The 2006 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 10th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to August and saw 27 county teams plus Wales compete in a series of divisions. Kent Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving the first Championship 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 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: 15 points. Loss: Bonus points. No Result: 4 points. Abandoned: 4 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 2006 Championship was divided into two tiers: the County Championship and the County Challenge Cup. The County Championship consisted of three divisions of four teams, whilst the Challenge Cup consisted of four groups of four teams, on equal standing, with the winners proceeding to a play-off round for promotion to the County Championship.
Teams in the County Championship played each other twice, whilst teams in the Challenge Cup played each other once.
County Championship Division OneKentLancashireSomersetSussex Division TwoBerkshireCheshireNottinghamshireYorkshire Division ThreeMiddlesexSurreyStaffordshireNorthamptonshire
County Challenge Cup Group 1CumbriaDerbyshireDurhamNorthumberland Group 2EssexHertfordshireLeicestershireNorfolk Group 3WalesWarwickshireWiltshireWorcestershire Group 4CornwallDevonDorsetHampshire
County Championship Division One TeamKent (C) 6 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 106Sussex6 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 85Lancashire 6 1 5 0 0 9 11 0 40Somerset (R) 6 1 5 0 0 5 8 0 33 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipWomen's County Championship Division 1 - 2006, Play Cricket.
Division Two TeamNottinghamshire (P) 6 4 1 0 1 4 0 0 88Yorkshire6 3 2 0 1 6 4 0 74Berkshire6 2 2 0 2 5 10 0 63Cheshire (R) 6 0 4 0 2 6 5 0 19 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipWomen's County Championship Division 2 - 2006, Play Cricket.
Division Three TeamSurrey (P) 6 3 1 0 2 6 5 0 79Staffordshire6 3 1 0 2 4 3 0 75Middlesex6 3 2 0 1 4 2 0 70Northamptonshire (R) 6 0 5 0 1 3 5 0 12 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipWomen's County Championship Division 3 - 2006, Play Cricket.
County Challenge Cup Group 1 TeamDerbyshire (PO) 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 60Durham3 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 44Cumbria3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 21Northumberland 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipWomen's County Championship CCG1 - 2006, Play Cricket.
Group 2 TeamEssex (PO) 3 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 44Hertfordshire3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 40Norfolk 3 1 2 0 0 4 6 0 30Leicestershire3 1 2 0 0 3 7 0 30 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipWomen's County Championship CCG2 - 2006, Play Cricket.
Group 3 TeamWarwickshire (PO) 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 60Wales3 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 44Worcestershire3 1 2 0 0 4 6 0 30Wiltshire 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipWomen's County Championship CCG3 - 2006, Play Cricket.
Group 4 TeamHampshire (PO) 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 60Dorset3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 41Devon3 1 2 0 0 2 5 0 27Cornwall 3 0 3 0 0 2 6 0 8 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipWomen's County Championship CCG4 - 2006, Play Cricket.
Play-off TeamWarwickshire (P) 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 44Derbyshire3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 44Essex3 0 2 0 1 4 0 0 8Hampshire3 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 7 Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipWomen's County Championship CCPO - 2006, Play Cricket.
Statistics Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sJenny GunnNottinghamshire5535671.2012121Charlotte EdwardsKent64335167.5013912Sarah TaylorSussex6632053.339102Janice FraserMiddlesex5530776.7511511Caroline AtkinsSussex6626152.20108*11 Source: CricketArchive
Most wickets Player Team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5wCharlotte EdwardsKent3121213.254/150Ilze CronjeSurrey2641110.633/190Emily DrummKent13999.774/320Lizzie RobertsBerkshire184912.374/200Amanda PotgieterSurrey282815.004/180 Source: CricketArchive
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