2017 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]

2017 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format50 over
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsLancashire (1st title)
Participants36

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. [2] The bonus points for each match are retained if the match is completed.

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 One Berkshire Kent Lancashire Middlesex Nottinghamshire Sussex Warwickshire Yorkshire
Division Two Derbyshire Devon Hampshire Somerset Surrey Wales Staffordshire Worcestershire
Division Three - Group A Cumbria Durham Northumberland Scotland
Division Three - Group B Cornwall Dorset Gloucestershire Oxfordshire Wiltshire
Division Three - Group C Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Essex Hertfordshire Netherlands Shropshire
Division Three - Group D Leicestershire and Rutland Lincolnshire Norfolk Northamptonshire Suffolk

Division One

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Lancashire (C) 75200232609914.14
Yorkshire 75200232509814
Warwickshire 75200212509613.71
Nottinghamshire 74300212708812.57
Middlesex 73400202607610.86
Kent 73400202107110.14
Sussex (R) 7340017190669.43
Berkshire (R) 7070011120233.29
As of 28 August 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[3]

Division Two

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Hampshire (P) 761002724011115.86
Somerset (P) 75101221909115.17
Devon 75200212509613.71
Surrey 74300232408712.43
Wales 73400192307210.29
Derbyshire 73400192207110.14
Worcestershire (R) 7150114120366
Staffordshire (R) 7070011130243.43
As of 28 August 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[4]

Division Three

Group A

Team Pld W L T A LC WC Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Durham (PO) 6400101121407615.2
Scotland 632000191606510.83
Northumberland 6130101580336.6
Cumbria 6030030000-15-2.5
As of 23 July 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[5]

Group B

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Gloucestershire (PO) 44000151607117.75
Oxfordshire 43100131505814.5
Cornwall 412107150379.25
Dorset 41300770246
Wiltshire 40310780205
As of 29 May 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[6]

Group C

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Essex (PO) 55000201708717.4
Netherlands 54100141506913.8
Shropshire 53200161606212.4
Buckinghamshire 523008150438.6
Hertfordshire 514009110306
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire 505005140193.8
As of 29 May 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[7]

Group D

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Northamptonshire (PO) 4300181205016.67
Leicestershire and Rutland 42101101104113.67
Suffolk 42200111104210.5
Lincolnshire 4220091204110.25
Norfolk 40400760133.25
As of 29 May 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[8]

Promotion Play-offs

References

  1. "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. Royal London Women's County One-Day Championship
  3. Division 1, Play-Cricket.
  4. Division 2, Play-Cricket.
  5. Division 3 - Group A, Play-Cricket.
  6. Division 3 - Group B, Play-Cricket.
  7. Division 3 - Group C, Play-Cricket.
  8. Division 3 - Group D, Play-Cricket.
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