The 2010 Women's Twenty20 Cup was the 2nd
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 August and September, with 33 teams taking part: 32 county teams and
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
.
Berkshire Women won the Twenty20 Cup, beating
Kent Women in the final, achieving their first T20 title. The tournament ran alongside the
50-over 2010 Women's County Championship
The 2010 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 14th 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 2010 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. Promotion and relegation places were determined by the Division Finals and 3rd-place play-offs. 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 - 2010]
Play-Cricket.
Final
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Third-place play-off
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Division 2
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division M&N 2 - 2010]
Play-Cricket.
Final
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Third-place play-off
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Division 3
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division M&N 3 - 2010]
Play-Cricket.
Final
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Division 4
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division M&N 4 - 2010]
Play-Cricket.
Final
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South
Division 1
Group stage
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division S1 - 2010]
Play-Cricket.
Final
----
Third-place play-off
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Division 2
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division S2 - 2010]
Play-Cricket.
Final
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Third-place play-off
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Division 3
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division S3 - 2010]
Play-Cricket.
:''Note:'' Division final between Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire and Norfolk not competed.
South & West
Division 1
Group stage
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division S&W 1 - 2010]
Play-Cricket.
Final
----
Third-place play-off
----
Division 2
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division S&W 2 - 2010]
Play-Cricket.
Final
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Third-place play-off
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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
References
{{2010 English cricket season
Women's Twenty20 Cup
cricket
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