Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Trophy

The Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Trophy is an upcoming English women's cricket domestic competition, which will run between 29 August and 26 September 2020. It will feature eight teams in two groups, and have a final. The tournament is named after former England captain Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe-Flint, who died in 2017.

Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Trophy
Dates29 August 2020 (2020-08-29) – 26 September 2020 (2020-09-26)
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format50-over cricket
Tournament format(s)Round robin and final
Participants8
Matches played25
Official websiteecb.co.uk

Background and format

The Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Trophy is a 50-over cricket tournament created in 2020 so that English women's cricket can be played in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2] The competition is expected to be a one-off event for 2020, with a new women's 50-over competition launched for 2021.[3] All matches are expected to take place behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] The England and Wales Cricket Board aim to make the matches available to watch online.[4] The competition is named after former England captain Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe-Flint, who died in 2017.[1]

The competition will feature eight teams, who represent regional hubs,[1][2] which were formed during an overhaul of the English women's domestic cricket structure.[5] The teams will be separated into a North and South Group, and each team will play six group stage matches, in a double round-robin format. The two group winners will play each other in the competition's final.[2][6] The competition will begin on 29 August, and end with the final on 26 September.[2][6]

Teams

The teams are as follows:[6][3]

North Group
  • 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)
  • Thunder (representing Lancashire, Cheshire, and Cumbria)
South Group
  • 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)

Each team will have a squad of 15 players, and players on England central contracts will be available for the competition.[2] Each team is expected to have four or five centrally contracted players.[7] All players will be paid for participating in the competitions, excluding those already on central contracts.[3]

Southern Vipers were the first team to announce their squad. Their centrally contracted players are Lauren Bell, Georgia Adams, Tara Norris, and Paige Schofield.[8] Northern Diamonds have also announced their squad, which includes former England international Jenny Gunn and Dutch international Sterre Kalis. Their centrally contracted players are Hollie Armitage and Beth Langston.[9]

Fixtures

The fixture list was compiled so that every team plays twice on the August Bank Holiday weekend.[4]

Source:[10]

North Group
29 August 2020
10:30 BST
Central Sparks
v
Northern Diamonds
29 August 2020
10:30 BST
Lightning
v
Thunder
31 August 2020
10:30 BST
Thunder
v
Central Sparks
TBC
31 August 2020
10:30 BST
Northern Diamonds
v
Lightning
5 September 2020
10:30 BST
Central Sparks
v
Thunder
5 September 2020
10:30 BST
Lightning
v
Northern Diamonds
10 September 2020
10:30 BST
Thunder
v
Northern Diamonds
TBC
10 September 2020
10:30 BST
Central Sparks
v
Lightning
13 September 2020
10:30 BST
Thunder
v
Lightning
TBC
13 September 2020
10:30 BST
Northern Diamonds
v
Central Sparks
19 September 2020
10:30 BST
Northern Diamonds
v
Thunder
19 September 2020
10:30 BST
Lightning
v
Central Sparks

South Group
29 August 2020
10:30 BST
Sunrisers
v
Southern Vipers
29 August 2020
10:30 BST
South East Stars
v
Western Storm
31 August 2020
10:30 BST
Western Storm
v
Southern Vipers
31 August 2020
10:30 BST
South East Stars
v
Sunrisers
5 September 2020
10:30 BST
Sunrisers
v
Western Storm
5 September 2020
10:30 BST
Southern Vipers
v
South East Stars
10 September 2020
10:30 BST
Western Storm
v
South East Stars
10 September 2020
10:30 BST
Southern Vipers
v
Sunrisers
13 September 2020
10:30 BST
Southern Vipers
v
Western Storm
13 September 2020
10:30 BST
Sunrisers
v
South East Stars
19 September 2020
10:30 BST
South East Stars
v
Southern Vipers
19 September 2020
10:30 BST
Western Storm
v
Sunrisers

Final
26 September 2020
TBC
TBC
v
TBC
TBC
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See also

References
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  2. "Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: The special-edition 50-over competition explained". The Cricketer. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. "Women's domestic cricket to return in August with Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy". The Daily Telegraph. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  4. "Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy will begin on August 29, ECB announce". The Cricketer. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  5. "ECB announces women's 50-over tournament will be called Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy this summer". Sky Sports. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  6. "Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Finals Day on 26 September, venue to be decided". BBC Sport. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  7. "New women's 50-over tournament named in honour of Rachael Heyhoe Flint". The Times. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  8. "Southern Vipers Announce Their Squad for the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Trophy". Women's CricZone. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  9. "Northern Diamonds Announce Their Squad for the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint Trophy". Women's CricZone. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  10. "Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy fixtures 2020: Full schedule, dates". The Cricketer. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
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