2004 Super Fours

2004 Super Fours

Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	50 over
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	V Team (1st title)
Participants	4
Matches	12
Most runs	Charlotte Edwards, Knight Riders (386)
Most wickets	Clare Taylor, Knight Riders (14)

The 2004 Super Fours was the third cricket Super Fours season. It took place in May and June and saw 4 teams compete in a 50 over league and, for the first time, a knockout Twenty20 tournament. V Team were the winners of both tournaments.

Competition format

In the one day tournament, teams played each other twice in a round-robin format, with the winners of the group winning the tournament. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side.

The group worked on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:[1]

Win: 15 points.
Tie: 6 points.
Loss: 0 points.

A Twenty20 competition was added for the 2004 edition of the Super Fours, which consisted of two semi-finals, with the winners proceeding to the Final and the losers playing in a third-place play-off.[2]

Teams

Braves	Knight Riders	Super Strikers	V Team
Clare Connor (c) Colleen Ashbee Caroline Atkins Rosalie Birch Katherine Brunt Sarah Clarke Steph Davies Leanne Davis Mandie Godliman (wk) Jackie Hawker Natalie Lane Hannah Lloyd Laura Marsh Lucy Pearson	Charlotte Edwards (c) Lynsey Askew Laura Boorman Heather Booth Katherine Brunt Yvonne Craven Lydia Greenway Isa Guha Laura Joyce (wk) Natalie Lane Alexis Mannion Beth Morgan Sian Phillips (wk) Robyn Still Clare Taylor Kirstie White Beth Wild	Salliann Briggs (c) Claire Atkinson Laura Boorman Kelly Evenson Jenny Gunn Laura Harper Charlotte Horton Kathryn Leng Nicky Myers Gill Richards Sarah Rigg Nicky Shaw Jane Smit (wk) Alexia Walker	Laura Newton (c) Arran Brindle Kathryn Doherty Dawn Holden Sian Phillips (wk) Dawn Prestidge Melissa Reynard Sarah Rigg Anna Spragg (wk) Laura Spragg Robyn Still Claire Taylor Rachael Walsh Helen Wardlaw

50 over

Results

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	Pts
V Team (C)	6	3	2	1	0	51
Braves	6	3	3	0	0	45
Super Strikers	6	3	3	0	0	45
Knight Riders	6	2	3	1	0	36

Source: Cricket Archive[3]

15 May	Braves 144 (43 overs)	v	V Team 146/5 (43.3 overs)	V Team won by 5 wickets
Scorecard				King's College, Taunton Umpires: Graham Cooper and Steven Garratt
	Caroline Atkins 31 (99) Arran Brindle 3/8 (7 overs)		Claire Taylor 68* (88) Lucy Pearson 2/28 (10 overs)
V Team won the toss and elected to field. Points: V Team 15, Braves 0

15 May	Knight Riders 169 (49 overs)	v	Super Strikers 171/5 (48.4 overs)	Super Strikers won by 5 wickets
Scorecard				King's College, Taunton Umpires: Neil Bainton and Sian Priest
	Charlotte Edwards 38 (70) Jenny Gunn 3/28 (9 overs)		Jane Smit 39* (75) Clare Taylor 2/15 (9 overs)
Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Super Strikers 15, Knight Riders 0

23 May	Braves 168 (47.4 overs)	v	Knight Riders 220 (50 overs)	Knight Riders won by 52 runs
Scorecard				King's College, Taunton Umpires: Rob Bailey and Graham Cooper
	Clare Connor 68 (94) Beth Morgan 4/32 (9.4 overs)		Charlotte Edwards 119 (124) Rosalie Birch 5/43 (10 overs)
Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Knight Riders 15, Braves 0

23 May	Super Strikers 146 (46.3 overs)	v	V Team 147/4 (36.4 overs)	V Team won by 6 wickets
Scorecard				King's College, Taunton Umpires: Don Clarke and Richard Illingworth
	Laura Harper 40 (71) Helen Wardlaw 5/37 (9.3 overs)		Sarah Taylor 70 (76) Laura Harper 3/31 (8 overs)
Super Strikers won the toss and elected to bat. Points: V Team 15, Super Strikers 0

30 May	Braves 181 (49.4 overs)	v	Super Strikers 54 (21.1 overs)	Braves won by 127 runs
Scorecard				Sonning Lane, Reading Umpires: Rob Bailey and Graham Cooper
	Rosalie Birch 31 (54) Kathryn Leng 3/42 (9.4 overs)		Laura Boorman 9 (24) Rosalie Birch 3/7 (5.1 overs)
Braves won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Braves 15, Super Strikers 0

30 May	Knight Riders 225/7 (50 overs)	v	V Team 228/9 (50 overs)	V Team won by 1 wicket
Scorecard				Sonning Lane, Reading Umpires: Lorraine Elgar and Steven Garratt
	Charlotte Edwards 103 (117) Arran Brindle 3/34 (8 overs)		Claire Taylor 80 (107) Clare Taylor 3/28 (10 overs)
Knight Riders won the toss and elected to bat. Points: V Team 15, Knight Riders 0

31 May	Braves 180 (48.5 overs)	v	Knight Riders 184/8 (49.1 overs)	Knight Riders won by 2 wickets
Scorecard				Sonning Lane, Reading Umpires: Lorraine Elgar and Richard Illingworth
	Mandie Godliman 57 (101) Isa Guha 4/21 (9.5 overs)		Clare Taylor 42* (63) Lucy Pearson 2/28 (10 overs)
Braves won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Knight Riders 15, V Team 0

31 May	Super Strikers 89/2 (24.2 overs)	v	V Team 88 (42.5 overs)	Super Strikers won by 8 wickets
Scorecard				Sonning Lane, Reading Umpires: Neil Bainton and Graham Cooper
	Jane Smit 49 (79) Laura Spragg 1/22 (6 overs)		Arran Brindle 40* (86) Nicky Myers 4/7 (10 overs)
V Team won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Super Strikers 15, V Team 0

13 June	Braves 140 (48.3 overs)	v	Super Strikers 114 (36.1 overs)	Braves won by 26 runs
Scorecard				Caythorpe Road, Caythorpe Umpires: Richard Jones and Tim Robinson
	Caroline Atkins 27 (63) Nicky Myers 2/9 (10 overs)		Nicky Shaw 52 (65) Lucy Pearson 3/22 (10 overs)
Braves won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Braves 15, Super Strikers 0

13 June	Knight Riders 226/6 (50 overs)	v	V Team 226 (48.3 overs)	Match Tied
Scorecard				Caythorpe Road, Caythorpe Umpires: Rob Bailey and Annette Owen
	Laura Joyce 67 (83) Dawn Holden 2/28 (10 overs)		Claire Taylor 95 (119) Clare Taylor 4/40 (8.3 overs)
V Team won the toss and elected to field. Points: Knight Riders 6, V Team 6

19 June	Braves 192/8 (46.5 overs)	v	V Team 187/3 (47 overs)	Braves won by 2 wickets (D/L)
Scorecard				Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Richard Illingworth and Janet Rogers
	Hannah Lloyd 43 (72) Laura Spragg 4/34 (7.5 overs)		Melissa Reynard 54 (131) Clare Connor 1/28 (9 overs)
Braves won the toss and elected to field. Match reduced to 47 overs per side. Points: Braves 15, V Team 0

19 June	Knight Riders 202/7 (50 overs)	v	Super Strikers 210/7 (50 overs)	Super Strikers won by 8 runs
Scorecard				Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Neil Bainton and Trevor Waite
	Charlotte Edwards 82 (–) Laura Harper 3/32 (10 overs)		Nicky Shaw 72 (93) Charlotte Edwards 3/31 (7 overs)
Super Strikers won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Super Strikers 15, Braves 0

Twenty20

Semi-finals

29 May	Braves 131/8 (20 overs)	v	Super Strikers 119/9 (20 overs)	Braves won by 12 runs
Scorecard				The Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Neil Bainton and Sian Priest
	Clare Connor 29 (29) Nicky Myers 2/17 (4 overs)		Salliann Briggs 34 (26) Steph Davies 4/21 (4 overs)
Braves won the toss and elected to bat. Braves progress to the final.

29 May	Knight Riders 90 (18.4 overs)	v	V Team 111/5 (20 overs)	V Team won by 21 runs
Scorecard				The Rose Bowl Nursery Ground, Southampton Umpires: Don Clarke and Lorraine Elgar
	Clare Taylor 36* (50) Dawn Holden 3/13 (4 overs)		Arran Brindle 34 (44) Charlotte Edwards 1/12 (2 overs)
V Team won the toss and elected to bat. V Team progress to the final.

Third-place play-off

29 May	Knight Riders 114/6 (20 overs)	v	Super Strikers 110/7 (20 overs)	Knight Riders won by 4 runs
Scorecard				The Rose Bowl Nursery Ground, Southampton Umpires: Don Clarke and Sian Priest
	Charlotte Edwards 28 (27) Laura Harper 3/13 (4 overs)		Jenny Gunn 31* (26) Yvonne Craven 3/15 (4 overs)

Final

29 May	Braves 114/6 (20 overs)	v	V Team 117/2 (18.5 overs)	V Team won by 8 wickets
Scorecard				The Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Neil Bainton and Lorraine Elgar
	Clare Connor 37* (37) Dawn Holden 2/25 (4 overs)		Claire Taylor 49* (45) Caroline Atkins 1/11 (2 overs)
Braves won the toss and elected to bat. V Team won the Super Fours Twenty20 2004.

References

1. "Super Fours 2004 Table". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
2. "Shake-up for Super Fours". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 January 2021.^[permanent dead link‍]
3. Super Fours 2004 Table, Cricket Archive.