2009 Women's County Championship

2009 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format50 over
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsKent (3rd title)
Participants34
Most runsHeather Knight (622)
Most wicketsCharlotte Anneveld (24)
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The 2009 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 13th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to September and saw 30 county teams and teams representing Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of divisions. Kent Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, going through the season unbeaten and winning their third title.

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: 20 points.
Tie: 15 points.
Loss: Bonus points.
Abandoned or No Result: 10 points.
Cancelled No Play: 5 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 2009 Championship was divided into five divisions: Divisions One to Four with six teams apiece and Division Five with 10 teams split across two regional groups.

Teams in the top four Divisions played each other twice, and teams in Division Five played each other once.

Division One Berkshire Kent Nottinghamshire Somerset Surrey Sussex
Division Two Cheshire Essex Lancashire Middlesex Warwickshire Yorkshire
Division Three Derbyshire Devon Hampshire Scotland Staffordshire Worcestershire
Division Four Cornwall Durham Hertfordshire Norfolk Northamptonshire Wales
Division Five North & East Cumbria Ireland Suffolk Northumberland
Division Five South & West Dorset Gloucestershire Netherlands Oxfordshire Shropshire Wiltshire

Division One

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Kent (C) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 200
Sussex 10 8 2 0 0 3 1 0 164
Nottinghamshire 10 6 4 0 0 9 8 0 137
Somerset 10 3 7 0 0 6 8 0 74
Berkshire 10 2 8 0 0 10 20 0 70
Surrey (R) 10 1 9 0 0 16 15 0 51

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[2]

Division Two

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Yorkshire (P) 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 200
Middlesex 10 7 3 0 0 5 9 0 154
Essex 10 4 6 0 0 11 12 0 103
Cheshire 10 4 6 0 0 6 13 0 99
Warwickshire 10 4 6 0 0 7 9 0 96
Lancashire (R) 10 1 9 0 0 6 16 0 42

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[3]

Division Three

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Worcestershire (P) 10 7 3 0 0 2 9 0 151
Devon 10 7 2 0 1 3 2 0 150
Staffordshire 10 6 1 0 3 0 0 0 135
Scotland 10 4 5 0 1 5 9 0 79
Hampshire 10 2 8 0 0 9 7 0 56
Derbyshire (R) 10 1 8 0 1 8 14 0 47

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[4]

Division Four

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Wales (P) 10 9 1 0 0 2 3 0 185
Durham 10 8 2 0 0 3 2 0 165
Hertfordshire 10 7 3 0 0 3 8 0 151
Northamptonshire 10 4 6 0 0 6 19 0 105
Cornwall 10 1 9 0 0 6 24 0 50
Norfolk (R) 10 1 9 0 0 5 15 0 40

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[5]

Division Five

North & East

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Cumbria (PO) 3 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 45
Ireland 3 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 44
Suffolk 3 1 2 0 0 2 3 0 25
Northumberland 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 24

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[6]

South & West

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Netherlands (PO) 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 85
Gloucestershire 5 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 84
Shropshire 5 3 2 0 0 2 6 0 68
Oxfordshire 5 2 3 0 0 4 4 0 48
Dorset 5 1 4 0 0 2 10 0 32
Wiltshire 5 0 4 0 1 3 4 0 12

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[7]

Play-off

6 September 2009 (2009-09-06)
v
Match cancelled
  
 
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.
  • Netherlands are promoted to Division Four by virtue of better group stage record.

Statistics

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Heather Knight Devon 8 8 622 155.50 161* 4 0
Charlotte Edwards Kent 10 10 491 81.83 128* 1 3
Salliann Briggs Yorkshire 10 10 471 47.10 82 0 4
Jenny Gunn Nottinghamshire 10 10 465 51.66 110* 1 3
Beth Morgan Middlesex 10 10 437 72.83 79* 0 6

Source: CricketArchive[8]

Most wickets

Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5w
Charlotte Anneveld Kent 557 24 12.16 4/17 0
Jane Riddell Durham 474 23 8.08 5/15 1
Holly Colvin Sussex 426 20 10.25 6/13 2
Charlotte Edwards Kent 520 20 11.50 3/6 0
Lorna Starkey Cheshire 546 19 10.00 3/15 0

Source: CricketArchive[9]

References

  1. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2009". Play Cricket. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  2. ^ Division 1 – 2009, Play-Cricket.
  3. ^ Division 2 – 2009, Play-Cricket.
  4. ^ Division 3 – 2009, Play-Cricket.
  5. ^ Division 4 – 2009, Play-Cricket.
  6. ^ Division 5 N&E – 2009, Play-Cricket.
  7. ^ Division 5 S&W – 2009, Play-Cricket.
  8. ^ "Batting and Fielding in LV Women's County Championship 2009 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Bowling in LV Women's County Championship 2009 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.


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