The 2024 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2024 Vitality Women's County T20, was the 15th edition of the Women's Twenty20 Cup, an English women's cricket Twenty20 domestic competition. It took place between May and August 2024, with 35 teams taking part, organised into four regional groups. It ran alongside the ECB Women's County One-Day.
Derbyshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire and Warwickshire won their regional groups, with Derbyshire winning the competition at the National Finals.
Format Teams played matches within a series of regional groups, playing four matchdays, with most matchdays consisting of two matches per team. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format. The top team in each group progressed to the national finals, playing each other team once with the winner of the group crowned national champions.
The groups worked on a points system with positions being based on total points. Points were awarded as follows:
Win: 8 points. Tie: 4 points. Abandoned/Cancelled: 2 points. Loss: 0 points.
Bonus points were awarded as follows:
Wickets Taken in Powerplay:
1-2: 1 point. 3+: 2 points.
Runs Scored in Powerplay:
30-44: 1 point. 45+: 2 points.
Wickets Taken (Overall):
1-4: 1 point. 5-6: 2 points. 7-8: 3 points. 9-10: 4 points.
Boundaries Scored:
5-10: 1 point. 11-15: 2 points. 16-20: 3 points. 21+: 4 points.
Teams Teams were divided into four regional groups. Group 1 consisted of 8 teams, whilst Groups 2 to 4 consisted of 9 teams apiece.
Group 1CumbriaDerbyshireLancashireNorth East WarriorsNottinghamshireScotlandStaffordshireYorkshire Group 2CambridgeshireHuntingdonshireLeicestershire and RutlandLincolnshireNorfolkNorthamptonshireShropshireWarwickshireWorcestershire Group 3BerkshireBuckinghamshireEssexHertfordshireKentMiddlesexSuffolkSurreySussex Group 4CornwallDevonDorsetGloucestershireHampshireOxfordshireSomersetWalesWiltshire
Standings Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
advanced to the national finals
Fixtures Source: Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
National Finals Standings
Fixtures
Statistics Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sLara ShawDerbyshire101030638.25106*10Amelia KempHertfordshire11928836.007202Abi NorgroveOxfordshire8828440.5784*03Elsa BarnfatherHertfordshire11923934.1463*02Megan PittmanDerbyshire101023133.0066*02 Source: Play-Cricket
Most wickets Player Team Overs Wickets Average BBI 5wEmma ThatcherDerbyshire38.0189.224/110Maria AndrewsDerbyshire35.31511.003/150Rebecca TysonHertfordshire34.01512.473/70Flora BertwistleWorcestershire24.0145.294/130Pagan HardwickDerbyshire33.41412.574/120 Source: Play-Cricket
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