Women's Super Series

Women's Super Series
Countries Ireland
AdministratorCricket Ireland
FormatLimited overs cricket (50 overs per side) and Twenty20
First edition2015
Latest edition2023
Tournament formatRound-robin
Number of teams3
Current championTyphoons (50 over)
Scorchers (T20)
Most successfulScorchers (7 titles)
WebsiteArachas Super Series

The Women's Super Series, previously known as the Women's Super 3s, is a women's domestic cricket tournament organised by Cricket Ireland. The tournament began in 2015 as a combined 50-over and Twenty20 tournament, with three teams taking part: Dragons, Scorchers and Typhoons. In 2020, the tournament was reduced to two teams and only used a 50-over format. In 2021, the Super Series was split into separate 50-over and Twenty20 tournaments. In 2022, the tournament returned to a three team format.

Scorchers have won seven titles, Dragons have won three titles and Typhoons have won two titles.

History

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The tournament began in 2015, with the aim of bringing together the best players from Ireland and help bridge the gap between club cricket and international cricket. Three teams, with no set geographical base, competed in the first tournament: Dragons, Scorchers and Typhoons. The teams played 8 matches, playing each team twice in both 50-over and Twenty20 formats, but with one table for the whole competition.[1] Scorchers were the inaugural winners of the competition, with 5 wins.[2]

The following season, 2016, the tournament followed a similar format, albeit with teams only playing two T20 matches each, and was newly sponsored by Toyota Ireland.[3] Dragons won their first title.[4] 2017 saw the number of games per team expand to 10, and Scorchers won their second title.[5]

The same format was kept for the 2018 and 2019 tournaments, and Dragons won both competitions, claiming their second and third titles.[6][7] In 2020, the tournament format was changed due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: the number of teams was reduced to two (Scorchers and Typhoons) due to player unavailability during the pandemic, and the schedule was condensed, with only 50-over cricket taking place.[8] Typhoons won the tournament, their first title, on Net Run Rate after both sides won four matches each.[9]

In 2021, the tournament was split into the Super 50 Cup (50-over format) and Super 20 Trophy (Twenty20 format) and remained with two teams competing, due to the ongoing impact of COVID-19. The tournament was sponsored by Arachas.[10] In June, Scorchers won the 50-over section of the tournament, winning four of the seven matches against Typhoons, and in August were victorious in the T20 section of the tournament, winning four of the six matches.[11][12]

In 2022, Dragons returned to the competition.[13] Scorchers won both the T20 and 50-over titles.[14] In 2023, Scorchers defended their T20 title, whilst Typhoons won the 50-over title.[15][16]

Teams

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Team First Last Titles
Dragons 2015 2023
3
Scorchers 2015 2023
7
Typhoons 2015 2023
2

Results

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Combined format (2015–2020)

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Season Winners Runners-up Pld Ref
2015 Scorchers Dragons 8 [2]
2016 Dragons Scorchers 6 [4]
2017 Scorchers Typhoons 10 [5]
2018 Dragons Typhoons 10 [6]
2019 Dragons Scorchers 10 [7]
2020 Typhoons Scorchers 8 [9]

Super 50 Cup (2021–)

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Season Winners Runners-up Pld Ref
2021 Scorchers Typhoons 7 [11]
2022 Scorchers Typhoons 6 [17]
2023 Typhoons Dragons 6 [18]

Super 20 Trophy (2021–)

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Season Winners Runners-up Pld Ref
2021 Scorchers Typhoons 6 [12]
2022 Scorchers Dragons 6 [19]
2023 Scorchers Dragons 6 [20]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Women's Super 3's Announced for 2015". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Women's Super 3s 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Toyota to Drive Cricket Ireland Super 3s Series". Toyota. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Toyota Super 3s 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Toyota Super 3s 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Toyota Super 3s 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Toyota Super 3s 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Women's Super 50 Series to kick off on Monday; squads named". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Super Series 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Arachas Super Series 2021". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  11. ^ a b "Arachas Super 50 Cup 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Arachas Super 20 Trophy 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  13. ^ "'Bigger and better than ever' - Arachas Super Series returns to three team format in 2022". Cricket Ireland. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Bhavi Devchand stars all-round as the Scorchers slay the Dragons in Lurgan". Cricket Ireland. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  15. ^ "Dominant Scorchers claim Arachas Super 20 Trophy on batting day at Oak Hill". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Evoke Super 50 Cup 2023/Table". NVPlay. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  17. ^ "Arachas Super 50 Cup 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  18. ^ "Evoke Super 50 Cup 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  19. ^ "Arachas Super 20 Trophy 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  20. ^ "Evoke Super 20 Trophy 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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