2006 Women's County Championship

2006 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format50 over
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsKent (1st title)
Participants28
Most runsJenny Gunn (356)
Most wicketsCharlotte Edwards (12)
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The 2006 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 10th 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. Kent Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving the first Championship title.

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: 20 points.
Tie: 15 points.
Loss: Bonus points.
No Result: 4 points.
Abandoned: 4 points.

Up to four batting and four bowling points were available to the losing side only, or both sides in an incomplete match.

Teams

The 2006 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 Somerset Sussex
Division Two Berkshire Cheshire Nottinghamshire Yorkshire
Division Three Middlesex Surrey Staffordshire Northamptonshire

County Challenge Cup

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

County Championship

Division One

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Kent (C) 6 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 106
Sussex 6 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 85
Lancashire 6 1 5 0 0 9 11 0 40
Somerset (R) 6 1 5 0 0 5 8 0 33

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[2]

Division Two

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Nottinghamshire (P) 6 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 88
Yorkshire 6 3 2 0 1 6 4 0 74
Berkshire 6 2 2 0 2 5 10 0 63
Cheshire (R) 6 0 4 0 2 6 5 0 19

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[3]

Division Three

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Surrey (P) 6 3 1 0 2 6 5 0 79
Staffordshire 6 3 1 0 2 4 3 0 75
Middlesex 6 3 2 0 1 4 2 0 70
Northamptonshire (R) 6 0 5 0 1 3 5 0 12

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 0 0 0 60
Durham 3 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 44
Cumbria 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 21
Northumberland 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[5]

Group 2

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Essex (PO) 3 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 44
Hertfordshire 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 40
Norfolk 3 1 2 0 0 4 6 0 30
Leicestershire 3 1 2 0 0 3 7 0 30

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[6]

Group 3

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Warwickshire (PO) 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 60
Wales 3 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 44
Worcestershire 3 1 2 0 0 4 6 0 30
Wiltshire 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[7]

Group 4

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Hampshire (PO) 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 60
Dorset 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 41
Devon 3 1 2 0 0 2 5 0 27
Cornwall 3 0 3 0 0 2 6 0 8

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[8]

Play-off

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Warwickshire (P) 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 44
Derbyshire 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 44
Essex 3 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 8
Hampshire 3 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 7

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[9]

Statistics

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Jenny Gunn Nottinghamshire 5 5 356 71.20 121 2 1
Charlotte Edwards Kent 6 4 335 167.50 139 1 2
Sarah Taylor Sussex 6 6 320 53.33 91 0 2
Janice Fraser Middlesex 5 5 307 76.75 115 1 1
Caroline Atkins Sussex 6 6 261 52.20 108* 1 1

Source: CricketArchive[10]

Most wickets

Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5w
Charlotte Edwards Kent 312 12 13.25 4/15 0
Ilze Cronje Surrey 264 11 10.63 3/19 0
Emily Drumm Kent 139 9 9.77 4/32 0
Lizzie Roberts Berkshire 184 9 12.37 4/20 0
Amanda Potgieter Surrey 282 8 15.00 4/18 0

Source: CricketArchive[11]

References

  1. ^ "Women's County Championship 2006 Tables". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  2. ^ Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2006, Play Cricket.
  3. ^ Women's County Championship Division 2 - 2006, Play Cricket.
  4. ^ Women's County Championship Division 3 - 2006, Play Cricket.
  5. ^ Women's County Championship CCG1 - 2006, Play Cricket.
  6. ^ Women's County Championship CCG2 - 2006, Play Cricket.
  7. ^ Women's County Championship CCG3 - 2006, Play Cricket.
  8. ^ Women's County Championship CCG4 - 2006, Play Cricket.
  9. ^ Women's County Championship CCPO - 2006, Play Cricket.
  10. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Liverpool Victoria Women's County Championship 2006 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Bowling in Liverpool Victoria Women's County Championship 2006 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.