2018 Women's County Championship

2018 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format50 over
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsHampshire
Participants36
Most runsSuzie Bates (358)
Most wicketsKirstie Gordon (22)
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The 2018 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 22nd cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from the beginning of May to the beginning of June and saw 33 county teams and teams representing Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of divisions. Hampshire Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division with Yorkshire finishing runners-up. The Championship was Hampshire's first and was achieved in their first season in the top division.[1][2]

The tournament was followed by the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Cup and then by the 2018 Women's Cricket Super League, a professional tournament competed for by franchise teams.

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.[3]

The championship works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the average points of completed games. Points were awarded as follows:[4]

Win: 10 points + bonus points.
Tie: 5 points + bonus points.
Loss: Bonus points.
Abandoned or cancelled: Match not counted to average.
Conceded: -5 points for the side conceding, 10 points for their opponent.

Bonus points are collected for batting and bowling.[4] The bonus points for each match are retained if the match is completed.

Teams

The 2018 Championship was divided into three divisions: Division One and Division Two with eight teams each, and Division Three with 20 teams divided into five groups of four teams.

Teams in Division One and Two played each other once, while teams in each group of Division Three played each other twice.

Division One Hampshire Kent Lancashire Middlesex Nottinghamshire Somerset Warwickshire Yorkshire
Division Two Berkshire Derbyshire Devon Essex Northamptonshire Surrey Sussex Wales
Division Three - Group A Scotland Cumbria Durham Northumberland
Division Three - Group B Cornwall Dorset Netherlands Wiltshire
Division Three - Group C Buckinghamshire Gloucestershire Hertfordshire Oxfordshire
Division Three - Group D Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Lincolnshire Norfolk Suffolk
Division Three - Group E Leicestershire and Rutland Shropshire Staffordshire Worcestershire

Division One

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Hampshire (C) 7 6 1 0 0 23 26 0 109 15.57
Yorkshire 7 6 1 0 0 22 24 0 106 15.14
Kent 7 4 3 0 0 22 21 0 83 11.86
Lancashire 7 3 4 0 0 22 19 0 71 10.14
Warwickshire 7 1 3 2 1 18 19 0 57 9.50
Nottinghamshire 7 2 4 1 0 19 19 0 63 9.00
Middlesex (R) 7 2 4 0 1 18 15 0 53 8.83
Somerset (R) 7 1 5 1 0 9 22 0 46 6.57
As of 3 June 2018 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[5]

Division Two

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Sussex (P) 7 5 1 0 1 21 24 0 95 15.83
Surrey (P) 7 6 1 0 0 25 24 0 109 15.57
Wales 7 4 2 0 1 18 24 0 82 13.67
Devon 7 3 4 0 0 20 24 0 74 10.57
Berkshire 7 3 3 0 1 13 14 0 57 9.5
Essex (PO) 7 3 3 0 1 12 13 0 55 9.17
Derbyshire (R) 7 2 5 0 0 13 21 0 54 7.71
Northamptonshire (R) 7 0 7 0 0 12 20 0 32 4.57
As of 3 June 2018 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[6]

Division Three

Group A

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Durham (PO) 6 5 1 0 0 22 20 0 92 15.33
Scotland 6 5 1 0 0 21 19 0 90 15
Cumbria 6 2 4 0 0 13 18 0 51 8.5
Northumberland 6 0 6 0 0 9 6 0 15 2.5
As of 28 May 2018 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[7]

Group B

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Cornwall (PO) 6 5 1 0 0 21 22 0 93 15.5
Netherlands 6 5 1 0 0 21 21 0 92 15.33
Wiltshire 6 1 5 0 0 8 10 0 28 4.67
Dorset 6 1 5 0 0 5 12 0 27 4.5
As of 28 May 2018 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[8]

Group C

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Oxfordshire (PO) 6 5 1 0 0 19 24 0 93 15.5
Gloucestershire 6 4 2 0 0 21 20 0 81 13.5
Buckinghamshire 6 3 3 0 0 16 18 0 64 10.67
Hertfordshire 6 0 6 0 0 11 11 0 22 3.67
As of 28 May 2018 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[9]

Group D

Team Pld W L T A LC WC Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Suffolk (PO) 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 19 23 0 92 15.33
Lincolnshire 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 15 17 0 72 12
Norfolk 6 1 4 0 0 0 1 9 16 0 45 7.5
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire 6 1 4 0 0 1 0 8 9 0 22 3.67
As of 28 May 2018 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[10]

Group E

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Worcestershire (PO) 6 4 1 0 1 17 20 0 77 15.4
Staffordshire 6 3 2 0 1 18 19 0 67 13.4
Leicestershire and Rutland 6 3 2 0 1 13 13 0 56 11.2
Shropshire 6 0 5 0 1 8 10 0 18 3.6
As of 28 May 2018 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[11]

Promotion play-offs

Each of the teams finishing first in the groups in Division Three qualified for a series of promotion play-offs along with Essex who finished sixth in Division Two. The three winning sides will play in Division Two in 2019.

27 August 2018 (2018-08-27)
Durham
210 (49 overs)
v
Oxfordshire
125 (44.4 overs)
Durham won by 85 runs
  
 
11:00
Scorecard
Bicester & North Oxford CC, Bicester
Umpires: John Reed and Graham Watkins
Ami Campbell 46 (41)
Sophie Mitchelmore 4/43 (10 overs)
Carla Wood 26 (70)
Helen Fenby 4/47 (10 overs)
  • Oxfordshire won the toss and elected to field.
  • Durham is promoted to 2019 Women's County Championship Division Two.
27 August 2018 (2018-08-27)
Essex
374/3 (50 overs)
v
Suffolk
81 (36 overs)
Essex won by 293 runs
  
 
11:00
Scorecard
Long Melford CC, Long Melford
Umpires: Antony Levy and Peter Hinstridge
Cordelia Griffith 155* (120)
Lizzie Shaw 1/49 (10 overs)
Penny Everett 19 (50)
Anje Lague 3/7 (10 overs)
  • Suffolk won the toss and elected to field.
  • Essex remains in 2019 Women's County Championship Division Two.
27 August 2018 (2018-08-27)
Worcestershire
227/9 (50 overs)
v
Cornwall
130 (38 overs)
Worcestershire won by 97 runs
  
 
11:00
Scorecard
New Road, Worcester
Umpires: Ingeborg Bevers and Malinda Underdown
Chloe Hill 78 (86)
Ellie Mitchell 3/47 (10 overs)
Rebecca Odgers 56 (57)
Issy Wong 4/22 (10 overs)
  • Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Worcestershire is promoted to 2019 Women's County Championship Division Two.

Statistics

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Suzie Bates Hampshire 6 6 358 89.50 148 2 1
Emma Lamb Lancashire 7 7 339 56.50 91 0 3
Kirstie White Surrey 7 7 331 47.28 94 0 3
Kezia Hassall Hertfordshire 6 6 309 77.25 132* 1 1
Nat Sciver Surrey 4 4 273 91.00 180* 1 1

Source: CricketArchive[12]

Most wickets

Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5w
Kirstie Gordon Nottinghamshire 410 23 7.28 5/18 2
Hazelle Garton Devon 396 22 5.95 5/18 1
Kellie Williams Cornwall 353 19 6.31 5/24 1
Sophie Mitchelmore Oxfordshire 296 18 7.44 4/20 0
Ellie Norton Oxfordshire 291 16 8.93 5/9 1

Source: CricketArchive[13]

References

  1. ^ Women finish third in County Championship, Kent County Cricket Club, 2018-06-03. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  2. ^ Hampshire win Women's County Championship for first time, BBC Sport, 2018-06-03. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  3. ^ Royal London Women's County One-Day Championship & Vitality Women's County T20. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  4. ^ a b Royal London Women's County One-Day Championship
  5. ^ Division 1 - 2018, Play-Cricket.
  6. ^ Division 2 - 2018, Play-Cricket.
  7. ^ Division 3 - Group A - 2018, Play-Cricket.
  8. ^ Division 3 - Group B - 2018, Play-Cricket.
  9. ^ Division 3 - Group C - 2018, Play-Cricket.
  10. ^ Division 3 - Group D - 2018, Play-Cricket.
  11. ^ Division 3 - Group E - 2018, Play-Cricket.
  12. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2018 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Bowling in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2018 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.