2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup

The 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2021 Vitality Women's County T20, was the 12th cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament, taking place in April and May, with 36 teams taking part: 34 county teams plus Scotland and Wales. There was no overall winner, with Hertfordshire, Nottinghamshire, Lancashire, Kent, Gloucestershire and Somerset winning their respective regions.

The 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and, following a restructuring of women's cricket in England that saw the ending of the Women's County Championship, the Twenty20 Cup was the only nationwide tournament featuring county sides in 2021. The tournament will be followed by competitions involving regional teams, in 50-over and Twenty20 formats, as well as The Hundred.

Competition format

Teams played matches within a series of regional divisions. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format. There was no overall winner, as no stage further to the regional group stage was scheduled.

The groups worked on a points system with positions being based on total points. Points were awarded as follows:

Win: 4 points. Tie: 2 points. Loss: 0 points. Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point.

Teams

The 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup was divided into 6 regional groups. Teams played 8 matches, across 4 'double-header' matchdays, playing their opponents twice on one day. The teams were divided as follows:

East GroupBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireHertfordshireHuntingdonshireNorfolkSuffolk East Midlands GroupDerbyshireLeicestershire and RutlandLincolnshireNorthamptonshireNottinghamshireShropshire North GroupCumbriaLancashireNorth East WarriorsNorth Representative XIScotland AYorkshire South East GroupEssexHampshireKentMiddlesexSurreySussex South West GroupCornwallDevonDorsetGloucestershireOxfordshireWiltshire West Midlands GroupBerkshireSomersetStaffordshireWalesWarwickshireWorcestershire

Standings

East Group TeamHertfordshire (C)8 5 0 0 3 0 +3.52 0 23Buckinghamshire 8 4 2 0 2 0 +2.08 0 18Suffolk8 4 2 0 2 0 +0.39 0 18Cambridgeshire8 4 2 0 2 0 –0.07 0 18Huntingdonshire8 0 5 0 3 0 –3.40 0 3Norfolk8 0 6 0 2 0 –2.34 0 2 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup

East Midlands Group TeamNottinghamshire (C)8 5 0 0 3 0 +1.66 0 23Lincolnshire8 3 1 0 4 0 +1.81 0 16Shropshire8 2 2 0 4 0 –0.02 0 12Derbyshire8 2 3 0 3 0 +0.07 0 11Leicestershire and Rutland8 2 4 0 2 0 –0.72 0 10Northamptonshire8 1 5 0 2 0 –1.92 0 6 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup

North Group TeamLancashire (C)8 4 0 0 4 0 +5.07 0 20Scotland A8 4 2 0 2 0 +0.43 0 18North Representative XI8 3 1 0 4 0 –0.52 0 16Yorkshire8 2 0 0 6 0 +3.89 0 14North East Warriors8 1 5 0 2 0 –0.92 0 6Cumbria8 0 6 0 2 0 –3.95 0 2 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup

South East Group TeamKent (C)8 6 0 0 2 0 +1.30 0 26Surrey8 4 3 0 1 0 –0.16 0 17Hampshire8 3 3 0 2 0 +0.28 0 14Sussex8 3 3 0 2 0 –0.17 0 14Middlesex8 3 4 0 1 0 +0.18 0 13Essex8 0 6 0 2 0 –1.54 0 2 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup

South West Group TeamGloucestershire (C)8 4 0 0 4 0 +0.78 0 20Devon8 4 2 0 2 0 +2.96 0 18Cornwall8 4 2 0 2 0 +0.45 0 18Dorset8 2 2 0 4 0 +2.70 0 12Oxfordshire8 2 2 0 4 0 –0.10 0 12Wiltshire8 0 8 0 0 0 –3.83 0 0 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup

West Midlands Group TeamSomerset (C)8 5 1 0 2 0 +1.75 0 22Warwickshire8 4 0 0 4 0 +2.66 0 20Worcestershire8 2 2 0 4 0 –1.19 0 12Wales8 1 3 0 4 0 –0.86 0 8Staffordshire8 0 2 0 6 0 –1.10 0 6Berkshire8 0 4 0 4 0 –2.75 0 4 Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup

Fixtures

East Group

East Midlands Group

North Group

South East Group

South West Group

West Midlands Group

Statistics

Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sImogen SidhuSuffolk6629373.2563*04Georgia HennessySomerset6626152.207802Emma LambLancashire64233116.50119*11Sophie LuffSomerset6521152.755902Chloe SkeltonGloucestershire5520167.0070*01 Source: CricketArchive

Most wickets Player Team Overs Wickets Average BBI 5wFinty TrusslerHampshire23.0166.504/120Lorraine SzczepanskiSomerset23.0134.924/80Ella PhillipsHertfordshire16.2125.005/21Bethan MilesBuckinghamshire19.0114.454/90Bhavika GajipraMiddlesex23.01110.633/160 Source: CricketArchive

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