| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board | 
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Twenty20 | 
| Tournament format(s) | League system | 
| Champions | Kent (1st title) | 
| Participants | 35 | 
| Most runs | Danni Wyatt (202) | 
| Most wickets | Alice Davidson-Richards (12) | 
The 2011 Women's Twenty20 Cup was the 3rd cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in August and September, with 35 teams taking part: 33 county teams plus Wales and the Netherlands. Kent Women won the Twenty20 Cup, beating Berkshire Women in the final, achieving their first T20 title. The tournament ran alongside the 50-over 2011 Women's County Championship.[1]
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:[2]
Win: 2 points.
 
Tie: 1 points.
 
Loss: 0 points.
Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point.
Teams
The 2011 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 third-place play-off. The winners of each Division 1, and the best-performing second-place team, progressed to the semi-finals.
Midlands & North
| Division One | Nottinghamshire | Staffordshire | Warwickshire | Yorkshire | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division Two | Cheshire | Lancashire | Northamptonshire | Worcestershire | 
| Division Three | Cumbria | Durham | Gloucestershire | Northumberland | 
| Division Four | Derbyshire | Leicestershire and Rutland | Netherlands | Oxfordshire | 
South
| Division One | Essex | Kent | Middlesex | Sussex | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division Two | Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire | Hampshire | Hertfordshire | Surrey | 
| Division Three | Bedfordshire | Norfolk | Suffolk | 
South & West
| Division One | Berkshire | Devon | Somerset | Wales | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division Two | Buckinghamshire | Cornwall | Dorset | Wiltshire | 
Midlands & North
Division 1
Group stage
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire (Q) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.30 | 0 | 6 | 
| Warwickshire | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.80 | 0 | 4 | 
| Staffordshire (R) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.75 | 0 | 2 | 
| Nottinghamshire | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.09 | 0 | 0 | 
- Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[3]
Final
|  3 August 2011     Scorecard | 
| Warwickshire 102/8 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire 105/4 (18.2 overs) | 
- Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field.
- Yorkshire progress to the semi-finals.
Third-place play-off
|  3 August 2011     Scorecard | 
| Nottinghamshire 133/4 (20 overs) | v | Staffordshire 109 (19.2 overs) | 
- Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat.
- Staffordshire relegated to Midlands & North Division 2.
Division 2
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northamptonshire | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.84 | 0 | 6 | 
| Worcestershire (P) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.46 | 0 | 4 | 
| Lancashire | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.16 | 0 | 2 | 
| Cheshire (R) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.25 | 0 | 0 | 
- Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[4]
Final
|  3 August 2011     Scorecard | 
| Worcestershire 109/5 (16 overs) | v | Northamptonshire 64 (14.2 overs) | 
| Jessica de Tarczyinski 35 (46)  Jo Gardner 2/10 (2 overs) | Patricia Hankins 20 (17)  Katie Blunt 3/7 (3 overs) | 
- Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field.
- Match reduced to 16 overs per side due to rain.
- Worcestershire promoted to Midlands & North Division 1.
Third-place play-off
|  3 August 2011     Scorecard | 
| Cheshire 87/7 (19 overs) | v | Lancashire 88/4 (17.3 overs) | 
| Jessica Scothern 36 (48)  Kate Coppack 2/20 (4 overs) | 
- Cheshire won the toss and elected to bat.
- Match reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain.
- Cheshire relegated to Midlands & North Division 3.
Division 3
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gloucestershire (P) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.52 | 0 | 6 | 
| Durham | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.00 | 0 | 4 | 
| Northumberland (R) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.22 | 0 | 2 | 
| Cumbria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.91 | 0 | 0 | 
- Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[5]
Final
|  3 August 2011     Scorecard | 
| Gloucestershire 136/5 (20 overs) | v | Durham 90/7 (20 overs) | 
| Alex MacDonald 59 (50)  Hayley Falla 1/13 (3 overs) | Lucy Pringle 26 (14)  Fi Morris 3/12 (4 overs) | 
- Gloucestershire promoted to Midlands & North Division 2.
Third-place play-off
|  3 August 2011     Scorecard | 
| Northumberland 92 (19.2 overs) | v | Cumbria 96/5 (20 overs) | 
| Rachel Mayne 19 (–)  Sarah Earl 4/22 (4 overs) | Laura Marshall 42 (–)  Kelly Withycombe 3/12 (3 overs) | 
- Northumberland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Northumberland relegated to Midlands & North Division 3.
Division 4
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands (P) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3.40 | 0 | 6 | 
| Leicestershire | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.07 | 0 | 4 | 
| Derbyshire | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.48 | 0 | 2 | 
| Oxfordshire | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5.30 | 0 | 0 | 
- Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[6]
Final
The division final between Netherlands and Leicestershire was scheduled to take place on 3 August 2011 at The Copper Yard, Denby. However, the result of the match is not recorded.[1]
Third-place play-off
|  3 August 2011     Scorecard | 
| Derbyshire 207/0 (20 overs) | v | Oxfordshire 92/6 (20 overs) | 
| Lucy Antcliffe 94* (60)  | Genny Porter 19 (34)  Jessica Bakewell 2/20 (3 overs) | 
- Oxfordshire won the toss and elected to field.
South
Division 1
Group stage
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent (Q) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.17 | 0 | 6 | 
| Sussex (Q) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.70 | 0 | 4 | 
| Middlesex | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.52 | 0 | 2 | 
| Essex (R) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.38 | 0 | 0 | 
- Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[7]
Final
|  3 August 2011     Scorecard | 
| Kent 131/9 (20 overs) | v | Sussex 132/8 (19.3 overs) | 
- Sussex won the toss and elected to field.
- Sussex and Kent progress to the semi-finals.
Third-place play-off
|  3 August 2011     Scorecard | 
| Essex 95 (17.3 overs) | v | Middlesex 97/0 (12.3 overs) | 
| Elizabeth Wild 20 (24)  Sarah Bartlett 3/1 (1.3 overs) | Jenny Halstead 65* (40)  | 
- Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
- Essex relegated to South Division 2.
Division 2
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surrey (P) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.44 | 0 | 6 | 
| Hampshire | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 4 | 
| Hertfordshire | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 2 | 
| Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire (R) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.50 | 0 | 0 | 
- Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[8]
Final
|  3 August 2011     Scorecard | 
| Surrey 170/3 (20 overs) | v | Hampshire 48/8 (20 overs) | 
| Elissa Penketh 12 (27)  Sarah Clarke 3/6 (4 overs) | 
- Hampshire won the toss and elected to field.
- Surrey promoted to South Division 1.
Third-place play-off
|  3 August 2011     Scorecard | 
| Hertfordshire 146/4 (20 overs) | v | Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire 58 (15.2 overs) | 
| Hannah Smith 41 (33)  Sarah Hartley 1/12 (2 overs) | Lily Reynolds 16 (17)  Hannah Swan 5/6 (3.2 overs) | 
- Hertfordshire won the toss and elected to bat.
- Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire relegated to South Division 3.
Division 3
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suffolk (P) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.06 | 0 | 2 | 
| Bedfordshire | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.39 | 0 | 2 | 
| Norfolk | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.74 | 0 | 2 | 
- Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[9]
Final
|  3 August 2011     Scorecard | 
| Suffolk 127/2 (20 overs) | v | Bedfordshire 74/7 (20 overs) | 
| Emma Elsom 53* (55)  Amie Nichols 1/22 (4 overs) | Anisha Thind 18* (25)  Felicity Cleverley 2/13 (4 overs) | 
- Suffolk won the toss and elected to bat.
- Suffolk promoted to South Division 2.
South & West
Division 1
Group stage
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire (Q) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.16 | 0 | 6 | 
| Devon | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.08 | 0 | 4 | 
| Somerset | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.33 | 0 | 2 | 
| Wales | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.73 | 0 | 0 | 
- Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[10]
Final
|  3 August 2011     Scorecard | 
| Berkshire 143/4 (20 overs) | v | Devon 86/7 (20 overs) | 
| Alice Macleod 53 (51)  Lydia Harris 1/18 (4 overs) | Amara Carr 27 (40)  Nicole Beesley 4/12 (4 overs) | 
- Berkshire won the toss and elected to bat.
- Berkshire progress to the semi-finals.
Third-place play-off
|  3 August 2011     Scorecard | 
| Somerset 166/3 (20 overs) | v | Wales 169/3 (19.5 overs) | 
| Bethan Moorcraft 68 (–)  Jackie Hawker 2/36 (3.5 overs) | 
- Wales won the toss and elected to field.
Division 2
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckinghamshire | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.98 | 0 | 4 | 
| Wiltshire | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.35 | 0 | 4 | 
| Cornwall | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.45 | 0 | 4 | 
| Dorset | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.91 | 0 | 0 | 
- Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[11]
Final
|  3 August 2011     Scorecard | 
| Buckinghamshire 88/7 (20 overs) | v | Wiltshire 89/5 (19 overs) | 
| Charlotte Voden 18* (29)  Emily Wakeling 2/18 (4 overs) | Catherine Amore 37* (47)  Lorna Browne 2/16 (4 overs) | 
- Wiltshire won the toss and elected to field.
Third-place play-off
|  3 August 2011     Scorecard | 
| Dorset 61/9 (14 overs) | v | Cornwall 64/1 (9.3 overs) | 
| Emily Broad 16 (–)  Jade Williams 3/8 (4 overs) | Charlotte Phillips 32* (–)  Lauren Willows 1/11 (2 overs) | 
- Dorset won the toss and elected to bat.
- Match reduced to 14 overs per side due to rain.
Knock-Out Stage
Semi-finals
|  17 September 2011     Scorecard | 
| Berkshire 144/6 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire 134/7 (20 overs) | 
| Danielle Hazell 58 (42)  Daisy Gardner 2/22 (4 overs) | 
- Berkshire won the toss and elected to bat.
- Berkshire progress to the final.
|  17 September 2011     Scorecard | 
| Kent 103/5 (19.3 overs) | v | Sussex 101/9 (20 overs) | 
- Kent won the toss and elected to field.
- Kent progress to the final.
Third-place play-off
|  17 September 2011     Scorecard | 
| Sussex 130/3 (13.2 overs) | v | Yorkshire 126/6 (20 overs) | 
- Sussex won the toss and elected to field.
Final
Statistics
Most runs
| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danni Wyatt | Staffordshire | 4 | 4 | 202 | 67.33 | 91* | 0 | 2 | 
| Jenny Dunn | Middlesex | 4 | 4 | 193 | 64.33 | 70 | 0 | 2 | 
| Heather Knight | Berkshire | 6 | 5 | 171 | 42.75 | 66 | 0 | 1 | 
| Laura Marsh | Kent | 6 | 6 | 167 | 33.40 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 
| Katherine Brunt | Yorkshire | 6 | 6 | 162 | 27.00 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 
Source: CricketArchive[12]
Most wickets
| Player | Team | Balls | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5w | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Davidson-Richards | Kent | 126 | 12 | 10.25 | 4/13 | 0 | 
| Charlotte Edwards | Kent | 108 | 10 | 9.40 | 3/22 | 0 | 
| Katie Levick | Yorkshire | 134 | 10 | 10.50 | 5/16 | 1 | 
| Delissa Kimmince | Warwickshire | 96 | 9 | 7.44 | 3/12 | 0 | 
| Georgia Elwiss | Sussex | 111 | 9 | 13.00 | 3/29 | 0 | 
Source: CricketArchive[13]
Notes
References
- 1 2 "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2011". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ↑ "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2011". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ↑ Division M&N 1 - 2011, Play-Cricket.
- ↑ Division M&N 2 - 2011, Play-Cricket.
- ↑ Division M&N 3 - 2011, Play-Cricket.
- ↑ Division M&N 4 - 2011, Play-Cricket.
- ↑ Division S1 - 2011, Play-Cricket.
- ↑ Division S2 - 2011, Play-Cricket.
- ↑ Division S3 - 2011, Play-Cricket.
- ↑ Division S&W 1 - 2011, Play-Cricket.
- ↑ Division S&W 2 - 2011, Play-Cricket.
- ↑ "Batting and Fielding in ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2011 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ↑ "Bowling in ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2011 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.