The 2006 Super Fours was the fifth cricket Super Fours season. It took place from May to July and saw 4 teams compete in a 50 over league and a Twenty20 knockout tournament. The competing teams were renamed from the 2005 season, with Braves, Knight Riders, Super Strikers and V Team becoming Rubies, Diamonds, Emeralds and Sapphires, respectively. Sapphires won the 50 over league, whilst Diamonds beat Sapphires in the final of the Twenty20 tournament.

2006 Super Fours
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format50 over
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsSapphires (2nd title)
Participants4
Matches12
Most runsClaire Taylor, Sapphires (426)
Most wicketsLaura Newton, Sapphires (9)
2005
2007

Competition format

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

The Twenty20 competition reverted to the 2004 format, involving two semi-finals, with the winners progressing to a Final and the losers playing in a third-place play-off.[2]

Teams

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Diamonds Emeralds Rubies Sapphires

50 over

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Results

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Team Pld W L T A BP Pts
Sapphires (C) 6 4 2 0 0 14 74
Rubies 6 3 1 2 0 9 66
Diamonds 6 2 3 1 0 8 44
Emeralds 6 1 4 1 0 1 22

Source: Cricket Archive[3]

3 June
Diamonds
337/3 (50 overs)
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Sapphires
305/5 (50 overs)
Diamonds won by 32 runs
 
 
Uppingham School, Uppingham
Umpires: John Hayes and Martin Bodenham
Charlotte Edwards 199* (151)
Robyn Still 1/20 (2 overs)
Claire Taylor 118* (98)
Charlotte Edwards 1/33 (5 overs)
  • Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Diamonds 20, Sapphires 0
3 June
Emeralds
161 (50 overs)
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Rubies
161/5 (50 overs)
Match Tied
 
 
Uppingham School, Uppingham
Umpires: Ann Roberts and Tim Robinson
Laura Harper 52 (152)
Gill Richards 3/24 (10 overs)
Sarah Taylor 60 (81)
Laura Harper 3/32 (10 overs)
  • Rubies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Rubies 6, Emeralds 6
4 June
Diamonds
139 (47.2 overs)
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Emeralds
156 (49.4 overs)
Emeralds won by 17 runs
 
 
Uppingham School, Uppingham
Umpires: John Hayes and Tim Robinson
Hannah Lloyd 53 (131)
Jenny Gunn 4/32 (9 overs)
Steph Davies 29 (68)
Jo Watts 3/28 (10 overs)
  • Emeralds won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Emeralds 16, Diamonds 0
4 June
Rubies
206/8 (50 overs)
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Sapphires
207/7 (48.2 overs)
Sapphires won by 3 wickets
 
 
Uppingham School, Uppingham
Umpires: Ann Roberts and Martin Bodenham
Sarah Taylor 82 (81)
Katherine Brunt 2/21 (10 overs)
Claire Taylor 60 (75)
Jackie Hawker 3/41 (10 overs)
  • Rubies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Sapphires 17, Rubies 0
10 June
Diamonds
246/9 (50 overs)
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Rubies
246/7 (50 overs)
Match Tied
 
 
Leighton Park School, Reading
Umpires: Graham Cooper and Terry Urben
Laura Joyce 65 (64)
Holly Colvin 2/32 (10 overs)
Caroline Atkins 82 (105)
Charlotte Edwards 1/24 (4 overs)
  • Rubies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Diamonds 6, Rubies 6
10 June
Emeralds
189/4 (50 overs)
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Sapphires
190/3 (36.5 overs)
Sapphires won by 7 wickets
 
 
Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough
Umpires: Annette Owen and Darrell Hair
Jane Smit 66 (91)
Dawn Prestidge 2/40 (9 overs)
Claire Taylor 94 (81)
Holly Penwarden 1/12 (1 over)
  • Emeralds won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Sapphires 20, Emeralds 0
24 June
Diamonds
126/9 (50 overs)
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Rubies
127/9 (47.2 overs)
Rubies won by 1 wicket
 
 
Laura Boorman 29* (76)
Caroline Atkins 2/25 (10 overs)
Lydia Greenway 24 (56)
Isa Guha 4/26 (5 overs)
  • Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Rubies 16, Diamonds 0
24 June
Emeralds
153 (47 overs)
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Sapphires
154/3 (46.1 overs)
Sapphires won by 7 wickets
 
 
Worksop College Ground, Worksop
Umpires: Annette Owen and Steve Garratt
Jenny Gunn 32 (70)
Katherine Brunt 4/11 (9 overs)
Claire Taylor 33* (35)
Charlotte Horton 2/45 (10 overs)
  • Sapphires won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Sapphires 20, Emeralds 0
8 July
Diamonds
172 (47.4 overs)
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Sapphires
197/8 (46.1 overs)
Sapphires won by 25 runs
 
 
Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough
Umpires: Lorraine Elgar and Tim Robinson
Charlotte Edwards 69 (108)
Laura Newton 5/22 (9 overs)
Claire Taylor 108 (105)
Charlotte Edwards 3/47 (9 overs)
  • Sapphires won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Sapphires 17, Diamonds 0
8 July
Emeralds
144/8 (50 overs)
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Rubies
221/6 (50 overs)
Rubies won by 77 runs
 
 
Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough
Umpires: Graham Cooper and Terry Urben
Laura Harper 50 (116)
Alexia Walker 4/17 (10 overs)
Caroline Atkins 83 (127)
Laura Harper 2/45 (10 overs)
  • Emeralds won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Rubies 18, Emeralds 0
9 July
Diamonds
156/5 (50 overs)
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Emeralds
153/8 (50 overs)
Diamonds won by 5 wickets
 
 
Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough
Umpires: Graham Cooper and Tim Robinson
Ebony Rainford-Brent 55 (97)
Judith Turner 3/22 (10 overs)
Laura Harper 61 (130)
Beth Morgan 4/20 (8 overs)
  • Emeralds won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Diamonds 18, Emeralds 0
9 July
Rubies
253/7 (50 overs)
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Sapphires
235 (49.4 overs)
Rubies won by 18 runs
 
 
Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough
Umpires: Lorraine Elgar and Terry Urben
Alexia Walker 113* (75)
Laura Spragg 3/68 (10 overs)
Laura Newton 143 (146)
Jackie Hawker 4/28 (8 overs)
  • Rubies won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Rubies 20, Sapphires 0

Twenty20

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Semi-finals

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29 May
Diamonds
126/2 (18.2 overs)
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Rubies
124/3 (20 overs)
Diamonds won by 8 wickets
 
 
Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough
Umpires: Nick Cook and John Hayes
Charlotte Edwards 67* (60)
Holly Colvin 1/24 (4 overs)
Alexia Walker 61 (43)
Jasmine Titmuss 2/14 (3 overs)
  • Diamonds won the toss and elected to field.
  • Diamonds progress to the final.
29 May
Emeralds
89/9 (20 overs)
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Sapphires
111/5 (20 overs)
Sapphires won by 22 runs
 
 
Brockington Ground, Loughborough
Umpires: Annette Owen and Terry Urben
Kate Lowe 15 (21)
Katherine Brunt 2/12 (4 overs)
Rosalie Birch 59 (58)
Jenny Gunn 1/16 (3 overs)
  • Emeralds won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sapphires progress to the final.

Third-place play-off

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29 May
Emeralds
88/1 (17.4 overs)
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Rubies
84 (19.5 overs)
Emeralds won by 9 wickets
 
 
Brockington Ground, Loughborough
Umpires: Nick Cook and Annette Owen
Laura Harper 40 (61)
Jackie Hawker 1/16 (2.4 overs)
Sarah Taylor 32 (25)
Kelly Evenson 3/9 (4 overs)
  • Emeralds won the toss and elected to field.

Final

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29 May
Diamonds
158/3 (20 overs)
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Sapphires
137/8 (20 overs)
Diamonds won by 21 runs
 
 
Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough
Umpires: John Hayes and Terry Urben
Nicky Shaw 62* (37)
Laura Newton 2/17 (4 overs)
Sarah Taylor 34 (28)
Isa Guha 3/23 (4 overs)
  • Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Diamonds won the Super Fours Twenty20 2006.

References

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  1. ^ "Super Fours 2006 Table". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Super Fours Twenty20 2006". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  3. ^ Super Fours 2006 Table, Cricket Archive.