2013 Women's Twenty20 Cup

{{Short description|Cricket tournament}}

{{use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox cricket tournament

| administrator = England and Wales Cricket Board

| cricket format = Twenty20

| tournament format = League system

| champions = Kent

| count = 2

| participants = 33

| matches =

| most runs = Fran Wilson (290)

| most wickets = Megan Belt (9)

| previous_year = 2012

| previous_tournament = 2012 Women's Twenty20 Cup

| next_year = 2014

| next_tournament = 2014 Women's Twenty20 Cup

}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/20/ECB_Womens_Twenty20_Cup_2013.html|title=ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2013 |website=Cricket Archive |accessdate=1 January 2021}}

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:{{cite web |url=http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41933 |title=ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2013 |website=Play-Cricket |accessdate=1 January 2021}}

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=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" style="font-size: 95%; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; clear:center;"
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=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" style="font-size: 95%; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; clear:center;"
Division One

|Essex

|Kent

|Middlesex

|Sussex

Division Two

|Hampshire

|Hertfordshire

|Surrey

|Suffolk

Division Three

|Bedfordshire

|Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire

|Norfolk

=South & West=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" style="font-size: 95%; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; clear:center;"
Division One

|Berkshire

|Cornwall

|Somerset

|Wales

Division Two

|Buckinghamshire

|Devon

|Dorset

|Wiltshire

Midlands & North

=Division 1=

==Group stage==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! 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|C|Cancelled}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|NRR|Net Run Rate}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|Ded|Deducted points}}

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

style="background:#fbd009"

|style="text-align:left" |Nottinghamshire (Q)

|3

30000+2.57012
style="text-align:left" |Yorkshire

|3

21000+0.0908
style="text-align:left" |Worcestershire

|3

12000–0.8704
style="text-align:left" |Staffordshire

|3

03000–1.7600

: Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41941 Division M&N 1 - 2013], Play-Cricket.

==Final==

----

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 23 July 2013

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = Nottinghamshire

| team2 = Yorkshire

| score1 = 182/3 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Danni Wyatt 102 (63)

| wickets1 = Aimee Simms 2/43 (4 overs)

| score2 = 46 (9.2 overs)

| runs2 = Lauren Winfield 18 (9)

| wickets2 = Lucy Maxwell 3/1 (1.2 overs)

| result = Nottinghamshire won by 136 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/554/554048.html Scorecard]

| venue = Arlington Avenue, Leamington Spa

| umpires = Sue Haynes and Vanessa Holliday

| motm =

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

| rain =

| notes = Nottinghamshire progress to the semi-finals.

}}

----

=Division 2=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! 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|C|Cancelled}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|NRR|Net Run Rate}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|Ded|Deducted points}}

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

style="background:#fbd009"

|style="text-align:left" |Warwickshire

|2

20000+6.2608
style="text-align:left" |Lancashire

|2

01001−4.8501
style="text-align:left" |Netherlands

|2

01001–7.7001

: Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41953 Division M&N 2 - 2013], Play-Cricket.

=Division 3=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! 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|C|Cancelled}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|NRR|Net Run Rate}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|Ded|Deducted points}}

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

style="background:#fbd009"

|style="text-align:left" |Leicestershire

|2

10010+2.2205
style="text-align:left" |Gloucestershire

|2

11000−0.4904
style="text-align:left" |Cheshire

|2

01010–0.7301

: Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41961 Division M&N 3 - 2013], Play-Cricket.

=Division 4=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! 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|C|Cancelled}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|NRR|Net Run Rate}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|Ded|Deducted points}}

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

style="background:#fbd009"

|style="text-align:left" |Derbyshire

|3

30000+1.69012
style="text-align:left" |Cumbria

|3

12000−0.3504
style="text-align:left" |Northumberland

|3

12000–0.6904
style="text-align:left" |Oxfordshire

|3

12000–0.7204

: Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41965 Division M&N 4 - 2013], Play-Cricket.

South

=Division 1=

==Group stage==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! 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|C|Cancelled}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|NRR|Net Run Rate}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|Ded|Deducted points}}

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

style="background:#fbd009"

|style="text-align:left" |Sussex (Q)

|3

21000+1.5308
style="background:#fbd009"

|style="text-align:left" |Kent (Q)

|3

21000+0.9908
style="text-align:left" |Middlesex

|3

21000+0.3408
style="text-align:left" |Essex

|3

03000–2.7000

: Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41933 Division S1 - 2013], Play-Cricket.

==Final==

----

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 23 July 2013

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = Kent

| team2 = Sussex

| score1 = 112/5 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Tammy Beaumont 55 (−)

| wickets1 = Freya Davies 2/11 (4 overs)

| score2 = 114/6 (20 overs)

| runs2 = Alexia Walker 52 (42)

| wickets2 = Tash Farrant 2/18 (4 overs)

| result = Sussex won by 2 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/554/554028.html Scorecard]

| venue = Wellington College, Crowthorne

| umpires =

| motm =

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

| rain =

| notes = Sussex and Kent progress to the semi-finals.

}}

----

=Division 2=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! 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|C|Cancelled}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|NRR|Net Run Rate}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|Ded|Deducted points}}

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

style="background:#fbd009"

|style="text-align:left" |Surrey

|3

30000+2.05012
style="text-align:left" |Hampshire

|3

21000+0.4108
style="text-align:left" |Hertfordshire

|3

12010+0.2704
style="text-align:left" |Suffolk

|3

03000–2.7600

: Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41945 Division S2 - 2013], Play-Cricket.

=Division 3=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! 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|C|Cancelled}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|NRR|Net Run Rate}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|Ded|Deducted points}}

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

style="background:#fbd009"

|style="text-align:left" |Bedfordshire

|2

20000+1.3808
style="text-align:left" |Norfolk

|2

11000+0.1504
style="text-align:left" |Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire

|2

02000–1.4000

: Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41957 Division S3 - 2013], Play-Cricket.

South & West

=Division 1=

==Group stage==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! 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|C|Cancelled}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|NRR|Net Run Rate}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|Ded|Deducted points}}

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

style="text-align:left" |Somerset

|3

30000+5.78012
style="background:#fbd009"

|style="text-align:left" |Berkshire (Q)

|3

21000+2.2208
style="text-align:left" |Wales

|3

12000−3.0504
style="text-align:left" |Cornwall

|3

03000–4.5000

: Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41937 Division S&W 1 - 2013], Play-Cricket.

==Final==

----

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 23 July 2013

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = Berkshire

| team2 = Somerset

| score1 = 147/6 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Heather Knight 43 (34)

| wickets1 = Jenny Withers 2/16 (4 overs)

| score2 = 144/5 (20 overs)

| runs2 = Fran Wilson 48 (34)

| wickets2 = Heather Knight 3/23 (4 overs)

| result = Berkshire won by 3 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/554/554012.html Scorecard]

| venue = Spytty Park, Newport

| umpires = Clive Poulton and Darren Turl

| motm =

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

| rain =

| notes = Berkshire progress to the semi-finals.

}}

----

=Division 2=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! 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|C|Cancelled}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|NRR|Net Run Rate}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|Ded|Deducted points}}

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

style="background:#fbd009"

|style="text-align:left" |Devon

|3

30000+4.92012
style="text-align:left" |Buckinghamshire

|3

21000+0.3008
style="text-align:left" |Dorset

|3

12010−2.4704
style="text-align:left" |Wiltshire

|3

03000–2.5500

: Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/41949 Division S&W 2 - 2013], Play-Cricket.

Knock-Out Stage

=Semi-finals=

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 7 September 2013

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = Kent

| team2 = Nottinghamshire

| score1 = 131/4 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Tammy Beaumont 47 (46)

| wickets1 = Danni Wyatt 3/28 (4 overs)

| score2 = 123/7 (20 overs)

| runs2 = Jane Smit 59 (53)

| wickets2 = Megan Belt 3/18 (4 overs)

| result = Kent won by 8 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/554/554075.html Scorecard]

| venue = Spen Cama Memorial Ground, Fulking

| umpires = John Booker and Trevor Cox

| motm =

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

| rain =

| notes = Kent progress to the final.

|}}

----

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 7 September 2013

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = Sussex

| team2 = Berkshire

| score1 = 63/2 (13.2 overs)

| runs1 = Arran Brindle 17* (19)

| wickets1 = Alice Macleod 1/8 (3 overs)

| score2 = 59/7 (15 overs)

| runs2 = Alex Rogers 25* (41)

| wickets2 = Arran Brindle 2/6 (2 overs)

| result = Sussex won by 8 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/554/554074.html Scorecard]

| venue = Spen Cama Memorial Ground, Fulking

| umpires = Terry Burstow and Trevor Cox

| motm =

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

| rain = Match reduced to 15 overs per side.

| notes = Sussex progress to the final.

|}}

----

=Third-place play-off=

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 7 September 2013

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = Berkshire

| team2 = Nottinghamshire

| score1 = 114/5 (18.4 overs)

| runs1 = Alex Rogers 46 (40)

| wickets1 = Ruth Sprawson 3/15 (4 overs)

| score2 = 113/8 (20 overs)

| runs2 = Danni Wyatt 28 (15)

| wickets2 = Daisy Gardner 2/14 (3 overs)

| result = Berkshire won by 5 wickets

| report =[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/554/554077.html Scorecard]

| venue = Spen Cama Memorial Ground, Fulking

| umpires = John Booker and Terry Burstow

| motm =

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

| rain =

| notes =

|}}

----

=Final=

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 7 September 2013

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = Sussex

| team2 = Kent

| score1 = 107/5 (20 overs)

| runs1 = Alexia Walker 26 (28)

| wickets1 = Charlotte Pape 2/23 (4 overs)

| score2 = 108/2 (18.2 overs)

| runs2 = Charlotte Edwards 49 (46)

| wickets2 = Freya Davies 1/17 (4 overs)

| result = Kent won by 8 wickets

| report =[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/554/554076.html Scorecard]

| venue = Spen Cama Memorial Ground, Fulking

| umpires = Terry Burstow and Trevor Cox

| motm =

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

| rain =

| notes = Kent won the 2013 Women's Twenty20 Cup.

|}}

Statistics

=Most runs=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
width=125| Player

!width=125| Team

!width=60 | Matches

!width=60 | Innings

!width=60 | Runs

!width=60 | Average

!width=60 | {{Tooltip|HS|Highest score}}

!width=60 | 100s

!width=60 | 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{{cite web| url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/20/ECB_Womens_Twenty20_Cup_2013/Batting_by_Runs.html | title=Batting and Fielding in ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2013 (Ordered by Runs) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=21 March 2021}}

=Most wickets=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
width=125| Player

!width=125| Team

!width=60 | Balls

!width=60 | Wickets

!width=60 | Average

!width=60 | BBI

!width=60 | 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{{cite web| url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/20/ECB_Womens_Twenty20_Cup_2013/Bowling_by_Wickets.html | title=Bowling in ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2013 (Ordered by Wickets) | publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=21 March 2021}}

References

{{reflist}}

{{Women's County Cricket in England}}

{{2013 English cricket season}}

Category:Women's Twenty20 Cup

cricket