The 2013 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 17th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from April to September and saw 33 county teams and teams representing Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of divisions. Sussex Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, beating Yorkshire in the division final. The Championship was Sussex's sixth title.
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, with placings decided by average points of completed games. The top two in each division played in a final to determine the winner, subsequently followed by promotion play-offs. 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 2013 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 Table TeamSussex (Q) 8 6 2 0 0 28 28 0 116 14.50Yorkshire (Q)8 6 2 0 0 24 27 0 111 13.88Kent8 6 2 0 0 27 20 0 107 13.38Nottinghamshire8 4 4 0 0 27 21 0 88 11.00Berkshire8 4 4 0 0 24 20 0 84 10.50Warwickshire 8 4 4 0 0 20 22 0 82 10.25Middlesex 8 2 6 0 0 28 17 0 65 8.13Essex (PO) 8 2 5 0 1 17 15 0 52 7.43Surrey (PO) 8 1 6 0 1 19 18 0 47 6.71 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 1 – 2013, Play-Cricket.
Play-offs
Division Two Table TeamLancashire (PO)8 8 0 0 0 27 31 0 138 17.25Somerset (PO)8 7 1 0 0 25 23 0 118 14.75Worcestershire8 4 3 0 1 18 22 0 80 11.43Ireland8 4 4 0 0 24 26 0 90 11.25Staffordshire 8 4 4 0 0 21 17 0 78 9.75Cheshire 8 3 4 0 1 17 21 0 68 9.71Wales8 1 6 0 1 20 15 0 45 6.43Devon (PO)8 1 6 0 1 17 15 0 42 6.00Durham (PO) 8 1 5 0 2 10 16 0 36 6.00 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 2 – 2013, Play-Cricket.
Play-offs
Division Three Table TeamNetherlands (PO)8 8 0 0 0 31 27 0 138 17.25Northamptonshire (PO)8 6 2 0 0 24 30 0 114 14.25Scotland8 5 3 0 0 29 25 0 104 13.00Leicestershire and Rutland 8 5 3 0 0 26 27 0 103 12.88Hertfordshire8 4 4 0 0 25 23 0 88 11.00Derbyshire8 3 5 0 0 21 19 0 70 8.75Gloucestershire8 2 5 0 1 22 19 0 61 8.71Hampshire (PO)8 2 6 0 0 21 21 0 62 7.75Oxfordshire (PO)8 0 7 0 1 13 18 0 31 4.43 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 3 – 2013, Play-Cricket.
Play-offs
Division Four North & East TeamSuffolk (PO)4 4 0 0 0 11 16 0 67 16.75Cumbria4 3 1 0 0 12 12 0 54 13.50Northumberland4 1 2 0 1 7 8 0 25 8.33Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire4 1 2 0 1 5 9 0 24 8.00Norfolk4 0 4 0 0 7 8 0 15 3.75 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 4 – North & East – 2013, Play-Cricket.
South & West TeamCornwall (PO)4 4 0 0 0 10 16 0 66 16.50Wiltshire4 2 2 0 0 12 13 0 45 11.25Shropshire4 2 2 0 0 9 14 0 43 10.75Buckinghamshire4 2 2 0 0 7 11 0 38 9.50Dorset4 0 4 0 0 4 5 0 9 2.25 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 4 – South & West – 2013, Play-Cricket.
Play-off
Promotion play-offs The teams that won the Division Finals played against the team that lost the relegation play-off from the Division above for the chance of promotion.
Statistics Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sHeather KnightBerkshire88604100.66153*23Charlotte EdwardsKent7748597.00128*23Alex MacDonaldGloucestershire87468117.00105*14Lauren WinfieldYorkshire8839354.149604Harriet LeachLeicestershire and Rutland8838855.4292*04 Source: CricketArchive
Most wickets Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5wJenny WithersSomerset4392010.853/40Jasmine TitmussLancashire396188.005/221Rachael PetherickDurham3931810.166/171Anje LagueHertfordshire4721811.774/180Thea BrookesWorcestershire3901812.384/260 Source: CricketArchive
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