&W 1 - 2013, Play-Cricket.
Final
Division 2 TeamDevon3 3 0 0 0 0 +4.920 12Buckinghamshire3 2 1 0 0 0 +0.300 8Dorset3 1 2 0 1 0 −2.470 4Wiltshire3 0 3 0 0 0 –2.550 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision S&W 2 - 2013, Play-Cricket.
Knock-Out Stage
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
Statistics
Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sFran WilsonSomerset4429096.669903Rosalie BirchDevon44248248.00113*11Heather KnightBerkshire4422556.258002Anya ShrubsoleSomerset44219109.50109*11Alexis MannionHertfordshire44204204.006602 Source: CricketArchive
Most wickets Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5wMegan BeltKent138913.333/180Lucy MaxwellNottinghamshire8087.624/190Anisha ThindBedfordshire7275.424/50Leah KelloggDerbyshire9677.423/150Jenny WithersSomerset8479.144/90 Source: CricketArchive
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