2007 Women's County Championship

2007 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format50 over
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsKent (2nd title)
Participants32
Most runsEmily Drumm (222)
Most wicketsLynsey Askew (13)
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The 2007 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 11th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to August and saw 30 county teams and teams representing Scotland and Wales compete in a series of divisions. Kent Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving their second title in two 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: 25 points.
Tie: 15 points.
Loss: Bonus points.
No Result: 4 points.
Abandoned: 10 points.

Up to four batting and four bowling points were available to the losing side only, or both sides in an incomplete match.

Teams

The 2007 Championship was divided into two tiers: the County Championship and the County Challenge Cup. The County Championship consisted of three divisions of four teams, whilst the Challenge Cup consisted of five groups of four teams, with Division A as the top tier and Groups 1 to 4 as equal tiers below. The winner of Division A of the Challenge Cup were promoted to the County Championship.

Teams in the County Championship and Division A of the Challenge Cup played each other twice, whilst teams in Groups 1 to 4 of the Challenge Cup played each other once.

County Championship

Division One Kent Lancashire Nottinghamshire Sussex
Division Two Berkshire Somerset Surrey Yorkshire
Division Three Cheshire Middlesex Staffordshire Warwickshire

County Challenge Cup

Division A Derbyshire Essex Hampshire Northamptonshire
Group 1 Cornwall Devon Dorset Wiltshire
Group 2 Gloucestershire Oxfordshire Wales Worcestershire
Group 3 Hertfordshire Leicestershire Norfolk Suffolk
Group 4 Cumbria Durham Northumberland Scotland

County Championship

Division One

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Kent (C) 6 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 135
Sussex 6 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 112
Nottinghamshire 6 1 4 0 1 3 9 0 47
Lancashire (R) 6 0 5 0 1 2 14 0 26

Source: Cricket Archive[2]

Division Two

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Berkshire (P) 6 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 112
Surrey 6 3 2 0 1 0 6 0 91
Somerset 6 3 2 0 1 0 4 0 89
Yorkshire (R) 6 0 5 0 1 5 9 0 24

Source: Cricket Archive[2]

Division Three

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Warwickshire (P) 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 105
Middlesex 6 2 2 0 2 3 5 0 78
Cheshire 6 1 2 0 3 0 7 0 62
Staffordshire (R) 6 1 3 0 2 1 7 0 53

Source: Cricket Archive[2]

County Challenge Cup

Division A

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Derbyshire (P) 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 105
Essex 6 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 99
Hampshire 6 1 3 0 2 1 5 0 51
Northamptonshire (R) 6 0 3 0 3 2 3 0 35

Source: Cricket Archive[3]

Group 1

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Devon (PO) 3 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 63
Dorset 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 51
Cornwall 3 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 39
Wiltshire 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3

Source: Cricket Archive[3]

Group 2

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Worcestershire[a] (P) 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 60
Wales 3 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 39
Gloucestershire 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 38
Oxfordshire 3 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 14

Source: Cricket Archive[3]

Group 3

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Hertfordshire (PO) 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 60
Leicestershire 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 60
Norfolk 3 1 2 0 0 2 4 0 31
Suffolk 3 0 3 0 0 1 3 0 4

Source: Cricket Archive[3]

Group 4

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Scotland (PO) 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 75
Durham 3 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 39
Cumbria 3 1 2 0 0 2 5 0 32
Northumberland 3 0 2 0 1 1 5 0 16

Source: Cricket Archive[3]

Statistics

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Emily Drumm Kent 4 4 222 111.00 65* 0 4
Claire Taylor Berkshire 5 5 211 52.75 59 0 2
Jenny Gunn Nottinghamshire 5 5 160 32.00 77 0 1
Elwyn Campbell Somerset 5 5 149 29.80 55 0 1
Lydia Greenway Kent 5 5 130 26.00 53 0 1

Source: CricketArchive[4]

Most wickets

Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5w
Lynsey Askew Kent 259 13 8.00 5/5 1
Sarah Bartlett Middlesex 228 12 7.66 5/9 1
Kate Cross Lancashire 269 12 9.25 4/17 0
Sarah Clarke Surrey 252 12 11.16 3/26 0
Isa Guha Berkshire 227 11 7.54 4/13 0

Source: CricketArchive[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Worcestershire were promoted to Division Four (which replaced Division A) for 2008 after winning the Challenge Cup play-off group. The full results and table for this play-off are unrecorded.

References

  1. ^ "Women's County Championship 2007 Tables". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Women's County Championship 2007, Cricket Archive.
  3. ^ a b c d e Women's County Challenge Cup 2007, Cricket Archive.
  4. ^ "Batting and Fielding in LV Women's County Championship 2007 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Bowling in LV Women's County Championship 2007 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.