| Dates | 20 April 2024 – 21 September 2024 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | 50-over cricket |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and knock-out finals |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 59 |
| Official website | Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy |
The 2024 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy is the upcoming fifth edition of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, an English women's cricket 50-over domestic competition, which will take place between 20 April and 21 September 2024.[1][2] It features eight teams playing in a double round-robin group stage, followed by a knock-out round. It will run alongside the Charlotte Edwards Cup. Southern Vipers are the defending champions.[3]
Format
Teams played each other twice in a group of eight, with the top four qualifying for the knock-out stage. This represents the addition of a semi-finals stage compared to the previous edition, which had one play-off between second and third place. The final will be held at Grace Road, Leicester.[2]
Teams
The teams that compete in the tournament are 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 receive 4 points for a win. A bonus point will be given where the winning team's run rate was 1.25 or greater times that of the opposition. In case of a tie in the standings, the following tiebreakers are 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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Sparks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 | Northern Diamonds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | North West Thunder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | South East Stars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | Sunrisers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 6 | Southern Vipers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 7 | The Blaze | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 | Western Storm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
advances to the Semi-finals
Fixtures
Source:[4]
Knockout Stage
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | 1st Place | ||||||||
| 4 | 4th Place | ||||||||
| 2 | 2nd Place | ||||||||
| 3 | 3rd Place | ||||||||
Semi-final
Final
References
- ↑ "Schedule for 2023 domestic season announced". Sky Sports. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- 1 2 3 "Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2024 fixtures". ecb.co.uk. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ↑ "Windsor ties knot on Southern Vipers domestic double". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ↑ "Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2024 fixtures". England and Wales Cricket Board. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 28 November 2023.