2024 Charlotte Edwards Cup
English cricket season
Cricket tournament
The 2024 Charlotte Edwards Cup was the fourth and final edition of the Charlotte Edwards Cup , an English women's cricket Twenty20 domestic competition, which took place between 18 May and 22 June 2024.[ 1] [ 2] It featured eight teams playing in a round-robin group stage, followed by a Finals Day. Southern Vipers were the defending champions.[ 3] The tournament ran alongside the 2024 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy .
The Blaze won the tournament, defeating South East Stars in the final.[ 4]
Teams played ten matches in the group stage, playing four teams once and three teams twice. The top four in the group advanced to Finals Day, which was played at the County Ground , Derby . 24 group stage matches were played as double-headers with matches from the men's T20 Blast .[ 2]
Teams
The teams were as listed below.[ 2]
Central Sparks (representing Warwickshire , Worcestershire , Herefordshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire )
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 )
The Blaze (representing Derbyshire , Leicestershire , Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire )
Western Storm (representing Glamorgan, Gloucestershire , Somerset , Cornwall , Devon , Wiltshire and Cricket Wales )
Standings
Teams received 4 points for a win. A bonus point was 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 were 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.
advanced to the Semi-finals
Fixtures
Group stage
Source:[ 5]
Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to field.
Points: The Blaze 4, Southern Vipers 0
Northern Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: North West Thunder 5, Northern Diamonds 0
Central Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Central Sparks 5, Sunrisers 0
South East Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: South East Stars 4, Western Storm 0
Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Central Sparks 4, Western Storm 0
Northern Diamonds won the toss and elected to field.
Points: The Blaze 4, Northern Diamonds 0
South East Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Points: South East Stars 5, North West Thunder 0
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Southern Vipers 4, Sunrisers 0
The Blaze won the toss and elected to field.
Points: The Blaze 4, North West Thunder 0
Central Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
Match reduced to 11 overs per side due to rain.
Points: Central Sparks 4, Northern Diamonds 0
South East Stars won the toss and elected to field.
No further play possible due to rain.
Points: South East Stars 2, Western Storm 2
Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Sunrisers 4, Southern Vipers 0
North West Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: North West Thunder 4, Central Sparks 0
Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Southern Vipers 4, Western Storm 0
Central Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
Points: The Blaze 4, Central Sparks 0
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Western Storm 5, Sunrisers 0
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Sunrisers 4, Northern Diamonds 0
South East Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Points: South East Stars 4, Southern Vipers 0
North West Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: The Blaze 5, North West Thunder 0
South East Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Points: South East Stars 5, Sunrisers 0
Western Storm won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: The Blaze 5, Western Storm 0
Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Southern Vipers 5, North West Thunder 0
Central Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Northern Diamonds 4, Central Sparks 0
Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Southern Vipers 4, Western Storm 0
Northern Diamonds won the toss and elected to field.
Points: The Blaze 4, Northern Diamonds 0
South East Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
Emily Arlott took a hat-trick .[ 7]
Points: Central Sparks 4, South East Stars 0
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: North West Thunder 4, Sunrisers 0
The Blaze won the toss and elected to field.
Points: The Blaze 5, Sunrisers 0
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
Points: Western Storm 2, North West Thunder 2
Central Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Central Sparks 4, North West Thunder 0
Northern Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Southern Vipers 4, Northern Diamonds 0
South East Stars won by 19 runs (DLS ) The Oval , London Umpires: Ben Peverall and Gabi Brown
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to field.
Points: South East Stars 4, Sunrisers 0
Central Sparks won by 5 wickets New Road , Worcester Umpires: Anthony Harris and Fiona Richards
Central Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Central Sparks 5, Southern Vipers 0
Western Storm won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Northern Diamonds 4, Western Storm 0
The Blaze won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: South East Stars 5, The Blaze 0
Central Sparks won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: The Blaze 4, Central Sparks 0
Northern Diamonds won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Northern Diamonds 5, North West Thunder 0
South East Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Southern Vipers 5, South East Stars 0
Western Storm won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Western Storm 4, Sunrisers 0
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
The Blaze won the toss and elected to field.
Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to field.
Final
The Blaze won the toss and elected to field.
Statistics
Most runs
Source: ESPNCricinfo [ 11]
Most wickets
Source: ESPNCricinfo [ 12]
References
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