2017 Women's County Championship

2017 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format50 over
Tournament format(s)League 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 One Berkshire Kent Lancashire Middlesex Nottinghamshire Sussex Warwickshire Yorkshire
Division Two Derbyshire Devon Hampshire Somerset Surrey Wales Staffordshire Worcestershire
Division Three - Group A Cumbria Durham Northumberland Scotland
Division Three - Group B Cornwall Dorset Gloucestershire Oxfordshire Wiltshire
Division Three - Group C Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Essex Hertfordshire Netherlands Shropshire
Division Three - Group D Leicestershire and Rutland Lincolnshire Norfolk Northamptonshire Suffolk

Division One

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Lancashire (C) 7 5 2 0 0 23 26 0 99 14.14
Yorkshire 7 5 2 0 0 23 25 0 98 14
Warwickshire 7 5 2 0 0 21 25 0 96 13.71
Nottinghamshire 7 4 3 0 0 21 27 0 88 12.57
Middlesex 7 3 4 0 0 20 26 0 76 10.86
Kent 7 3 4 0 0 20 21 0 71 10.14
Sussex (R) 7 3 4 0 0 17 19 0 66 9.43
Berkshire (R) 7 0 7 0 0 11 12 0 23 3.29
As of 28 August 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[3]

Division Two

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Hampshire (P) 7 6 1 0 0 27 24 0 111 15.86
Somerset (P) 7 5 1 0 1 22 19 0 91 15.17
Devon 7 5 2 0 0 21 25 0 96 13.71
Surrey 7 4 3 0 0 23 24 0 87 12.43
Wales 7 3 4 0 0 19 23 0 72 10.29
Derbyshire 7 3 4 0 0 19 22 0 71 10.14
Worcestershire (R) 7 1 5 0 1 14 12 0 36 6
Staffordshire (R) 7 0 7 0 0 11 13 0 24 3.43
As of 28 August 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[4]

Division Three

Group A

Team Pld W L T A LC WC Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Durham (PO) 6 4 0 0 1 0 1 12 14 0 76 15.2
Scotland 6 3 2 0 0 0 1 9 16 0 65 10.83
Northumberland 6 1 3 0 1 0 1 5 8 0 33 6.6
Cumbria 6 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -15 -2.5
As of 23 July 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[5]

Group B

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Gloucestershire (PO) 4 4 0 0 0 15 16 0 71 17.75
Oxfordshire 4 3 1 0 0 13 15 0 58 14.5
Cornwall 4 1 2 1 0 7 15 0 37 9.25
Dorset 4 1 3 0 0 7 7 0 24 6
Wiltshire 4 0 3 1 0 7 8 0 20 5
As of 29 May 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[6]

Group C

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Essex (PO) 5 5 0 0 0 20 17 0 87 17.4
Netherlands 5 4 1 0 0 14 15 0 69 13.8
Shropshire 5 3 2 0 0 16 16 0 62 12.4
Buckinghamshire 5 2 3 0 0 8 15 0 43 8.6
Hertfordshire 5 1 4 0 0 9 11 0 30 6
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire 5 0 5 0 0 5 14 0 19 3.8
As of 29 May 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[7]

Group D

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Northamptonshire (PO) 4 3 0 0 1 8 12 0 50 16.67
Leicestershire and Rutland 4 2 1 0 1 10 11 0 41 13.67
Suffolk 4 2 2 0 0 11 11 0 42 10.5
Lincolnshire 4 2 2 0 0 9 12 0 41 10.25
Norfolk 4 0 4 0 0 7 6 0 13 3.25
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

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Suzie Bates Hampshire 7 7 494 164.66 139* 2 3
Sophie Luff Somerset 6 6 411 137.00 118* 2 2
Sophie Pout Surrey 7 7 274 39.14 108 1 1
Sonia Odedra Nottinghamshire 7 7 253 42.16 86 0 2
Beth Morgan Middlesex 7 7 245 35.00 80 0 1

Source: CricketArchive[9]

Most wickets

Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5w
Sophie Ecclestone Lancashire 408 27 6.69 6/12 2
Katie Levick Yorkshire 360 21 7.66 6/28 1
Hannah Jeffery Essex 229 14 5.92 4/6 0
Anisha Patel Warwickshire 281 14 9.78 6/17 1
Nicole Richards Somerset 296 14 9.92 5/22 1

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.