2024 Women's Twenty20 Cup | |
Administrator: | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Cricket Format: | Twenty20 |
Tournament Format: | Group stage and knockout |
Participants: | 35 |
Matches: | 142 |
Previous Year: | 2023 |
Previous Tournament: | 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup |
The 2024 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2024 Vitality Women's County T20, is the ongoing 14th edition of the Women's Twenty20 Cup, an English women's cricket Twenty20 domestic competition. It is taking place between May and August 2024, with 35 teams taking part, organised into four regional groups. It is running alongside the ECB Women's County One-Day.[1]
Teams play matches within a series of regional groups, playing four matchdays, with most matchdays consisting of two matches per team. Matches are played using a Twenty20 format. The top team in each group progress to the national finals, playing each other team once with the winner of the group crowned national champions.[2] [3]
The groups work on a points system with positions being based on total points. Points are awarded as follows:[3]
Win: 8 points.
Tie
4 points.
Abandoned/Cancelled: 2 points.
Loss: 0 points.
Bonus points are awarded as follows:
1-2: 1 point.
3+: 2 points.
30-44: 1 point.
45+: 2 points.
1-4: 1 point.
5-6: 2 points.
7-8: 3 points.
9-10: 4 points.
5-10: 1 point.
11-15: 2 points.
16-20: 3 points.
21+: 4 points.
Teams are divided into four regional groups. Group 1 consists of 8 teams, whilst Groups 2 to 4 consist of 9 teams apiece.[1]
Source:[4]
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