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.
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:
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 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 OneBerkshireKentNottinghamshireSomersetSussexYorkshire Division TwoCheshireEssexMiddlesexSurreyWarwickshireWorcestershire Division ThreeDevonHampshireLancashireScotlandStaffordshireWales Division FourCornwallDerbyshireDurhamHertfordshireNetherlandsNorthamptonshire Division Five EastCambridgeshire and HuntingdonshireOxfordshireNorfolkSuffolk Division Five NorthCumbriaIrelandLeicestershire and RutlandNorthumberlandShropshire Division Five South & WestBuckinghamshireDorsetGloucestershireWiltshire
Division One TeamSussex (C) 10 8 2 0 0 21 39 0 140 14.00Kent 10 7 3 0 0 29 33 0 132 13.20Berkshire10 6 4 0 0 22 27 0 109 10.90Yorkshire10 5 5 0 0 24 29 0 103 10.30Nottinghamshire10 2 8 0 0 17 25 0 62 6.20Somerset (R)10 2 8 0 0 20 20 0 60 6.00 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 1 – 2010, Play-Cricket.
Division Two TeamMiddlesex (P) 10 8 2 0 0 29 35 0 144 14.40Essex 10 8 2 0 0 29 34 0 143 14.30Warwickshire10 6 4 0 0 23 33 0 116 11.60Surrey10 5 4 0 1 18 28 0 96 10.67Cheshire10 2 7 0 1 18 26 0 64 7.11Worcestershire (R)10 0 10 0 0 8 27 0 35 3.50 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 2 – 2010, Play-Cricket.
Division Three TeamWales (P) 10 8 2 0 0 21 32 0 133 13.30Staffordshire10 6 3 0 1 23 35 0 118 13.11Lancashire10 6 3 0 1 18 35 0 113 12.56Devon10 7 3 0 0 23 32 0 125 12.50Scotland10 2 8 0 0 11 23 0 54 5.40Hampshire (R)10 0 10 0 0 16 22 0 38 3.80 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 3 – 2010, Play-Cricket.
Division Four TeamNetherlands (P) 5 4 1 0 0 14 19 0 73 14.60Derbyshire 9 6 3 0 0 21 33 0 114 12.67Northamptonshire 9 5 4 0 0 17 30 0 97 10.78Hertfordshire 9 4 3 0 2 13 22 0 75 10.71Durham9 4 4 0 1 16 23 0 79 9.88Cornwall (R)9 0 8 0 1 7 13 0 20 2.50 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 4 – 2010, Play-Cricket.
Division Five East TeamCambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire (P)6 5 0 0 1 13 20 0 83 16.60Norfolk6 3 2 0 1 6 18 0 54 10.80Oxfordshire 6 2 4 0 0 8 19 0 47 7.83Suffolk 6 1 5 0 0 4 16 0 30 5.00 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 5E – 2010, Play-Cricket.
North TeamLeicestershire and Rutland7 6 1 0 0 23 27 0 110 15.71Ireland 4 3 1 0 0 14 15 0 59 14.75Cumbria 7 3 4 0 0 9 22 0 61 8.71Shropshire 7 3 4 0 0 11 19 0 60 8.57Northumberland 7 1 6 0 0 7 6 0 23 3.29 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 5N – 2010, Play-Cricket.
South & West TeamGloucestershire 6 5 1 0 0 17 20 0 87 14.50Wiltshire 6 4 2 0 0 15 22 0 77 12.83Dorset6 3 3 0 0 13 19 0 62 10.33Buckinghamshire 6 0 6 0 0 4 6 0 10 1.67 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 5S&W – 2010, Play-Cricket.
Statistics Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sLydia GreenwayKent101062878.50112*16Charlotte EdwardsKent101056270.25126*15Jenny DunnMiddlesex9948360.37158*12Rachel PriestStaffordshire8847567.85178*22Aimee WatkinsDevon8847267.4218812 Source: CricketArchive
Most wickets Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5wDanni WyattStaffordshire510249.337/411Katherine BruntYorkshire4972212.366/292Holly ColvinSussex499217.767/31Jennifer LaycockLancashire509219.665/91Isa GuhaBerkshire5502113.854/140 Source: CricketArchive
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