2004 Super Fours
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format50 over
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsV Team (1st title)
Participants4
Matches12
Most runsCharlotte Edwards, Knight Riders (386)
Most wicketsClare Taylor, Knight Riders (14)
← 2003
2005 →

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

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
  
 
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
  
 
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
  
 
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
  
 
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
  
 
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
  
 
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
  
 
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
  
 
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
  
 
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
  
 
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)
  
 
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
  
 
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
  
 
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
  
 
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
  
 
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
  
 
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.
Category