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2018 Women's Twenty20 Cup
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsMiddlesex (1st title)
Participants36
Most runsKezia Hassall (311)
Most wicketsProvidence Cowdrill (15)
Rebecca Silk (15)
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The 2018 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2018 Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup was the 10th cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in June and July, with 36 teams taking part: 34 county teams plus Scotland and Wales. Middlesex Women won the Twenty20 Cup, as winners of Division 1, therefore achieving their first title.[1]

The tournament followed the 50-over 2018 Women's County Championship, and was subsequently followed by the Twenty20 2018 Women's Cricket Super League, competed for by regional teams.

Competition format

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Teams played matches within a series of divisions with the winners of the top division being crowned the Champions. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format.

The championship works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:[2]

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

Teams

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The 2018 Women's Twenty20 Cup was divided into three divisions: Division One and Division Two with nine teams each, and Division Three with 18 teams, divided into regional groups of 6 teams apiece; teams in all divisions played eight games.

Division One Kent Lancashire Middlesex Nottinghamshire Surrey Sussex Warwickshire Worcestershire Yorkshire
Division Two Berkshire Cheshire Durham Gloucestershire Hampshire Northamptonshire Scotland A Somerset Wales
Division Three - Group A Buckinghamshire Cornwall Devon Dorset Oxfordshire Wiltshire
Division Three - Group B Cumbria Derbyshire Leicestershire and Rutland Northumberland Shropshire Staffordshire
Division Three - Group C Essex Cambridgeshire Hertfordshire Lincolnshire Norfolk Suffolk

Division One

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Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Middlesex (C) 8 7 1 0 0 0 0.55 0 28
Sussex 8 6 2 0 0 0 1.19 0 24
Kent 8 5 3 0 0 0 0.67 0 20
Warwickshire 8 4 4 0 0 0 0.38 0 16
Nottinghamshire 8 4 4 0 0 0 0.09 0 16
Lancashire 8 4 4 0 0 0 –0.16 0 16
Surrey 8 3 5 0 0 0 –0.77 0 12
Yorkshire (R) 8 2 6 0 0 0 –0.66 0 8
Worcestershire (R) 8 1 7 0 0 0 –1.36 0 4
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[3]

Division Two

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Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Hampshire (P) 8 7 1 0 0 0 2.27 0 28
Wales (P) 8 7 1 0 0 0 1.95 0 28
Scotland A 8 7 1 0 0 0 0.63 0 28
Durham 8 5 3 0 0 0 –0.10 0 20
Somerset 8 4 4 0 0 0 0.80 0 16
Cheshire 8 2 6 0 0 0 –0.86 0 8
Berkshire (R) 8 2 6 0 0 0 –0.74 0 8
Northamptonshire (R) 8 1 7 0 0 0 –1.90 0 4
Gloucestershire (R) 8 1 7 0 0 0 –2.20 0 4
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[4]

Division Three

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Group A

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Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Devon (P) 8 8 0 0 0 0 4.09 0 32
Oxfordshire 8 5 3 0 0 0 0.57 0 20
Cornwall 8 5 3 0 0 0 0.09 0 20
Dorset 8 4 4 0 0 0 –0.84 0 16
Buckinghamshire 8 2 6 0 0 0 –1.67 0 8
Wiltshire 8 0 8 0 0 0 –3.16 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[5]

Group B

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Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Derbyshire (P) 8 7 1 0 0 0 1.62 0 28
Staffordshire 8 6 2 0 0 0 2.51 0 24
Leicestershire and Rutland 8 5 3 0 0 0 0.13 0 20
Shropshire 8 2 6 0 0 0 –0.80 0 8
Northumberland 8 2 6 0 0 0 –1.53 0 8
Cumbria 8 2 6 0 0 0 –1.70 0 8
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[6]

Group C

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Team Pld W L T A C NRR Ded Pts
Essex (P) 8 7 1 0 0 0 3.23 0 28
Lincolnshire 8 6 2 0 0 0 1.66 0 24
Hertfordshire 8 4 4 0 0 0 –0.12 0 16
Norfolk 8 4 4 0 0 0 –0.78 0 16
Suffolk 8 3 5 0 0 0 –1.49 0 12
Cambridgeshire 8 0 8 0 0 0 –2.60 0 0
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[7]

Statistics

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Most runs

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Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Kezia Hassall Hampshire 8 8 311 62.20 75 0 4
Rachel Priest Wales 8 8 275 39.28 106 1 2
Gabrielle Basketter Wales 8 8 274 45.66 100* 1 1
Nikki Patel Leicestershire and Rutland 8 8 257 42.83 70* 0 1
Beth Dodd Essex 8 8 251 35.85 121* 1 0

Source: CricketArchive[8]

Most wickets

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Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5w
Providence Cowdrill Hampshire 126 15 6.80 6/27 1
Rebecca Silk Devon 174 15 7.00 5/6 1
Rebecca Grundy Warwickshire 183 15 9.46 4/10 0
Ilenia Sims Staffordshire 165 14 9.64 5/8 1
Georgia Davis Warwickshire 186 14 10.42 3/16 0

Source: CricketArchive[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018 Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  2. ^ "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ Division 1 - 2018, Play-Cricket.
  4. ^ Division 2 - 2018, Play-Cricket.
  5. ^ Division 3A - 2018, Play-Cricket.
  6. ^ Division 3B - 2018, Play-Cricket.
  7. ^ Division 3C - 2018, Play-Cricket.
  8. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Bowling in Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
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