The 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2019 Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup was the 11th cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in June, with 35 teams taking part: 33 county teams plus Scotland and Wales. Warwickshire Women won the Twenty20 Cup, as winners of Division 1, therefore achieving their first title.
The tournament followed the 50-over 2019 Women's County Championship, and was subsequently followed by the Twenty20 2019 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 works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:
Win: 4 points. Tie: 2 points. Loss: 0 points. Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point.
Teams The 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup was divided into three divisions: Division One and Division Two with nine teams each, and Division Three with 17 teams, divided into regional groups. Teams in Divisions One and Two played each other once, and teams in Division Three played each other either once or twice. Division OneHampshireKentLancashireMiddlesexNottinghamshireSurreySussexWalesWarwickshire Division TwoCheshireDerbyshireDevonDurhamEssexScotland ASomersetWorcestershireYorkshire Division Three - Group ABerkshireCornwallDorsetGloucestershireOxfordshireWiltshire Division Three - Group BBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireHertfordshireLincolnshireNorfolkNorthamptonshireSuffolk Division Three - Group CCumbriaLeicestershire and RutlandShropshireStaffordshire
Division One TeamWarwickshire (C)8 5 3 0 0 0 –0.260 20Lancashire8 4 1 0 2 1 +0.770 19Kent8 4 2 0 2 0 +0.040 18Hampshire 8 4 3 0 0 1 –0.190 17Surrey8 4 3 0 1 0 +0.950 17Sussex8 3 4 0 1 0 +0.300 13Wales8 2 4 0 0 2 –0.320 10Middlesex 8 2 4 0 1 1 –0.610 10Nottinghamshire8 1 5 0 1 1 –0.780 6 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 1 - 2019, Play-Cricket.
Division Two TeamSomerset8 6 2 0 0 0 –0.030 24Durham8 5 3 0 0 0 +0.540 20Scotland A8 4 2 0 2 0 +0.700 18Yorkshire 8 4 2 0 0 2 +1.340 18Essex8 4 2 0 0 2 –0.070 18Worcestershire8 3 3 0 0 2 +0.270 14Devon8 3 3 0 0 2 –0.360 14Cheshire 8 1 7 0 0 0 –1.260 4Derbyshire8 0 6 0 0 2 –1.420 2 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 2 - 2019, Play-Cricket.
Division Three
Group A TeamBerkshire8 7 1 0 0 0 +2.470 28Oxfordshire8 6 2 0 0 0 +0.050 24Cornwall8 4 4 0 0 0 +0.400 16Gloucestershire8 3 3 0 0 2 +0.410 14Dorset8 1 5 0 0 2 –3.080 6Wiltshire8 0 6 0 0 2 –1.480 2 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 3A - 2019, Play-Cricket.
Group B TeamNorthamptonshire8 8 0 0 0 0 +2.200 32Buckinghamshire 8 5 3 0 0 0 +0.170 20Hertfordshire8 4 4 0 0 0 +0.220 16Norfolk8 3 5 0 0 0 –0.680 12Lincolnshire8 3 5 0 0 0 –0.980 12Cambridgeshire8 3 5 0 0 0 –0.440 12Suffolk8 2 6 0 0 0 –0.460 8 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 3B - 2019, Play-Cricket.
Group C TeamStaffordshire8 6 0 0 0 2 +2.450 26Cumbria 8 3 3 0 0 2 –0.130 14Leicestershire and Rutland8 2 3 1 0 2 –0.110 12Shropshire8 0 5 1 0 2 –2.070 4 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 CupDivision 3C - 2019, Play-Cricket.
Statistics
Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sSophie LuffSomerset8831652.665201Sarah BryceScotland6627290.66101*11Marie KellyWarwickshire8821836.337602Hayley BrownNorthamptonshire8821335.503500Bryony SmithSurrey6521152.758502 Source: CricketArchive
Most wickets Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5wLaura EllisonDurham186158.663/120Flora BertwistleWorcestershire130145.004/180Patricia HankinsNorthamptonshire172146.575/131Isabella FitzgibbonBuckinghamshire186138.614/40Chloe SainsburyCambridgeshire120127.914/100 Source: CricketArchive
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