The 2015 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 19th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to September and saw 34 county teams and teams representing Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of divisions. Yorkshire Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, with Kent finishing runners-up. The Championship was Yorkshire's sixth title since the institution of the full County Championship, and their first since 2002.
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 2015 Championship was divided into four divisions: Divisions One to Three with nine teams apiece and Division Four with eleven teams across two groups.
Teams in each group played each other once. Division OneBerkshireKentLancashireMiddlesexNottinghamshireSurreySussexWarwickshireYorkshire Division TwoDevonDurhamEssexIrelandScotlandSomersetStaffordshireWalesWorcestershire Division ThreeCheshireDerbyshireHampshireHertfordshireLeicestershire and RutlandNetherlandsNorthamptonshireOxfordshireSuffolk Division Four North & EastCambridgeshire and HuntingdonshireCumbriaLincolnshireNorfolkNorthumberland Division Four South & WestBuckinghamshireCornwallDorsetGloucestershireShropshireWiltshire
Division One TeamYorkshire (C) 8 6 1 0 1 25 22 0 107 15.29Kent8 5 1 1 1 24 26 0 105 15.00Sussex8 4 2 1 1 25 24 0 94 13.43Berkshire8 4 2 0 2 21 19 0 80 13.33Middlesex8 3 4 0 1 22 22 0 74 10.57Surrey 8 3 5 0 0 25 28 0 83 10.38Warwickshire 8 3 4 0 1 19 22 0 71 10.14Nottinghamshire (R) 8 3 4 0 1 16 22 0 68 9.71Lancashire (R) 8 0 8 0 0 17 6 0 23 2.88 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 1 – 2015, Play-Cricket.
Division Two TeamSomerset (P)8 6 0 0 2 21 24 0 105 17.50Staffordshire (P)8 5 1 0 2 22 21 0 93 15.50Worcestershire 8 4 3 0 1 24 21 0 85 12.14Ireland8 3 3 0 2 13 21 0 64 10.67 Essex8 3 4 0 1 15 24 0 69 9.86 Wales8 2 4 0 2 19 18 0 57 9.50 Devon8 3 5 0 0 24 21 0 75 9.38Durham (R)8 3 5 0 0 16 22 0 68 8.50Scotland (R) 8 1 5 0 2 13 20 0 43 7.17 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 2 – 2015, Play-Cricket.
Division Three
TeamHampshire (P)8 6 1 0 1 23 26 0 109 15.57Leicestershire and Rutland (P)8 5 3 0 0 26 25 0 101 12.63Derbyshire 8 4 3 0 1 21 20 0 81 11.57Oxfordshire 8 3 2 1 2 16 18 0 69 11.50Cheshire 8 3 3 0 2 17 18 0 65 10.83Netherlands8 3 3 0 2 18 17 0 65 10.83Northamptonshire8 3 4 0 1 10 17 0 57 8.14Hertfordshire (R)8 2 4 0 2 15 9 0 44 7.33Suffolk (R)8 0 6 1 1 16 17 0 38 5.43 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 3 – 2015, Play-Cricket.
Division Four North & East TeamNorfolk (P)4 4 0 0 0 12 16 0 68 17.00Cumbria4 3 1 0 0 10 15 0 55 13.75Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire4 1 3 0 0 8 14 0 32 8.00Northumberland4 1 3 0 0 7 14 0 31 7.75Lincolnshire4 1 3 0 0 7 12 0 29 7.25 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 4 – North & East – 2015, Play-Cricket.
South & West TeamGloucestershire (P)5 4 0 0 1 16 15 0 71 17.75Shropshire5 3 1 0 1 13 15 0 58 14.50Cornwall5 2 1 0 2 8 10 0 38 12.67Wiltshire5 1 2 0 2 7 5 0 22 7.33Dorset5 1 3 0 1 4 14 0 28 7.00Buckinghamshire5 0 4 0 1 5 13 0 18 4.00 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 4 – South & West – 2015, Play-Cricket.
Statistics Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sCharlotte TaylorHampshire7742270.33115*11Evelyn JonesStaffordshire5533182.75115*21Netherlands6532665.2012712Sophie LuffSomerset55323107.66138*21Charlotte HortonDerbyshire7730651.0010012 Source: CricketArchive
Most wickets Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5wSarah ClarkeSurrey4482310.214/110Katie LevickYorkshire377209.656/252Holly ColvinSussex3961810.005/331Hannah JeffreyEssex414169.625/191Sarah SundaramDerbyshire3481511.004/200 Source: CricketArchive
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