The 2022 Arachas Super 20 Trophy was the Twenty20 section of the eighth Women's Super Series competition, that took place in Ireland. The tournament took place in June and July 2022, alongside the 50 over Arachas Super 50 Cup. Three teams competed in a triple round-robin group stage: Dragons, Scorchers and Typhoons. The tournament was won by Scorchers.
Competition format The three sides played each other side twice in Twenty20 matches in June and July, including three matchdays involving double-headers. The tournament worked on a league system.
The league worked on a points system with positions based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:
Win: 2 points. Tie: 1 point. Loss: 0 points. Abandoned/No Result: 1 point.
Squads Dragons Scorchers Typhoons Leah Paul (c) Amy Caulfield Alison Cowan Zara Craig Alana Dalzell Mollie Devine Sarah Forbes Abbi Harrison Amy Hunter Arlene Kelly Charlotte Lyons Kia McCartney Kate McEvoy Cara Murray Orla Prendergast Jemma Rankin Gaby Lewis (c) Christina Coulter Reilly Rachel Delaney Bhavisha Devchand Shauna Kavanagh Anna Kerrison Hannah Little Sophie MacMahon Aimee Maguire Jane Maguire Lara Maritz Ellie McGee Niamh McNulty Eimear Richardson Jenny Sparrow Siúin Woods Laura Delany (c) Ava Canning Sarah Condron Georgina Dempsey Rebecca Gough Maria Kerrison Robyn Lewis Louise Little Joanna Loughran Tess Maritz Lara McBride Celeste Raack Freya Sargent Robyn Searle Rebecca Stokell Mary Waldron
Source: Cricket Ireland
Points table TeamScorchers (C)6 3 1 0 1 1 8 +0.500Dragons6 3 1 0 0 2 8 +0.547Typhoons6 0 4 0 1 1 2 –1.015 Source: CricketArchive
The tournament rules state that tie-breakers for sides level on points shall be applied in the following order - most wins, teams achieving most wins in matches between other teams level on points (head-to-head), then highest Net Run Rate across the whole competition. Scorchers and Dragons finished on the same number of points and wins, and each won one match against the other. Dragons finished with a superior Net Run Rate; however, the title was awarded to Scorchers.
Fixtures Source: Cricket Ireland
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