The Super Fours are a women's cricket competition in England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 that has been run annually since 2001.

The England selectors choose 48 leading players and put them into four teams. This was done to increase the standard of competition and make it closer to that of international standards so that players could adjust to international cricket more easily if and when they were selected, as there are many more teams in the Women's County Championship

Women's County Championship

The Women's County Championship is the women's domestic cricket league in the British Isles...

.

The teams were named the Super Strikers, the Braves, the V Team and Knight Riders, but were renamed in 2006 to the Sapphires, Diamonds, Rubies and Emeralds.

In 2008, overseas players were selected for the first time, and Alex Blackwell

Alex Blackwell (cricketer)

Alexandra Joy Blackwell is a female cricketer who plays for New South Wales and Australia as a specialist batsman. Her identical twin sister Kate has also played for Australia....

 and Leah Poulton

Leah Poulton

Leah Joy Poulton is a female Australian cricketer who plays for New South Wales and Australia. She is a specialist batsman who usually opens the batting....

, both capped international players from Australia, participated.

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