The 2012 Women's Twenty20 Cup was the 4th

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Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in July and August, with 36 teams taking part: 33 county teams plus

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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.

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

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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.

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: 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

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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 Women's Twenty20 Cup