The 2017 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 21st cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from April to August and saw 33 county teams and teams representing Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of divisions. Lancashire Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division with Yorkshire finishing runners-up. This was Lancashire's first Championship, and their victory saw them complete the double, after winning the Twenty20 Cup earlier in the season.
The tournament ran alongside the 2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup, and followed by the 2017 Women's Cricket Super League, a professional tournament competed for by franchise teams.
Competition format The championship works on a points system, the winner being the team with most average points of completed games in the first division. The points are currently awarded as follows:Royal London Women's County One-Day Championship
Win: 10 points + bonus points. Tie: 5 points + bonus points. Loss: Bonus points. Abandoned or cancelled: Match not counted to average.
Bonus points are collected for batting and bowling. 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 2017 Championship was divided into three divisions: Division One and Division Two with eight teams each, and Division Three with 20 teams divided into 4 groups.
Teams in each group played each other once, except Division 3 Group A teams which played each other twice. Division OneBerkshireKentLancashireMiddlesexNottinghamshireSussexWarwickshireYorkshire Division TwoDerbyshireDevonHampshireSomersetSurreyWalesStaffordshireWorcestershire Division Three - Group ACumbriaDurhamNorthumberlandScotland Division Three - Group BCornwallDorsetGloucestershireOxfordshireWiltshire Division Three - Group CBuckinghamshireCambridgeshire and HuntingdonshireEssexHertfordshireNetherlandsShropshire Division Three - Group DLeicestershire and RutlandLincolnshireNorfolkNorthamptonshireSuffolk
Division One TeamLancashire (C) 7 5 2 0 0 23 26 0 99 14.14Yorkshire7 5 2 0 0 23 25 0 98 14Warwickshire7 5 2 0 0 21 25 0 96 13.71Nottinghamshire7 4 3 0 0 21 27 0 88 12.57Middlesex 7 3 4 0 0 20 26 0 76 10.86Kent7 3 4 0 0 20 21 0 71 10.14Sussex (R) 7 3 4 0 0 17 19 0 66 9.43Berkshire (R) 7 0 7 0 0 11 12 0 23 3.29 As of 28 August 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 1, Play-Cricket.
Division Two TeamHampshire (P) 7 6 1 0 0 27 24 0 111 15.86Somerset (P) 7 5 1 0 1 22 19 0 91 15.17Devon7 5 2 0 0 21 25 0 96 13.71Surrey7 4 3 0 0 23 24 0 87 12.43Wales7 3 4 0 0 19 23 0 72 10.29Derbyshire7 3 4 0 0 19 22 0 71 10.14Worcestershire (R) 7 1 5 0 1 14 12 0 36 6Staffordshire (R) 7 0 7 0 0 11 13 0 24 3.43 As of 28 August 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 2, Play-Cricket.
Division Three Group A TeamDurham (PO) 6 4 0 0 1 0 1 12 14 0 76 15.2Scotland6 3 2 0 0 0 1 9 16 0 65 10.83Northumberland6 1 3 0 1 0 1 5 8 0 33 6.6Cumbria6 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -15 -2.5 As of 23 July 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 3 - Group A, Play-Cricket.
Group B TeamGloucestershire (PO) 4 4 0 0 0 15 16 0 71 17.75Oxfordshire 4 3 1 0 0 13 15 0 58 14.5Cornwall4 1 2 1 0 7 15 0 37 9.25Dorset4 1 3 0 0 7 7 0 24 6Wiltshire4 0 3 1 0 7 8 0 20 5 As of 29 May 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 3 - Group B, Play-Cricket.
Group C TeamEssex (PO) 5 5 0 0 0 20 17 0 87 17.4Netherlands5 4 1 0 0 14 15 0 69 13.8Shropshire5 3 2 0 0 16 16 0 62 12.4Buckinghamshire5 2 3 0 0 8 15 0 43 8.6Hertfordshire5 1 4 0 0 9 11 0 30 6Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire5 0 5 0 0 5 14 0 19 3.8 As of 29 May 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 3 - Group C, Play-Cricket.
Group D TeamNorthamptonshire (PO) 4 3 0 0 1 8 12 0 50 16.67Leicestershire and Rutland 4 2 1 0 1 10 11 0 41 13.67Suffolk4 2 2 0 0 11 11 0 42 10.5Lincolnshire4 2 2 0 0 9 12 0 41 10.25Norfolk4 0 4 0 0 7 6 0 13 3.25 As of 29 May 2017 — Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 3 - Group D, Play-Cricket.
Promotion play-offs
Statistics Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sSuzie BatesHampshire77494164.66139*23Sophie LuffSomerset66411137.00118*22Sophie PoutSurrey7727439.1410811Sonia OdedraNottinghamshire7725342.168602Beth MorganMiddlesex7724535.008001 Source: CricketArchive
Most wickets Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5wSophie EcclestoneLancashire408276.696/122Katie LevickYorkshire360217.666/281Hannah JefferyEssex229145.924/60Anisha PatelWarwickshire281149.786/171Nicole RichardsSomerset296149.925/221 Source: CricketArchive
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