2010 Women's County Championship

The 2010 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 14th 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. Sussex Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, their fifth title.

2010 Women's County Championship
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format50 over
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsSussex (5th title)
Participants37
Most runsLydia Greenway (628)
Most wicketsDanni Wyatt (24)

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 points are awarded as follows:[1]

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.

Teams

The 2010 Championship was divided into five divisions: Divisions One to Four with six teams apiece and Division Five with 13 teams split across three regional groups.

Teams in each group played each other twice.

Division One Berkshire Kent Nottinghamshire Somerset Sussex Yorkshire
Division Two Cheshire Essex Middlesex Surrey Warwickshire Worcestershire
Division Three Devon Hampshire Lancashire Scotland Staffordshire Wales
Division Four Cornwall Derbyshire Durham Hertfordshire Netherlands Northamptonshire
Division Five East Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Oxfordshire Norfolk Suffolk
Division Five North Cumbria Ireland Leicestershire and Rutland Northumberland Shropshire
Division Five South & West Buckinghamshire Dorset Gloucestershire Wiltshire

Division One
Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Sussex (C) 1082002139014014.00
Kent 1073002933013213.20
Berkshire 1064002227010910.90
Yorkshire 1055002429010310.30
Nottinghamshire 10280017250626.20
Somerset (R) 10280020200606.00

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[2]

Division Two
Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Middlesex (P) 1082002935014414.40
Essex 1082002934014314.30
Warwickshire 1064002333011611.60
Surrey 105401182809610.67
Cheshire 10270118260647.11
Worcestershire (R) 10010008270353.50

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[3]

Division Three
Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Wales (P) 1082002132013313.30
Staffordshire 1063012335011813.11
Lancashire 1063011835011312.56
Devon 1073002332012512.50
Scotland 10280011230545.40
Hampshire (R) 100100016220383.80

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[4]

Division Four
Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Netherlands (P) 54100141907314.60
Derbyshire 963002133011412.67
Northamptonshire 95400173009710.78
Hertfordshire 94302132207510.71
Durham 9440116230799.88
Cornwall (R) 908017130202.50

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[5]

Division Five

East
Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire[lower-alpha 1] (P) 65001132008316.60
Norfolk 6320161805410.80
Oxfordshire 624008190477.83
Suffolk 615004160305.00

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[6]

North
Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Leicestershire and Rutland 761002327011015.71
Ireland 43100141505914.75
Cumbria 734009220618.71
Shropshire 7340011190608.57
Northumberland 71600760233.29

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[7]

South & West
Team Pld W L T A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Avg.
Gloucestershire 65100172008714.50
Wiltshire 64200152207712.83
Dorset 63300131906210.33
Buckinghamshire 60600460101.67

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[8]

Statistics

Most runs
Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Lydia Greenway Kent 10 10 628 78.50 112* 1 6
Charlotte Edwards Kent 10 10 562 70.25 126* 1 5
Jenny Dunn Middlesex 9 9 483 60.37 158* 1 2
Rachel Priest Staffordshire 8 8 475 67.85 178* 2 2
Aimee Watkins Devon 8 8 472 67.42 188 1 2

Source: CricketArchive[9]

Most wickets
Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5w
Danni Wyatt Staffordshire 510 24 9.33 7/41 1
Katherine Brunt Yorkshire 497 22 12.36 6/29 2
Holly Colvin Sussex 499 21 7.76 7/3 1
Jennifer Laycock Lancashire 509 21 9.66 5/9 1
Isa Guha Berkshire 550 21 13.85 4/14 0

Source: CricketArchive[10]

Notes
  1. Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire were promoted by virtue of being the best Division Five group winner, on average points.

References
  1. "ECB Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2010". Play Cricket. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  2. Division 1 – 2010, Play-Cricket.
  3. Division 2 – 2010, Play-Cricket.
  4. Division 3 – 2010, Play-Cricket.
  5. Division 4 – 2010, Play-Cricket.
  6. Division 5E – 2010, Play-Cricket.
  7. Division 5N – 2010, Play-Cricket.
  8. Division 5S&W – 2010, Play-Cricket.
  9. "Batting and Fielding in LV Women's County Championship 2010 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  10. "Bowling in LV Women's County Championship 2010 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
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