However, the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the start of the season and caused that year's national Women's Twenty20 Cup to be cancelled, resulting in a decision to play a 45-over competition (to allow extra time for sanitisation breaks) as well as a separate Twenty20 competition.

[2][3] The 2021 edition was competed as a 45-over tournament, with Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire joining to make it a six-team event.

[6] Ahead of the 2022 season, it was announced that Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Suffolk would be joining the competition, whilst Buckinghamshire and Cambridgeshire would be withdrawing, bringing the number of teams competing to seven.

[7] Ahead of the 2023 season, Lincolnshire withdrew from the tournament, making it a six team competition.

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