# 2009 Women's Twenty20 Cup

The 2009 Women's Twenty20 Cup was the inaugural cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in July, with 32 teams taking part: 30 county teams plus Wales and Scotland. Surrey Women won the Twenty20 Cup, as champions of Division One. The tournament ran alongside the 50-over 2009 Women's County Championship.

## Competition format

Teams played matches within a series of divisions with the winners of the top division being crowned the Champions. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format.
The championship 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 point. Loss: 0 points. Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point.

## Teams

The 2009 Women's Twenty20 Cup was divided into eight divisions, Division One to Division Eight. Teams played each other once.
| Division One | Berkshire | Kent | Surrey | Sussex |
| Division Two | Lancashire | Somerset | Warwickshire | Yorkshire |
| Division Three | Cheshire | Derbyshire | Essex | Middlesex |
| Division Four | Devon | Scotland | Staffordshire | Worcestershire |
| Division Five | Hampshire | Hertfordshire | Norfolk | Northamptonshire |
| Division Six | Durham | Gloucestershire | Wales | Wiltshire |
| Division Seven | Cumbria | Dorset | Northumberland | Shropshire |
| Division Eight | Buckinghamshire | Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire | Oxfordshire | Suffolk |

## Division One

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts |
| Surrey (C) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −0.36 | 0 | 5 |
| Kent | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +0.97 | 0 | 3 |
| Berkshire | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −0.40 | 0 | 2 |
| Sussex | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1.05 | 0 | 2 |
    Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup

## Division Two

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts |
| Somerset | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1.23 | 0 | 5 |
| Lancashire | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +0.45 | 0 | 3 |
| Yorkshire | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −0.05 | 0 | 3 |
| Warwickshire | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | −1.63 | 0 | 1 |
    Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup

## Division Three

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts |
| Essex | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +0.61 | 0 | 5 |
| Cheshire | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1.08 | 0 | 3 |
| Middlesex | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −0.25 | 0 | 3 |
| Derbyshire | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −1.23 | 0 | 1 |
    Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup

## Division Four

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts |
| Devon | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.03 | 0 | 4 |
| Staffordshire | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.47 | 0 | 4 |
| Worcestershire | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −0.30 | 0 | 4 |
| Scotland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.17 | 0 | 0 |
    Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup

## Division Five

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts |
| Northamptonshire | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.13 | 0 | 4 |
| Hampshire | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.73 | 0 | 4 |
| Norfolk | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.99 | 0 | 2 |
| Hertfordshire | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.02 | 0 | 2 |
    Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup

## Division Six

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts |
| Durham | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | − | 0 | 3 |
| Gloucestershire | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | − | 0 | 3 |
| Wales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | − | 0 | 3 |
| Wiltshire | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | − | 0 | 3 |
All games abandoned due to rain.
    Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup

## Division Seven

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts |
| Cumbria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | − | 0 | 3 |
| Dorset | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | − | 0 | 3 |
| Northumberland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | − | 0 | 3 |
| Shropshire | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | − | 0 | 3 |
All games abandoned due to rain.
    Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup

## Division Eight

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | NRR | Ded | Pts |
| Oxfordshire | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.65 | 0 | 6 |
| Suffolk | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.71 | 0 | 4 |
| Buckinghamshire | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.37 | 0 | 2 |
| Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | − | 0 | 0 |
    Source: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
| Ebony Rainford-Brent | Surrey | 2 | 2 | 90 | 45.00 | 58 | 0 | 1 |
| Charlotte Edwards | Kent | 2 | 1 | 71 | – | 71* | 0 | 1 |
| Amara Carr | Devon | 3 | 3 | 63 | 31.50 | 39* | 0 | 0 |
| Penny Everett | Suffolk | 2 | 2 | 62 | 62.00 | 58* | 0 | 1 |
| Alice Macleod | Berkshire | 2 | 1 | 60 | 60.00 | 60 | 0 | 1 |
Source: CricketArchive

### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Balls | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5w |
| Jodie Dibble | Devon | 48 | 6 | 5.16 | 4/1 | 0 |
| Abbi Aitken | Scotland | 54 | 6 | 9.33 | 3/21 | 0 |
| Beth MacGregor | Essex | 47 | 5 | 3.60 | 3/6 | 0 |
| Fi Morris | Oxfordshire | 48 | 5 | 4.00 | 3/6 | 0 |
| Emma Sampson | Surrey | 36 | 5 | 4.20 | 3/12 | 0 |
Source: CricketArchive