2005 Women's County Championship

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2005 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format 50 over
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Sussex (3rd title)
Participants28
Most runs Charlotte Edwards (302)
Most wicketsJudith Turner (10)
Dawn Prestidge (10)
2004
2006

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.

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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 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

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Sussex (C)631021614088
Kent 632011917083
Lancashire 6230117.522.5075
Yorkshire (R)6130210.514058.5

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [2]

Division Two

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Somerset (P)6410121.5210101.5
Nottinghamshire 6320117.520084.5
Berkshire 632011416077
Surrey (R)6050113.58.5033

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [3]

Division Three

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Cheshire (P)6410117.521097.5
Middlesex 623011818.5071.5
Staffordshire 6230112.519066.5
Hampshire (R)6230114.516065.5

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [4]

County Challenge Cup

Group 1

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Derbyshire (PO)330001315064
Durham 3210012.511047.5
Northumberland 2020043.507.5
Cumbria 202003.5306.5

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [5]

Group 2

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Hertfordshire (PO)3210012.512048.5
Norfolk 321001212048
Essex 312001312.5037.5
Leicestershire 3120077026

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [6]

Group 3

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Northamptonshire (PO)3200188.5051.5
Warwickshire 3120089.5029.5
Wales 2110059026
Worcestershire 201011.53.5016

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [7]

Group 4

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Dorset (PO)321001115050
Devon 3210011.511046.5
Wiltshire 312005.511.5029
Cornwall 31200610028

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [8]

Play-off

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Northamptonshire (P)3300011.513060.5
Derbyshire 3210011.512.5048
Dorset 3120086.5026.5
Hertfordshire 303008.54.5013

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [9]

Statistics

Most runs

PlayerTeamMatchesInningsRunsAverageHS100s50s
Charlotte Edwards Kent 5530275.50135* 12
Laura Newton Lancashire 5523959.75162* 11
Hannah Lloyd Somerset 5522255.50136* 10
Jenny Dunn Cheshire 5519849.5082* 01
Janice Fraser Middlesex 5519548.75101* 10

Source: CricketArchive [10]

Most wickets

PlayerTeamBallsWicketsAverageBBI5w
Judith Turner Berkshire 126106.604/40
Dawn Prestidge Cheshire 2591012.805/201
Marsha Davies Kent 22999.884/130
Nicky Myers Nottinghamshire 300912.003/100
Steph Davies Somerset 256912.224/170

Source: CricketArchive [11]

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