2004 Women's County Championship Explained

Administrator:	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket Format:	50 over
Tournament Format:	League system
Champions:	Sussex
Count:	2
Participants:	24
Most Runs:	Charlotte Edwards (308)
Most Wickets:	Heather Booth (12)
Previous Year:	2003
Previous Tournament:	2003 Women's County Championship
Next Year:	2005
Next Tournament:	2005 Women's County Championship

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
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
	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
Somerset	5	4	1	0	0	19.5	21.5	0	89
Berkshire	5	4	1	0	0	19.5	21	0	88.5
	5	3	2	0	0	16	20.5	0	72.5
	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
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
	2	0	2	0	0	4.5	2	0	6.5

Source: ECB Women's County Championship^[4]

Group 2

Team
Northamptonshire (PO)	3	2	0	0	1	8	10	0	53
	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
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
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

width=125	Player	width=125	Team	width=60	Matches	width=60	Innings	width=60	Runs	width=60	Average	width=60		width=60	100s	width=60	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

width=125	Player	width=125	Team	width=60	Balls	width=60	Wickets	width=60	Average	width=60	BBI	width=60	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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Women's County Championship 2004 Tables . Cricket Archive . 16 January 2021.
2. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/4293 Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2004
3. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/4306 Women's County Championship Division 2 - 2004
4. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/16502 Women's County Championship CCG1 - 2004
5. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/16506 Women's County Championship CCG2 - 2004
6. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/20844 Women's County Championship CCG3 - 2004
7. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/6/Womens_County_Challenge_Cup_2004.html Women's County Challenge Cup Tables - 2005
8. Web site: Batting and Fielding in Frizzell Women's County Championship 2004 (Ordered by Runs) . CricketArchive . 20 March 2021.
9. Web site: Bowling in Frizzell Women's County Championship 2004 (Ordered by Wickets) . CricketArchive . 20 March 2021.