2002 Women's County Championship

2002 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format50 over
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsYorkshire (5th title)
Participants21
Most runsCharlotte Edwards (233)
Most wicketsVicky Boorman (14)
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The 2002 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 6th cricket Women's County Championship season. It took place in July and saw 21 county teams compete in a series of divisions. Yorkshire Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving their fifth Championship title in six seasons.

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 2002 Championship consisted of three divisions of six teams apiece, with teams playing each other once. The Emerging Counties competition was also competed in 2002: a tier below the County Championship, consisting of three teams, playing each other once.

Division One Berkshire Nottinghamshire Staffordshire Surrey Sussex Yorkshire
Division Two Derbyshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Middlesex Somerset
Division Three Cheshire Durham Essex Hampshire Warwickshire Wiltshire
Emerging Counties Cumbria Norfolk Northamptonshire

County Championship

Division One

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Yorkshire (C) 5 3 0 0 2 10 13.5 0 81.5
Berkshire 5 2 1 0 2 9.5 15 0 70.5
Sussex 5 2 1 0 2 8 13 0 67
Nottinghamshire 5 1 2 0 2 9 11 0 54
Surrey 5 1 2 0 2 8.5 6.5 0 49
Staffordshire (R) 5 0 3 0 2 8.5 9.5 0 40

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[2]

Division Two

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Kent (P) 5 3 0 0 2 14 14.5 0 86.5
Lancashire 5 3 0 0 2 9.5 13 0 80.5
Hertfordshire 5 2 1 0 2 7.5 14.5 0 68
Somerset 5 1 2 0 2 9.5 8.5 0 52
Middlesex 5 0 3 0 2 8.5 11.5 0 42
Derbyshire (R) 5 0 3 0 2 7.5 10.5 0 40

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[3]

Division Three

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Hampshire (P) 5 3 0 0 2 11 13.5 0 82.5
Warwickshire 5 2 1 0 2 10.5 12 0 68.5
Cheshire 5 2 1 0 2 9 12 0 67
Essex 5 1 2 0 2 9.5 12 0 55.5
Durham 5 1 2 0 2 8.5 11.5 0 54
Wiltshire (R) 5 0 3 0 2 6.5 7.5 0 36

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[4]

Emerging Counties

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Northamptonshire (P) 2 2 0 0 0 8.5 9 0 41.5
Norfolk 2 1 1 0 0 8.5 9 0 29.5
Cumbria 2 0 2 0 0 8 4.5 0 12.5

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[5]

Statistics

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Charlotte Edwards Kent 3 3 233 116.50 151* 1 1
Paula Flannery Kent 3 3 230 76.66 118 2 0
Claire Taylor Berkshire 4 3 173 86.50 78 1 0
Olivia Magno Surrey 4 3 172 57.33 108 1 0
Alexis Mannion Essex 4 3 150 150.00 57* 0 2

Source: CricketArchive[6]

Most wickets

Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5w
Vicky Boorman Hertfordshire 176 14 5.07 6/16 2
Judith Turner Berkshire 169 13 9.76 6/39 1
Clare Connor Sussex 174 9 6.44 5/15 1
Marsha Davies Kent 192 9 8.66 6/22 1
Yvonne Craven Berkshire 180 8 3.37 3/6 0

Source: CricketArchive[7]

References

  1. ^ "Women's County Championship 2002 Tables". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  2. ^ Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2002, Play Cricket.
  3. ^ Women's County Championship Division 2 - 2002, Play Cricket.
  4. ^ Women's County Championship Division 3 - 2002, Play Cricket.
  5. ^ Women's County Championship Emerging Counties - 2002, Play Cricket.
  6. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Frizzell Women's County Championship 2002 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Bowling in Frizzell Women's County Championship 2002 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.


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