| Administrator: | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket Format: | 50 over |
| Tournament Format: | League system |
| Champions: | Yorkshire |
| Count: | 2 |
| Participants: | 18 |
| Most Runs: | Charlotte Edwards (394) |
| Most Wickets: | Sarah Clarke (12) |
| Previous Year: | 1997 |
| Previous Tournament: | 1997 Women's County Championship |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
| Next Tournament: | 1999 Women's County Championship |
The 1998 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 2nd cricket Women's County Championship season. It took place in July and saw 10 county teams, 3 county Second XIs and 5 regional teams compete in a series of divisions. Yorkshire Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving their second Championship title in two seasons.
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.
The 1998 Championship consisted of 18 teams, competing in three divisions of six teams apiece. Teams played each other once.
| Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire (C) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 0 | 100 | |
| Surrey | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.5 | 16 | 0 | 82.5 | |
| Kent | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 | 60.5 | |
| West Midlands | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 57 | |
| Thames Valley | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 | 14.5 | 0 | 54 | |
| West of England (R) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 17.5 | 0 | 33.5 |
| Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Midlands (P) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 18.5 | 0 | 86.5 | |
| Yorkshire Second XI | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.5 | 21 | 0 | 85.5 | |
| East Anglia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 68 | |
| Sussex | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0 | 55 | |
| Derbyshire | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 18.5 | 0 | 44.5 | |
| Middlesex (R) | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 38 |
| Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheshire (P) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.5 | 23.5 | 0 | 103 | |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 24.5 | 0 | 89.5 | ||
| Lancashire | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 18.5 | 0 | 72 | |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Northumberland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 39 | |
| Sussex Second XI | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 11.5 | 0 | 20 |
| width=125 | Player | width=150 | Team | width=60 | Matches | width=60 | Innings | width=60 | Runs | width=60 | Average | width=60 | width=60 | 100s | width=60 | 50s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Edwards | East Anglia | 5 | 5 | 394 | 98.50 | 133 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||
| Allyson Byrne | Cheshire | 5 | 5 | 234 | 58.50 | 80 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Kathryn Leng | Yorkshire | 5 | 5 | 232 | 58.00 | 66 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Sarah Collyer | Cheshire | 5 | 5 | 231 | 46.20 | 113 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Janet Tedstone | Yorkshire Second XI | 5 | 5 | 226 | 56.50 | 61 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| width=125 | Player | width=150 | Team | width=60 | Balls | width=60 | Wickets | width=60 | Average | width=60 | BBI | width=60 | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Clarke | Surrey Second XI | 152 | 12 | 7.83 | 5/36 | 1 | |||||||
| Wendy Watson | Derbyshire | 189 | 11 | 11.45 | 4/32 | 0 | |||||||
| Janet Tedstone | Yorkshire Second XI | 232 | 10 | 9.30 | 3/26 | 0 | |||||||
| Sara MacLean | Northumberland | 222 | 10 | 9.30 | 3/26 | 0 | |||||||
| Lucy McGrother | Lancashire | 300 | 10 | 13.30 | 4/26 | 0 |