2014 Women's County Championship

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2014 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format 50 over
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Kent (6th title)
Participants37
Most runs Charlotte Edwards (491)
Most wickets Jo Gardner (19)
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The 2014 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 18th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to September and saw 33 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, with Surrey finishing runners-up. The Championship was Kent's sixth title, and their third in four 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 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. The bonus points for each match are retained if the match is completed.

Teams

The 2014 Championship was divided into four divisions: Divisions One to Three with nine teams apiece and Division Four with two groups of five.

Teams in each group played each other once.

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

Division One

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPtsAvg.
Kent (C)860022424010818.00
Surrey 85201242209613.71
Berkshire 83203161806412.80
Nottinghamshire 84301232308612.29
Sussex 83302211706811.33
Middlesex 8230315130489.60
Yorkshire 8240220150559.17
Warwickshire (PO)8150216120386.33
Essex (R)8150210100305.00

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [2]

Division Two

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPtsAvg.
Lancashire (P)861012425010915.57
Somerset (PO)862002726011314.13
Devon 85201211909012.86
Staffordshire 85300222409612.00
Ireland 85300232309612.00
Wales 8340118210699.86
Durham 8260013220556.88
Worcestershire (PO)8160118120405.71
Cheshire (R)8170020140445.50

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [3]

Division Three

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPtsAvg.
Scotland (P)871002829012715.88
Netherlands (PO)85201212609713.86
Northamptonshire 84202182208013.33
Derbyshire 84310262709812.25
Leicestershire and Rutland 85300262109712.13
Oxfordshire 8251017230658.13
Hertfordshire 8250115160517.29
Hampshire 8250119100497.00
Gloucestershire (R)816011590344.86

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [4]

Division Four

North & East

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPtsAvg.
Suffolk (PO)44000141607017.50
Cumbria 42200101204210.50
Norfolk 4220091304210.50
Northumberland 41201380217.00
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire 4030154093.00

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [5]

South & West

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPtsAvg.
Cornwall (PO)44000141406817.00
Shropshire 43100131505814.50
Buckinghamshire 41201890279.00
Wiltshire 413001090297.25
Dorset 40301660124.00

Source: ECB Women's County Championship [6]

Promotion play-offs

The teams finishing second in Divisions Two and Three played against the teams finishing second bottom in Divisions One and Two, respectively, for the chance of promotion. The winners of the two Division Four groups played off for promotion to Division Three.

14 September 2014 (2014-09-14)
Warwickshire
221/7 (50 overs)
v
Somerset
220 (50 overs)
Warwickshire won by 3 wickets
 
 
Hannah Shipman 124 (143)
Lorraine Szczepanksi 2/33 (8 overs)
Fran Wilson 58 (59)
Elizabeth Russell 2/24 (9 overs)
  • Somerset won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Warwickshire remain in Division One.
13 September 2014 (2014-09-13)
Worcestershire
129 (47.4 overs)
v
Netherlands
91 (35.2 overs)
Worcestershire won by 38 runs
 
 
Church Lane, Birlingham
Umpires: John Pluck and Paul Shannon
Katie Blunt 29 (42)
Heather Siegers 4/16 (9 overs)
Sterre Kalis 29 (86)
Katie Blunt 3/20 (10 overs)
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
  • Worcestershire remain in Division Two.
14 September 2014 (2014-09-14)
Cornwall
111 (43.3 overs)
v
Suffolk
172/6 (50 overs)
Suffolk won by 61 runs
 
 
Umpires: Rob Bartlett and Terry Spice
Sophie Mackenzie 21 (48)
Sheldene Ford-Keeble 3/18 (7 overs)
Emma Elsom 52 (93)
Ashley Bridges 2/40 (10 overs)
  • Suffolk won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Suffolk are promoted to Division Three.

Statistics

Most runs

PlayerTeamMatchesInningsRunsAverageHS100s50s
Charlotte Edwards Kent 6649198.2015131
Tammy Beaumont Kent 66417104.2510714
Danni Wyatt Nottinghamshire 8840357.5711620
Fran Wilson Somerset 9937046.258904
Rosalie Birch Devon 7735258.6696* 04

Source: CricketArchive [7]

Most wickets

PlayerTeamBallsWicketsAverageBBI5w
Jo Gardner Northamptonshire 356199.475/232
Sarah Sundaram Derbyshire 4561812.885/281
Erin Bermingham Kent 323168.314/160
Esther de Lange Netherlands 4321611.873/80
Lynn McDonnell Durham 3501512.465/251

Source: CricketArchive [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2014". Play Cricket. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  2. ↑ Division 1 – 2014, Play-Cricket.
  3. ↑ Division 2 – 2014, Play-Cricket.
  4. ↑ Division 3 – 2014, Play-Cricket.
  5. ↑ Division 4 – North & East – 2014, Play-Cricket.
  6. ↑ Division 4 – South & West – 2014, Play-Cricket.
  7. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2014 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Bowling in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2014 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.


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