2017 Women's County Championship

2017 Women's County Championship
AdministratorEngland and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format50 over
Tournament formatLeague system
ChampionsLancashire (1st title)
Participants36
Most runsSuzie Bates (494)
Most wicketsSophie Ecclestone (27)
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The 2017 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 21st cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from April to August and saw 33 county teams and teams representing Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of divisions. Lancashire Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division with Yorkshire finishing runners-up. This was Lancashire's first Championship, and their victory saw them complete the double, after winning the Twenty20 Cup earlier in the season.[1]

The tournament ran alongside the 2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup, and followed by the 2017 Women's Cricket Super League, a professional tournament competed for by franchise teams.

Competition format

The championship works on a points system, the winner being the team with most average points of completed games in the first division. The points are currently awarded as follows:[2]

Win: 10 points + bonus points.
Tie: 5 points + bonus points.
Loss: Bonus points.
Abandoned or cancelled: Match not counted to average.

Bonus points are collected for batting and bowling. [2] The bonus points for each match are retained if the match is completed.

Teams

The 2017 Championship was divided into three divisions: Division One and Division Two with eight teams each, and Division Three with 20 teams divided into 4 groups.

Teams in each group played each other once, except Division 3 Group A teams which played each other twice.

Division OneBerkshireKentLancashireMiddlesexNottinghamshireSussexWarwickshireYorkshire
Division TwoDerbyshireDevonHampshireSomersetSurreyWalesStaffordshireWorcestershire
Division Three - Group ACumbriaDurhamNorthumberlandScotland
Division Three - Group BCornwallDorsetGloucestershireOxfordshireWiltshire
Division Three - Group CBuckinghamshireCambridgeshire and HuntingdonshireEssexHertfordshireNetherlandsShropshire
Division Three - Group DLeicestershire and RutlandLincolnshireNorfolkNorthamptonshireSuffolk

Division One

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPtsAvg.
Lancashire (C)75200232609914.14
Yorkshire75200232509814
Warwickshire75200212509613.71
Nottinghamshire74300212708812.57
Middlesex73400202607610.86
Kent73400202107110.14
Sussex (R)7340017190669.43
Berkshire (R)7070011120233.29
As of 28 August 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[3]

Division Two

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPtsAvg.
Hampshire (P)761002724011115.86
Somerset (P)75101221909115.17
Devon75200212509613.71
Surrey74300232408712.43
Wales73400192307210.29
Derbyshire73400192207110.14
Worcestershire (R)7150114120366
Staffordshire (R)7070011130243.43
As of 28 August 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[4]

Division Three

Group A

TeamPldWLTALCWCBatBowlDedPtsAvg.
Durham (PO)6400101121407615.2
Scotland632000191606510.83
Northumberland6130101580336.6
Cumbria6030030000-15-2.5
As of 23 July 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[5]

Group B

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPtsAvg.
Gloucestershire (PO)44000151607117.75
Oxfordshire43100131505814.5
Cornwall412107150379.25
Dorset41300770246
Wiltshire40310780205
As of 29 May 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[6]

Group C

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPtsAvg.
Essex (PO)55000201708717.4
Netherlands54100141506913.8
Shropshire53200161606212.4
Buckinghamshire523008150438.6
Hertfordshire514009110306
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire505005140193.8
As of 29 May 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[7]

Group D

TeamPldWLTABatBowlDedPtsAvg.
Northamptonshire (PO)4300181205016.67
Leicestershire and Rutland42101101104113.67
Suffolk42200111104210.5
Lincolnshire4220091204110.25
Norfolk40400760133.25
As of 29 May 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[8]

Promotion play-offs

27 August 2017 (2017-08-27)
Durham
90 (39.1 overs)
v
Northamptonshire
91/5 (26.2 overs)
Northamptonshire won by 5 wickets
 
 
10:45
Scorecard
Durham City CC, Durham
Umpires: Peter Brown and Paul Jordison
Laura Ellison 20 (75)
Bethan Solomon 3/9 (4.1 overs)
Alicia Presland 49 (56)
Helen Fenby 2/19 (6 overs)
  • Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field.
  • Northamptonshire is promoted to 2018 Women's County Championship Division Two.
27 August 2017 (2017-08-27)
Gloucestershire
229/9 (50 overs)
v
Essex
231/4 (43 overs)
Essex won by 6 wickets
 
 
11:00
Scorecard
Dumbleton
Umpires: Paul Evans and Lyn Hall
Alex MacDonald 81 (111)
Hannah Jeffery 3/25 (10 overs)
Cordelia Griffith 113* (111)
Danielle Gibson 1/17 (5 overs)
  • Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Essex is promoted to 2018 Women's County Championship Division Two.

Statistics

Most runs

PlayerTeamMatchesInningsRunsAverageHS100s50s
Suzie BatesHampshire77494164.66139*23
Sophie LuffSomerset66411137.00118*22
Sophie PoutSurrey7727439.1410811
Sonia OdedraNottinghamshire7725342.168602
Beth MorganMiddlesex7724535.008001

Source: CricketArchive[9]

Most wickets

PlayerTeamBallsWicketsAverageBBI5w
Sophie EcclestoneLancashire408276.696/122
Katie LevickYorkshire360217.666/281
Hannah JefferyEssex229145.924/60
Anisha PatelWarwickshire281149.786/171
Nicole RichardsSomerset296149.925/221

Source: CricketArchive[10]

References

  1. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b Royal London Women's County One-Day Championship
  3. ^ Division 1, Play-Cricket.
  4. ^ Division 2, Play-Cricket.
  5. ^ Division 3 - Group A, Play-Cricket.
  6. ^ Division 3 - Group B, Play-Cricket.
  7. ^ Division 3 - Group C, Play-Cricket.
  8. ^ Division 3 - Group D, Play-Cricket.
  9. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2017 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Bowling in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2017 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
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