2019 Women's County Championship
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | 50 over |
| Tournament format(s) | League system |
| Champions | Kent |
| Participants | 36 |
The 2019 Women's County One-Day Championship is the 23rd cricket Women's County Championship season. It runs from the late April to the beginning of June and saw 33 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 eight Championship for Kent.
The tournament will be followed by a Twenty20 county tournament and then by the 2019 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.[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
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
| 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
| 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 | 36 |
- As of 14 July 2019 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[4]
Division Three
Group A
| 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
| 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
| 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]
References
- ^ Royal London Women's County One-Day Championship & Vitality Women's County T20. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ^ 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.