2018 Women's County Championship

2018 Women's County Championship

Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	50 over
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Hampshire
Participants	36
Most runs	Suzie Bates (358)
Most wickets	Kirstie Gordon (22)
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The 2018 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 22nd cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from the beginning of May to the beginning of June and saw 33 county teams and teams representing Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of divisions. Hampshire Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division with Yorkshire finishing runners-up. The Championship was Hampshire's first and was achieved in their first season in the top division. ^{[1] [2]}

The tournament was followed by the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Cup and then by the 2018 Women's Cricket Super League, a professional tournament competed for by franchise teams.

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. ^[3]

The championship works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the average points of completed games. Points were awarded as follows: ^[4]

Win: 10 points + bonus points.
Tie : 5 points + bonus points.
Loss: Bonus points.
Abandoned or cancelled: Match not counted to average.
Conceded: -5 points for the side conceding, 10 points for their opponent.

Bonus points are collected for batting and bowling. ^[4] The bonus points for each match are retained if the match is completed.

Batting 1.50 runs per over (RPO) or more: 1 point 2 RPO or more: 2 points 3 RPO or more: 3 points 4 RPO or more: 4 points

Bowling 3-4 wickets taken: 1 point 5-6 wickets taken: 2 points 7-8 wickets taken: 3 points 9-10 wickets taken: 4 points

Teams

The 2018 Championship was divided into three divisions: Division One and Division Two with eight teams each, and Division Three with 20 teams divided into five groups of four teams.

Teams in Division One and Two played each other once, while teams in each group of Division Three played each other twice.

Division One	Hampshire	Kent	Lancashire	Middlesex	Nottinghamshire	Somerset	Warwickshire	Yorkshire
Division Two	Berkshire	Derbyshire	Devon	Essex	Northamptonshire	Surrey	Sussex	Wales
Division Three - Group A	Scotland	Cumbria	Durham	Northumberland
Division Three - Group B	Cornwall	Dorset	Netherlands	Wiltshire
Division Three - Group C	Buckinghamshire	Gloucestershire	Hertfordshire	Oxfordshire
Division Three - Group D	Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire	Lincolnshire	Norfolk	Suffolk
Division Three - Group E	Leicestershire and Rutland	Shropshire	Staffordshire	Worcestershire

Division One

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts	Avg.
Hampshire (C)	7	6	1	0	0	23	26	0	109	15.57
Yorkshire	7	6	1	0	0	22	24	0	106	15.14
Kent	7	4	3	0	0	22	21	0	83	11.86
Lancashire	7	3	4	0	0	22	19	0	71	10.14
Warwickshire	7	1	3	2	1	18	19	0	57	9.50
Nottinghamshire	7	2	4	1	0	19	19	0	63	9.00
Middlesex (R)	7	2	4	0	1	18	15	0	53	8.83
Somerset (R)	7	1	5	1	0	9	22	0	46	6.57

As of 3 June 2018 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship ^[5]

Division Two

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts	Avg.
Sussex (P)	7	5	1	0	1	21	24	0	95	15.83
Surrey (P)	7	6	1	0	0	25	24	0	109	15.57
Wales	7	4	2	0	1	18	24	0	82	13.67
Devon	7	3	4	0	0	20	24	0	74	10.57
Berkshire	7	3	3	0	1	13	14	0	57	9.5
Essex (PO)	7	3	3	0	1	12	13	0	55	9.17
Derbyshire (R)	7	2	5	0	0	13	21	0	54	7.71
Northamptonshire (R)	7	0	7	0	0	12	20	0	32	4.57

As of 3 June 2018 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship ^[6]

Division Three

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts	Avg.
Durham (PO)	6	5	1	0	0	22	20	0	92	15.33
Scotland	6	5	1	0	0	21	19	0	90	15
Cumbria	6	2	4	0	0	13	18	0	51	8.5
Northumberland	6	0	6	0	0	9	6	0	15	2.5

As of 28 May 2018 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship ^[7]

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts	Avg.
Cornwall (PO)	6	5	1	0	0	21	22	0	93	15.5
Netherlands	6	5	1	0	0	21	21	0	92	15.33
Wiltshire	6	1	5	0	0	8	10	0	28	4.67
Dorset	6	1	5	0	0	5	12	0	27	4.5

As of 28 May 2018 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship ^[8]

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts	Avg.
Oxfordshire (PO)	6	5	1	0	0	19	24	0	93	15.5
Gloucestershire	6	4	2	0	0	21	20	0	81	13.5
Buckinghamshire	6	3	3	0	0	16	18	0	64	10.67
Hertfordshire	6	0	6	0	0	11	11	0	22	3.67

As of 28 May 2018 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship ^[9]

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	LC	WC	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts	Avg.
Suffolk (PO)	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	19	23	0	92	15.33
Lincolnshire	6	4	2	0	0	0	0	15	17	0	72	12
Norfolk	6	1	4	0	0	0	1	9	16	0	45	7.5
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire	6	1	4	0	0	1	0	8	9	0	22	3.67

As of 28 May 2018 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship ^[10]

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts	Avg.
Worcestershire (PO)	6	4	1	0	1	17	20	0	77	15.4
Staffordshire	6	3	2	0	1	18	19	0	67	13.4
Leicestershire and Rutland	6	3	2	0	1	13	13	0	56	11.2
Shropshire	6	0	5	0	1	8	10	0	18	3.6

As of 28 May 2018 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship ^[11]

Promotion play-offs

Each of the teams finishing first in the groups in Division Three qualified for a series of promotion play-offs along with Essex who finished sixth in Division Two. The three winning sides will play in Division Two in 2019.

27 August 2018 (2018-08-27)	Durham 210 (49 overs)	v	Oxfordshire 125 (44.4 overs)	Durham won by 85 runs
11:00 Scorecard				Bicester & North Oxford CC, Bicester Umpires: John Reed and Graham Watkins
	Ami Campbell 46 (41) Sophie Mitchelmore 4/43 (10 overs)		Carla Wood 26 (70) Helen Fenby 4/47 (10 overs)
Oxfordshire won the toss and elected to field. Durham is promoted to 2019 Women's County Championship Division Two.

27 August 2018 (2018-08-27)	Essex 374/3 (50 overs)	v	Suffolk 81 (36 overs)	Essex won by 293 runs
11:00 Scorecard				Long Melford CC, Long Melford Umpires: Antony Levy and Peter Hinstridge
	Cordelia Griffith 155* (120) Lizzie Shaw 1/49 (10 overs)		Penny Everett 19 (50) Anje Lague 3/7 (10 overs)
Suffolk won the toss and elected to field. Essex remains in 2019 Women's County Championship Division Two.

27 August 2018 (2018-08-27)	Worcestershire 227/9 (50 overs)	v	Cornwall 130 (38 overs)	Worcestershire won by 97 runs
11:00 Scorecard				New Road, Worcester Umpires: Ingeborg Bevers and Malinda Underdown
	Chloe Hill 78 (86) Ellie Mitchell 3/47 (10 overs)		Rebecca Odgers 56 (57) Issy Wong 4/22 (10 overs)
Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat. Worcestershire is promoted to 2019 Women's County Championship Division Two.

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Suzie Bates	Hampshire	6	6	358	89.50	148	2	1
Emma Lamb	Lancashire	7	7	339	56.50	91	0	3
Kirstie White	Surrey	7	7	331	47.28	94	0	3
Kezia Hassall	Hertfordshire	6	6	309	77.25	132*	1	1
Nat Sciver	Surrey	4	4	273	91.00	180*	1	1

Source: CricketArchive ^[12]

Most wickets

Player	Team	Balls	Wickets	Average	BBI	5w
Kirstie Gordon	Nottinghamshire	410	23	7.28	5/18	2
Hazelle Garton	Devon	396	22	5.95	5/18	1
Kellie Williams	Cornwall	353	19	6.31	5/24	1
Sophie Mitchelmore	Oxfordshire	296	18	7.44	4/20	0
Ellie Norton	Oxfordshire	291	16	8.93	5/9	1

Source: CricketArchive ^[13]

References

1. Women finish third in County Championship, Kent County Cricket Club, 2018-06-03. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
2. Hampshire win Women's County Championship for first time, BBC Sport, 2018-06-03. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
3. Royal London Women's County One-Day Championship & Vitality Women's County T20. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
4. Royal London Women's County One-Day Championship
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