2017 Women's County Championship Explained

Administrator:England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket Format:50 over
Tournament Format:League system
Champions:Lancashire
Count:1
Participants:36
Most Runs:Suzie Bates (494)
Most Wickets:Sophie Ecclestone (27)
Previous Year:2016
Previous Tournament:2016 Women's County Championship
Next Year:2018
Next Tournament:2018 Women's County Championship

The 2017 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 21st cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from April to August and saw 33 county teams and teams representing Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of divisions. Lancashire Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division with Yorkshire finishing runners-up. This was Lancashire's first Championship, and their victory saw them complete the double, after winning the Twenty20 Cup earlier in the season.[1]

The tournament ran alongside the 2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup, and followed by the 2017 Women's Cricket Super League, a professional tournament competed for by franchise teams.

Competition format

The championship works on a points system, the winner being the team with most average points of completed games in the first division. The points are currently awarded as follows:[2]

Win: 10 points + bonus points.
Tie

5 points + bonus points.
Loss: Bonus points.
Abandoned or cancelled: Match not counted to average.

Bonus points are collected for batting and bowling. The bonus points for each match are retained if the match is completed.

1.50 runs per over (RPO) or more: 1 point

2 RPO or more: 2 points

3 RPO or more: 3 points

4 RPO or more: 4 points

3-4 wickets taken: 1 point

5-6 wickets taken: 2 points

7-8 wickets taken: 3 points

9-10 wickets taken: 4 points

Teams

The 2017 Championship was divided into three divisions: Division One and Division Two with eight teams each, and Division Three with 20 teams divided into 4 groups.

Teams in each group played each other once, except Division 3 Group A teams which played each other twice.

Division OneBerkshireKentLancashireMiddlesexNottinghamshireSussexWarwickshireYorkshire
Division TwoDerbyshireDevonHampshireSomersetSurreyWalesStaffordshireWorcestershire
Division Three - Group ACumbriaDurhamNorthumberlandScotland
Division Three - Group BCornwallDorsetGloucestershireOxfordshireWiltshire
Division Three - Group CBuckinghamshireCambridgeshire and HuntingdonshireEssexHertfordshireNetherlandsShropshire
Division Three - Group DLeicestershire and RutlandLincolnshireNorfolkNorthamptonshireSuffolk

Division One

Team
Lancashire (C) 7 5 2 0 0 23 26 0 99 14.14
Yorkshire7 5 2 0 0 23 25 0 98 14
Warwickshire7 5 2 0 0 21 25 0 96 13.71
Nottinghamshire7 4 3 0 0 21 27 0 88 12.57
7 3 4 0 0 20 26 0 76 10.86
Kent7 3 4 0 0 20 21 0 71 10.14
Sussex (R) 7 3 4 0 0 17 19 0 66 9.43
Berkshire (R) 7 0 7 0 0 11 12 0 23 3.29

As of 28 August 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[3]

Division Two

Team
Hampshire (P) 7 6 1 0 0 27 24 0 111 15.86
Somerset (P) 7 5 1 0 1 22 19 0 91 15.17
Devon7 5 2 0 0 21 25 0 96 13.71
Surrey7 4 3 0 0 23 24 0 87 12.43
Wales7 3 4 0 0 19 23 0 72 10.29
Derbyshire7 3 4 0 0 19 22 0 71 10.14
Worcestershire (R) 7 1 5 0 1 14 12 0 36 6
Staffordshire (R) 7 0 7 0 0 11 13 0 24 3.43

As of 28 August 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[4]

Division Three

Group A

Team
Durham (PO) 6 4 0 0 1 0 1 12 14 0 76 15.2
Scotland6 3 2 0 0 0 1 9 16 0 65 10.83
Northumberland6 1 3 0 1 0 1 5 8 0 33 6.6
Cumbria6 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -15 -2.5

As of 23 July 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[5]

Group B

Team
Gloucestershire (PO) 4 4 0 0 0 15 16 0 71 17.75
4 3 1 0 0 13 15 0 58 14.5
Cornwall4 1 2 1 0 7 15 0 37 9.25
Dorset4 1 3 0 0 7 7 0 24 6
Wiltshire4 0 3 1 0 7 8 0 20 5

As of 29 May 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[6]

Group C

Team
Essex (PO) 5 5 0 0 0 20 17 0 87 17.4
Netherlands5 4 1 0 0 14 15 0 69 13.8
Shropshire5 3 2 0 0 16 16 0 62 12.4
Buckinghamshire5 2 3 0 0 8 15 0 43 8.6
Hertfordshire5 1 4 0 0 9 11 0 30 6
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire5 0 5 0 0 5 14 0 19 3.8

As of 29 May 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[7]

Group D

Team
Northamptonshire (PO) 4 3 0 0 1 8 12 0 50 16.67
4 2 1 0 1 10 11 0 41 13.67
Suffolk4 2 2 0 0 11 11 0 42 10.5
Lincolnshire4 2 2 0 0 9 12 0 41 10.25
Norfolk4 0 4 0 0 7 6 0 13 3.25

As of 29 May 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[8]

Promotion play-offs

Statistics

Most runs

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Suzie BatesHampshire77494164.6613923
Sophie LuffSomerset66411137.0011822
Sophie PoutSurrey7727439.1410811
Sonia OdedraNottinghamshire7725342.168602
Beth MorganMiddlesex7724535.008001
Source: CricketArchive[9]

Most wickets

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Sophie EcclestoneLancashire408276.696/122
Katie LevickYorkshire360217.666/281
Hannah JefferyEssex229145.924/60
Anisha PatelWarwickshire281149.786/171
Nicole RichardsSomerset296149.925/221
Source: CricketArchive[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ECB Women's County Championship . Play-Cricket . 28 December 2020.
  2. https://pulse-static-files.s3.amazonaws.com/ecb/document/2017/04/05/e4852371-4836-4534-bac3-28192a2d395d/Royal_London_Womens_One_Day_Championship_2017.pdf Royal London Women's County One-Day Championship
  3. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/websites/view_division?id=70003 Division 1
  4. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/websites/view_division?id=70004 Division 2
  5. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/websites/view_division?id=70005 Division 3 - Group A
  6. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/websites/view_division?id=70006 Division 3 - Group B
  7. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/websites/view_division?id=70007 Division 3 - Group C
  8. http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/websites/view_division?id=70008 Division 3 - Group D
  9. Web site: Batting and Fielding in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2017 (Ordered by Runs) . CricketArchive . 20 March 2021.
  10. Web site: Bowling in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2017 (Ordered by Wickets) . CricketArchive . 20 March 2021.