The 2014 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2014 NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup, was the 6th
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Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in July and August, with 40 teams taking part: 36 county teams, alongside
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Nottinghamshire Women won the Twenty20 Cup, achieving their first title. The tournament ran alongside the
50-over 2014 Women's County Championship
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Competition format
Teams played matches within a series of divisions, across two rounds of groupings. Matches were played using a
Twenty20
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format.
The championship worked on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:
Win: 4 points.
Tie: 2 points.
Loss: 0 points.
Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point.
Teams
The 2014 Women's Twenty20 Cup was divided into four divisions: Divisions One, Two and Three with nine teams each and Division Four with 13 teams. Each Division was divided into regional groups of 3 teams apiece, with each team playing each other twice (apart from Division 4B, which had four teams, and each team played each other once).
Based on placings in the first round, teams then progressed to tiered divisions in round two (or tiered matches, in Division Four): for example, the winner of Group 1A progressed to Round 2 Group 1A, with the runners-up being placed in Round 2 Group 1B and third place moving to Round 2 Group 1C. The winners of Round 2 Group 1A were crowned champions, and placings further down determined promotion and relegation. The teams were initially divided into groups as follows:
Division One
Round 1
Group A
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division 1A - 2014]
Play-Cricket.
Group B
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division 1B - 2014]
Play-Cricket.
Group C
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division 1C - 2014]
Play-Cricket.
Round 2
Group A
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division R2 1A - 2014]
Play-Cricket.
Group B
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division R2 1B - 2014]
Play-Cricket.
Group C
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division R2 1C - 2014]
Play-Cricket.
Division Two
Round 1
Group A
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division 2A - 2014]
Play-Cricket.
Group B
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division 2B - 2014]
Play-Cricket.
Group C
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division 2C - 2014]
Play-Cricket.
Round 2
Group A
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division R2 2A - 2014]
Play-Cricket.
Group B
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division R2 2B - 2014]
Play-Cricket.
Group C
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division R2 2C - 2014]
Play-Cricket.
Division Three
Round 1
Group A
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division 3A - 2014]
Play-Cricket.
Group B
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division 3B - 2014]
Play-Cricket.
Group C
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division 3C - 2014]
Play-Cricket.
Round 2
Group A
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division R2 3A - 2014]
Play-Cricket.
Group B
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division R2 3B - 2014]
Play-Cricket.
Group C
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division R2 3C - 2014]
Play-Cricket.
Division Four
Round 1
Group A
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division 4A - 2014]
Play-Cricket.
Group B
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division 4B - 2014]
Play-Cricket.
Group C
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division 4C - 2014]
Play-Cricket.
Group D
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division 4C - 2014]
Play-Cricket.
Round 2
The teams in Division Four then played in a series of placing matches, to determine finishing positions from 1st to 13th, with the top two being promoted. The teams placed as follows:
Statistics
Most runs
Source: CricketArchive
Most wickets
Source: CricketArchive
Notes
References
{{2014 English cricket season
Women's Twenty20 Cup
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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 ...
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 ...