2007 Super Fours

2007 Super Fours
Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	50 over
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Rubies (2nd title)
Participants	4
Matches	12
Most runs	Lydia Greenway, Rubies (233)
Most wickets	Holly Colvin, Rubies (19)
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The 2007 Super Fours was the sixth cricket Super Fours season. It took place in June and July and saw 4 teams compete in a 50 over league. A Twenty20 tournament was also scheduled, but abandoned due to rain. Rubies won the tournament, winning all of their matches to claim their second title (having previously won as Braves).

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.
Abandoned: 11 points.
Bonus Points: Up to 5 points available to the winning team.

Teams

Diamonds	Emeralds	Rubies	Sapphires
Nicky Shaw (c) Lynsey Askew Karen Baker (wk) Tammy Beaumont (wk) Charlotte Edwards Isa Guha Jenny Gunn Sophie Le Marchand (wk) Kate Oakenfold Ebony Rainford-Brent Charlotte Russell Anna Stevenson Laura Thompson (wk) Jo Watts Beth Wild	Alexia Walker (c) Sarah Clarke Joanne Cook Steph Davies Kelly Evenson Abbey Hawkins Danielle Hazell Charlotte Horton Laura Joyce (wk) Beth Morgan Nicky Myers Jane Smit (wk) Danni Wyatt	Gill Richards (c) Caroline Atkins Karen Baker (wk) Hannah Burr Holly Colvin Jenny Dunn Lydia Greenway Heather Knight Natalie Lane Laura Marsh Dawn Prestidge Susie Rowe Anya Shrubsole Sarah Taylor (wk)	Rosalie Birch (c) Laura Boorman Salliann Briggs Kate Cross Kathryn Doherty Georgia Elwiss Lauren Griffiths (wk) Jennifer Laycock Rochelle Petty Laura Spragg Claire Taylor (wk) Jasmine Titmuss Helen Wardlaw Rebecca Williams

50 over

Results

Team	Pld	W	L	A	BP	Pts
Rubies (C)	6	6	0	0	13	103
Diamonds	6	3	3	0	12	57
Emeralds	6	2	3	1	1	42
Sapphires	6	0	5	1	1	11

Source: Cricket Archive^[2]

2 June	Diamonds 196/4 (50 overs)	v	Sapphires 154 (47.5 overs)	Diamonds won by 42 runs
Scorecard	Diamonds 196/4 (50 overs)	v	Sapphires 154 (47.5 overs)	Brockington Ground, Loughborough Umpires: John Hayes and Keith Little
Scorecard	Jenny Gunn 51 (114) Helen Wardlaw 1/23 (6 overs)		Claire Taylor 45 (75) Jo Watts 3/10 (7 overs)
Sapphires won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Diamonds 17, Sapphires 0

2 June	Emeralds 207/7 (50 overs)	v	Rubies 208/3 (44.5 overs)	Rubies won by 7 wickets
Scorecard	Emeralds 207/7 (50 overs)	v	Rubies 208/3 (44.5 overs)	Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Annette Owen and Janet Rogers
Scorecard	Beth Morgan 44 (67) Caroline Atkins 3/40 (10 overs)		Lydia Greenway 87* (116) Nicky Myers 2/19 (10 overs)
Emeralds won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Rubies 20, Emeralds 0

3 June	Diamonds 152 (49.1 overs)	v	Emeralds 167/9 (50 overs)	Emeralds won by 15 runs
Scorecard	Diamonds 152 (49.1 overs)	v	Emeralds 167/9 (50 overs)	Trent College Ground, Long Eaton Umpires: Ruki de Silva and John Hayes
Scorecard	Kate Oakenfold 44 (84) Nicky Myers 3/26 (10 overs)		Jane Smit 39 (108) Lynsey Askew 2/25 (10 overs)
Emeralds won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Emeralds 16, Diamonds 0

3 June	Rubies 127 (39.5 overs)	v	Sapphires 61 (30.5 overs)	Rubies won by 66 runs
Scorecard	Rubies 127 (39.5 overs)	v	Sapphires 61 (30.5 overs)	Trent College Ground, Long Eaton Umpires: Annette Owen and Lorraine Elgar
Scorecard	Lydia Greenway 60 (88) Jennifer Laycock 4/7 (2.5 overs)		Rebecca Williams 35 (74) Holly Colvin 5/7 (8.5 overs)
Sapphires won the toss and elected to field. Points: Rubies 15, Sapphires 0

16 June	Emeralds	v	Sapphires	Match Abandoned
Scorecard	Emeralds	v	Sapphires	Worksop College Ground, Worksop Umpires: Ann Roberts and Keith Little
Scorecard
No toss. No play possible due to rain. Points: Emeralds 11, Sapphires 11

16 June	Diamonds 171/7 (50 overs)	v	Rubies 172/5 (48 overs)	Rubies won by 5 wickets
Scorecard	Diamonds 171/7 (50 overs)	v	Rubies 172/5 (48 overs)	Leighton Park School, Reading Umpires: Philip Ratcliffe and Sid Moore
Scorecard	Tammy Beaumont 45 (102) Laura Marsh 2/43 (10 overs)		Lydia Greenway 54 (80) Jo Watts 2/19 (7 overs)
Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Rubies 18, Diamonds 0

23 June	Diamonds 84/9 (27 overs)	v	Rubies 98/6 (35 overs)	Rubies won by 11 runs (D/L)
Scorecard	Diamonds 84/9 (27 overs)	v	Rubies 98/6 (35 overs)	County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Stephen Bishopp and John O'Sullivan
Scorecard	Jenny Gunn 22 (49) Holly Colvin 5/27 (8 overs)		Caroline Atkins 37* (75) Nicky Shaw 3/17 (7 overs)
Diamonds won the toss and elected to field. Match reduced due to rain. Points: Rubies 15, Diamonds 0

23 June	Emeralds 147 (43 overs)	v	Sapphires 120 (42.1 overs)	Emeralds won by 27 runs
Scorecard	Emeralds 147 (43 overs)	v	Sapphires 120 (42.1 overs)	Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Ruki de Silva and Ann Roberts
Scorecard	Beth Morgan 65* (114) Laura Spragg 3/18 (9 overs)		Laura Spragg 40 (56) Danni Wyatt 5/23 (9 overs)
Sapphires won the toss and elected to field. Points: Emeralds 15, Sapphires 0

7 July	Diamonds 157/2 (26.5 overs)	v	Sapphires 154 (47.4 overs)	Diamonds won by 8 wickets
Scorecard	Diamonds 157/2 (26.5 overs)	v	Sapphires 154 (47.4 overs)	Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Kenneth Shenton and Steve Trull
Scorecard	Charlotte Edwards 69* (56) Jennifer Laycock 1/14 (3 overs)		Claire Taylor 54 (68) Lynsey Askew 3/14 (7.4 overs)
Diamonds won the toss and elected to field. Points: Diamonds 20, Sapphires 0

7 July	Emeralds 69 (30.3 overs)	v	Rubies 71/3 (29.4 overs)	Rubies won by 7 wickets
Scorecard	Emeralds 69 (30.3 overs)	v	Rubies 71/3 (29.4 overs)	Brockington Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Roger Croft and John Hayes
Scorecard	Beth Morgan 19 (60) Holly Colvin 5/7 (7.3 overs)		Sarah Taylor 20 (21) Kelly Evenson 1/11 (8 overs)
Emeralds won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Rubies 20, Emeralds 0

8 July	Diamonds 175/1 (30.3 overs)	v	Emeralds 173 (49.4 overs)	Diamonds won by 9 wickets
Scorecard	Diamonds 175/1 (30.3 overs)	v	Emeralds 173 (49.4 overs)	Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Brian Jones and Trevor Riley
Scorecard	Charlotte Edwards 94* (90) Beth Morgan 1/29 (5 overs)		Alexia Walker 52 (68) Jenny Gunn 4/28 (10 overs)
Emeralds won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Diamonds 20, Emeralds 0

8 July	Rubies 139 (45.5 overs)	v	Sapphires 124 (44.2 overs)	Rubies won by 15 runs
Scorecard	Rubies 139 (45.5 overs)	v	Sapphires 124 (44.2 overs)	Brockington Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Ruki de Silva and Annette Owen
Scorecard	Sarah Taylor 30 (31) Helen Wardlaw 3/18 (10 overs)		Claire Taylor 32 (52) Holly Colvin 3/12 (10 overs)
Sapphires won the toss and elected to field. Points: Rubies 15, Sapphires 0