The 2013 Women's Twenty20 Cup was the 5th
cricket
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Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place between July and September, with 33 teams taking part: 31 county teams plus
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and
the Netherlands
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Kent Women won the Twenty20 Cup, beating
Sussex Women in the final, achieving their second title. The tournament ran alongside the
50-over 2013 Women's County Championship
The 2013 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 17th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from April to September and saw 33 county teams and teams representing Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series o ...
.
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: 4 points.
Tie: 2 points.
Loss: 0 points.
Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point.
Teams
The 2013 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 - 2013]
Play-Cricket.
Final
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Division 2
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division M&N 2 - 2013]
Play-Cricket.
Division 3
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division M&N 3 - 2013]
Play-Cricket.
Division 4
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division M&N 4 - 2013]
Play-Cricket.
South
Division 1
Group Stage
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division S1 - 2013]
Play-Cricket.
Final
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Division 2
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division S2 - 2013]
Play-Cricket.
Division 3
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division S3 - 2013]
Play-Cricket.
South & West
Division 1
Group Stage
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division S&W 1 - 2013]
Play-Cricket.
Final
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Division 2
:
Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup[Division S&W 2 - 2013]
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
References
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