2020 Women's Super Series

The 2020 Women's Super Series was the sixth Women's Super Series competition that took place in Ireland. The tournament was originally scheduled to take place in May and June with 3 teams taking part, but was delayed and restructured due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament eventually took place in August and September, with two teams taking part (Scorchers and Typhoons, with Dragons leaving the competition) and eight 50 over matches taking place.[1] Typhoons won the tournament, achieving their first Super Series title.[2]

2020 Women's Super Series
Dates3 August – 27 September 2020
Administrator(s)Cricket Ireland
Cricket format50 over
Tournament format(s)League
ChampionsTyphoons (1st title)
Participants2
Matches8
Most runsLeah Paul (295)
Most wicketsCeleste Raack (12)
2019
2021

Competition format

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The two teams played eight 50 over matches against each other in a league system.[1][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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Scorchers Typhoons
Source: Cricket Ireland[1]

Points table

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Team Pld W L T NR A Pts NRR
Typhoons (C) 8 4 4 0 0 0 8 0.189
Scorchers 8 4 4 0 0 0 8 –0.189
Source: CricketArchive[3]

Fixtures

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3 August 2020
Scorecard
Scorchers
219/7 (50 overs)
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Typhoons
223/3 (45.5 overs)
Gaby Lewis 74 (106)
Laura Delany 2/19 (4 overs)
Laura Delany 68* (96)
Sophie MacMahon 1/34 (8.5 overs)
Typhoons won by 7 wickets
Oak Hill Cricket Club Ground, Kilbride, County Wicklow
Umpires: Paul Reynolds and Steve Wood
  • Typhoons won the toss and elected to field.

9 August 2020
Scorecard
Typhoons
181 (42.2 overs)
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Scorchers
183/2 (35.5 overs)
Rachel Delaney 64 (66)
Anna Kerrison 4/17 (9 overs)
Sophie MacMahon 66* (66)
Laura Delany 1/23 (8 overs)
Scorchers won by 8 wickets
Sydney Parade, Dublin
Umpires: Paul Reynolds and Steve Wood
  • Scorchers won the toss and elected to field.

16 August 2020
Scorecard
Scorchers
259 (49.5 overs)
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Typhoons
236/8 (50 overs)
Leah Paul 48 (64)
Louise Little 5/42 (9.5 overs)
Rebecca Gough 46 (57)
Kate McEvoy 3/36 (10 overs)
Scorchers won by 23 runs
Oak Hill Cricket Club Ground, Kilbride, County Wicklow
Umpires: Paul Reynolds and Steve Wood
  • Typhoons won the toss and elected to field.

23 August 2020
Scorecard
Scorchers
177 (39 overs)
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Typhoons
106 (35.5 overs)
Gaby Lewis 95 (109)
Georgina Dempsey 3/21 (7 overs)
Rebecca Stokell 31 (52)
Leah Paul 4/21 (8 overs)
Scorchers won by 71 runs
Oak Hill Cricket Club Ground, Kilbride, County Wicklow
Umpires: Aidan Seaver and Paul Reynolds
  • Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.

6 September 2020
Scorecard
Typhoons
177 (47 overs)
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Scorchers
124 (35.4 overs)
Amy Hunter 54 (110)
Louise McCarthy 2/21 (10 overs)
Leah Paul 48 (85)
Orla Prendergast 3/36 (8 overs)
Typhoons won by 53 runs
Oak Hill Cricket Club Ground, Kilbride, County Wicklow
Umpires: Aidan Seaver and Paul Reynolds
  • Typhoons won the toss and elected to bat.

13 September 2020
Scorecard
Scorchers
222/8 (50 overs)
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Typhoons
192 (48.3 overs)
Shauna Kavanagh 69* (98)
Celeste Raack 3/33 (10 overs)
Laura Delany 62 (86)
Sophie MacMahon 5/41 (9 overs)
Scorchers won by 30 runs
Oak Hill Cricket Club Ground, Kilbride, County Wicklow
Umpires: Azam Baig and Paul Reynolds
  • Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.

20 September 2020
Scorecard
Scorchers
63 (25.2 overs)
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Typhoons
66/2 (14.4 overs)
Sophie MacMahon 15 (50)
Orla Prendergast 4/10 (4 overs)
Sarah Forbes 28* (42)
Jennifer Hanna 1/6 (2 overs)
Typhoons won by 8 wickets
Anglesea Road Cricket Ground, Dublin
Umpires: Paul Reynolds and Steve Wood
  • Typhoons won the toss and elected to field.

27 September 2020
Scorecard
Scorchers
235/6 (50 overs)
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Typhoons
239/3 (41.5 overs)
Leah Paul 81* (124)
Orla Prendergast 1/15 (10 overs)
Rebecca Stokell 67 (83)
Leah Paul 2/49 (10 overs)
Typhoons won by 7 wickets
Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide
Umpires: Paul Reynolds and Steve Wood
  • Scorchers won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

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Most runs

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Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Leah Paul Scorchers 7 7 295 49.16 81* 0 2
Gaby Lewis Scorchers 7 7 249 35.57 95 0 2
Rebecca Stokell Typhoons 7 7 244 34.85 67 0 1
Laura Delany Typhoons 8 8 219 43.80 68* 0 2
Shauna Kavanagh Scorchers 8 8 183 30.50 69* 0 1

Source: CricketArchive[4]

Most wickets

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Player Team Overs Wickets Average BBI 5w
Celeste Raack Typhoons 62.0 12 17.00 3/29 0
Sophie MacMahon Scorchers 55.3 11 21.45 5/41 1
Orla Prendergast Typhoons 52.0 10 18.10 4/10 0
Georgina Dempsey Typhoons 39.0 8 20.50 3/21 0
Louise Little Typhoons 43.4 8 21.25 5/42 1

Source: CricketArchive[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Women's Super 50 Series to kick off on Monday; squads named". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Super Series 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Super Series 2020 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Super Series 2020 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Bowling in Super Series 2020 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
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