2022 Charlotte Edwards Cup
The 2022 Charlotte Edwards Cup is the upcoming second edition of the Charlotte Edwards Cup, an English women's cricket Twenty20 domestic competition, which will take place between 14 May and 11 June 2022. It will feature eight teams playing in two double round-robin groups, followed by a Finals Day. The tournament will run alongside the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. The tournament is named after former England captain Charlotte Edwards.[1]
| Dates | 14 May 2022 – 11 June 2022 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 26 |
| Official website | ECB |
Format
Teams will play in two groups, based on finishing positions in the 2021 edition of the tournament. Teams play each team in their group twice, home and away, with the two group winners and the best second-place team advancing to Finals Day, to be played at the County Ground, Northampton. The best group winner advances straight to the final, whilst the other two teams play off in a semi-final.[2]
Teams
The teams will be as follows:
- Central Sparks (representing Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire)
- Lightning (representing Loughborough University, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire)
- Northern Diamonds (representing Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland)
- North West Thunder (representing Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumbria)
- South East Stars (representing Surrey and Kent)
- Southern Vipers (representing Hampshire, Sussex, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Isle of Wight and Oxfordshire)
- Sunrisers (representing Middlesex, Essex, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Norfolk and Suffolk)
- Western Storm (representing Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Cornwall, Devon, Wiltshire and Cricket Wales)
Standings
Teams receive 4 points for a win. A bonus point will be given where the winning team's run rate is 1.25 or greater times that of the opposition. In case of a tie in the standings, the following tiebreakers will be applied in order: highest net run rate, team that scored the most points in matches involving the tied parties, better bowling strike rate, drawing of lots.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Sparks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 | South East Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | Sunrisers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | Western Storm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lightning | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 | Northern Diamonds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | North West Thunder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | Southern Vipers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Fixtures
Source:[2]
Group A
Group B
Semi-Final
11 June 2022 |
2nd Qualifier |
v |
3rd Qualifier |
Final
11 June 2022 |
1st Qualifier |
v |
Semi-Final Winner |
References
- "Charlotte Edwards Cup". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- "Charlotte Edwards Cup - Fixtures". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- "Charlotte Edwards Cup - Tables". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 20 January 2022.