2001 Women's County Championship Explained

The 2001 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 5th cricket Women's County Championship season. It took place in July and August and saw 20 county teams compete in a series of divisions. Yorkshire Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving their fourth Championship title in five seasons.

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:^[1]

Win: 12 points.
Tie

6 points.
Loss: Bonus points.
No Result: 11 points.
Abandoned: 11 points.

Up to five batting and five bowling points per side were also available.

Teams

The 2001 Championship consisted of 17 teams: the top two divisions with six teams apiece and Division Three with five teams. Teams played each other once. The Emerging Counties competition was also competed in 2001: a tier below the County Championship, consisting of three teams, playing each other once.

Division One	Berkshire	Kent	Nottinghamshire	Staffordshire	Surrey	Yorkshire
Division Two	Cheshire	Derbyshire	Hertfordshire	Lancashire	Somerset	Sussex
Division Three	Essex	Hampshire	Middlesex	Warwickshire	Wiltshire
Emerging Counties	Cumbria	Durham	Northamptonshire

County Championship

Division One

Team
Yorkshire (C)	5	5	0	0	0	19	21.5	0	100.5
	5	3	2	0	0	18	21	0	75
Staffordshire	5	3	2	0	0	16.5	18.5	0	71
Nottinghamshire	5	3	2	0	0	14.5	18.5	0	69
Surrey	5	1	4	0	0	12.5	14.5	0	39
Kent (R)	5	0	5	0	0	9.5	15	0	24.5

Source: Cricket Archive^[2]

Division Two

Team
Sussex (P)	5	5	0	0	0	22.5	20.5	0	103
Lancashire	5	3	2	0	0	17.5	18.5	0	72
Somerset	5	3	2	0	0	17	17	0	70
	5	2	3	0	0	15	16.5	0	55.5
Hertfordshire	5	1	4	0	0	12	16	0	40
Cheshire (R)	5	1	4	0	0	12.5	13	0	37.5

Source: Cricket Archive

Division Three

Team
Middlesex (P)	4	4	0	0	0	20	18.5	0	86.5
	4	3	1	0	0	18	15.5	0	69.5
Essex	4	2	2	0	0	16	15.5	0	55.5
Warwickshire	4	1	3	0	0	11	10.5	0	33.5
Wiltshire	4	0	4	0	0	8.5	9	0	17.5

Source: Cricket Archive

Emerging Counties

Durham were promoted to join Division Three. Full match results and table are unrecorded.^[3]

Statistics

Most runs

width=125	Player	width=125	Team	width=60	Matches	width=60	Innings	width=60	Runs	width=60	Average	width=60		width=60	100s	width=60	50s
Arran Brindle	Lancashire	5	5	274	68.50	128	1	1
Chanderkanta Kaul	Middlesex	4	4	250	62.50	95	0	3
Haidee Tiffen	Sussex	5	4	244	244.00	132	2	0
Sue Redfern	Derbyshire	5	5	234	46.80	90	0	2
Jane Smit	Nottinghamshire	5	5	234	71.66	70	0	3

Source: CricketArchive^[4]

Most wickets

width=125	Player	width=125	Team	width=60	Balls	width=60	Wickets	width=60	Average	width=60	BBI	width=60	5w
Yvonne Craven	Berkshire	297	13	9.61	4/22	0
Susanne White	Lancashire	265	13	10.76	5/29	1
Alexis Mannion	Essex	222	12	12.08	5/30	2
Hannah Lloyd	Somerset	185	10	9.70	3/4	0
Clare Connor	Sussex	264	9	8.66	3/9	0

Source: CricketArchive^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Women's County Championship 2001 Tables . Cricket Archive . 17 January 2021.
2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/5/Womens_County_Championship_2001.html Women's County Championship 2001 Tables
3. Web site: Women's Emerging Counties Tournament 2001 Tables . Cricket Archive . 17 January 2021.
4. Web site: Batting and Fielding in Women's County Championship 2001 (Ordered by Runs) . CricketArchive . 20 March 2021.
5. Web site: Bowling in Women's County Championship 2001 (Ordered by Wickets) . CricketArchive . 20 March 2021.