The 2006 Super Fours was the fifth
cricket
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Super Fours
The Super Fours was a women's limited overs cricket competition which was played annually in England between 2002 Super Fours, 2002 and 2013 Super Fours, 2013, with a break in 2009 and 2010. Designed to bring together the leading 48 players in Eng ...
season. It took place from May to July and saw 4 teams compete in a
50 over league and a
Twenty20
Twenty20 (abbreviated T20) is a shortened format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the county cricket, inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two t ...
knockout tournament. The competing teams were renamed from the
2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...
season, with Braves, Knight Riders, Super Strikers and V Team becoming
Rubies
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,
Diamonds
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,
Emeralds
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and
Sapphires, respectively. Sapphires won the 50 over league, whilst Diamonds beat Sapphires in the final of the Twenty20 tournament.
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:
Win: 15 points.
Tie
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* Tie (draw), a finish to a competition with identical results, particularly sports
* Necktie, a long piece of cloth worn around the neck or shoulders
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: 6 points.
Loss: 0 points.
Bonus Points: Up to 5 points available to the winning team.
The
Twenty20
Twenty20 (abbreviated T20) is a shortened format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the county cricket, inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two t ...
competition reverted to the
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
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format, involving two semi-finals, with the winners progressing to a Final and the losers playing in a third-place play-off.
Teams
50 over
Results
Source: Cricket Archive[Super Fours 2006 Table]
Cricket Archive.
Twenty20
Semi-finals
Third-place play-off
Final
References
Super Fours
Long stubs with short prose
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