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1999 Women's County Championship

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1999 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format50 over
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsEast Midlands (1st title)
Participants18
Most runsJane Smit (335)
Most wicketsJanet Tedstone (13)
Dawn Holden (13)
Beth Morgan (13)
1998
2000

The 1999 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 3rd cricket Women's County Championship season. It took place in July and saw 10 county teams, 3 county Second XIs and 5 regional teams compete in a series of divisions. East Midlands Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving their first Championship title.

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 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

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The 1999 Championship consisted of 18 teams, competing in three divisions of six teams apiece. Teams played each other once.

Division One East Midlands Kent Surrey Thames Valley West Midlands Yorkshire
Division Two Cheshire Derbyshire East Anglia West of England Sussex Yorkshire Second XI
Division Three Hampshire Lancashire Middlesex Northumberland Surrey Second XI Sussex Second XI

Division One

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Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
East Midlands (C) 5 5 0 0 0 20.5 21.5 0 102
Yorkshire 5 3 2 0 0 17.5 23 0 76.5
Thames Valley 5 3 2 0 0 18 18.5 0 72.5
Surrey 5 2 3 0 0 17 15.5 0 56.5
Kent 5 2 3 0 0 15 15.5 0 54.5
West Midlands (R) 5 0 5 0 0 13.5 14.5 0 28

Source: Cricket Archive[2]

Division Two

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Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Sussex (P) 5 5 0 0 0 15.5 23.5 0 99
West of England 5 4 1 0 0 17.5 20.5 0 86
Yorkshire Second XI 5 3 2 0 0 17 20.5 0 72
Cheshire 5 2 3 0 0 15 11 0 50
East Anglia 5 1 4 0 0 16.5 10 0 38.5
Derbyshire (R) 5 0 5 0 0 13 11 0 24

Source: Cricket Archive[2]

Division Three

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Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Lancashire (P) 5 5 0 0 0 21.5 22.5 0 104
Middlesex 5 3 2 0 0 20 19 0 75
Hampshire 5 3 2 0 0 19 17.5 0 72.5
Surrey Second XI 5 3 2 0 0 14.5 21 0 71.5
Sussex Second XI 5 1 4 0 0 13 15.5 0 40.5
Northumberland 5 0 5 0 0 9 11.5 0 20.5

Source: Cricket Archive[2]

Statistics

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Most runs

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Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Jane Smit Nottinghamshire 5 5 335 111.66 108* 1 3
Charlotte Edwards East Anglia 5 5 306 76.50 118 1 2
Arran Brindle Lancashire 5 5 228 76.00 111* 1 1
Debra Stock Thames Valley 5 5 225 56.25 93 0 2
Val Leafe Surrey 5 5 218 43.60 65 0 1

Source: CricketArchive[3]

Most wickets

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Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5w
Janet Tedstone Yorkshire Second XI 276 13 8.30 5/24 1
Dawn Holden East Midlands 295 13 10.00 4/32 0
Beth Morgan Middlesex 300 13 12.07 4/19 0
Lorna Jesty Hampshire 210 10 10.40 7/17 1
Julie Mann Yorkshire 252 10 10.90 4/25 0

Source: CricketArchive[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Women's County Championship 1999 Tables". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Women's County Championship 1999 Tables, Cricket Archive.
  3. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Women's County Championship 1999 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Bowling in Women's County Championship 1999 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.