2004 Women's County Championship

2004 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format50 over
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsSussex (2nd title)
Participants24
Most runsCharlotte Edwards (308)
Most wicketsHeather Booth (12)
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The 2004 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 8th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to August and saw 23 county teams plus Wales compete in a series of divisions. Sussex Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, their second title in two years.

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 2004 Championship was divided into two tiers: the County Championship and the County Challenge Cup. The County Championship consisted of two divisions of six teams, whilst the Challenge Cup consisted of three groups of four teams, on equal standing, with the winners proceeding to a play-off round for promotion to the County Championship.

Teams played each other once.

County Championship

Division One Kent Lancashire Nottinghamshire Surrey Sussex Yorkshire
Division Two Berkshire Durham Hampshire Middlesex Somerset Staffordshire

County Challenge Cup

Group 1 Cheshire Cumbria Derbyshire Leicestershire
Group 2 Essex Hertfordshire Norfolk Northamptonshire
Group 3 Wales Warwickshire Wiltshire Worcestershire

County Championship

Division One

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Sussex (C) 5 5 0 0 0 21.5 24.5 0 106
Kent 5 4 1 0 0 21 22.5 0 91.5
Yorkshire 5 3 2 0 0 17 19.5 0 72.5
Lancashire 5 2 3 0 0 13.5 20.5 0 58
Nottinghamshire (R) 5 1 4 0 0 18.5 16 0 46.5
Surrey (R) 5 0 5 0 0 15.5 10.5 0 26

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[2]

Division Two

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Somerset 5 4 1 0 0 19.5 21.5 0 89
Berkshire 5 4 1 0 0 19.5 21 0 88.5
Staffordshire 5 3 2 0 0 16 20.5 0 72.5
Hampshire 5 2 3 0 0 14.5 20.5 0 72.5
Middlesex 5 2 3 0 0 14.5 17 0 55.5
Durham (R) 5 0 5 0 0 10.5 12.5 0 23

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[3]

County Challenge Cup

Group 1

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Cheshire (PO) 3 3 0 0 0 13.5 14 0 63.5
Cumbria 3 1 2 0 0 9 10.5 0 31.5
Derbyshire 2 1 1 0 0 5.5 8.5 0 26
Leicestershire 2 0 2 0 0 4.5 2 0 6.5

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[4]

Group 2

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Northamptonshire (PO) 3 2 0 0 1 8 10 0 53
Hertfordshire 2 1 1 0 0 6.5 8 0 26.5
Essex 2 1 1 0 0 4.5 9.5 0 26
Norfolk 3 0 2 0 1 5.5 9 0 25.5

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[5]

Group 3

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Warwickshire (PO) 3 3 0 0 0 11.5 15 0 62.5
Worcestershire 3 2 1 0 0 12 13 0 49
Wales 3 1 2 0 0 10 11 0 33
Wiltshire 3 0 3 0 0 6 8 0 14

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[6]

Play-off

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Cheshire (P) 2 2 0 0 0 6.5 10 0 40.5
Warwickshire 2 1 1 0 0 5 10 0 27
Northamptonshire 2 0 2 0 0 4 5 0 9

Source: Cricket Archive[7]

Statistics

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Charlotte Edwards Kent 5 5 308 77.00 120 1 2
Rosalie Birch Sussex 5 5 247 61.75 100 1 1
Claire Taylor Berkshire 5 5 247 61.75 112 1 1
Jenny Wallace Somerset 5 5 242 121.00 93* 0 1
Aimee Watkins Sussex 5 5 232 77.33 114* 1 1

Source: CricketArchive[8]

Most wickets

Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5w
Heather Booth Berkshire 283 12 10.41 5/26 1
Hannah Lloyd Somerset 252 11 10.36 4/19 0
Megan Pearcey Hampshire 174 10 8.10 5/10 1
Rosalie Birch Sussex 170 10 8.30 3/7 0
Aimee Watkins Sussex 196 10 9.20 3/16 0

Source: CricketArchive[9]

References

  1. ^ "Women's County Championship 2004 Tables". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  2. ^ Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2004, Play Cricket.
  3. ^ Women's County Championship Division 2 - 2004, Play Cricket.
  4. ^ Women's County Championship CCG1 - 2004, Play Cricket.
  5. ^ Women's County Championship CCG2 - 2004, Play Cricket.
  6. ^ Women's County Championship CCG3 - 2004, Play Cricket.
  7. ^ Women's County Challenge Cup Tables - 2005, Cricket Archive.
  8. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Frizzell Women's County Championship 2004 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Bowling in Frizzell Women's County Championship 2004 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.