2005 Women's County Championship Explained

Administrator:	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket Format:	50 over
Tournament Format:	League system
Champions:	Sussex
Count:	3
Participants:	28
Most Runs:	Charlotte Edwards (302)
Most Wickets:	Judith Turner (10) Dawn Prestidge (10)
Previous Year:	2004
Previous Tournament:	2004 Women's County Championship
Next Year:	2006
Next Tournament:	2006 Women's County Championship

The 2005 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 9th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to August and saw 27 county teams plus Wales compete in a series of divisions. Sussex Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, their third title in three 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 2005 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 four groups of four teams, on equal standing, with the winners proceeding to a play-off round for promotion to the County Championship.

Teams in the County Championship played each other twice, whilst teams in the Challenge Cup played each other once.

County Championship

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

County Challenge Cup

Group 1	Cumbria	Derbyshire	Durham	Northumberland
Group 2	Essex	Hertfordshire	Leicestershire	Norfolk
Group 3	Northamptonshire	Wales	Warwickshire	Worcestershire
Group 4	Cornwall	Devon	Dorset	Wiltshire

County Championship

Division One

Team
Sussex (C)	6	3	1	0	2	16	14	0	88
Kent	6	3	2	0	1	19	17	0	83
	6	2	3	0	1	17.5	22.5	0	75
Yorkshire (R)	6	1	3	0	2	10.5	14	0	58.5

Source: ECB Women's County Championship^[2]

Division Two

Team
Somerset (P)	6	4	1	0	1	21.5	21	0	101.5
Nottinghamshire	6	3	2	0	1	17.5	20	0	84.5
Berkshire	6	3	2	0	1	14	16	0	77
Surrey (R)	6	0	5	0	1	13.5	8.5	0	33

Source: ECB Women's County Championship^[3]

Division Three

Team
Cheshire (P)	6	4	1	0	1	17.5	21	0	97.5
Middlesex	6	2	3	0	1	18	18.5	0	71.5
Staffordshire	6	2	3	0	1	12.5	19	0	66.5
Hampshire (R)	6	2	3	0	1	14.5	16	0	65.5

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

County Challenge Cup

Group 1

Team
Derbyshire (PO)	3	3	0	0	0	13	15	0	64
Durham	3	2	1	0	0	12.5	11	0	47.5
Northumberland	2	0	2	0	0	4	3.5	0	7.5
	2	0	2	0	0	3.5	3	0	6.5

Source: ECB Women's County Championship^[5]

Group 2

Team
Hertfordshire (PO)	3	2	1	0	0	12.5	12	0	48.5
	3	2	1	0	0	12	12	0	48
Essex	3	1	2	0	0	13	12.5	0	37.5
Leicestershire	3	1	2	0	0	7	7	0	26

Source: ECB Women's County Championship^[6]

Group 3

Team
Northamptonshire (PO)	3	2	0	0	1	8	8.5	0	51.5
Warwickshire	3	1	2	0	0	8	9.5	0	29.5
Wales	2	1	1	0	0	5	9	0	26
Worcestershire	2	0	1	0	1	1.5	3.5	0	16

Source: ECB Women's County Championship^[7]

Group 4

Team
Dorset (PO)	3	2	1	0	0	11	15	0	50
Devon	3	2	1	0	0	11.5	11	0	46.5
	3	1	2	0	0	5.5	11.5	0	29
Cornwall	3	1	2	0	0	6	10	0	28

Source: ECB Women's County Championship^[8]

Play-off

Team
Northamptonshire (P)	3	3	0	0	0	11.5	13	0	60.5
Derbyshire	3	2	1	0	0	11.5	12.5	0	48
Dorset	3	1	2	0	0	8	6.5	0	26.5
Hertfordshire	3	0	3	0	0	8.5	4.5	0	13

Source: ECB Women's County Championship^[9]

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	302	75.50	135	1	2
Laura Newton	Lancashire	5	5	239	59.75	162	1	1
Hannah Lloyd	Somerset	5	5	222	55.50	136	1	0
Jenny Dunn	Cheshire	5	5	198	49.50	82	0	1
Janice Fraser	Middlesex	5	5	195	48.75	101	1	0

Source: CricketArchive^[10]

Most wickets

width=125	Player	width=125	Team	width=60	Balls	width=60	Wickets	width=60	Average	width=60	BBI	width=60	5w
Judith Turner	Berkshire	126	10	6.60	4/4	0
Dawn Prestidge	Cheshire	259	10	12.80	5/20	1
Marsha Davies	Kent	229	9	9.88	4/13	0
Nicky Myers	Nottinghamshire	300	9	12.00	3/10	0
Steph Davies	Somerset	256	9	12.22	4/17	0

Source: CricketArchive^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Women's County Championship 2005 Tables . Cricket Archive . 16 January 2021.
2. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/4294 Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2005
3. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/4307 Women's County Championship Division 2 - 2005
4. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/4320 Women's County Championship Division 3 - 2005
5. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/16503 Women's County Championship CCG1 - 2005
6. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/16507 Women's County Championship CCG2 - 2005
7. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/20845 Women's County Championship CCG3 - 2005
8. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/21295 Women's County Championship CCG4 - 2005
9. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/21382 Women's County Championship CCPO - 2005
10. Web site: Batting and Fielding in Frizzell Women's County Championship 2005 (Ordered by Runs) . CricketArchive . 20 March 2021.
11. Web site: Bowling in Frizzell Women's County Championship 2005 (Ordered by Wickets) . CricketArchive . 20 March 2021.