2012 Women's County Championship

The 2012 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 16th 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. Kent Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, beating Essex in the division final. The Championship was Kent's fifth title, and their second in two seasons.

2012 Women's County Championship

Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	50 over
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Kent (5th title)
Participants	37
Most runs	Sarah Taylor (345)
Most wickets	Isobelle Watson (18)
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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 top two in each division played in a final to determine the winner, subsequently followed by promotion play-offs. The points are awarded as follows:^[1]

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 2012 Championship was divided into four divisions: Divisions One to Three with nine teams apiece and Division Four with two groups of five.

Teams in each group played each other once.

Division One	Berkshire	Essex	Kent	Middlesex	Nottinghamshire	Somerset	Surrey	Sussex	Yorkshire
Division Two	Cheshire	Devon	Durham	Lancashire	Netherlands	Staffordshire	Wales	Warwickshire	Worcestershire
Division Three	Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire	Derbyshire	Gloucestershire	Hampshire	Hertfordshire	Ireland	Leicestershire and Rutland	Northamptonshire	Scotland
Division Four North & East	Buckinghamshire	Cumbria	Norfolk	Northumberland	Suffolk
Division Four South & West	Cornwall	Dorset	Oxfordshire	Shropshire	Wiltshire

Division One

Table

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts	Avg.
Kent (Q)	8	3	0	0	5	12	12	0	54	18.00
Essex (Q)	8	2	0	0	6	8	8	0	36	18.00
Sussex	8	5	0	0	3	18	19	0	87	17.40
Middlesex	8	1	2	0	5	10	8	0	28	9.33
Berkshire	8	1	2	0	5	10	7	0	27	9.00
Nottinghamshire	8	1	2	0	5	7	8	0	25	8.33
Surrey	8	1	2	0	5	9	3	0	22	7.33
Yorkshire (PO)	8	0	2	0	6	6	5	0	11	5.50
Somerset (PO)	8	0	4	0	4	12	9	0	21	5.25

Source: ECB Women's County Championship^[2]

Play-offs

26 August 2012 (2012-08-26)	Yorkshire	v	Somerset	Match Abandoned
Scorecard
No toss. No play was possible due to rain. Yorkshire remain in Division One.

2 September 2012 (2012-09-02)	Essex 99 (43.1 overs)	v	Kent 100/3 (28.1 overs)	Kent won by 7 wickets
Scorecard				Sadler's End, Sindlesham Umpires: Bob Hampshire and Richard Wheeler
	Lauren Onojaife 25 (69) Lynsey Askew 3/20 (8.1 overs)		Charlotte Edwards 32 (60) Leigh Kasperek 2/34 (8 overs)
Essex won the toss and elected to bat. Kent won the 2013 Women's County Championship.

Division Two

Table

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts	Avg.
Warwickshire (PO)	8	6	0	0	2	20	23	0	103	17.17
Worcestershire (PO)	8	4	1	0	3	15	16	0	71	14.20
Devon	8	4	3	0	1	22	22	0	84	12.00
Lancashire	8	4	3	0	1	14	24	0	78	11.14
Cheshire	8	3	3	0	2	15	20	0	65	10.83
Staffordshire	8	2	3	0	3	11	14	0	45	9.00
Wales	8	2	4	0	2	14	15	0	49	8.17
Netherlands (PO)	8	2	5	0	1	16	15	0	51	7.29
Durham (PO)	8	0	5	0	3	9	6	0	15	3.00

Source: ECB Women's County Championship^[3]

Play-offs

26 August 2012 (2012-08-26)	Warwickshire 166/4 (42.3 overs)	v	Worcestershire 164/8 (45 overs)	Warwickshire won by 6 wickets
Scorecard				The Wardens, Solihull Umpires: Ken Hordan and Mike Sheehy
	Helen Shipman 89 (122) Georgia Hennessy 1/17 (7 overs)		Charlotte Holtom 53 (106) Kayleigh Alsop 3/21 (9 overs)
Warwickshire won the toss and elected to field. Match reduced to 45 overs per side. Warwickshire proceed to Division One/Two play-off.

26 August 2012 (2012-08-26)	Durham	v	Netherlands	Durham won by a walk-over
Scorecard
No toss. Durham remain in Division Two.

Division Three

Table

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts	Avg.
Ireland (PO)	8	4	0	0	4	16	14	0	70	17.50
Gloucestershire (PO)	8	2	0	0	6	7	8	0	35	17.50
Leicestershire and Rutland	8	2	0	0	6	6	8	0	34	17.00
Hertfordshire	8	3	2	0	3	15	16	0	61	12.20
Derbyshire	8	1	2	0	5	11	9	0	30	10.00
Scotland	8	1	3	0	4	10	8	0	28	7.00
Northamptonshire	8	1	3	0	4	10	8	0	28	7.00
Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire (PO)	8	1	3	0	4	8	7	0	25	6.25
Hampshire (PO)	8	0	2	0	6	3	0	0	3	1.50

Source: ECB Women's County Championship^[4]

Play-offs

26 August 2012 (2012-08-26)	Gloucestershire 112/7 (28 overs)	v	Ireland 170/3 (28 overs)	Ireland won by 58 runs
Scorecard				The Ship Field, Alveston Umpires: Howard Hudd and Keith Saunders
	Alex MacDonald 42 (60) Laura Delany 3/3 (2 overs)		Isobel Joyce 70 (57) Chloe Davis 2/10 (2 overs)
Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field. Match reduced to 28 overs per side. Ireland proceed to Division Two/Three play-off.

26 August 2012 (2012-08-26)	Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire 178/6 (50 overs)	v	Hampshire 235/7 (50 overs)	Hampshire won by 57 runs
Scorecard				Papworth Cricket Club Ground, Papworth Everard Umpires: Chris Abbott and Alan Hughes
	Lily Reynolds 58 (89) Charlotte Taylor 3/14 (5 overs)		Charlotte Taylor 55 (110) Lily Reynolds 2/37 (7 overs)
Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat. Hampshire remain in Division Three.

Division Four

North & East

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts	Avg.
Suffolk (PO)	4	3	0	0	1	12	12	0	54	18.00
Buckinghamshire	4	2	0	0	2	6	8	0	34	17.00
Northumberland	4	1	2	0	1	4	8	0	22	7.33
Cumbria	4	1	3	0	0	4	8	0	22	5.50
Norfolk	4	1	3	0	0	4	8	0	17	4.25

Source: ECB Women's County Championship^[5]

South & West

Team	Pld	W	L	T	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts	Avg.
Oxfordshire (PO)	4	3	0	0	1	10	10	0	50	16.67
Shropshire	4	2	1	0	1	8	11	0	39	13.00
Cornwall	4	1	1	0	2	4	7	0	21	10.50
Dorset	4	0	2	0	2	2	8	0	10	5.00
Wiltshire	4	0	2	0	2	4	4	0	8	4.00

Source: ECB Women's County Championship^[6]

Play-off

26 August 2012 (2012-08-26)	Oxfordshire 106/6 (34 overs)	v	Suffolk 105 (40 overs)	Oxfordshire won by 4 wickets
Scorecard				Campbell Park, Milton Keynes Umpires: John Wiltshire and Stuart Young
	Carla Wood 51* (108) Penny Everett 3/34 (10 overs)		Vicky Mitchell 46 (70) Emilia Bartram 3/6 (8 overs)
Oxfordshire won the toss and elected to field. Oxfordshire proceed to Division Three/Four play-off.

Promotion play-offs

The teams that won the Division Finals played against the team that lost the relegation play-off from the Division above for the chance of promotion.

2 September 2012 (2012-09-02)	Somerset 173/7 (50 overs)	v	Warwickshire 174/9 (49.4 overs)	Warwickshire won by 1 wicket
Scorecard				Sadler's End, Sindlesham Umpires: Howard Hudd and R Parker
	Fran Wilson 47 (74) Laura Crofts 3/31 (7 overs)		Kayleigh Alsop 40* (63) Anya Shrubsole 2/23 (10 overs)
Warwickshire won the toss and elected to field. Warwickshire are promoted to Division One.

2 September 2012 (2012-09-02)	Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire 164/6 (50 overs)	v	Oxfordshire 166/2 (39.1 overs)	Oxfordshire won by 8 wickets
Scorecard				Campbell Park, Milton Keynes Umpires: David Browne and Peter Gibbon
	Genny Porter 3/18 (6 overs)		Rhian Todd 64 (90)
Oxfordshire won the toss and elected to field. Oxfordshire are promoted to Division Three.

9 September 2012 (2012-09-09)	Ireland 215 (44.5 overs)	v	Netherlands 82 (26 overs)	Ireland won by 133 runs
Scorecard				East Grinstead Sports Club Ground, East Grinstead Umpires: John Booker and Matt French
	Clare Shillington 107 (106) Clare Crewdson 4/40 (10 overs)		Heather Siegers 23 (28) Louise McCarthy 4/23 (7 overs)
Ireland won the toss and elected to bat. Ireland are promoted to Division Two.

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Sarah Taylor	Sussex	5	5	345	115.00	110	2	2
Charlotte Horton	Derbyshire	4	4	317	105.66	177*	1	2
Fran Wilson	Somerset	5	5	296	59.20	89	0	3
Helen Shipman	Warwickshire	8	8	274	45.66	89	0	2
Aylish Cranstone	Devon	6	6	253	63.25	67*	0	2

Source: CricketArchive^[7]

Most wickets

Player	Team	Balls	Wickets	Average	BBI	5w
Isobelle Watson	Warwickshire	415	18	11.05	3/26	0
Katie Blunt	Worcestershire	348	17	8.17	6/22	1
Hazelle Garton	Devon	396	17	10.58	4/18	0
Dawn Prestidge	Cheshire	282	16	6.12	6/14	1
Holly Colvin	Sussex	300	14	7.71	4/24	0

Source: CricketArchive^[8]