The 2014 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 18th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to September and saw 33 county teams and teams representing Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of divisions. Kent Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, with Surrey finishing runners-up. The Championship was Kent's sixth title, and their third in four 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 worked on a points system, the winner being the team with most average points of completed games in the first division. The points are awarded as follows:
Win: 10 points + bonus points. Tie: 5 points + bonus points. Loss: Bonus points. Abandoned or cancelled: Match not counted to average.
Bonus points are awarded for various batting and bowling milestones. The bonus points for each match are retained if the match is completed.
Batting
1.50 runs per over (RPO) or more: 1 point 2 RPO or more: 2 points 3 RPO or more: 3 points 4 RPO or more: 4 points
Bowling
3-4 wickets taken: 1 point 5-6 wickets taken: 2 points 7-8 wickets taken: 3 points 9-10 wickets taken: 4 points
Teams The 2014 Championship was divided into four divisions: Divisions One to Three with nine teams apiece and Division Four with two groups of five.
Teams in each group played each other once. Division OneBerkshireEssexKentMiddlesexNottinghamshireSurreySussexWarwickshireYorkshire Division TwoCheshireDevonDurhamIrelandLancashireSomersetStaffordshireWalesWorcestershire Division ThreeDerbyshireGloucestershireHampshireHertfordshireLeicestershire and RutlandNetherlandsNorthamptonshireOxfordshireScotland Division Four North & EastCambridgeshire and HuntingdonshireCumbriaNorfolkNorthumberlandSuffolk Division Four South & WestBuckinghamshireCornwallDorsetShropshireWiltshire
Division One TeamKent (C) 8 6 0 0 2 24 24 0 108 18.00Surrey 8 5 2 0 1 24 22 0 96 13.71Berkshire8 3 2 0 3 16 18 0 64 12.80Nottinghamshire8 4 3 0 1 23 23 0 86 12.29Sussex8 3 3 0 2 21 17 0 68 11.33Middlesex8 2 3 0 3 15 13 0 48 9.60Yorkshire 8 2 4 0 2 20 15 0 55 9.17Warwickshire (PO) 8 1 5 0 2 16 12 0 38 6.33Essex (R) 8 1 5 0 2 10 10 0 30 5.00 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 1 – 2014, Play-Cricket.
Division Two TeamLancashire (P)8 6 1 0 1 24 25 0 109 15.57Somerset (PO)8 6 2 0 0 27 26 0 113 14.13Devon8 5 2 0 1 21 19 0 90 12.86Staffordshire 8 5 3 0 0 22 24 0 96 12.00Ireland8 5 3 0 0 23 23 0 96 12.00 Wales8 3 4 0 1 18 21 0 69 9.86Durham 8 2 6 0 0 13 22 0 55 6.88Worcestershire (PO)8 1 6 0 1 18 12 0 40 5.71Cheshire (R) 8 1 7 0 0 20 14 0 44 5.50 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 2 – 2014, Play-Cricket.
Division Three
TeamScotland (P)8 7 1 0 0 28 29 0 127 15.88Netherlands (PO)8 5 2 0 1 21 26 0 97 13.86Northamptonshire8 4 2 0 2 18 22 0 80 13.33Derbyshire 8 4 3 1 0 26 27 0 98 12.25Leicestershire and Rutland8 5 3 0 0 26 21 0 97 12.13Oxfordshire 8 2 5 1 0 17 23 0 65 8.13Hertfordshire8 2 5 0 1 15 16 0 51 7.29Hampshire 8 2 5 0 1 19 10 0 49 7.00Gloucestershire (R)8 1 6 0 1 15 9 0 34 4.86 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 3 – 2014, Play-Cricket.
Division Four North & East TeamSuffolk (PO)4 4 0 0 0 14 16 0 70 17.50Cumbria4 2 2 0 0 10 12 0 42 10.50Norfolk4 2 2 0 0 9 13 0 42 10.50Northumberland4 1 2 0 1 3 8 0 21 7.00Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire4 0 3 0 1 5 4 0 9 3.00 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 4 – North & East – 2014, Play-Cricket.
South & West TeamCornwall (PO)4 4 0 0 0 14 14 0 68 17.00Shropshire4 3 1 0 0 13 15 0 58 14.50Buckinghamshire4 1 2 0 1 8 9 0 27 9.00Wiltshire4 1 3 0 0 10 9 0 29 7.25Dorset4 0 3 0 1 6 6 0 12 4.00 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 4 – South & West – 2014, Play-Cricket.
Promotion play-offs The teams finishing second in Divisions Two and Three played against the teams finishing second bottom in Divisions One and Two, respectively, for the chance of promotion. The winners of the two Division Four groups played off for promotion to Division Three.
Statistics Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sCharlotte EdwardsKent6649198.2015131Tammy BeaumontKent66417104.2510714Danni WyattNottinghamshire8840357.5711620Fran WilsonSomerset9937046.258904Rosalie BirchDevon7735258.6696*04 Source: CricketArchive
Most wickets Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5wJo GardnerNorthamptonshire356199.475/232Sarah SundaramDerbyshire4561812.885/281Erin BerminghamKent323168.314/160Esther de LangeNetherlands4321611.873/80Lynn McDonnellDurham3501512.465/251 Source: CricketArchive
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