Women's T20 Super League
The Women's T20 Super League is a women's domestic Twenty20 cricket tournament organised by Cricket South Africa. The tournament began in September 2019, with four teams taking part; these teams were renamed for a second competition in December 2019. The third and latest competition took place in December 2020, which was won by Coronations.
Countries | South Africa |
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Administrator | Cricket South Africa |
Format | Twenty20 |
First edition | 2019 |
Latest edition | 2020–21 |
Tournament format | Round-robin |
Number of teams | 4 |
Current champion | Coronations (2nd title) |
Most successful | Coronations (2 titles) |
The tournament aims to give more game time and competition for South Africa's best women players, with players organised into teams and playing matches at the same ground over a weekend.
History
The tournament began in 2019, conceived as a way of giving the best South African women cricketers more game time and more competitive cricket. The first tournament took place over a weekend in September 2019, with four teams playing each other once.[1] The four teams were named after their coaches: Dinesha Devnarain, Martelize van der Merwe, Francois van der Merwe and Claire Terblanche, with the Devnarain XI winning all of their matches to win the title.[2]
The second edition of the tournament took place later that year, in December 2019. The competition retained the same format, but the teams were renamed: Devnarain XI becoming Coronations, Terblanche XI becoming Starlights, F van der Merwe XI becoming Thistles and M van der Merwe XI becoming Duchesses.[3] Starlights, Duchesses and Coronations all won two matches each, with Starlights triumphing on Net Run Rate.[4]
The third edition of the Super League took place in December 2020, with a Virtual Draft taking place before the tournament to allocate players.[5] Coronations won their second title (and first under their new name), winning two matches and edging out runners-up Thistles on Net Run Rate.[6]
Teams
Team | Previous Name | Titles |
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Coronations | Devnarain XI | 2 |
Duchesses | M van der Merwe XI | 0 |
Starlights | Terblanche XI | 1 |
Thistles | F van der Merwe XI | 0 |
Results
Season | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Ref |
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2019 | Devnarain XI | M van der Merwe XI | F van der Merwe XI | Terblanche XI | [2] |
2019–20 | Starlights | Coronations | Duchesses | Thistles | [4] |
2020–21 | Coronations | Thistles | Starlights | Duchesses | [6] |
References
- "CSA launches inaugural Women's T20 Super League". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- "Women's T20 Super League 2019/20". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- "CSA launches Women's Super League". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- "Women's Super League 2019/20". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- "WSL 3.0: All you need to Know - Women's Super League – Teams , Fixtures and Player Squads". CricketWorld. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- "Women's T20 Super League 2020/21". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 June 2021.