The 2006 Super Fours was the fifth 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. The competing teams were renamed from the 2005 season, with Braves, Knight Riders, Super Strikers and V Team becoming Rubies, Diamonds, Emeralds and Sapphires, respectively. Sapphires won the 50 over league, whilst Diamonds beat Sapphires in the final of the Twenty20 tournament.
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:
Win: 15 points. Tie: 6 points. Loss: 0 points. Bonus Points: Up to 5 points available to the winning team.
The Twenty20 competition reverted to the 2004 format, involving two semi-finals, with the winners progressing to a Final and the losers playing in a third-place play-off.
Teams Diamonds Emeralds Rubies Sapphires Charlotte Edwards (c) Lynsey Askew Laura Boorman Isa Guha Laura Joyce (wk) Hannah Lloyd Beth Morgan Ebony Rainford-Brent Nicky Shaw Laura Thompson (wk) Jasmine Titmuss Jo Watts Kirstie White (wk) Arran Brindle (c) Steph Davies Kelly Evenson Jenny Gunn Laura Harper Abbey Hawkins Charlotte Horton Sophie Le Marchand (wk) Kate Lowe Nicky Myers Holly Penwarden Anya Shrubsole Jane Smit (wk) Judith Turner Kirstie White (wk) Beth Wild Rebecca Williams Danni Wyatt Gill Richards (c) Colleen Ashbee Caroline Atkins Holly Colvin Lydia Greenway Jackie Hawker Natalie Lane Laura Marsh Kate Oakenfold Lizzie Roberts Susie Rowe Anya Shrubsole Sarah Taylor (wk) Laura Thompson (wk) Alexia Walker Laura Newton (c) Rosalie Birch Laura Boorman Katherine Brunt Kathryn Doherty Jenny Dunn Georgia Elwiss Lauren Griffiths (wk) Danielle Hazell Dawn Prestidge Anna Spragg (wk) Laura Spragg Robyn Still Claire Taylor (wk) Rachael Walsh
50 over Results TeamSapphires (C) 6 4 2 0 0 14 74 Rubies6 3 1 2 0 9 66Diamonds6 2 3 1 0 8 44Emeralds6 1 4 1 0 1 22 Source: Cricket ArchiveSuper Fours 2006 Table, Cricket Archive.
Twenty20 Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
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