Charlotte Edwards Cup

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The Charlotte Edwards Cup, initially named the Women's Regional T20, is an English women's cricket Twenty20 domestic competition organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board. The first edition of the tournament took place in 2021. The tournament is named after England's former captain and most capped player, Charlotte Edwards.

The tournament features eight teams, representing regional hubs across England and Wales. The tournament is a successor to the Women's Cricket Super League, which ended in 2019. Whilst a regional T20 tournament was planned for 2020, it was cancelled in favour of the 50-over Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy in the shortened 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament now runs alongside the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and The Hundred.

History

With the ending of the Women's Cricket Super League in 2019, the England and Wales Cricket Board intended to launch a new regional structure for domestic women's cricket in England and Wales, including a 50-over competition, a Twenty20 competition and The Hundred. However, as the COVID-19 pandemic shortened the 2020 season, only the 50-over Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy was able to go ahead that season, with six new teams competing, plus Western Storm and Southern Vipers carried over from the WCSL, representing regional hubs.

In 2021, with a return to a full schedule, it was announced in February that the new Twenty20 competition would be called the Women's Regional T20, to run alongside the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and to be competed for by the same teams. Two days before the tournament began, it was renamed the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with the first edition of the tournament getting underway on 26 June, eventually being won by South East Stars. The second edition of the tournament was won by Southern Vipers, who beat Central Sparks in the final. Vipers retained their title in 2023, beating The Blaze in the final by 7 wickets.

夏洛特·愛德華茲盃(Charlotte Edwards Cup)是英國一項重要的板球比賽,以紀念英國板球運動的傳奇球員夏洛特·愛德華茲。該比賽是英國女子板球超級聯賽(Women's Cricket Super League)的一部分,旨在提高女子板球運動的知名度和競爭水平。

夏洛特·愛德華茲盃是一個國內板球錦標賽,吸引了來自英格蘭和威爾斯各地的女子板球隊參賽。比賽通常在夏季舉行,持續數週,各隊之間進行循環賽和淘汰賽,最終決出冠軍。

這項比賽是英國女子板球運動的一個重要平台,讓年輕的板球選手有機會與國內最優秀的球員競爭,提高他們的技能和比賽經驗。夏洛特·愛德華茲盃也為女子板球運動的發展提供了更多的曝光度,吸引了更多的觀眾和贊助商。

這項比賽以夏洛特·愛德華茲的名字命名,是對她在板球界的卓越貢獻的一種致敬。夏洛特·愛德華茲是英國女子板球的傳奇人物,她在職業生涯中取得了許多成就,包括成為英格蘭女子板球隊的隊長和最高得分紀錄保持者。

夏洛特·愛德華茲盃是英國板球界的一個重要賽事,為女子板球運動的發展和推廣做出了重要貢獻。這項比賽不僅展示了英國女子板球運動的實力和潛力,也為年輕的板球選手提供了一個實現夢想的平台。