[2][3] It featured eight teams playing in a double round-robin group stage, followed by a knock-out round.
[4] Sunrisers won their maiden Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy title, beating South East Stars in the rain affected final by 27 runs (DLS method).
This represented the addition of a semi-finals stage compared to the previous edition, which had one play-off between second and third place.
A bonus point was given where the winning team's run rate was 1.25 or greater times that of the opposition.
In case of a tie in the standings, the following tiebreakers were applied in order: highest net run rate, team that scored the most points in matches involving the tied parties, better bowling strike rate, drawing of lots.