2025 Women's T20 County Cup
| Dates | 5 – 26 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Host(s) | England Wales |
| Champions | Lancashire (1st title) |
| Participants | 37 |
| Matches | 36[a] |
| Most runs | Lauren Winfield-Hill (176) (Yorkshire) |
| Most wickets | Sophie Ecclestone (11) (Lancashire) |
The 2025 Women's T20 County Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2025 Vitality Women's T20 County Cup, was the inaugural season of the Women's T20 County Cup, a professional women's Twenty20 cricket competition organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board.[1][2][3][4] The tournament ran from 5 to 26 May 2025 and featured 37 teams, drawn mainly from the historic counties of England.[5][6][7]
Lancashire won the inaugural title of Women's T20 County Cup after beating Surrey by 32 run in the final at Taunton.[8][9]
Teams
The tournament consist of 37 teams that competed in the tournament that were organized into 3 tier groups. Teams from tiers 2 and 3 started from the first round, while teams from tier 1 joined the competition in the third round. The teams were divided as follows:[10][11][12][13]
| Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 |
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- The Blaze will represent Nottinghamshire.
- Bedfordshire & Huntingdonshire will play as a combined team.
Knockout
Rounds 1-2
Rounds 1-2
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Last 16
| Round 3 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| T1 | Surrey | 237/7 (20) | |||||||||||||||||
| T1 | Hampshire | 180/9 (20) | |||||||||||||||||
| T1 | Surrey | 194/4 (20) | |||||||||||||||||
| T1 | Durham | 122 (19.1) | |||||||||||||||||
| T1 | Somerset | 124/9 (20), 8/2 | |||||||||||||||||
| T1 | Durham (SO) | 124/9 (20), 9/0 | |||||||||||||||||
| T1 | Surrey | 135/7 (19.4) | |||||||||||||||||
| T1 | Warwickshire | 133/9 (20) | |||||||||||||||||
| T3 | Devon | 98/4 (20) | |||||||||||||||||
| T1 | Warwickshire | 136/8 (20) | |||||||||||||||||
| T1 | Warwickshire | 139/0 (15.1) | |||||||||||||||||
| T2 | Yorkshire | 138 (17) | |||||||||||||||||
| T2 | Yorkshire | 188/4 (20) | |||||||||||||||||
| T1 | Essex | 177/8 (20) | |||||||||||||||||
| T1 | Surrey | 140/7 (20) | |||||||||||||||||
| T1 | Lancashire | 172/6 (20) | |||||||||||||||||
| T2 | Northamptonshire | 75 (16.4) | |||||||||||||||||
| T2 | Leicestershire | 116/8 (20) | |||||||||||||||||
| T2 | Leicestershire | 71 (19.5) | |||||||||||||||||
| T1 | Lancashire | 180/4 (20) | |||||||||||||||||
| T2 | Glamorgan | 86 (17.1) | |||||||||||||||||
| T1 | Lancashire | 167/4 (20) | |||||||||||||||||
| T1 | Lancashire | 91/3 (15) | |||||||||||||||||
| T1 | The Blaze | 86/8 (16) | |||||||||||||||||
| T1 | The Blaze | 99/0 (10.5) | |||||||||||||||||
| T3 | Oxfordshire | 97 (19) | |||||||||||||||||
| T1 | The Blaze | 177/4 (20) | |||||||||||||||||
| T2 | Kent | 71 (20) | |||||||||||||||||
| T3 | Cambridgeshire | 113/9 (20) | |||||||||||||||||
| T2 | Kent | 193/2 (20) | |||||||||||||||||
Fixtures
In November 2024, the ECB announced the fixtures for the tournament.[1][14]
Round One
Round Two
Suffolk
66/7 (14 overs) |
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Devon
67/6 (13.3 overs) |
- The match was reduced to 14 overs per side due to rain.
Round Three
Quarter-finals
Lancashire
180/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Leicestershire
71 (19.5 overs) |
Eleanor Threlkeld 45 (27)
Holly Whitfield 1/25 (4 overs) |
Lucy Weston 14 (21)
Tara Norris 3/7 (4 overs) |
- Leicestershire won the toss and elected to field.
The Blaze
177/4 (20 overs) |
v
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Kent
71 (17 overs) |
Elsa Barnfather 13 (17)
Cassidy McCarthy 3/3 (3 overs) |
- Kent won the toss and elected to field.
Yorkshire
138 (20 overs) |
v
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Warwickshire
139/0 (15.1 overs) |
Erin Thomas 39 (21)
Millie Taylor 3/17 (4 overs) |
- Warwickshire won the toss and elected to field.
Semi-finals
The Blaze
86/8 (16 overs) |
v
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Lancashire
91/3 (15 overs) |
- Lancashire won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 16 overs per side due to rain.
- Lancashire were set a revised target of 90 from 16 overs due to rain.
Final
Lancashire
172/6 (20 overs) |
v
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Surrey
140/7 (20 overs) |
Tilly Kesteven 77 (60)
Kalea Moore 4/27 (4 overs) |
- Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
References
- ^ a b "Draw revealed for first ever Vitality T20 Women's County Cup". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Vitality T20 Women's County Cup fixtures: Full schedule, match list". The Cricketer. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Surrey to face Hampshire in new Women's T20 County Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ Simkin, Rosa. "Vitality T20 Women's County Cup Draw – Everything You Need To Know". RosaTalksBall. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "T20 Women's County Cup 2025: Draw revealed for inaugural tournament as part of new women's cricket structure". Sky Sports. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Key battles loom in new Women's T20 County Cup". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Women's T20 County Cup fixtures announced". The Oval. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Ecclestone stars as Lancs beat Surrey in T20 final". BBC sports. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ "Sophie Ecclestone is star turn as Lancashire lift inaugural T20 County Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ "First ever T20 Women's County Cup Finals Day to clash with England Women's T20I". Wisden. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "ECB reveal draw for first-ever T20 Women's County Cup, Final slated for May 26, 2025". Female Cricket. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "2025 T20 Women's County Cup: A Knockout Cricket Spectacle Awaits". JeetWin. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Women's Domestic Structure 2025 Pyramid.png". mynewsdesk.com. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Fixtures - Vitality T20 Women's County Cup". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
See also
Notes
- ^ While the matches were numbered 1-39, three of these were byes, leaving 36 matches actually played.