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

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 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

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
Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Kent (C) 860022424010818.00
Surrey 85201242209613.71
Berkshire 83203161806412.80
Nottinghamshire 84301232308612.29
Sussex 83302211706811.33
Middlesex 8230315130489.60
Yorkshire 8240220150559.17
Warwickshire (PO) 8150216120386.33
Essex (R) 8150210100305.00

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[2]

Division Two
Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Lancashire (P) 861012425010915.57
Somerset (PO) 862002726011314.13
Devon 85201211909012.86
Staffordshire 85300222409612.00
Ireland 85300232309612.00
Wales 8340118210699.86
Durham 8260013220556.88
Worcestershire (PO) 8160118120405.71
Cheshire (R) 8170020140445.50

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[3]

Division Three
Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Scotland (P) 871002829012715.88
Netherlands (PO) 85201212609713.86
Northamptonshire 84202182208013.33
Derbyshire 84310262709812.25
Leicestershire and Rutland 85300262109712.13
Oxfordshire 8251017230658.13
Hertfordshire 8250115160517.29
Hampshire 8250119100497.00
Gloucestershire (R) 816011590344.86

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[4]

Division Four

North & East
Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Suffolk (PO) 44000141607017.50
Cumbria 42200101204210.50
Norfolk 4220091304210.50
Northumberland 41201380217.00
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire 4030154093.00

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[5]

South & West
Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Cornwall (PO) 44000141406817.00
Shropshire 43100131505814.50
Buckinghamshire 41201890279.00
Wiltshire 413001090297.25
Dorset 40301660124.00

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[6]

Promotion Play-offs

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.

References
  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.
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