| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board | 
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Twenty20 | 
| Tournament format(s) | League system | 
| Champions | Kent (2nd title) | 
| Participants | 33 | 
| Most runs | Fran Wilson (290) | 
| Most wickets | Megan Belt (9) | 
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.[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: 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 One | Nottinghamshire | Staffordshire | Worcestershire | Yorkshire | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division Two | Lancashire | Netherlands | Warwickshire | |
| Division Three | Cheshire | Gloucestershire | Leicestershire and Rutland | |
| Division Four | Cumbria | Derbyshire | Northumberland | Oxfordshire | 
South
| Division One | Essex | Kent | Middlesex | Sussex | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division Two | Hampshire | Hertfordshire | Surrey | Suffolk | 
| Division Three | Bedfordshire | Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire | Norfolk | 
South & West
| Division One | Berkshire | Cornwall | Somerset | Wales | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division Two | Buckinghamshire | Devon | Dorset | Wiltshire | 
Midlands & North
Division 1
Group stage
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nottinghamshire (Q) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.57 | 0 | 12 | 
| Yorkshire | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.09 | 0 | 8 | 
| Worcestershire | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –0.87 | 0 | 4 | 
| Staffordshire | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.76 | 0 | 0 | 
- Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[3]
Final
|  23 July 2013     Scorecard | 
| Nottinghamshire 182/3 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire 46 (9.2 overs) | 
| Danni Wyatt 102 (63)  Aimee Simms 2/43 (4 overs) | Lauren Winfield 18 (9)  Lucy Maxwell 3/1 (1.2 overs) | 
- Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field.
- Nottinghamshire progress to the semi-finals.
Division 2
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warwickshire | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6.26 | 0 | 8 | 
| Lancashire | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −4.85 | 0 | 1 | 
| Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | –7.70 | 0 | 1 | 
- Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[4]
Division 3
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leicestershire | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +2.22 | 0 | 5 | 
| Gloucestershire | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.49 | 0 | 4 | 
| Cheshire | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | –0.73 | 0 | 1 | 
- Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[5]
Division 4
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derbyshire | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.69 | 0 | 12 | 
| Cumbria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.35 | 0 | 4 | 
| Northumberland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –0.69 | 0 | 4 | 
| Oxfordshire | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –0.72 | 0 | 4 | 
- Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[6]
South
Division 1
Group stage
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sussex (Q) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.53 | 0 | 8 | 
| Kent (Q) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.99 | 0 | 8 | 
| Middlesex | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.34 | 0 | 8 | 
| Essex | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2.70 | 0 | 0 | 
- Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[7]
Final
|  23 July 2013     Scorecard | 
| Kent 112/5 (20 overs) | v | Sussex 114/6 (20 overs) | 
- Kent won the toss and elected to field.
- Sussex and Kent progress to the semi-finals.
Division 2
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surrey | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.05 | 0 | 12 | 
| Hampshire | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.41 | 0 | 8 | 
| Hertfordshire | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +0.27 | 0 | 4 | 
| Suffolk | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2.76 | 0 | 0 | 
- Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[8]
Division 3
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.38 | 0 | 8 | 
| Norfolk | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.15 | 0 | 4 | 
| Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.40 | 0 | 0 | 
- Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[9]
South & West
Division 1
Group stage
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5.78 | 0 | 12 | 
| Berkshire (Q) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.22 | 0 | 8 | 
| Wales | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.05 | 0 | 4 | 
| Cornwall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –4.50 | 0 | 0 | 
- Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[10]
Final
|  23 July 2013     Scorecard | 
| Berkshire 147/6 (20 overs) | v | Somerset 144/5 (20 overs) | 
| Heather Knight 43 (34)  Jenny Withers 2/16 (4 overs) | 
- Berkshire won the toss and elected to bat.
- Berkshire progress to the semi-finals.
Division 2
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4.92 | 0 | 12 | 
| Buckinghamshire | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.30 | 0 | 8 | 
| Dorset | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | −2.47 | 0 | 4 | 
| Wiltshire | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2.55 | 0 | 0 | 
- Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[11]
Knock-Out Stage
Semi-finals
|  7 September 2013     Scorecard | 
| Kent 131/4 (20 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire 123/7 (20 overs) | 
- Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field.
- Kent progress to the final.
|  7 September 2013     Scorecard | 
| Sussex 63/2 (13.2 overs) | v | Berkshire 59/7 (15 overs) | 
| Alex Rogers 25* (41)  Arran Brindle 2/6 (2 overs) | 
- Sussex won the toss and elected to field.
- Match reduced to 15 overs per side.
- Sussex progress to the final.
Third-place play-off
|  7 September 2013     Scorecard | 
| Berkshire 114/5 (18.4 overs) | v | Nottinghamshire 113/8 (20 overs) | 
| Alex Rogers 46 (40)  Ruth Sprawson 3/15 (4 overs) | Danni Wyatt 28 (15)  Daisy Gardner 2/14 (3 overs) | 
- Berkshire won the toss and elected to field.
Final
|  7 September 2013     Scorecard | 
| Sussex 107/5 (20 overs) | v | Kent 108/2 (18.2 overs) | 
| Alexia Walker 26 (28)  Charlotte Pape 2/23 (4 overs) | 
- Sussex won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kent won the 2013 Women's Twenty20 Cup.
Statistics
Most runs
| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Wilson | Somerset | 4 | 4 | 290 | 96.66 | 99 | 0 | 3 | 
| Rosalie Birch | Devon | 4 | 4 | 248 | 248.00 | 113* | 1 | 1 | 
| Heather Knight | Berkshire | 4 | 4 | 225 | 56.25 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 
| Anya Shrubsole | Somerset | 4 | 4 | 219 | 109.50 | 109* | 1 | 1 | 
| Alexis Mannion | Hertfordshire | 4 | 4 | 204 | 204.00 | 66 | 0 | 2 | 
Source: CricketArchive[12]
Most wickets
| Player | Team | Balls | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5w | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megan Belt | Kent | 138 | 9 | 13.33 | 3/18 | 0 | 
| Lucy Maxwell | Nottinghamshire | 80 | 8 | 7.62 | 4/19 | 0 | 
| Anisha Thind | Bedfordshire | 72 | 7 | 5.42 | 4/5 | 0 | 
| Leah Kellogg | Derbyshire | 96 | 7 | 7.42 | 3/15 | 0 | 
| Jenny Withers | Somerset | 84 | 7 | 9.14 | 4/9 | 0 | 
Source: CricketArchive[13]
References
- ↑ "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2013". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ↑ "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2013". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ↑ Division M&N 1 - 2013, Play-Cricket.
- ↑ Division M&N 2 - 2013, Play-Cricket.
- ↑ Division M&N 3 - 2013, Play-Cricket.
- ↑ Division M&N 4 - 2013, Play-Cricket.
- ↑ Division S1 - 2013, Play-Cricket.
- ↑ Division S2 - 2013, Play-Cricket.
- ↑ Division S3 - 2013, Play-Cricket.
- ↑ Division S&W 1 - 2013, Play-Cricket.
- ↑ Division S&W 2 - 2013, Play-Cricket.
- ↑ "Batting and Fielding in ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2013 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ↑ "Bowling in ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2013 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.