2009 Women's County Championship

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2009 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format 50 over
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Kent (3rd title)
Participants34
Most runs Heather Knight (622)
Most wickets Charlotte Anneveld (24)
2008
2010

The 2009 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 13th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to September and saw 30 county teams and teams representing Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of divisions. Kent Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, going through the season unbeaten and winning their third title.

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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: 20 points.
Tie : 15 points.
Loss: Bonus points.
Abandoned or No Result: 10 points.
Cancelled No Play: 5 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 2009 Championship was divided into five divisions: Divisions One to Four with six teams apiece and Division Five with 10 teams split across two regional groups.

Teams in the top four Divisions played each other twice, and teams in Division Five played each other once.

Division One Berkshire Kent Nottinghamshire Somerset Surrey Sussex
Division Two Cheshire Essex Lancashire Middlesex Warwickshire Yorkshire
Division Three Derbyshire Devon Hampshire Scotland Staffordshire Worcestershire
Division Four Cornwall Durham Hertfordshire Norfolk Northamptonshire Wales
Division Five North & East Cumbria Ireland Suffolk Northumberland
Division Five South & West Dorset Gloucestershire Netherlands Oxfordshire Shropshire Wiltshire

Division One

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Kent (C)1010000000200
Sussex 108200310164
Nottinghamshire 106400980137
Somerset 10370068074
Berkshire 1028001020070
Surrey (R)1019001615051

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [2]

Division Two

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Yorkshire (P)1010000000200
Middlesex 107300590154
Essex 10460011120103
Cheshire 104600613099
Warwickshire 10460079096
Lancashire (R)101900616042

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [3]

Division Three

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Worcestershire (P)107300290151
Devon 107201320150
Staffordshire 106103000135
Scotland 10450159079
Hampshire 10280097056
Derbyshire (R)101801814047

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [4]

Division Four

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Wales (P)109100230185
Durham 108200320165
Hertfordshire 107300380151
Northamptonshire 1046006190105
Cornwall 101900624050
Norfolk (R)101900515040

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [5]

Division Five

North & East

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Cumbria (PO)3210014045
Ireland 3210013044
Suffolk 3120023025
Northumberland 3120004024

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [6]

South & West

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Netherlands (PO)5400100085
Gloucestershire 5410022084
Shropshire 5320026068
Oxfordshire 5230044048
Dorset 51400210032
Wiltshire 5040134012

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [7]

Play-off

6 September 2009 (2009-09-06)
v
Match cancelled
 
 
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
  • Netherlands are promoted to Division Four by virtue of better group stage record.

Statistics

Most runs

PlayerTeamMatchesInningsRunsAverageHS100s50s
Heather Knight Devon 88622155.50161* 40
Charlotte Edwards Kent 101049181.83128* 13
Salliann Briggs Yorkshire 101047147.108204
Jenny Gunn Nottinghamshire 101046551.66110* 13
Beth Morgan Middlesex 101043772.8379* 06

Source: CricketArchive [8]

Most wickets

PlayerTeamBallsWicketsAverageBBI5w
Charlotte Anneveld Kent 5572412.164/170
Jane Riddell Durham 474238.085/151
Holly Colvin Sussex 4262010.256/132
Charlotte Edwards Kent 5202011.503/60
Lorna Starkey Cheshire 5461910.003/150

Source: CricketArchive [9]

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