2001 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format50 over
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsYorkshire (4th title)
Participants20
Most runsArran Brindle (274)
Most wicketsYvonne Craven (13)
Susanne White (13)

The 2001 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 5th cricket Women's County Championship season. It took place in July and August and saw 20 county teams compete in a series of divisions. Yorkshire Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving their fourth Championship title in five seasons.

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 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

The 2001 Championship consisted of 17 teams: the top two divisions with six teams apiece and Division Three with five teams. Teams played each other once. The Emerging Counties competition was also competed in 2001: a tier below the County Championship, consisting of three teams, playing each other once.

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

County Championship

Division One

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Yorkshire (C) 550001921.50100.5
Berkshire 532001821075
Staffordshire 5320016.518.5071
Nottinghamshire 5320014.518.5069
Surrey 5140012.514.5039
Kent (R) 505009.515024.5

Source: Cricket Archive[2]

Division Two

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Sussex (P) 5500022.520.50103
Lancashire 5320017.518.5072
Somerset 532001717070
Derbyshire 523001516.5055.5
Hertfordshire 514001216040
Cheshire (R) 5140012.513037.5

Source: Cricket Archive[2]

Division Three

Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Middlesex (P) 440002018.5086.5
Hampshire 431001815.5069.5
Essex 422001615.5055.5
Warwickshire 413001110.5033.5
Wiltshire 404008.59017.5

Source: Cricket Archive[2]

Emerging Counties

Durham were promoted to join Division Three. Full match results and table are unrecorded.[3]

Statistics

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Arran Brindle Lancashire 5 5 274 68.50 128* 1 1
Chanderkanta Kaul Middlesex 4 4 250 62.50 95 0 3
Haidee Tiffen Sussex 5 4 244 244.00 132* 2 0
Sue Redfern Derbyshire 5 5 234 46.80 90 0 2
Jane Smit Nottinghamshire 5 5 234 71.66 70* 0 3

Source: CricketArchive[4]

Most wickets

Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5w
Yvonne Craven Berkshire 297 13 9.61 4/22 0
Susanne White Lancashire 265 13 10.76 5/29 1
Alexis Mannion Essex 222 12 12.08 5/30 2
Hannah Lloyd Somerset 185 10 9.70 3/4 0
Clare Connor Sussex 264 9 8.66 3/9 0

Source: CricketArchive[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Women's County Championship 2001 Tables". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Women's County Championship 2001 Tables, Cricket Archive.
  3. ↑ "Women's Emerging Counties Tournament 2001 Tables". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in Women's County Championship 2001 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Bowling in Women's County Championship 2001 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
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