2005 Women's County Championship

2005 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format50 over
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsSussex (3rd title)
Participants28
Most runsCharlotte Edwards (302)
Most wicketsJudith Turner (10)
Dawn Prestidge (10)
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The 2005 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 9th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to August and saw 27 county teams plus Wales compete in a series of divisions. Sussex Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, their third title in three years.

Competition format

Teams played matches within a series of divisions with the winners of the top division being crowned County Champions. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side.

The championship works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:[1]

Win: 12 points.
Tie: 6 points.
Loss: Bonus points.
No Result: 11 points.
Abandoned: 11 points.

Up to five batting and five bowling points per side were also available.

Teams

The 2005 Championship was divided into two tiers: the County Championship and the County Challenge Cup. The County Championship consisted of three divisions of four teams, whilst the Challenge Cup consisted of four groups of four teams, on equal standing, with the winners proceeding to a play-off round for promotion to the County Championship.

Teams in the County Championship played each other twice, whilst teams in the Challenge Cup played each other once.

County Championship

Division One Kent Lancashire Sussex Yorkshire
Division Two Berkshire Nottinghamshire Somerset Surrey
Division Three Cheshire Hampshire Middlesex Staffordshire

County Challenge Cup

Group 1 Cumbria Derbyshire Durham Northumberland
Group 2 Essex Hertfordshire Leicestershire Norfolk
Group 3 Northamptonshire Wales Warwickshire Worcestershire
Group 4 Cornwall Devon Dorset Wiltshire

County Championship

Division One

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Sussex (C) 6 3 1 0 2 16 14 0 88
Kent 6 3 2 0 1 19 17 0 83
Lancashire 6 2 3 0 1 17.5 22.5 0 75
Yorkshire (R) 6 1 3 0 2 10.5 14 0 58.5

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[2]

Division Two

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Somerset (P) 6 4 1 0 1 21.5 21 0 101.5
Nottinghamshire 6 3 2 0 1 17.5 20 0 84.5
Berkshire 6 3 2 0 1 14 16 0 77
Surrey (R) 6 0 5 0 1 13.5 8.5 0 33

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[3]

Division Three

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Cheshire (P) 6 4 1 0 1 17.5 21 0 97.5
Middlesex 6 2 3 0 1 18 18.5 0 71.5
Staffordshire 6 2 3 0 1 12.5 19 0 66.5
Hampshire (R) 6 2 3 0 1 14.5 16 0 65.5

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[4]

County Challenge Cup

Group 1

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Derbyshire (PO) 3 3 0 0 0 13 15 0 64
Durham 3 2 1 0 0 12.5 11 0 47.5
Northumberland 2 0 2 0 0 4 3.5 0 7.5
Cumbria 2 0 2 0 0 3.5 3 0 6.5

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[5]

Group 2

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Hertfordshire (PO) 3 2 1 0 0 12.5 12 0 48.5
Norfolk 3 2 1 0 0 12 12 0 48
Essex 3 1 2 0 0 13 12.5 0 37.5
Leicestershire 3 1 2 0 0 7 7 0 26

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[6]

Group 3

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Northamptonshire (PO) 3 2 0 0 1 8 8.5 0 51.5
Warwickshire 3 1 2 0 0 8 9.5 0 29.5
Wales 2 1 1 0 0 5 9 0 26
Worcestershire 2 0 1 0 1 1.5 3.5 0 16

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[7]

Group 4

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Dorset (PO) 3 2 1 0 0 11 15 0 50
Devon 3 2 1 0 0 11.5 11 0 46.5
Wiltshire 3 1 2 0 0 5.5 11.5 0 29
Cornwall 3 1 2 0 0 6 10 0 28

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[8]

Play-off

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Northamptonshire (P) 3 3 0 0 0 11.5 13 0 60.5
Derbyshire 3 2 1 0 0 11.5 12.5 0 48
Dorset 3 1 2 0 0 8 6.5 0 26.5
Hertfordshire 3 0 3 0 0 8.5 4.5 0 13

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[9]

Statistics

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Charlotte Edwards Kent 5 5 302 75.50 135* 1 2
Laura Newton Lancashire 5 5 239 59.75 162* 1 1
Hannah Lloyd Somerset 5 5 222 55.50 136* 1 0
Jenny Dunn Cheshire 5 5 198 49.50 82* 0 1
Janice Fraser Middlesex 5 5 195 48.75 101* 1 0

Source: CricketArchive[10]

Most wickets

Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5w
Judith Turner Berkshire 126 10 6.60 4/4 0
Dawn Prestidge Cheshire 259 10 12.80 5/20 1
Marsha Davies Kent 229 9 9.88 4/13 0
Nicky Myers Nottinghamshire 300 9 12.00 3/10 0
Steph Davies Somerset 256 9 12.22 4/17 0

Source: CricketArchive[11]

References

  1. ^ "Women's County Championship 2005 Tables". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  2. ^ Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2005, Play Cricket.
  3. ^ Women's County Championship Division 2 - 2005, Play Cricket.
  4. ^ Women's County Championship Division 3 - 2005, Play Cricket.
  5. ^ Women's County Championship CCG1 - 2005, Play Cricket.
  6. ^ Women's County Championship CCG2 - 2005, Play Cricket.
  7. ^ Women's County Championship CCG3 - 2005, Play Cricket.
  8. ^ Women's County Championship CCG4 - 2005, Play Cricket.
  9. ^ Women's County Championship CCPO - 2005, Play Cricket.
  10. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Frizzell Women's County Championship 2005 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Bowling in Frizzell Women's County Championship 2005 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.