2012 Super Fours

The 2012 Super Fours was the ninth cricket Super Fours season. It took place in May and saw 4 teams compete in 50 over and Twenty20 matches. There was no overall winner in the 50 over tournament, whilst Rubies won the Twenty20 tournament, their second title in the format.

2012 Super Fours
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format50 over
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsNo overall winner
Participants4
Matches4
Most runsCharlotte Edwards, Diamonds (213)
Most wicketsBeth Langston, Diamonds (9)

Competition format

In the one day tournament, each team played two games, with no overall winner declared.[1]

The Twenty20 competition consisted of two semi-finals, with the winners progressing to a Final and the losers playing in a third-place play-off.[2]

Teams
Diamonds Emeralds Rubies Sapphires

50 over

Results
19 May
Diamonds
289/3 (50 overs)
v
Sapphires
78 (28 overs)
Diamonds won by 211 runs
  
 
Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough
Umpires: Irving Lewis and Russell Warren
Charlotte Edwards 147 (152)
Rhiannon Dick 2/59 (10 overs)
Lauren Winfield 15 (35)
Beth Langston 7/23 (7 overs)
  • Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat.
19 May
Emeralds
260/3 (50 overs)
v
Rubies
233 (46.2 overs)
Emeralds won by 27 runs
  
 
Brockington Ground, Loughborough
Umpires: Roger Newman and Ian Rich
Amy Jones 100* (119)
Hannah Courtnell 2/54 (10 overs)
Jenny Gunn 81 (56)
Kate Cross 3/43 (10 overs)
  • Emeralds won the toss and elected to bat.
20 May
Diamonds
254/8 (50 overs)
v
Emeralds
228/8 (50 overs)
Diamonds won by 26 runs
  
 
Oakham School, Oakham
Umpires: Paul Joy and Ray Medland
Tammy Beaumont 69 (89)
Natasha Miles 4/51 (8.2 overs)
Nat Sciver 67* (57)
Katherine Brunt 2/10 (7 overs)
  • Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat.
20 May
Rubies
187 (50 overs)
v
Sapphires
192/6 (50 overs)
Sapphires won by 5 runs
  
 
Leicester Road, Hinckley
Umpires: Terry Dorr and Chris Johnson
Sarah Taylor 55 (78)
Arran Brindle 6/30 (10 overs)
Lauren Winfield 55 (88)
Alex Hartley 2/28 (10 overs)
  • Sapphires won the toss and elected to bat.

Twenty20

Semi-finals
12 May
Diamonds
93/9 (20 overs)
v
Rubies
97/2 (20 overs)
Rubies won by 8 wickets
  
 
Brockington Ground, Loughborough
Umpires: Richard Ludlum and Steve Massingham
Katherine Brunt 55 (49)
Anya Shrubsole 2/4 (4 overs)
Beth Morgan 37 (45)
Thea Brookes 1/13 (3 overs)
  • Rubies won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rubies progress to the final.
12 May
Emeralds
111/7 (20 overs)
v
Sapphires
112/3 (18.4 overs)
Sapphires won by 7 wickets
  
 
Nat Sciver 26 (30)
Rhiannon Dick 3/11 (4 overs)
Danni Wyatt 49 (46)
Deanna Cooper 1/18 (2 overs)
  • Sapphires won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sapphires progress to the final.

Third-place play-off
12 May
Diamonds
167/2 (20 overs)
v
Emeralds
119/6 (20 overs)
Diamonds won by 48 runs
  
 
Brockington Ground, Loughborough
Umpires: Richard Ludlum and Steve Massingham
Tammy Beaumont 81 (57)
Fi Morris 2/35 (4 overs)
Amy Jones 39* (34)
Daisy Gardner 1/8 (2 overs)
  • Emeralds won the toss and elected to field.

Final
12 May
Rubies
113/4 (19.2 overs)
v
Sapphires
110/6 (20 overs)
Rubies won by 6 wickets
  
 
Lydia Greenway 50 (41)
Arran Brindle 2/23 (4 overs)
Heather Knight 37 (35)
Jenny Gunn 2/16 (4 overs)
  • Rubies won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rubies won the Super Fours Twenty20 2012.

References
  1. "Super Fours 2012". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  2. "Super Fours Twenty20 2012". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.