Women's County Championship

Women's County Championship
Administrator England and Wales Cricket Board
Format Limited overs cricket
First tournament 1997
Tournament format League system in five divisions
Number of teams 38
Current champion Kent
Most successful Sussex and Kent (6 titles)
2015 Women's County Championship

The Women's County Championship is an international women's cricket league consisting of county teams from England and Wales, and the national teams from Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands.[1] It was introduced in 1997 to replace the existing Women's Area Championship.

The teams competing in the Championship are drawn mostly from the historic counties of England, however there are several exceptions: the Scottish national side has competed in the competition since 2007, while their Irish and Dutch counterparts joined in 2009.[2][3]

The current champions are Kent. The most successful teams with six wins to their name are Sussex and Kent. Yorkshire has five wins.

History

The inaugural Women's County Championship took place in 1997, with 16 teams competing in three divisions.[4] This first tournament was organised and run by the Women's Cricket Association, which voted to merge with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on 29 March 1998.[5] As such, the ECB has administered the competition since 1998.[5]

Structure

The 37 teams that make up the Championship are split into four divisions, with the bottom division split into two groups based on geographical location. This structure was used for the first time in 2009, with each team's division determined by their final position in the 2008 competition.[6] Previously each division had four teams, and a "festival finale" was held at the County Ground, Taunton, but this was scrapped to avoid the risk of rain affecting many games over a short period.[6] These divisions for the 2016 season are:

Division One Berkshire Kent Middlesex Somerset Staffordshire Surrey Sussex Warwickshire Yorkshire
Division Two Devon Essex Hampshire Lancashire Leicestershire and Rutland Nottinghamshire Wales Worcestershire
Division Three Cheshire Derbyshire Durham Gloucestershire Netherlands Norfolk Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Scotland
Division Four North & East Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Cumbria Hertfordshire Lincolnshire Northumberland Suffolk
Division Four South & West Buckinghamshire Cornwall Dorset Shropshire Wiltshire

Roll of honour

Year Champions Runners-up Leading run-scorer Leading wicket-taker Refs
2014 Kent Surrey Charlotte Edwards (Kent 642) Erin Bermingham (Kent) 16 [7]
2013 Sussex Yorkshire Heather Knight (Berkshire 604) Thea Brookes (Worcs), Jenny Withers (Somerset), Anje Lague (Herts) 18
2012 Kent Essex Sarah Taylor (Sussex, 345) Isobelle Watson (Warwickshire, 18) [8][9][10]
2011 Kent Sussex Charlotte Edwards (Kent, 541) Jane Riddell (Durham, 28) [11][12][13]
2010 Sussex Kent Lydia Greenway (Kent, 628) Danielle Wyatt (Staffordshire, 24) [14][15][16]
2009 Kent Sussex Heather Knight (Devon, 622) Charlotte Anneveld (Kent, 24) [17][18][19]
2008 Sussex Kent Heather Knight (Devon, 390) Sonia Odedra (Nottinghamshire, 10) [20][21][22]
2007 Kent Sussex Emily Drumm (Kent, 222) Lynsey Askew (Kent, 13) [23][24][25]
2006 Kent Sussex Jenny Gunn (Nottinghamshire, 356) Charlotte Edwards (Kent, 12) [26][27][28]
2005 Sussex Kent Charlotte Edwards (Kent, 302) Judith Turner (Berkshire, 10) [29][30][31]
2004 Sussex Kent Charlotte Edwards (Kent, 308) Heather Booth (Berkshire, 12) [32][33][34]
2003 Sussex Nottinghamshire Taryn Keir (Warwickshire, 303) Lynne Spooner (Derbyshire, 12) [35][36][37]
2002 Yorkshire Berkshire Charlotte Edwards (Kent, 233) Vicky Borman (Hertfordshire, 14) [38][39][40]
2001 Yorkshire Berkshire Arran Brindle (Lancashire, 274) Yvonne Craven (Berkshire, 13) [41][42][43]
2000 Yorkshire Nottinghamshire Charlotte Edwards (Kent, 374) Nicky Myers (Nottinghamshire, 13) [44][45][46]
1999 East Midlands Yorkshire Jane Smit (East Midlands, 335) Janet Tedstone (Yorkshire Seconds, 13) [47][48][49]
1998 Yorkshire Surrey Charlotte Edwards (East Anglia, 394) Sarah Clarke (Surrey Seconds, 12) [50][51][52]
1997 Yorkshire West Midlands Jane Smit (East Midlands, 429) Helen Pack (West Midlands, 11) [4][53][54]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Netherlands women to play domestic cricket in England". Cricinfo. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  3. ↑ "England to introduce women's Twenty20 Cup". Cricinfo. 10 December 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  4. 1 2 "Women's County Championship 1997 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  5. 1 2 "A History of Women's Cricket". Yorkshire Cricket Board. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  6. 1 2 Berry, Scyld (ed.). "English women's cricket, 2008". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (146th ed.). John Wisden & Co. p. 947. ISBN 978-1-905625-16-1.
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  8. ↑ "LV Women's County Championship 2012 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
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  14. ↑ "LV Women's County Championship 2010 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
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  19. ↑ "Bowling in LV Women's County Championship 2009 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
  20. ↑ "LV Women's County Championship 2008 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
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  22. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship – Play-Cricket – Bowling Statistics". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  23. ↑ "LV Women's County Championship 2007 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
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  26. ↑ "Liverpool Victoria Women's County Championship 2006 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
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  28. ↑ "Bowling in Liverpool Victoria Women's County Championship 2006 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  29. ↑ "Frizzell Women's County Championship 2005 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
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  31. ↑ "Bowling in Frizzell Women's County Championship 2005 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  32. ↑ "Frizzell Women's County Championship 2004 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  33. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in Frizzell Women's County Championship 2004 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  34. ↑ "Bowling in Frizzell Women's County Championship 2004 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  35. ↑ "Frizzell Women's County Championship 2003 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  36. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in Frizzell Women's County Championship 2003 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  37. ↑ "Bowling in Frizzell Women's County Championship 2003 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  38. ↑ "Frizzell Women's County Championship 2002 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
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  47. ↑ "Women's County Championship 1999 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  48. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in Women's County Championship 1999 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
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  50. ↑ "Women's County Championship 1998 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
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  52. ↑ "Bowling in Women's County Championship 1998 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  53. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in Women's County Championship 1997 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
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