1999 Women's County Championship

{{Infobox cricket tournament

| administrator = England and Wales Cricket Board

| cricket format = 50 over

| tournament format = League system

| champions = East Midlands

| count = 1

| participants = 18

| matches =

| most runs = Jane Smit (335)

| most wickets = Janet Tedstone (13)
Dawn Holden (13)
Beth Morgan (13)

| previous_year = 1998

| previous_tournament = 1998 Women's County Championship

| next_year = 2000

| next_tournament = 2000 Women's County Championship

}}

The 1999 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 3rd cricket Women's County Championship season. It took place in July and saw 10 county teams, 3 county Second XIs and 5 regional teams compete in a series of divisions. East Midlands Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving their 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:{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/5/Womens_County_Championship_1999.html |title=Women's County Championship 1999 Tables |website=Cricket Archive |accessdate=18 January 2021}}

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 1999 Championship consisted of 18 teams, competing in three divisions of six teams apiece. Teams played each other once.

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Division One \|East Midlands \|Kent \|Surrey \|Thames Valley \|West Midlands \|Yorkshire
Division Two \|Cheshire \|Derbyshire \|East Anglia \|West of England \|Sussex \|Yorkshire Second XI
Division Three \|Hampshire \|Lancashire \|Middlesex \|Northumberland \|Surrey Second XI \|Sussex Second XI

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Division One

Division Two

Division Three

Division One

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! width="150" \|Team ! width="25" \|{{Abbr\|Pld\|Played}} ! width="25" \|{{Abbr\|W\|Won}} ! width="25" \|{{Abbr\|L\|Lost}} ! width="25" \|{{Abbr\|T\|Tied}} ! width="25" \|{{Abbr\|A\|Abandoned or cancelled}} ! width="40" \|{{Abbr\|Bat\|Batting points}} ! width="40" \|{{Abbr\|Bowl\|Bowling points}} ! width="40" \|{{Abbr\|Ded\|Deducted points}} ! width="40" \|{{Abbr\|Pts\|Points}}
style="background:#fbd009" \|style="text-align:left" \|East Midlands (C) \|5	5	0	0	0	20.5	21.5	0	102
style="text-align:left" \|Yorkshire \|5	3	2	0	0	17.5	23	0	76.5
style="text-align:left" \|Thames Valley \|5	3	2	0	0	18	18.5	0	72.5
style="text-align:left" \|Surrey \|5	2	3	0	0	17	15.5	0	56.5
style="text-align:left" \|Kent \|5	2	3	0	0	15	15.5	0	54.5
style="background:#FFBBBB" \|style="text-align:left" \|West Midlands (R) \|5	0	5	0	0	13.5	14.5	0	28

Source: Cricket Archive[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/5/Womens_County_Championship_1999.html Women's County Championship 1999 Tables], Cricket Archive.

Division Two

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! width="150" \|Team ! width="25" \|{{Abbr\|Pld\|Played}} ! width="25" \|{{Abbr\|W\|Won}} ! width="25" \|{{Abbr\|L\|Lost}} ! width="25" \|{{Abbr\|T\|Tied}} ! width="25" \|{{Abbr\|A\|Abandoned or cancelled}} ! width="40" \|{{Abbr\|Bat\|Batting points}} ! width="40" \|{{Abbr\|Bowl\|Bowling points}} ! width="40" \|{{Abbr\|Ded\|Deducted points}} ! width="40" \|{{Abbr\|Pts\|Points}}
style="background:#cfc" \|style="text-align:left" \|Sussex (P) \|5	5	0	0	0	15.5	23.5	0	99
style="text-align:left" \|West of England \|5	4	1	0	0	17.5	20.5	0	86
style="text-align:left" \|Yorkshire Second XI \|5	3	2	0	0	17	20.5	0	72
style="text-align:left" \|Cheshire \|5	2	3	0	0	15	11	0	50
style="text-align:left" \|East Anglia \|5	1	4	0	0	16.5	10	0	38.5
style="background:#FFBBBB" \|style="text-align:left" \|Derbyshire (R) \|5	0	5	0	0	13	11	0	24

Source: Cricket Archive

Division Three

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! width="150" \|Team ! width="25" \|{{Abbr\|Pld\|Played}} ! width="25" \|{{Abbr\|W\|Won}} ! width="25" \|{{Abbr\|L\|Lost}} ! width="25" \|{{Abbr\|T\|Tied}} ! width="25" \|{{Abbr\|A\|Abandoned or cancelled}} ! width="40" \|{{Abbr\|Bat\|Batting points}} ! width="40" \|{{Abbr\|Bowl\|Bowling points}} ! width="40" \|{{Abbr\|Ded\|Deducted points}} ! width="40" \|{{Abbr\|Pts\|Points}}
style="background:#cfc" \|style="text-align:left" \|Lancashire (P) \|5	5	0	0	0	21.5	22.5	0	104
style="text-align:left" \|Middlesex \|5	3	2	0	0	20	19	0	75
style="text-align:left" \|Hampshire \|5	3	2	0	0	19	17.5	0	72.5
style="text-align:left" \|Surrey Second XI \|5	3	2	0	0	14.5	21	0	71.5
style="text-align:left" \|Sussex Second XI \|5	1	4	0	0	13	15.5	0	40.5
style="text-align:left" \|Northumberland \|5	0	5	0	0	9	11.5	0	20.5

Source: Cricket Archive

Statistics

=Most runs=

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width=125\| Player !width=125\| Team !width=60 \| Matches !width=60 \| Innings !width=60 \| Runs !width=60 \| Average !width=60 \| {{Tooltip\|HS\|Highest score}} !width=60 \| 100s !width=60 \| 50s
Jane Smit \|Nottinghamshire \|5 \|5 \|335 \|111.66 \|108* \|1 \|3
Charlotte Edwards \|East Anglia \|5 \|5 \|306 \|76.50 \|118 \|1 \|2
Arran Brindle \|Lancashire \|5 \|5 \|228 \|76.00 \|111* \|1 \|1
Debra Stock \|Thames Valley \|5 \|5 \|225 \|56.25 \|93 \|0 \|2
Val Leafe \|Surrey \|5 \|5 \|218 \|43.60 \|65 \|0 \|1

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width=125| Player

!width=125| Team

!width=60 | Matches

!width=60 | Innings

!width=60 | Runs

!width=60 | Average

!width=60 | {{Tooltip|HS|Highest score}}

!width=60 | 100s

!width=60 | 50s

Jane Smit

|Nottinghamshire

|335

|111.66

|108*

Charlotte Edwards

|East Anglia

|306

|76.50

|118

Arran Brindle

|Lancashire

|228

|76.00

|111*

Debra Stock

|Thames Valley

|225

|56.25

|93

Val Leafe

|Surrey

|218

|43.60

|65

Source: CricketArchive{{cite web| url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/5/Womens_County_Championship_1999/Batting_by_Runs.html | title=Batting and Fielding in Women's County Championship 1999 (Ordered by Runs) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=20 March 2021}}

=Most wickets=

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width=125\| Player !width=150\| Team !width=60 \| Balls !width=60 \| Wickets !width=60 \| Average !width=60 \| BBI !width=60 \| 5w
Janet Tedstone \|Yorkshire Second XI \|276 \|13 \|8.30 \|5/24 \|1
Dawn Holden \|East Midlands \|295 \|13 \|10.00 \|4/32 \|0
Beth Morgan \|Middlesex \|300 \|13 \|12.07 \|4/19 \|0
Lorna Jesty \|Hampshire \|210 \|10 \|10.40 \|7/17 \|1
Julie Mann \|Yorkshire \|252 \|10 \|10.90 \|4/25 \|0

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width=125| Player

!width=150| Team

!width=60 | Balls

!width=60 | Wickets

!width=60 | Average

!width=60 | BBI

!width=60 | 5w

Janet Tedstone

|Yorkshire Second XI

|276

|13

|8.30

|5/24

Dawn Holden

|East Midlands

|295

|13

|10.00

|4/32

Beth Morgan

|Middlesex

|300

|13

|12.07

|4/19

Lorna Jesty

|Hampshire

|210

|10

|10.40

|7/17

Julie Mann

|Yorkshire

|252

|10

|10.90

|4/25

Source: CricketArchive{{cite web| url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/5/Womens_County_Championship_1999/Bowling_by_Wickets.html | title=Bowling in Women's County Championship 1999 (Ordered by Wickets) | publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=20 March 2021}}

References

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