2016 Women's Twenty20 Cup

The 2016 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2016 NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup was the 8th cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in June and July, with 36 teams taking part: 34 county teams plus Scotland and Wales. Kent Women won the Twenty20 Cup, their third title, and completed the double later in 2016 with their victory in the County Championship.[1]

2016 Women's Twenty20 Cup
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsKent (3rd title)
Participants36
Most runsLaura Newton (272)
Most wicketsNicole Richards (15)

The tournament ran alongside the 50-over 2016 Women's County Championship, and was followed by the inaugural Twenty20 Women's Cricket Super League, competed for by regional teams.

Competition format

Teams played matches within a series of divisions with the winners of the top division being crowned the Champions. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format.

The championship 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: 1 point.
Loss: 0 points.
Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point.

Teams

The 2016 Women's Twenty20 Cup was divided into four divisions: Division One and Division Two with eight teams each, Division Three with nine teams and Division Four with 11 teams, divided into three regional groups; teams played between six and eight games, depending on the division.

Division One Berkshire Kent Lancashire Middlesex Nottinghamshire Sussex Warwickshire Yorkshire
Division Two Durham Essex Hampshire Somerset Staffordshire Surrey Wales Worcestershire
Division Three Cheshire Cornwall Derbyshire Devon Hertfordshire Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Scotland Shropshire
Division Four - Group A Cambridgeshire Norfolk Suffolk
Division Four - Group B Buckinghamshire Dorset Gloucestershire Wiltshire
Division Four - Group C Cumbria Leicestershire and Rutland Lincolnshire Northumberland

Division One
Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Kent (C) 752000+0.43020
Warwickshire 742001+0.44017
Middlesex 732002+0.29014
Berkshire 734000−0.06012
Lancashire 734000−0.64012
Yorkshire 723002+0.79010
Sussex 723002−0.0709
Nottinghamshire (R) 724001−0.8109
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[3]

Division Two
Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Somerset (P) 752000+0.78020
Surrey (P) 741011+0.71018
Wales 742001+0.95017
Worcestershire 743000+0.35016
Essex 733001+0.55013
Hampshire 734000−0.33012
Staffordshire 724001−0.4409
Durham 706010−2.4801
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[4]

Division Three
Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Scotland (P) 880000+1.79032
Derbyshire (P) 871000+0.89028
Devon 862000+1.99024
Northamptonshire 844000−0.80016
Oxfordshire 834010–0.14013
Cheshire 834010−0.35013
Cornwall 826000−1.2408
Hertfordshire 826000−1.0508
Shropshire 808000−1.5300
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[5]

Division Four

Group A
Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Suffolk 660000+0.88024
Norfolk 633000+0.90012
Cambridgeshire 606000−1.7700
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[6]

Group B
Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Gloucestershire 640002+5.61018
Wiltshire 622002−0.30010
Buckinghamshire 622002−1.65010
Dorset 604002−3.3202
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[7]

Group C
Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Leicestershire and Rutland 660000+1.82024
Northumberland 633000+0.35012
Cumbria 624000−0.3608
Lincolnshire 615000−1.7204
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[8]

Statistics

Most runs
Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Laura Newton Cheshire 8 8 272 38.85 71* 0 3
Thea Brookes Worcestershire 6 6 270 54.00 79* 0 3
Suzie Bates Kent 7 7 240 40.00 106* 1 0
Lauren Parfitt Wales 6 6 215 43.00 74* 0 2
Lauren Hemp Norfolk 6 6 213 35.50 84 0 2

Source: CricketArchive[9]

Most wickets
Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5w
Nicole Richards Somerset 150 15 6.53 4/12 0
Kari Carswell Scotland 126 13 6.46 4/1 0
Suzie Bates Kent 168 12 10.08 3/11 0
Anje Lague Hampshire 186 12 10.25 3/9 0
Nicola Hawes Northumberland 121 11 7.36 3/12 0

Source: CricketArchive[10]

References
  1. "NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2016". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  2. "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2016". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  3. Division 1 - 2016, Play-Cricket.
  4. Division 2 - 2016, Play-Cricket.
  5. Division 3 - 2016, Play-Cricket.
  6. Division 4A - 2016, Play-Cricket.
  7. Division 4B - 2016, Play-Cricket.
  8. Division 4C - 2016, Play-Cricket.
  9. "Batting and Fielding in NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2016 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  10. "Bowling in NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2016 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
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