2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup
The 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup will be the 12th cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It will take place in April and May, with 35 teams taking part: 33 county teams plus Scotland and Wales. Warwickshire Women are the defending champions, as the winners of the 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup.
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | League system |
| Participants | 35 |
The 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and, following a restructuring of women's cricket in England that saw the ending of the Women's County Championship, the Twenty20 Cup is now the only tournament featuring county sides. The tournament will be followed by competitions involving regional teams, in Twenty20 and 50-over formats, as well as The Hundred.
Teams
The 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup will be divided into 6 regional groups. The teams are divided as follows:[1]
| East Group | Buckinghamshire | Cambridgeshire | Hertfordshire | Huntingdonshire | Norfolk | Suffolk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Midlands Group | Derbyshire | Leicestershire and Rutland | Lincolnshire | Northamptonshire | Nottinghamshire | Shropshire |
| North Group | Cumbria | Lancashire | North East Warriors[lower-alpha 1] | Scotland | Yorkshire | |
| South East Group | Essex | Hampshire | Kent | Middlesex | Surrey | Sussex |
| South West Group | Cornwall | Devon | Dorset | Gloucestershire | Oxfordshire | Wiltshire |
| West Midlands Group | Berkshire | Somerset | Staffordshire | Wales | Warwickshire | Worcestershire |
Notes
- Joint team of Durham and Northumberland.[2]
References
- "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Fixtures & Results". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- "Deep Dive: Women's County Cricket in 2021". CricketHer. Retrieved 3 January 2021.