2019–20 Women's T20 Super League

The 2019–20 Women's T20 Super League was the second Women's T20 Super League competition that took place in South Africa. It took place in December 2019, with 4 teams taking part made up of the best players in South Africa.[1] Starlights won the competition by topping the round-robin group.[2]

2019–20 Women's T20 Super League
Dates14 – 16 December 2019
Administrator(s)Cricket South Africa
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
ChampionsStarlights (1st title)
Participants4
Matches6
Most runsDane van Niekerk (146)
Most wicketsChloe Tryon (4)
2019

Competition format

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The four teams played each other once in a round-robin, therefore playing three matches. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format.[2]

The league worked on a points system with positions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:

Win: 2 points.
Tie: 1 point.
Loss: 0 points.
Abandoned/No Result: 1 point.

Squads

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The 2019–20 Women's T20 Super League took place two months after the inaugural tournament, with renamed teams.[1]

Coronations
Coach: Dinesha Devnarain
Duchesses
Coach: Martelize van der Merwe
Starlights
Coach: Claire Terblanche
Thistles
Coach: Francois van der Merwe

Points table

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Team Pld W L T NR A Pts NRR
Starlights (C) 3 2 1 0 0 0 4 1.004
Coronations 3 2 1 0 0 0 4 0.554
Duchesses 3 2 1 0 0 0 4 –0.554
Thistles 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 –1.012
Source: CricketArchive[2]

Fixtures

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14 December 2019
Scorecard
Coronations
76/3 (12 overs)
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Starlights
71/4 (12 overs)
Faye Tunnicliffe 29 (19)
Jade de Figueiredo 1/12 (2 overs)
Chloe Tryon 24* (15)
Tumi Sekhukhune 2/6 (2 overs)
Coronations won by 5 runs
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: Wendy de Kock and K Klaaste
  • Coronations won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Match reduced to 12 overs per side due to rain.

14 December 2019
Scorecard
Thistles
141/6 (20 overs)
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Duchesses
84/1 (12.1 overs)
Robyn Searle 54 (43)
Suné Luus 2/24 (4 overs)
Suné Luus 49* (30)
Yolandi Fourie 1/20 (4 overs)
Duchesses won by 5 runs (DLS)
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: Shiree Steyn and Madri van Staden
  • Duchesses won the toss and elected to field.
  • Duchesses innings curtailed at 12.1 overs due to rain.
  • When play was halted Duchesses needed to have scored 80 runs to win.

15 December 2019
Scorecard
Coronations
111/6 (20 overs)
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Duchesses
113/4 (18.5 overs)
Dane van Niekerk 51 (57)
Michaela Andrews 2/22 (4 overs)
Lizelle Lee 46 (40)
Shabnim Ismail 2/8 (4 overs)
Duchesses won by 6 wickets
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: Wendy de Kock and Madri van Staden
  • Duchesses won the toss and elected to field.

15 December 2019
Scorecard
Thistles
113/7 (20 overs)
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Starlights
117/5 (18.3 overs)
Carmen Nagel 42* (36)
Tatum le Roux 2/25 (4 overs)
Anneke Bosch 39 (40)
Alyssa Elxlebben 2/19 (3 overs)
Starlights won by 5 wickets
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: K Klaaste and Shiree Steyn
  • Starlights won the toss and elected to field.

16 December 2019
Scorecard
Starlights
156/1 (20 overs)
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Duchesses
113/8 (20 overs)
Anneke Bosch 81* (57)
Lizelle Lee 33 (25)
Chloe Tryon 4/21 (4 overs)
Starlights won by 43 runs
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: K Klaaste and Madri van Staden
  • Duchesses won the toss and elected to field.

16 December 2019
Scorecard
Coronations
163/2 (20 overs)
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Thistles
130/8 (20 overs)
Dane van Niekerk 87* (69)
Khayakazi Mathe 1/10 (1 over)
Nadine de Klerk 30 (29)
Zintle Kula 2/15 (3 overs)
Coronations won by 33 runs
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: Wendy de Kock and Shiree Steyn
  • Thistles won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

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Most runs

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Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Dane van Niekerk Coronations 3 3 146 73.00 87* 0 2
Anneke Bosch Starlights 3 3 122 61.00 81* 0 1
Laura Wolvaardt Starlights 3 3 116 116.00 61* 0 1
Suné Luus Duchesses 3 3 114 57.00 49* 0 0
Robyn Searle Thistles 3 3 82 27.33 54 0 1

Source: CricketArchive[3]

Most wickets

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Player Team Overs Wickets Average BBI 5w
Chloe Tryon Starlights 6.0 4 6.75 4/21 0
Tumi Sekhukhune Coronations 7.5 3 16.33 2/6 0
Shabnim Ismail Coronations 10.0 3 17.00 2/8 0
Alyssa Elxlebben Thistles 7.1 3 17.00 2/19 0
Masabata Klaas Starlights 10.0 3 17.33 1/15 0

Source: CricketArchive[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Proteas gear up for Women's T20 Super League at Newlands". Sport24. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Women's Super League 2019/20". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Women's Super League 2019/20 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Bowling in Women's Super League 2019/20 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 August 2021.