The 2007 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 11th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to August and saw 30 county teams and teams representing Scotland and Wales compete in a series of divisions. Kent Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving their second title in two 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:
Win: 25 points. Tie: 15 points. Loss: Bonus points. No Result: 4 points. Abandoned: 10 points.
Up to four batting and four bowling points were available to the losing team only, or both teams in an incomplete match.
Teams The 2007 Championship was divided into two tiers: the County Championship and the County Challenge Cup. The County Championship consisted of three divisions of four teams, whilst the Challenge Cup consisted of five groups of four teams, with Division A as the top tier and Groups 1 to 4 as equal tiers below. The winner of Division A of the Challenge Cup were promoted to the County Championship.
Teams in the County Championship and Division A of the Challenge Cup played each other twice, whilst teams in Groups 1 to 4 of the Challenge Cup played each other once.
County Championship Division OneKentLancashireNottinghamshireSussex Division TwoBerkshireSomersetSurreyYorkshire Division ThreeCheshireMiddlesexStaffordshireWarwickshire
County Challenge Cup Division ADerbyshireEssexHampshireNorthamptonshire Group 1CornwallDevonDorsetWiltshire Group 2GloucestershireOxfordshireWalesWorcestershire Group 3HertfordshireLeicestershireNorfolkSuffolk Group 4CumbriaDurhamNorthumberlandScotland
County Championship Division One TeamKent (C) 6 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 135Sussex6 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 112Nottinghamshire6 1 4 0 1 3 9 0 47Lancashire (R) 6 0 5 0 1 2 14 0 26 Source: Cricket ArchiveWomen's County Championship 2007, Cricket Archive.
Division Two TeamBerkshire (P) 6 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 112Surrey6 3 2 0 1 0 6 0 91Somerset6 3 2 0 1 0 4 0 89Yorkshire (R) 6 0 5 0 1 5 9 0 24 Source: Cricket Archive
Division Three TeamWarwickshire (P) 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 105Middlesex6 2 2 0 2 3 5 0 78Cheshire6 1 2 0 3 0 7 0 62Staffordshire (R) 6 1 3 0 2 1 7 0 53 Source: Cricket Archive
County Challenge Cup Division A TeamDerbyshire (P) 6 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 105Essex6 3 1 0 2 2 2 0 99Hampshire6 1 3 0 2 1 5 0 51Northamptonshire (R) 6 0 3 0 3 2 3 0 35 Source: Cricket ArchiveWomen's County Challenge Cup 2007, Cricket Archive.
Group 1 TeamDevon (PO) 3 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 63Dorset3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 51Cornwall3 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 39Wiltshire 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 Source: Cricket Archive
Group 2 TeamWorcestershire (P) 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 60Wales3 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 39Gloucestershire3 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 38Oxfordshire 3 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 14 Source: Cricket Archive
Group 3 TeamHertfordshire (PO) 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 60Leicestershire3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 60Norfolk3 1 2 0 0 2 4 0 31Suffolk 3 0 3 0 0 1 3 0 4 Source: Cricket Archive
Group 4 TeamScotland (PO) 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 75Durham3 1 1 0 1 0 4 0 39Cumbria3 1 2 0 0 2 5 0 32Northumberland 3 0 2 0 1 1 5 0 16 Source: Cricket Archive
Statistics Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sEmily DrummKent44222111.0065*04Claire TaylorBerkshire5521152.755902Jenny GunnNottinghamshire5516032.007701Elwyn CampbellSomerset5514929.805501Lydia GreenwayKent5513026.005301 Source: CricketArchive
Most wickets Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5wLynsey AskewKent259138.005/51Sarah BartlettMiddlesex228127.665/91Kate CrossLancashire269129.254/170Sarah ClarkeSurrey2521211.163/260Isa GuhaBerkshire227117.544/130 Source: CricketArchive
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