The 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2023 Vitality Women's County T20, was the 14th edition of the Women's Twenty20 Cup, an English women's cricket Twenty20 domestic competition. It was scheduled to take place in April and May 2023, although one matchday was played later due to rain, with 35 teams taking part, organised into eight regional groups.
There was no overall winner, with Lancashire, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, Sussex, Northamptonshire and Somerset winning their individual groups. Middlesex and Kent shared their group title due to rain on their group Finals Day. One group winner was not determined, with the Group 4 Finals Day abandoned due to rain.
Format Teams played matches within a series of regional divisions, playing three matchdays, with most matchdays consisting of two matches between the same teams. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format. The group stages were followed by a group Finals Day, scheduled for 14 May, with all teams from the group stage qualifying, with first playing fourth and second playing third in the semi-finals.
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 Teams were divided into eight regional groups. Group 1 consisted of 7 teams, whilst Groups 2 to 7 consisted of 4 teams apiece. Scotland replacing North Representative XI was the only change from the 2022 season.
Group 1CumbriaDerbyshireLancashireNorth East WarriorsNottinghamshireScotlandYorkshire Group 2Leicestershire and RutlandStaffordshireWarwickshireWorcestershire Group 3DorsetGloucestershireShropshireWiltshire Group 4CambridgeshireHuntingdonshireLincolnshireNorfolk Group 5BerkshireBuckinghamshireHampshireSussex Group 6KentMiddlesexOxfordshireSurrey Group 7EssexHertfordshireNorthamptonshireSuffolk Group 8CornwallDevonSomersetWales
Standings Note: Teams highlighted in gold were champions of their group, by virtue of winning on Finals Day. The group winners title was shared in Group 6 due to rain. Group 1
advanced to 1A Finals Day. Teams equal in the standings were chosen by lot to advance to 1A Finals Day. Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Fixtures Source: Group 1 Group stage
Finals Day
Group 2 Group stage
Finals Day
Group 3 Group stage
Finals Day
Group 4 Group stage
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Group 5 Group stage
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Group 6 Group stage
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Group 7 Group stage
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Group 8 Group stage
Finals Day
Statistics Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sGemma MarriottHertfordshire6620333.837201Seren SmaleLancashire4420167.00121*11Emily WindsorHampshire4417759.008502Ailsa ListerScotland4317286.00117*10Isla ThomsonWiltshire3314371.506201 Source: CricketArchive
Most wickets Player Team Overs Wickets Average BBI 5wBhoomika BhatGloucestershire19.0123.504/150Rebecca TysonHertfordshire20.0125.334/80Melissa StoryGloucestershire16.0115.002/40Eve O'NeillHampshire18.0115.814/130Anje LagueNorthamptonshire27.0118.903/50 Source: CricketArchive
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