2006 Women's County Championship Explained

Administrator:	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket Format:	50 over
Tournament Format:	League system
Champions:	Kent
Count:	1
Participants:	28
Most Runs:	Jenny Gunn (356)
Most Wickets:	Charlotte Edwards (12)
Previous Year:	2005
Previous Tournament:	2005 Women's County Championship
Next Year:	2007
Next Tournament:	2007 Women's County Championship

The 2006 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 10th 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. Kent Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving the first Championship 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.
No Result: 4 points.
Abandoned: 4 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 2006 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	Somerset	Sussex
Division Two	Berkshire	Cheshire	Nottinghamshire	Yorkshire
Division Three	Middlesex	Surrey	Staffordshire	Northamptonshire

County Challenge Cup

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

County Championship

Division One

Team
Kent (C)	6	5	0	0	1	0	2	0	106
Sussex	6	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	85
	6	1	5	0	0	9	11	0	40
Somerset (R)	6	1	5	0	0	5	8	0	33

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

Division Two

Team
Nottinghamshire (P)	6	4	1	0	1	4	0	0	88
Yorkshire	6	3	2	0	1	6	4	0	74
Berkshire	6	2	2	0	2	5	10	0	63
Cheshire (R)	6	0	4	0	2	6	5	0	19

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

Division Three

Team
Surrey (P)	6	3	1	0	2	6	5	0	79
Staffordshire	6	3	1	0	2	4	3	0	75
Middlesex	6	3	2	0	1	4	2	0	70
Northamptonshire (R)	6	0	5	0	1	3	5	0	12

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

County Challenge Cup

Group 1

Team
Derbyshire (PO)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	60
Durham	3	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	44
Cumbria	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	21
	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

Group 2

Team
Essex (PO)	3	2	1	0	0	3	1	0	44
Hertfordshire	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	40
	3	1	2	0	0	4	6	0	30
Leicestershire	3	1	2	0	0	3	7	0	30

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

Group 3

Team
Warwickshire (PO)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	60
Wales	3	2	1	0	0	1	3	0	44
Worcestershire	3	1	2	0	0	4	6	0	30
	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

Group 4

Team
Hampshire (PO)	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	60
Dorset	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	41
Devon	3	1	2	0	0	2	5	0	27
	3	0	3	0	0	2	6	0	8

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

Play-off

Team
Warwickshire (P)	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	44
Derbyshire	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	44
Essex	3	0	2	0	1	4	0	0	8
Hampshire	3	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	7

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
Jenny Gunn	Nottinghamshire	5	5	356	71.20	121	2	1
Charlotte Edwards	Kent	6	4	335	167.50	139	1	2
Sarah Taylor	Sussex	6	6	320	53.33	91	0	2
Janice Fraser	Middlesex	5	5	307	76.75	115	1	1
Caroline Atkins	Sussex	6	6	261	52.20	108	1	1

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
Charlotte Edwards	Kent	312	12	13.25	4/15	0
Ilze Cronje	Surrey	264	11	10.63	3/19	0
Emily Drumm	Kent	139	9	9.77	4/32	0
Lizzie Roberts	Berkshire	184	9	12.37	4/20	0
Amanda Potgieter	Surrey	282	8	15.00	4/18	0

Source: CricketArchive^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Women's County Championship 2006 Tables . Cricket Archive . 15 January 2021.
2. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/4295 Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2006
3. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/4308 Women's County Championship Division 2 - 2006
4. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/4321 Women's County Championship Division 3 - 2006
5. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/16504 Women's County Championship CCG1 - 2006
6. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/16508 Women's County Championship CCG2 - 2006
7. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/20846 Women's County Championship CCG3 - 2006
8. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/21296 Women's County Championship CCG4 - 2006
9. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/21383 Women's County Championship CCPO - 2006
10. Web site: Batting and Fielding in Liverpool Victoria Women's County Championship 2006 (Ordered by Runs) . CricketArchive . 20 March 2021.
11. Web site: Bowling in Liverpool Victoria Women's County Championship 2006 (Ordered by Wickets) . CricketArchive . 20 March 2021.