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2003 Women's County Championship

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2003 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format50 over
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsSussex (1st title)
Participants21
Most runsTaryn Keir (303)
Most wicketsLynne Spooner (12)
2002
2004

The 2003 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 7th cricket Women's County Championship season. It took place in July and saw 21 county teams compete in a series of divisions. Sussex 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 2003 Championship consisted of three divisions of six teams apiece, with teams playing each other once. The Emerging Counties competition was also competed in 2003: a tier below the County Championship, consisting of three teams, playing each other once.

Division One Berkshire Kent Nottinghamshire Surrey Sussex Yorkshire
Division Two Hampshire Hertfordshire Lancashire Middlesex Somerset Staffordshire
Division Three Cheshire Derbyshire Durham Essex Northamptonshire Warwickshire
Emerging Counties Cumbria Norfolk Wiltshire

County Championship

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Division One

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Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Sussex (C) 5 4 1 0 0 13.5 25 0 86.5
Nottinghamshire 5 4 1 0 0 17 21 0 86
Kent 5 3 2 0 0 16.5 16 0 68.5
Yorkshire 5 2 3 0 0 16 18.5 0 58.5
Surrey 5 2 3 0 0 16.5 14 0 54.5
Berkshire (R) 5 0 5 0 0 15 17 0 32

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[2]

Division Two

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Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Lancashire (P) 5 4 0 0 1 16.5 17.5 0 93
Middlesex 5 4 1 0 0 14.5 24 0 86.5
Staffordshire 5 3 1 0 1 11.5 16 0 74.5
Somerset 5 2 3 0 0 15 17.5 0 56.5
Hampshire 5 1 4 0 0 13 13 0 38
Hertfordshire (R) 5 0 5 0 0 11.5 8 0 19.5

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[3]

Division Three

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Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Durham (P) 5 3 1 1 0 20.5 20 0 82.5
Derbyshire 5 3 1 1 0 14 24.5 0 80.5
Warwickshire 5 3 1 0 1 13.5 13.5 0 74
Cheshire 5 2 2 1 0 18 18 0 66
Essex 5 0 3 1 1 12 13 0 42
Northamptonshire 5 1 4 0 0 12.5 9 0 33.5

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[4]

Emerging Counties

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Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Norfolk 2 2 0 0 0 8 10 0 42
Wiltshire 2 1 1 0 0 7.5 5.5 0 25
Cumbria 2 0 2 0 0 7 3.5 0 10.5

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[5]

Statistics

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Most runs

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Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Taryn Keir Warwickshire 5 5 303 75.75 109 1 2
Mel Jones Surrey 5 5 263 52.60 124 1 2
Arran Brindle Lancashire 5 5 258 64.50 99* 0 2
Charlotte Edwards Kent 5 5 212 53.00 85* 0 2
Hannah Lloyd Somerset 5 5 190 47.50 78 0 1

Source: CricketArchive[6]

Most wickets

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Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5w
Lynne Spooner Derbyshire 281 12 10.41 3/14 0
Jill Holling Derbyshire 238 11 8.09 5/20 1
Katie Berry Middlesex 299 11 10.81 4/17 0
Susanne White Lancashire 182 10 6.40 6/16 1
Juliet Tetley Durham 300 10 6.70 5/19 1

Source: CricketArchive[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Women's County Championship 2003 Tables". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  2. ^ Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2003, Play Cricket.
  3. ^ Women's County Championship Division 2 - 2003, Play Cricket.
  4. ^ Women's County Championship Division 3 - 2003, Play Cricket.
  5. ^ Women's County Championship Emerging Counties - 2003, Play Cricket.
  6. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Frizzell Women's County Championship 2003 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Bowling in Frizzell Women's County Championship 2003 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.