The 2012 Regional Women's Twenty20 Championship was the inaugural season of the women's

Twenty20 Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innin ...

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competition Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, indivi ...

played in the West Indies. It took place in August 2012, with 8 teams taking part and all matches taking place in

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

won the tournament, beating

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...

in the final.

Competition format

The teams played in a round-robin group of eight, therefore playing seven matches. Matches were played using a

format. The top two teams in each group progressed to the final, whilst the other teams competed in 3rd, 5th and 7th-place play-offs. The group worked on a points system with positions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows: Win: 5 points
Loss: 0 points.
Abandoned/No Result: 1 point.

Points table

:Source: Windies Cricket

Play-offs

3rd-place play-off

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5th-place play-off

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7th-place play-off

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Final

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Statistics

Most runs

Source: CricketArchive

Most wickets

Source: CricketArchive

References

External links

Series home at Windies Cricket
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