2024 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
English cricket season
Cricket tournament
The 2024 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy was the fifth, and final,[ 1] Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy , an English women's cricket 50-over domestic competition, which took place between 20 April and 21 September 2024.[ 2] [ 3] double round-robin group stage, followed by a knock-out round. It ran alongside the Charlotte Edwards Cup . Southern Vipers were the defending champions.[ 4]
Sunrisers won their maiden Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy title, beating South East Stars in the rain affected final by 27 runs (DLS method ).[ 5] [ 6]
Teams played each other twice in a group of eight, with the top four qualifying for the knock-out stage. This represented the addition of a semi-finals stage compared to the previous edition, which had one play-off between second and third place. The final was held at Grace Road , Leicester .[ 3]
Teams
The teams that competed in the tournament are listed below.[ 3]
Central Sparks Warwickshire , Worcestershire , Herefordshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire )Northern Diamonds Yorkshire , Durham and Northumberland )North West Thunder Lancashire , Cheshire and Cumbria )South East Stars Surrey and Kent )Southern Vipers Hampshire , Sussex , Berkshire , Buckinghamshire , Dorset , Isle of Wight and Oxfordshire )Sunrisers Middlesex , Essex , Northamptonshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire , Hertfordshire , Huntingdonshire , Norfolk and Suffolk )The Blaze Derbyshire , Leicestershire , Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire )Western Storm Gloucestershire , Somerset , Cornwall , Devon , Wiltshire and Cricket Wales )
Standings
Teams received 4 points for a win. A bonus point was 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 were 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.
Source: England and Wales Cricket Board
[ 7] advanced to the Semi-finals
Fixtures
Group stage
Source:[ 8]
Central Sparks won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Central Sparks 5, The Blaze 0
Northern Diamonds won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Northern Diamonds 5, North West Thunder 0
South East Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Points: South East Stars 4, Southern Vipers 0
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Sunrisers 5, Western Storm 0
Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Northern Diamonds 4, Western Storm 0
Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Southern Vipers 5, Central Sparks 0
The Blaze won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: South East Stars 5, The Blaze 0
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to field.
Points: North West Thunder 5, Sunrisers 0
South East Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
Central Sparks innings curtailed at 30 overs due to rain; target was 191.
Points: South East Stars 5, Central Sparks 0
Northern Diamonds won the toss and elected to field.
Northern Diamonds innings curtailed at 30 overs due to rain; target was 233.
Points: Southern Vipers 5, Northern Diamonds 0
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Sunrisers 5, The Blaze 0
North West Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Western Storm 5, North West Thunder 0
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Sunrisers 5, Central Sparks 0
Northern Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: The Blaze 4, Northern Diamonds 0
Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Southern Vipers 4, North West Thunder 0
Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
Match reduced to 44 overs per side due to rain.
Western Storm innings curtailed at 36 overs due to rain; target was 229.
Points: Western Storm 4, South East Stars 0
Northern Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Northern Diamonds 4, Central Sparks 0
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: South East Stars 4, Sunrisers 0
Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Southern Vipers 4, Western Storm 0
North West Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
Points: North West Thunder 4, The Blaze 0
Northern Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Northern Diamonds 4, South East Stars 0
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Sunrisers 4, Southern Vipers 0
The Blaze won the toss and elected to field.
Points: The Blaze 4, Western Storm 0
North West Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Central Sparks 4, North West Thunder 0
Central Sparks won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Northern Diamonds 4, Central Sparks 0
South East Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Match reduced to 44 overs per side due to rain.
Points: The Blaze 5, South East Stars 0
Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Southern Vipers 5, Western Storm 0
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to bat.
Match reduced to 48 overs per side due to rain.
North West Thunder target adjusted to 255 runs from 48 overs.
Points: Sunrisers 4, North West Thunder 0
The Blaze won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Southern Vipers 4, The Blaze 0
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to field.
No further play was possible due to rain.
Points: Central Sparks 2, Sunrisers 2
South East Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: South East Stars 5, North West Thunder 0
Northern Diamonds won the toss and elected to field.
Western Storm innings reduced to 30 overs due to rain.
Northern Diamonds innings reduced to 29 overs due to rain; target was 199.
Points: Northern Diamonds 4, Western Storm 0
North West Thunder won by 8 wickets New Road , Worcester
North West Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
Points: North West Thunder 5, Central Sparks 0
Northern Diamonds won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Northern Diamonds 5, Sunrisers 0
Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Southern Vipers 5, South East Stars 0
The Blaze won the toss and elected to field.
Points: The Blaze 4, Western Storm 0
Western Storm won by 182 runs New Road , Worcester
Central Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Western Storm 5, Central Sparks 0
South East Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: South East Stars 4, Sunrisers 0
No result Lincoln
The Blaze won the toss and elected to field.
Match reduced to 30 overs per side due to rain.
No further play possible due to rain.
Points: The Blaze 2, Northern Diamonds 2
No toss.
No play possible due to rain.
Points: North West Thunder 2, Southern Vipers 2
North West Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: North West Thunder 5, South East Stars 0
Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to field.
Points: The Blaze 4, Southern Vipers 0
Northern Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Sunrisers 5, Northern Diamonds 0
Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Central Sparks 5, Western Storm 0
Central Sparks won by 7 wickets New Road , Worcester
Central Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Central Sparks 5, Southern Vipers 0
Western Storm won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: South East Stars 4, Western Storm 0
The Blaze won by 6 wickets County Ground , Derby
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: The Blaze 4, Sunrisers 0
North West Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Northern Diamonds 5, North West Thunder 0
Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Northern Diamonds 4, Southern Vipers 0
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Western Storm 4, Sunrisers 0
South East Stars won by 20 runs Scorers , Shirley
Central Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
Points: South East Stars 4, Central Sparks 0
North West Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
Points: The Blaze 4, North West Thunder 0
Central Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Central Sparks 4, The Blaze 0
Northern Diamonds won the toss and elected to field.
Points: South East Stars 5, Northern Diamonds 0
Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to field.
Southern Vipers innings reduced to 10 overs due to rain; target was 94.
Points: Sunrisers 4, Southern Vipers 0
North West Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Western Storm innings curtailed at 20 overs due to rain; target was 72.
Points: North West Thunder 4, Western Storm 0
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Northern Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat.
Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
Sunrisers won the toss and elected to field.
No further play was possible due to rain.
Statistics
Most runs
Source: ESPNCricinfo [ 12]
Most wickets
Source: ESPNCricinfo [ 13]
References
