2007 Women's County Championship

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2007 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format 50 over
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Kent (2nd title)
Participants32
Most runs Emily Drumm (222)
Most wickets Lynsey Askew (13)
2006
2008

The 2007 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 11th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to August and saw 30 county teams and teams representing Scotland and Wales compete in a series of divisions. Kent Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving their second title in two 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: 25 points.
Tie : 15 points.
Loss: Bonus points.
No Result: 4 points.
Abandoned: 10 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 2007 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 five groups of four teams, with Division A as the top tier and Groups 1 to 4 as equal tiers below. The winner of Division A of the Challenge Cup were promoted to the County Championship.

Teams in the County Championship and Division A of the Challenge Cup played each other twice, whilst teams in Groups 1 to 4 of the Challenge Cup played each other once.

County Championship

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

County Challenge Cup

Division A Derbyshire Essex Hampshire Northamptonshire
Group 1 Cornwall Devon Dorset Wiltshire
Group 2 Gloucestershire Oxfordshire Wales Worcestershire
Group 3 Hertfordshire Leicestershire Norfolk Suffolk
Group 4 Cumbria Durham Northumberland Scotland

County Championship

Division One

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Kent (C)65001000135
Sussex 64101110112
Nottinghamshire 6140139047
Lancashire (R)60501214026

Source: Cricket Archive [2]

Division Two

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Berkshire (P)64101020112
Surrey 6320106091
Somerset 6320104089
Yorkshire (R)6050159024

Source: Cricket Archive [2]

Division Three

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Warwickshire (P)63003000105
Middlesex 6220235078
Cheshire 6120307062
Staffordshire (R)6130217053

Source: Cricket Archive [2]

County Challenge Cup

Division A

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Derbyshire (P)63003000105
Essex 6310222099
Hampshire 6130215051
Northamptonshire (R)6030323035

Source: Cricket Archive [3]

Group 1

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Devon (PO)3200130063
Dorset 3210001051
Cornwall 3110104039
Wiltshire 303000303

Source: Cricket Archive [3]

Group 2

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Worcestershire [lower-alpha 1] (P)3200100060
Wales 3110104039
Gloucestershire 3110103038
Oxfordshire 3020104014

Source: Cricket Archive [3]

Group 3

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Hertfordshire (PO)3200100060
Leicestershire 3200100060
Norfolk 3120024031
Suffolk 303001304

Source: Cricket Archive [3]

Group 4

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Scotland (PO)3300000075
Durham 3110104039
Cumbria 3120025032
Northumberland 3020115016

Source: Cricket Archive [3]

Statistics

Most runs

PlayerTeamMatchesInningsRunsAverageHS100s50s
Emily Drumm Kent 44222111.0065* 04
Claire Taylor Berkshire 5521152.755902
Jenny Gunn Nottinghamshire 5516032.007701
Elwyn Campbell Somerset 5514929.805501
Lydia Greenway Kent 5513026.005301

Source: CricketArchive [4]

Most wickets

PlayerTeamBallsWicketsAverageBBI5w
Lynsey Askew Kent 259138.005/51
Sarah Bartlett Middlesex 228127.665/91
Kate Cross Lancashire 269129.254/170
Sarah Clarke Surrey 2521211.163/260
Isa Guha Berkshire 227117.544/130

Source: CricketArchive [5]

Notes

  1. Worcestershire were promoted to Division Four (which replaced Division A) for 2008 after winning the Challenge Cup play-off group. The full results and table for this play-off are unrecorded.

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References

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