2000 Women's County Championship

The 2000 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 4th cricket Women's County Championship season. It took place in July and August and saw 14 county teams, 3 county Second XIs and 1 regional team compete in a series of divisions. Yorkshire Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving their third Championship title.

2000 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format50 over
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsYorkshire (3rd title)
Participants18
Most runsCharlotte Edwards (374)
Most wicketsNicky Myers (13)
1999
2001

Competition format edit

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 edit

The 2000 Championship consisted of 18 teams, competing in three divisions of six teams apiece. Teams played each other once.

Division One Berkshire Kent Nottinghamshire Surrey Sussex Yorkshire
Division Two Cheshire East Anglia Lancashire Staffordshire Somerset Yorkshire Second XI
Division Three Derbyshire Hampshire Middlesex Northumberland Surrey Second XI Sussex Second XI

Division One edit

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Yorkshire (C) 5 5 0 0 0 20.5 21.5 0 102
Nottinghamshire 5 4 1 0 0 17 18.5 0 83.5
Kent 5 2 3 0 0 18.5 12.5 0 55
Berkshire 5 2 3 0 0 16 12 0 52
Surrey 5 1 4 0 0 16 15.5 0 43.5
Sussex (R) 5 1 4 0 0 13.5 16 0 41.5

Source: Cricket Archive[2]

Division Two edit

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Staffordshire (P) 5 5 0 0 0 18 20.5 0 98.5
Lancashire 5 3 2 0 0 17 20.5 0 73.5
Somerset 5 3 2 0 0 17.5 19.5 0 73
Cheshire 5 2 3 0 0 15.5 14 0 53.5
Yorkshire Second XI 5 1 4 0 0 15.5 15.5 0 43
East Anglia[a] 5 1 4 0 0 13 8.5 0 33.5

Source: Cricket Archive[2]

Division Three edit

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Derbyshire (P) 5 5 0 0 0 20 20 0 100
Middlesex 5 3 2 0 0 19 21 0 76
Surrey Second XI 5 3 2 0 0 15 21 0 72
Hampshire 5 3 2 0 0 15.5 18 0 69.5
Sussex Second XI 5 1 4 0 0 15 17.5 0 41.5
Northumberland 5 0 5 0 0 8 11.5 0 19.5

Source: Cricket Archive[2]

Statistics edit

Most runs edit

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Charlotte Edwards Kent 5 5 374 93.50 128 2 2
Jane Smit Nottinghamshire 5 5 304 152.00 96 0 3
Melissa Reynard Yorkshire 5 5 248 62.00 70 0 3
Arran Brindle Lancashire 5 5 235 47.00 97 0 3
Sue Redfern Derbyshire 4 4 218 54.50 125 1 0

Source: CricketArchive[3]

Most wickets edit

Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5w
Nicky Myers Nottinghamshire 282 13 7.46 4/4 0
Rachael Walsh Lancashire 174 9 7.33 4/30 0
Leanne Davis Lancashire 216 9 7.44 5/19 1
Susan Hobkinson Surrey Second XI 282 9 9.33 3/21 0
Sharon Bayton Surrey Second XI 200 9 9.44 4/17 0

Source: CricketArchive[4]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Due to a restructuring of the teams competing in the Championship, involving the removal of all Second XI teams, Hertfordshire, who replaced East Anglia for the 2001 season, continued to compete in Division Two.

References edit

  1. ^ "Women's County Championship 2000 Tables". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Women's County Championship 2000 Tables, Cricket Archive.
  3. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Women's County Championship 2000 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Bowling in Women's County Championship 2000 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.