2014 Women's County Championship

The 2014 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 18th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to September and saw 33 county teams and teams representing Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of divisions. Kent Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, with Surrey finishing runners-up. The Championship was Kent's sixth title, and their third in four seasons.

2014 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format50 over
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsKent (6th title)
Participants37
Most runsCharlotte Edwards (491)
Most wicketsJo Gardner (19)
2013
2015

Competition format

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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 worked on a points system, the winner being the team with most average points of completed games in the first division. The points are awarded as follows:[1]

Win: 10 points + bonus points.
Tie: 5 points + bonus points.
Loss: Bonus points.
Abandoned or cancelled: Match not counted to average.

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

Teams

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The 2014 Championship was divided into four divisions: Divisions One to Three with nine teams apiece and Division Four with two groups of five.

Teams in each group played each other once.

Division One Berkshire Essex Kent Middlesex Nottinghamshire Surrey Sussex Warwickshire Yorkshire
Division Two Cheshire Devon Durham Ireland Lancashire Somerset Staffordshire Wales Worcestershire
Division Three Derbyshire Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Leicestershire and Rutland Netherlands Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Scotland
Division Four North & East Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Cumbria Norfolk Northumberland Suffolk
Division Four South & West Buckinghamshire Cornwall Dorset Shropshire Wiltshire

Division One

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Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Kent (C) 8 6 0 0 2 24 24 0 108 18.00
Surrey 8 5 2 0 1 24 22 0 96 13.71
Berkshire 8 3 2 0 3 16 18 0 64 12.80
Nottinghamshire 8 4 3 0 1 23 23 0 86 12.29
Sussex 8 3 3 0 2 21 17 0 68 11.33
Middlesex 8 2 3 0 3 15 13 0 48 9.60
Yorkshire 8 2 4 0 2 20 15 0 55 9.17
Warwickshire (PO) 8 1 5 0 2 16 12 0 38 6.33
Essex (R) 8 1 5 0 2 10 10 0 30 5.00

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[2]

Division Two

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Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Lancashire (P) 8 6 1 0 1 24 25 0 109 15.57
Somerset (PO) 8 6 2 0 0 27 26 0 113 14.13
Devon 8 5 2 0 1 21 19 0 90 12.86
Staffordshire 8 5 3 0 0 22 24 0 96 12.00
Ireland 8 5 3 0 0 23 23 0 96 12.00
Wales 8 3 4 0 1 18 21 0 69 9.86
Durham 8 2 6 0 0 13 22 0 55 6.88
Worcestershire (PO) 8 1 6 0 1 18 12 0 40 5.71
Cheshire (R) 8 1 7 0 0 20 14 0 44 5.50

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[3]

Division Three

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Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Scotland (P) 8 7 1 0 0 28 29 0 127 15.88
Netherlands (PO) 8 5 2 0 1 21 26 0 97 13.86
Northamptonshire 8 4 2 0 2 18 22 0 80 13.33
Derbyshire 8 4 3 1 0 26 27 0 98 12.25
Leicestershire and Rutland 8 5 3 0 0 26 21 0 97 12.13
Oxfordshire 8 2 5 1 0 17 23 0 65 8.13
Hertfordshire 8 2 5 0 1 15 16 0 51 7.29
Hampshire 8 2 5 0 1 19 10 0 49 7.00
Gloucestershire (R) 8 1 6 0 1 15 9 0 34 4.86

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[4]

Division Four

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North & East

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Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Suffolk (PO) 4 4 0 0 0 14 16 0 70 17.50
Cumbria 4 2 2 0 0 10 12 0 42 10.50
Norfolk 4 2 2 0 0 9 13 0 42 10.50
Northumberland 4 1 2 0 1 3 8 0 21 7.00
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire 4 0 3 0 1 5 4 0 9 3.00

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[5]

South & West

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Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Cornwall (PO) 4 4 0 0 0 14 14 0 68 17.00
Shropshire 4 3 1 0 0 13 15 0 58 14.50
Buckinghamshire 4 1 2 0 1 8 9 0 27 9.00
Wiltshire 4 1 3 0 0 10 9 0 29 7.25
Dorset 4 0 3 0 1 6 6 0 12 4.00

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[6]

Promotion play-offs

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The teams finishing second in Divisions Two and Three played against the teams finishing second bottom in Divisions One and Two, respectively, for the chance of promotion. The winners of the two Division Four groups played off for promotion to Division Three.

14 September 2014 (2014-09-14)
Warwickshire
221/7 (50 overs)
v
Somerset
220 (50 overs)
Warwickshire won by 3 wickets
 
 
Hannah Shipman 124 (143)
Lorraine Szczepanksi 2/33 (8 overs)
Fran Wilson 58 (59)
Elizabeth Russell 2/24 (9 overs)
  • Somerset won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Warwickshire remain in Division One.
13 September 2014 (2014-09-13)
Worcestershire
129 (47.4 overs)
v
Netherlands
91 (35.2 overs)
Worcestershire won by 38 runs
 
 
Church Lane, Birlingham
Umpires: John Pluck and Paul Shannon
Katie Blunt 29 (42)
Heather Siegers 4/16 (9 overs)
Sterre Kalis 29 (86)
Katie Blunt 3/20 (10 overs)
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
  • Worcestershire remain in Division Two.
14 September 2014 (2014-09-14)
Cornwall
111 (43.3 overs)
v
Suffolk
172/6 (50 overs)
Suffolk won by 61 runs
 
 
Umpires: Rob Bartlett and Terry Spice
Sophie Mackenzie 21 (48)
Sheldene Ford-Keeble 3/18 (7 overs)
Emma Elsom 52 (93)
Ashley Bridges 2/40 (10 overs)
  • Suffolk won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Suffolk are promoted to Division Three.

Statistics

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Most runs

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Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Charlotte Edwards Kent 6 6 491 98.20 151 3 1
Tammy Beaumont Kent 6 6 417 104.25 107 1 4
Danni Wyatt Nottinghamshire 8 8 403 57.57 116 2 0
Fran Wilson Somerset 9 9 370 46.25 89 0 4
Rosalie Birch Devon 7 7 352 58.66 96* 0 4

Source: CricketArchive[7]

Most wickets

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Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5w
Jo Gardner Northamptonshire 356 19 9.47 5/23 2
Sarah Sundaram Derbyshire 456 18 12.88 5/28 1
Erin Bermingham Kent 323 16 8.31 4/16 0
Esther de Lange Netherlands 432 16 11.87 3/8 0
Lynn McDonnell Durham 350 15 12.46 5/25 1

Source: CricketArchive[8]

References

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  1. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2014". Play Cricket. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  2. ^ Division 1 – 2014, Play-Cricket.
  3. ^ Division 2 – 2014, Play-Cricket.
  4. ^ Division 3 – 2014, Play-Cricket.
  5. ^ Division 4 – North & East – 2014, Play-Cricket.
  6. ^ Division 4 – South & West – 2014, Play-Cricket.
  7. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2014 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Bowling in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2014 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.