2000 Women's County Championship

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2000 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format 50 over
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Yorkshire (3rd title)
Participants18
Most runs Charlotte Edwards (374)
Most wicketsNicky Myers (13)
1999
2001

The 2000 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 4th cricket Women's County Championship season. It took place in July and August and saw 14 county teams, 3 county Second XIs and 1 regional team compete in a series of divisions. Yorkshire Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving their third Championship 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: 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 2000 Championship consisted of 18 teams, competing in three divisions of six teams apiece. Teams played each other once.

Division One Berkshire Kent Nottinghamshire Surrey Sussex Yorkshire
Division Two Cheshire East Anglia Lancashire Staffordshire Somerset Yorkshire Second XI
Division Three Derbyshire Hampshire Middlesex Northumberland Surrey Second XI Sussex Second XI

Division One

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Yorkshire (C)5500020.521.50102
Nottinghamshire 541001718.5083.5
Kent 5230018.512.5055
Berkshire 523001612052
Surrey 514001615.5043.5
Sussex (R)5140013.516041.5

Source: Cricket Archive [2]

Division Two

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Staffordshire (P)550001820.5098.5
Lancashire 532001720.5073.5
Somerset 5320017.519.5073
Cheshire 5230015.514053.5
Yorkshire Second XI 5140015.515.5043
East Anglia [lower-alpha 1] 51400138.5033.5

Source: Cricket Archive [2]

Division Three

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPts
Derbyshire (P)5500020200100
Middlesex 532001921076
Surrey Second XI 532001521072
Hampshire 5320015.518069.5
Sussex Second XI 514001517.5041.5
Northumberland 50500811.5019.5

Source: Cricket Archive [2]

Statistics

Most runs

PlayerTeamMatchesInningsRunsAverageHS100s50s
Charlotte Edwards Kent 5537493.5012822
Jane Smit Nottinghamshire 55304152.009603
Melissa Reynard Yorkshire 5524862.007003
Arran Brindle Lancashire 5523547.009703
Sue Redfern Derbyshire 4421854.5012510

Source: CricketArchive [3]

Most wickets

PlayerTeamBallsWicketsAverageBBI5w
Nicky Myers Nottinghamshire 282137.464/40
Rachael Walsh Lancashire 17497.334/300
Leanne Davis Lancashire 21697.445/191
Susan Hobkinson Surrey Second XI 28299.333/210
Sharon Bayton Surrey Second XI 20099.444/170

Source: CricketArchive [4]

Notes

  1. Due to a restructuring of the teams competing in the Championship, involving the removal of all Second XI teams, Hertfordshire, who replaced East Anglia for the 2001 season, continued to compete in Division Two.

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References

  1. "Women's County Championship 2000 Tables". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Women's County Championship 2000 Tables, Cricket Archive.
  3. "Batting and Fielding in Women's County Championship 2000 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  4. "Bowling in Women's County Championship 2000 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.