2002 Women's County Championship

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2002 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format 50 over
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Yorkshire (5th title)
Participants21
Most runs Charlotte Edwards (233)
Most wicketsVicky Boorman (14)
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The 2002 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 6th cricket Women's County Championship season. It took place in July and saw 21 county teams compete in a series of divisions. Yorkshire Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving their fifth Championship title in six seasons.

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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 2002 Championship consisted of three divisions of six teams apiece, with teams playing each other once. The Emerging Counties competition was also competed in 2002: a tier below the County Championship, consisting of three teams, playing each other once.

Division One Berkshire Nottinghamshire Staffordshire Surrey Sussex Yorkshire
Division Two Derbyshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Middlesex Somerset
Division Three Cheshire Durham Essex Hampshire Warwickshire Wiltshire
Emerging Counties Cumbria Norfolk Northamptonshire

County Championship

Division One

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Yorkshire (C)530021013.5081.5
Berkshire 521029.515070.5
Sussex 52102813067
Nottinghamshire 51202911054
Surrey 512028.56.5049
Staffordshire (R)503028.59.5040

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [2]

Division Two

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Kent (P)530021414.5086.5
Lancashire 530029.513080.5
Hertfordshire 521027.514.5068
Somerset 512029.58.5052
Middlesex 503028.511.5042
Derbyshire (R)503027.510.5040

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [3]

Division Three

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Hampshire (P)530021113.5082.5
Warwickshire 5210210.512068.5
Cheshire 52102912067
Essex 512029.512055.5
Durham 512028.511.5054
Wiltshire (R)503026.57.5036

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [4]

Emerging Counties

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Northamptonshire (P)220008.59041.5
Norfolk 211008.59029.5
Cumbria 2020084.5012.5

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [5]

Statistics

Most runs

PlayerTeamMatchesInningsRunsAverageHS100s50s
Charlotte Edwards Kent 33233116.50151* 11
Paula Flannery Kent 3323076.6611820
Claire Taylor Berkshire 4317386.507810
Olivia Magno Surrey 4317257.3310810
Alexis Mannion Essex 43150150.0057* 02

Source: CricketArchive [6]

Most wickets

PlayerTeamBallsWicketsAverageBBI5w
Vicky Boorman Hertfordshire 176145.076/162
Judith Turner Berkshire 169139.766/391
Clare Connor Sussex 17496.445/151
Marsha Davies Kent 19298.666/221
Yvonne Craven Berkshire 18083.373/60

Source: CricketArchive [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Women's County Championship 2002 Tables". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  2. ↑ Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2002, Play Cricket.
  3. ↑ Women's County Championship Division 2 - 2002, Play Cricket.
  4. ↑ Women's County Championship Division 3 - 2002, Play Cricket.
  5. ↑ Women's County Championship Emerging Counties - 2002, Play Cricket.
  6. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in Frizzell Women's County Championship 2002 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Bowling in Frizzell Women's County Championship 2002 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.


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