2019 Women's County Championship
The 2019 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 23rd cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from late April to the beginning of June and saw 32 county teams and teams representing Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of divisions. Kent Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division with Yorkshire finishing runners-up. This is the record eighth Championship for Kent.
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | 50 over |
| Tournament format(s) | League system |
| Champions | Kent (8th title) |
| Participants | 35 |
| Most runs | Sophia Dunkley (451) |
| Most wickets | Katie Thompson (15) Natalie Rowbottom (15) Rebecca Silk (15) Beth Langston (15) |
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The tournament was followed by the 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup and then by the 2019 Women's Cricket Super League, a professional tournament competed for by franchise teams.
Competition format edit
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.[1]
The championship works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:[2]
Win: 10 points + bonus points.
Tie: 5 points + bonus points.
Loss: Bonus points.
Abandoned: 5 points.
Cancelled: Match not counted to average.
Conceded: -5 points for the side conceding, 18 points for their opponent.
Bonus points are collected for batting and bowling.[2] The bonus points for each match are retained if the match is completed.
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Teams edit
The 2019 Championship was divided into three divisions: Division One and Division Two with eight teams each, and Division Three with 19 teams divided into three groups of six or five teams. Teams in all divisions played each other once.
| Division One | Hampshire | Kent | Lancashire | Nottinghamshire | Surrey | Sussex | Warwickshire | Yorkshire |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division Two | Berkshire | Devon | Durham | Essex | Middlesex | Somerset | Wales | Worcestershire |
| Division Three – Group A | Cumbria | Derbyshire | Leicestershire and Rutland | Lincolnshire | Northumberland | Scotland | Staffordshire | |
| Division Three – Group B | Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire | Hertfordshire | Netherlands | Norfolk | Northamptonshire | Suffolk | ||
| Division Three – Group C | Buckinghamshire | Cornwall | Dorset | Gloucestershire | Oxfordshire | Wiltshire |
Division One edit
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent (C) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 106 |
| Yorkshire | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 23 | 0 | 93 |
| Sussex | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 85 |
| Lancashire | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 82 |
| Hampshire | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 27 | 0 | 80 |
| Nottinghamshire | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 75 |
| Surrey (R) | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 59 |
| Warwickshire (R) | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 50 |
- As of 2 June 2019 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[3]
Division Two edit
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesex (P) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 102 |
| Berkshire (P) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 98 |
| Essex | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 94 |
| Devon | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 84 |
| Wales | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 78 |
| Worcestershire | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 53 |
| Somerset (R) | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 24 | 0 | 53 |
| Durham (R) | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 46 |
- As of 14 July 2019 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[4]
Division Three edit
Group A edit
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | Ca | Co | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staffordshire (P) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 0 | 106 |
| Derbyshire | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 90 |
| Leicestershire and Rutland | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 23 | 0 | 82 |
| Lincolnshire | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 51 |
| Cumbria | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 43 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 37 |
| Northumberland | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
- As of 2 June 2019 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[5]
Group B edit
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northamptonshire (P) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 86 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 62 |
| Norfolk | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 57 |
| Hertfordshire | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 47 |
| Suffolk | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 45 |
| Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
- As of 27 May 2019 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[6]
Group C edit
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | C | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxfordshire (P) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 90 |
| Buckinghamshire | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 70 |
| Cornwall | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 50 |
| Gloucestershire | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 50 |
| Dorset | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| Wiltshire | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 14 |
- As of 27 May 2019 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[7]
Statistics edit
Most runs edit
| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophia Dunkley | Middlesex | 6 | 6 | 451 | 112.75 | 138 | 2 | 3 |
| Heather Knight | Berkshire | 4 | 4 | 403 | 134.33 | 159* | 2 | 1 |
| Bryony Smith | Surrey | 6 | 6 | 347 | 57.83 | 106 | 1 | 2 |
| Amy Jones | Warwickshire | 6 | 6 | 302 | 60.40 | 101* | 1 | 2 |
| Rachel Priest | Wales | 7 | 7 | 282 | 40.28 | 84 | 0 | 3 |
Source: CricketArchive[8]
Most wickets edit
| Player | Team | Balls | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katie Thompson | Yorkshire | 329 | 15 | 8.40 | 3/15 | 0 |
| Natalie Rowbottom | Lincolnshire | 312 | 15 | 10.20 | 6/18 | 1 |
| Rebecca Silk | Devon | 334 | 15 | 11.20 | 5/12 | 1 |
| Beth Langston | Yorkshire | 348 | 15 | 13.00 | 5/8 | 1 |
| Mollie Robbins | Gloucestershire | 252 | 14 | 10.71 | 5/19 | 1 |
Source: CricketArchive[9]
References edit
- ^ Royal London Women's County One-Day Championship & Vitality Women's County T20. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ a b Royal London Women's County One-Day Championship
- ^ Division 1 – 2019, Play-Cricket.
- ^ Division 2 – 2019, Play-Cricket.
- ^ Division 3 – Group A – 2019, Play-Cricket.
- ^ Division 3 – Group B – 2019, Play-Cricket.
- ^ Division 3 – Group C – 2019, Play-Cricket.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "Bowling in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.