The 2019 Women's Cricket Super League, or 2019 Kia Super League for sponsorship reasons, was the fourth and final season of the
Women's Cricket Super League (WCSL), the semi-professional
women's
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cricket
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competition in England and Wales. The competition, run by the
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), consisted of six franchise teams playing in a
Twenty20 format. The tournament was scheduled to be replaced by the
Women's Hundred and a new regional domestic structure from the next season, although the full implementation of this was delayed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Surrey Stars
The Surrey Stars were an English women's Twenty20 cricket team based in South London that competed in the English women's Twenty20 competition, the Women's Cricket Super League. The Stars played their home matches at The Oval and Woodbridge Road ...
were the defending champions.
Western Storm
Western Storm are a women's cricket team representing South West England and Wales, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic cricket. They play their home matches at the County Ground, Taunton, the County Ground, Bristol and Sophia Ga ...
defeated
Southern Vipers by 6 wickets to win the 2019 title.
Competition format
Six teams competed for the T20 title from 6 August to 1 September 2019. The six teams played each other twice in a round robin format. The 2nd and 3rd team played the semi-final while the top team directly went to the final. Both semi-final and final were held on Finals Day at the
County Ground,
Hove. Teams received 4 points for a win and a bonus point if their run rate was 1.25 times that of their opposition.
Teams
Points Table
advanced to
Final
advanced to the
Semi-final
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* Win with bonus point: 5 points
* Win without bonus point: 4 points
* No Result/Tied: 2 points each
* Loss: 0 points
Fixtures
League stage
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Semi-final
Final
Statistics
* Highest score by a team:
Yorkshire Diamonds − 185/6 (20 overs) v
Southern Vipers (25 August).
* Lowest score by a team:
Surrey Stars
The Surrey Stars were an English women's Twenty20 cricket team based in South London that competed in the English women's Twenty20 competition, the Women's Cricket Super League. The Stars played their home matches at The Oval and Woodbridge Road ...
− 89 (16.4 overs) v
Southern Vipers (18 August).
* Top score by an individual:
Jemimah Rodrigues
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− 112
* (58) v
Southern Vipers (25 August).
* Best bowling figures by an individual:
Leigh Kasperek
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− 4/16 (4 overs) v
Southern Vipers (21 August).
Most runs
Source: ESPNCricinfo
Most wickets
Source: ESPNCricinfo
References
External links
Tournament homepageat
ESPNcricinfo
Tournament homepageat
CricBuzz
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2019 in English women's cricket