2015 Women's County Championship

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2015 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format 50 over
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Yorkshire (6th title)
Participants38
Most runs Charlotte Taylor (422)
Most wickets Sarah Clarke (23)
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The 2015 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 19th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to September and saw 34 county teams and teams representing Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of divisions. Yorkshire Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, with Kent finishing runners-up. The Championship was Yorkshire's sixth title since the institution of the full County Championship, and their first since 2002.

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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 worked on a points system, the winner being the team with most average points of completed games in the first division. The points are awarded as follows: [1]

Win: 10 points + bonus points.
Tie : 5 points + bonus points.
Loss: Bonus points.
Abandoned or cancelled: Match not counted to average.

Bonus points are awarded for various batting and bowling milestones. [2] The bonus points for each match are retained if the match is completed.

Teams

The 2015 Championship was divided into four divisions: Divisions One to Three with nine teams apiece and Division Four with eleven teams across two groups.

Teams in each group played each other once.

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

Division One

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPtsAvg.
Yorkshire (C)861012522010715.29
Kent 851112426010515.00
Sussex 84211252409413.43
Berkshire 84202211908013.33
Middlesex 83401222207410.57
Surrey 83500252808310.38
Warwickshire 83401192207110.14
Nottinghamshire (R)8340116220689.71
Lancashire (R)808001760232.88

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [3]

Division Two

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPtsAvg.
Somerset (P)860022124010517.50
Staffordshire (P)85102222109315.50
Worcestershire 84301242108512.14
Ireland 83302132106410.67
Essex 8340115240699.86
Wales 8240219180579.50
Devon 8350024210759.38
Durham (R)8350016220688.50
Scotland (R)8150213200437.17

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [4]

Division Three

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPtsAvg.
Hampshire (P)861012326010915.57
Leicestershire and Rutland (P)853002625010112.63
Derbyshire 84301212008111.57
Oxfordshire 83212161806911.50
Cheshire 83302171806510.83
Netherlands 83302181706510.83
Northamptonshire 8340110170578.14
Hertfordshire (R)824021590447.33
Suffolk (R)8061116170385.43

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [5]

Division Four

North & East

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPtsAvg.
Norfolk (P)44000121606817.00
Cumbria 43100101505513.75
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire 413008140328.00
Northumberland 413007140317.75
Lincolnshire 413007120297.25

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [6]

South & West

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPtsAvg.
Gloucestershire (P)54001161507117.75
Shropshire 53101131505814.50
Cornwall 5210281003812.67
Wiltshire 51202750227.33
Dorset 513014140287.00
Buckinghamshire 504015130184.00

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [7]

Statistics

Most runs

PlayerTeamMatchesInningsRunsAverageHS100s50s
Charlotte Taylor Hampshire 7742270.33115* 11
Evelyn Jones Staffordshire 5533182.75115* 21
Miranda Veringmeier Netherlands 6532665.2012712
Sophie Luff Somerset 55323107.66138* 21
Charlotte Horton Derbyshire 7730651.0010012

Source: CricketArchive [8]

Most wickets

PlayerTeamBallsWicketsAverageBBI5w
Sarah Clarke Surrey 4482310.214/110
Katie Levick Yorkshire 377209.656/252
Holly Colvin Sussex 3961810.005/331
Hannah Jeffrey Essex 414169.625/191
Sarah Sundaram Derbyshire 3481511.004/200

Source: CricketArchive [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Competition Rules" (PDF). England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Competition Rules" (PDF). England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  3. ↑ Division 1 – 2015, Play-Cricket.
  4. ↑ Division 2 – 2015, Play-Cricket.
  5. ↑ Division 3 – 2015, Play-Cricket.
  6. ↑ Division 4 – North & East – 2015, Play-Cricket.
  7. ↑ Division 4 – South & West – 2015, Play-Cricket.
  8. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2015 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  9. ↑ "Bowling in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2015 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.


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