The 2008 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 12th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to August and saw 31 county teams and teams representing Scotland and Wales compete in a series of divisions. Sussex Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving their fourth 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 team.
The championship works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:
Win: 20 points. Tie: 16 points. Loss: Bonus points. Abandoned or No Result: 6 points. Cancelled No Play: 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 2008 Championship was divided into five divisions: Divisions One to Four with four teams apiece and Division Five with 17 teams split across four regional groups.
Teams in the top four Divisions played each other twice, and teams in Division Five played each other once. Division OneBerkshireKentNottinghamshireSussex Division TwoLancashireSomersetSurreyWarwickshire Division ThreeCheshireDerbyshireMiddlesexYorkshire Division FourEssexHampshireStaffordshireWorcestershire Division Five London & EastHertfordshireNorfolkSuffolkWiltshire Division Five MidlandsLeicestershireNorthamptonshireShropshireWales Division Five NorthCumbriaDurhamNorthumberlandScotland Division Five South & WestCornwallDevonDorsetGloucestershireOxfordshire
Division One TeamSussex (C) 6 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 107Kent6 4 1 0 1 0 5 0 91Nottinghamshire6 2 4 0 0 5 8 0 53Berkshire 6 0 6 0 0 7 9 0 16 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 1 – 2008, Play-Cricket.
Division Two TeamSurrey (P) 6 5 1 0 0 4 2 0 106Somerset (P)6 4 2 0 0 2 4 0 86Lancashire6 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 63Warwickshire 6 0 6 0 0 5 12 0 17 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 2 – 2008, Play-Cricket.
Division Three TeamYorkshire (P) 6 5 0 0 1 0 4 0 110Middlesex (P)6 3 3 0 0 1 9 0 70Cheshire (P)6 2 4 0 0 1 12 0 53Derbyshire 6 1 4 0 1 6 6 0 38 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 3 – 2008, Play-Cricket.
Division Four TeamEssex (P) 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 120Staffordshire6 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 82Worcestershire6 1 5 0 0 4 13 0 37Hampshire 6 1 5 0 0 4 7 0 31 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 4 – 2008, Play-Cricket.
Division Five Due to restructuring of the Championship to expand the number of teams per division in 2009, the winners of the Division Five groups went into a play-off to determine promotion: the top two were promoted to Division Three, whilst the bottom two would form Division Four along with the four second-placed Division Five teams.
London & East TeamNorfolk (PO) 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 50Hertfordshire (P)3 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 44Wiltshire3 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 22Suffolk 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 10 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 5L&E – 2008, Play-Cricket.
Midlands TeamNorthamptonshire (PO) 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 60Wales (P)3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 40Leicestershire3 0 2 1 0 1 5 0 22Shropshire 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 16 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 5M – 2008, Play-Cricket.
North TeamScotland (PO) 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 60Durham (P)3 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 42Cumbria3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 21Northumberland 3 0 3 0 0 4 4 0 8 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 5N – 2008, Play-Cricket.
South & West TeamDevon (PO) 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 80Cornwall (P)4 3 1 0 0 2 3 0 65Gloucestershire4 2 2 0 0 3 3 0 46Dorset 4 1 3 0 0 3 9 0 32Oxfordshire 4 0 4 0 0 0 5 0 5 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 5S&W – 2008, Play-Cricket.
Play-off TeamScotland (P) 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 60Devon (P)3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 21Norfolk (P)3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 20Northamptonshire (P)3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 20 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 5PO – 2008, Play-Cricket.
Statistics Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sHeather KnightDevon5540280.4019013Elwyn CampbellSomerset6633684.0094*03Laura JoyceSurrey6626043.339503Danni WyattStaffordshire6625263.00117*11Claire TaylorBerkshire6624440.6614610 Source: CricketArchive
Most wickets Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5wIsabelle WestburySomerset192126.415/201Hannah CourtnellEssex300129.754/130Charlotte AnneveldKent3001211.504/180Danielle HazellYorkshire259118.634/10Alexia WalkerSussex259119.365/171 Source: CricketArchive
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