2022 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
The 2022 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy is the upcoming third edition of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, an English women's cricket 50-over domestic competition, which will take place between 2 July and 25 September 2022. It will feature eight teams playing in a round-robin group, followed by a knock-out round. The holders are the Southern Vipers, who have won the first two editions of the competition. It will run alongside the Charlotte Edwards Cup. The tournament is named after former England captain Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe-Flint, who died in 2017.[1]
| Dates | 2 July 2022 – 25 September 2022 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | 50-over cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Round robin and knock-out finals |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 30 |
| Official website | ECB |
Format
Teams will play each other once in a group of eight, with the top three qualifying for the knock-out stage. The second-placed team will play the third-placed team in a play-off, with the winner advancing to play the first-placed team in the final.[2] The final will be held at Lord's for the first time.[3]
Teams
The teams will be as follows:[2]
- 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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Sparks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 | Lightning | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | Northern Diamonds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | North West Thunder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | South East Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 6 | Southern Vipers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 7 | Sunrisers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 | Western Storm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
advances to Final advances to the Semi-final
Fixtures
References
- "Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- "Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Fixtures". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- "Lord's To Host Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Final in 2022". Lord's. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- "Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 20 January 2022.