2018 Women's County Championship

The 2018 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 22nd cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from the beginning of May to the beginning of June and saw 33 county teams and teams representing Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of divisions. Hampshire Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division with Yorkshire finishing runners-up. The Championship was Hampshire's first and was achieved in their first season in the top division.[1][2]

2018 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format50 over
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsHampshire
Participants36

The tournament was followed by the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Cup and then by the 2018 Women's Cricket Super League, a professional tournament competed for by franchise teams.

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.[3]

The championship works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the average points of completed games. Points were awarded as follows:[4]

Win: 10 points + bonus points.
Tie: 5 points + bonus points.
Loss: Bonus points.
Abandoned or cancelled: Match not counted to average.
Conceded: -5 points for the side conceding, 10 points for their opponent.

Bonus points are collected for batting and bowling.[4] The bonus points for each match are retained if the match is completed.

Teams

The 2018 Championship was divided into three divisions: Division One and Division Two with eight teams each, and Division Three with 20 teams divided into five groups of four teams.

Teams in Division One and Two played each other once, while teams in each group of Division Three played each other twice.

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

Division One
Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Hampshire (C) 761002326010915.57
Yorkshire 761002224010615.14
Kent 74300222108311.86
Lancashire 73400221907110.14
Warwickshire 7132118190579.50
Nottinghamshire 7241019190639.00
Middlesex (R) 7240118150538.83
Somerset (R) 715109220466.57
As of 3 June 2018 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[5]

Division Two
Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Sussex (P) 75101212409515.83
Surrey (P) 761002524010915.57
Wales 74201182408213.67
Devon 73400202407410.57
Berkshire 7330113140579.5
Essex (PO) 7330112130559.17
Derbyshire (R) 7250013210547.71
Northamptonshire (R) 7070012200324.57
As of 3 June 2018 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[6]

Division Three

Group A
Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Durham (PO) 65100222009215.33
Scotland 65100211909015
Cumbria 6240013180518.5
Northumberland 60600960152.5
As of 28 May 2018 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[7]

Group B
Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Cornwall (PO) 65100212209315.5
Netherlands 65100212109215.33
Wiltshire 615008100284.67
Dorset 615005120274.5
As of 28 May 2018 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[8]

Group C
Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Oxfordshire (PO) 65100192409315.5
Gloucestershire 64200212008113.5
Buckinghamshire 63300161806410.67
Hertfordshire 6060011110223.67
As of 28 May 2018 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[9]

Group D
Team Pld W L T A LC WC Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Suffolk (PO) 6510000192309215.33
Lincolnshire 6420000151707212
Norfolk 61400019160457.5
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire 6140010890223.67
As of 28 May 2018 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[10]

Group E
Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Worcestershire (PO) 64101172007715.4
Staffordshire 63201181906713.4
Leicestershire and Rutland 63201131305611.2
Shropshire 605018100183.6
As of 28 May 2018 — Source: ECB Women's County Championship[11]

Promotion Play-offs

Each of the teams finishing first in the groups in Division Three qualified for a series of promotion play-offs along with Essex who finished sixth in Division Two. The three winning sides will play in Division Two in 2019.

References
  1. Women finish third in County Championship, Kent County Cricket Club, 2018-06-03. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  2. Hampshire win Women's County Championship for first time, BBC Sport, 2018-06-03. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  3. Royal London Women's County One-Day Championship & Vitality Women's County T20. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  4. Royal London Women's County One-Day Championship
  5. Division 1 - 2018, Play-Cricket.
  6. Division 2 - 2018, Play-Cricket.
  7. Division 3 - Group A - 2018, Play-Cricket.
  8. Division 3 - Group B - 2018, Play-Cricket.
  9. Division 3 - Group C - 2018, Play-Cricket.
  10. Division 3 - Group D - 2018, Play-Cricket.
  11. Division 3 - Group E - 2018, Play-Cricket.
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