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2008 Super Fours

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{{Infobox cricket tournament

| administrator = England and Wales Cricket Board

| cricket format = 50 over

| tournament format = League system

| champions = Sapphires

| count = 3

| participants = 4

| matches = 12

| most runs = Leah Poulton, Sapphires (215)

| most wickets = Georgia Elwiss, Diamonds;
Jenny Gunn, Emeralds;
Danielle Hazell, Sapphires (9)

| previous_year = 2007

| previous_tournament = 2007 Super Fours

| next_year = 2011

| next_tournament = 2011 Super Fours

}}

The 2008 Super Fours was the seventh cricket Super Fours season. It took place from May to July and saw 4 teams compete in a 50 over league and a Twenty20 knockout tournament. Sapphires won the 50 over tournament, achieving their third 50 over title, whilst Rubies won the Twenty20 tournament, claiming their first title in the format.

Competition format

In the one day tournament, teams played each other twice in a round-robin format, with the winners of the group winning the tournament. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side.

The group worked on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/9/Super_Fours_2008.html |title=Super Fours 2008 Table |website=Cricket Archive |accessdate=24 January 2021}}

Win: 15 points.

Tie: 6 points.

Loss: 0 points.

Bonus Points: Up to 5 points available to the winning team.

The Twenty20 competition consisted of two semi-finals, with the winners progressing to a Final and the losers playing in a third-place play-off.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/9/Super_Fours_Twenty20_2008.html |title=Super Fours Twenty20 2008 |website=Cricket Archive |accessdate=24 January 2021}}

Teams

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Diamonds

! Emeralds

! Rubies

! Sapphires

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50 over

=Results=

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! width="150" |Team

! width="25" |{{Abbr|Pld|Played}}

! width="25" |{{Abbr|W|Won}}

! width="25" |{{Abbr|L|Lost}}

! width="25" |{{Abbr|T|Tied}}

! width="25" |{{Abbr|A|Abandoned}}

! width="25" |{{Abbr|BP|Bonus Points}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|Pts|Points}}

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|style="text-align:left" |Sapphires (C)

|6

3102774
style="text-align:left" |Diamonds

|6

22021062
style="text-align:left" |Emeralds

|6

2202254
style="text-align:left" |Rubies

|6

1302340

Source: ESPN Cricinfo[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/super-fours-2008-351449/points-table-standings Super Fours 2008 Table], ESPN Cricinfo.

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = 31 May

| time =

| team1 = Diamonds

| team2 = Emeralds

| score1 = 120 (41.5 overs)

| runs1 = Charlotte Edwards 50 (69)

| wickets1 = Jenny Gunn 2/9 (2 overs)

| score2 = 166 (46.5 overs)

| runs2 = Sarah Taylor 58 (96)

| wickets2 = Georgia Elwiss 3/15 (8.5 overs)

| result = Emeralds won by 46 runs

| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/super-fours-2008-351449/diamonds-vs-emeralds-351451/full-scorecard Scorecard]

| venue = Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough

| umpires = Annette Owen and John Hayes

| motm =

| toss = Emeralds won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Points: Emeralds 16, Diamonds 0

| stack = y

}}

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = 31 May

| time =

| team1 = Rubies

| team2 = Sapphires

| score1 = 146/8 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Anya Shrubsole 27 (40)

| wickets1 = Katherine Brunt 2/18 (9 overs)

| score2 = 147/6 (45.1 overs)

| runs2 = Leah Poulton 50 (87)

| wickets2 = Isa Guha 2/23 (10 overs)

| result = Sapphires won by 4 wickets

| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/super-fours-2008-351449/rubies-vs-sapphires-351452/full-scorecard Scorecard]

| venue = Brockington Ground, Loughborough

| umpires = Ann Roberts and John Harper

| motm =

| toss = Rubies won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Points: Sapphires 17, Rubies 0

| stack = y

}}

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = 1 June

| time =

| team1 = Diamonds

| team2 = Sapphires

| score1 = 163 (34.1 overs)

| runs1 = Lydia Greenway 43 (60)

| wickets1 = Danielle Hazell 5/27 (6.1 overs)

| score2 = 192/6 (35 overs)

| runs2 = Leah Poulton 69 (87)

| wickets2 = Georgia Elwiss 4/24 (7 overs)

| result = Sapphires won by 29 runs

| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/super-fours-2008-351449/diamonds-vs-sapphires-351453/full-scorecard Scorecard]

| venue = Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough

| umpires = Ian Armitage and Arnold Brotherhood

| motm =

| toss = Diamonds won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Points: Sapphires 17, Diamonds 0

| stack = y

}}

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = 1 June

| time =

| team1 = Emeralds

| team2 = Rubies

| score1 = 163/3 (35 overs)

| runs1 = Sarah Taylor 60 (68)

| wickets1 = Holly Colvin 1/20 (7 overs)

| score2 = 118/9 (35 overs)

| runs2 = Amanda Potgieter 26 (33)

| wickets2 = Jenny Gunn 3/22 (7 overs)

| result = Emeralds won by 45 runs

| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/super-fours-2008-351449/emeralds-vs-rubies-351454/full-scorecard Scorecard]

| venue = Brockington Ground, Loughborough

| umpires = Annette Owen and John Hayes

| motm =

| toss = Rubies won the toss and elected to field.

| rain = Match reduced to 35 overs per side.

| notes = Points: Emeralds 16, Rubies 0

| stack = y

}}

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = 14 June

| time =

| team1 = Emeralds

| team2 = Sapphires

| score1 = 116 (42.4 overs)

| runs1 = Sarah Taylor 52 (78)

| wickets1 = Katherine Brunt 2/16 (10 overs)

| score2 = 202 (46.5 overs)

| runs2 = Claire Taylor 100 (110)

| wickets2 = Jenny Gunn 4/37 (7 overs)

| result = Sapphires won by 86 runs

| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/super-fours-2008-351449/emeralds-vs-sapphires-351456/full-scorecard Scorecard]

| venue = Worksop College Ground, Worksop

| umpires = Annette Owen and Graham Harvey

| motm =

| toss = Sapphires won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Points: Sapphires 18, Emeralds 0

| stack = y

}}

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = 14 June

| time =

| team1 = Diamonds

| team2 = Rubies

| score1 = 263/5 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Lydia Greenway 71 (89)

| wickets1 = Caroline Atkins 1/26 (10 overs)

| score2 = 198/8 (50 overs)

| runs2 = Caroline Atkins 69 (85)

| wickets2 = Anna Stevenson 2/20 (5 overs)

| result = Diamonds won by 65 runs

| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/super-fours-2008-351449/diamonds-vs-rubies-351455/full-scorecard Scorecard]

| venue = Kent County Cricket Ground, Beckenham

| umpires = Roger Croft and Martin Seguss

| motm =

| toss = Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Points: Diamonds 20, Rubies 0

| stack = y

}}

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = 21 June

| time =

| team1 = Diamonds

| team2 = Rubies

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| result = Match Abandoned

| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/super-fours-2008-351449/diamonds-vs-rubies-351457/full-scorecard Scorecard]

| venue = Topsham Sports Ground, Exeter

| umpires =

| motm =

| toss = No toss.

| rain = No play possible due to rain.

| notes = Points: Diamonds 11, Rubies 11

| stack = y

}}

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = 21 June

| time =

| team1 = Emeralds

| team2 = Sapphires

| score1 =

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| result = Match Abandoned

| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/super-fours-2008-351449/emeralds-vs-sapphires-351458/full-scorecard Scorecard]

| venue = Topsham Sports Ground, Exeter

| umpires =

| motm =

| toss = No toss.

| rain = No play possible due to rain.

| notes = Points: Emeralds 11, Sapphires 11

| stack = y

}}

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = 5 July

| time =

| team1 = Diamonds

| team2 = Sapphires

| score1 = 299/8 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Ebony Rainford-Brent 133 (147)

| wickets1 = Katherine Brunt 2/31 (10 overs)

| score2 = 243 (46.4 overs)

| runs2 = Leah Poulton 59 (86)

| wickets2 = Charlotte Anneveld 4/33 (8.4 overs)

| result = Diamonds won by 56 runs

| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/super-fours-2008-351449/diamonds-vs-sapphires-351459/full-scorecard Scorecard]

| venue = Wellington College, Crowthorne

| umpires = Terry Owen and Keith Parsons

| motm =

| toss = Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Points: Diamonds 20, Sapphires 0

| stack = y

}}

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = 5 July

| time =

| team1 = Emeralds

| team2 = Rubies

| score1 = 187 (49.4 overs)

| runs1 = Heather Knight 35 (55)

| wickets1 = Holly Colvin 2/5 (10 overs)

| score2 = 201/7 (50 overs)

| runs2 = Caroline Atkins 95 (138)

| wickets2 = Daisy Gardner 2/39 (8 overs)

| result = Rubies won by 14 runs

| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/super-fours-2008-351449/emeralds-vs-rubies-351460/full-scorecard Scorecard]

| venue = Wellington College, Crowthorne

| umpires = Roger Croft and Graham Cooper

| motm =

| toss = Rubies won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Points: Rubies 18, Emeralds 0

| stack = y

}}

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = 6 July

| time =

| team1 = Diamonds

| team2 = Emeralds

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| result = Match Abandoned

| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/super-fours-2008-351449/diamonds-vs-emeralds-351461/full-scorecard Scorecard]

| venue = Wellington College, Crowthorne

| umpires =

| motm =

| toss = No toss.

| rain = No play possible due to rain.

| notes = Points: Diamonds 11, Emeralds 11

| stack = y

}}

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = 6 July

| time =

| team1 = Rubies

| team2 = Sapphires

| score1 =

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| result = Match Abandoned

| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/super-fours-2008-351449/rubies-vs-sapphires-351462/full-scorecard Scorecard]

| venue = Wellington College, Crowthorne

| umpires =

| motm =

| toss = No toss.

| rain = No play possible due to rain.

| notes = Points: Rubies 11, Sapphires 11

| stack = y

}}

Twenty20

=Semi-finals=

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = 26 May

| time =

| team1 = Diamonds

| team2 = Sapphires

| score1 = 124/4 (19.5 overs)

| runs1 = Charlotte Edwards 57* (55)

| wickets1 = Rochelle Petty 1/22 (4 overs)

| score2 = 123 (19.4 overs)

| runs2 = Leah Poulton 32 (17)

| wickets2 = Georgia Elwiss 2/7 (2.4 overs)

| result = Diamonds won by 6 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/170/170305.html Scorecard]

| venue = Brockington Road, Loughborough

| umpires = John Hayes and C McGuiness

| motm =

| toss = Diamonds won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Diamonds progress to the final.

| stack = y

}}

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = 26 May

| time =

| team1 = Emeralds

| team2 = Rubies

| score1 = 77/9 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Laura Joyce 20 (40)

| wickets1 = Holly Colvin 2/11 (4 overs)

| score2 = 83/9 (20 overs)

| runs2 = Rebecca Williams 18 (27)

| wickets2 = Nicky Myers 4/11 (4 overs)

| result = Rubies won by 6 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/170/170306.html Scorecard]

| venue = Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough

| umpires = Ian Armitage and Arnold Brotherhood

| motm =

| toss = Emeralds won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Rubies progress to the final.

}}

=Third-place play-off=

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = 26 May

| time =

| team1 = Emeralds

| team2 = Sapphires

| score1 = 119/4 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Salliann Briggs 31 (40)

| wickets1 = Leah Poulton 2/23 (3 overs)

| score2 = 123/3 (18.2 overs)

| runs2 = Jenny Halstead 56* (53)

| wickets2 = Danni Wyatt 1/16 (3 overs)

| result = Sapphires won by 7 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/170/170308.html Scorecard]

| venue = Brockington Ground, Loughborough

| umpires = John Hayes and C McGuiness

| motm =

| toss = Emeralds won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes =

}}

=Final=

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = 26 May

| time =

| team1 = Diamonds

| team2 = Rubies

| score1 = 106/8 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Lydia Greenway 42* (33)

| wickets1 = Isa Guha 2/15 (4 overs)

| score2 = 110/7 (20 overs)

| runs2 = Kate Oakenfold 35 (31)

| wickets2 = Charlotte Edwards 2/28 (4 overs)

| result = Rubies won by 4 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/170/170307.html Scorecard]

| venue = Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough

| umpires = Ian Armitage and Arnold Brotherhood

| motm =

| toss = Diamonds won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Rubies won the Super Fours Twenty20 2008.

}}

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