The 2012 Women's Twenty20 Cup was the 4th
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...
Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in July and August, with 36 teams taking part: 33 county teams plus
Wales
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Ireland
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the Netherlands
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Sussex Women won the Twenty20 Cup, beating
Berkshire Women in the final, achieving their first T20 title. The tournament ran alongside the
50-over 2012 Women's County Championship
The 2012 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 16th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to September and saw 33 county teams and teams representing Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of ...
.
Competition Format
Teams played matches within a series of regionalised divisions, with the winners of the top divisions progressing to semi-finals and a final. Matches were played using a
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 inn ...
format.
The divisions worked on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:
Win: 2 points.
Tie: 1 points.
Loss: 0 points.
Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point.
Teams
The 2012 Women's Twenty20 Cup was divided into three regions: Midlands & North, South and South & West. Each region was further divided into divisions: Midlands & North with four, South with three and South & West with two. Teams in each division played each other once, and then the top two played in a Division Final and bottom two in a 3rd Place Play-off. The winners of each Division 1, and the best-performing second-place team, progressed to the semi-finals.
Midlands & North
South
South & West
Midlands & North
Division 1
Group Stage
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division M&N 1 - 2012]
Play-Cricket.
Final
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Division 2
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division M&N 2 - 2012]
Play-Cricket.
Division 3
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division M&N 3 - 2012]
Play-Cricket.
Division 4
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division M&N 4 - 2012]
Play-Cricket.
South
Division 1
Group Stage
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Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division S1 - 2012]
Play-Cricket.
Final
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Division 2
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Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division S2 - 2012]
Play-Cricket.
Division 3
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division S3 - 2012]
Play-Cricket.
South & West
Division 1
Group Stage
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division S&W 1 - 2012]
Play-Cricket.
Final
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Division 2
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division S&W 2 - 2012]
Play-Cricket.
Knock-Out Stage
Semi-Finals
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Third Place Play-Off
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Final
Statistics
Most runs
Source: CricketArchive
Most wickets
Source: CricketArchive
Notes
References
{{2012 English cricket season
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