2003 Women's County Championship

{{Infobox cricket tournament

| administrator = England and Wales Cricket Board

| cricket format = 50 over

| tournament format = League system

| champions = Sussex

| count = 1

| participants = 21

| matches =

| most runs = Taryn Keir (303)

| most wickets = Lynne Spooner (12)

| previous_year = 2002

| previous_tournament = 2002 Women's County Championship

| next_year = 2004

| next_tournament = 2004 Women's County Championship

}}

The 2003 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 7th cricket Women's County Championship season. It took place in July and saw 21 county teams compete in a series of divisions. Sussex 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/Frizzell_Womens_County_Championship_2003.html |title=Women's County Championship 2003 Tables |website=Cricket Archive |accessdate=16 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 2003 Championship consisted of three divisions of six teams apiece, with teams playing each other once. The Emerging Counties competition was also competed in 2003: a tier below the County Championship, consisting of three teams, playing each other once.

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

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Division One

Division Two

Division Three

Emerging Counties

County Championship

= 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" \|Sussex (C) \|5	4	1	0	0	13.5	25	0	86.5
style="text-align:left" \|Nottinghamshire \|5	4	1	0	0	17	21	0	86
style="text-align:left" \|Kent \|5	3	2	0	0	16.5	16	0	68.5
style="text-align:left" \|Yorkshire \|5	2	3	0	0	16	18.5	0	58.5
style="text-align:left" \|Surrey \|5	2	3	0	0	16.5	14	0	54.5
style="background:#FFBBBB" \|style="text-align:left" \|Berkshire (R) \|5	0	5	0	0	15	17	0	32

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/4292 Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2003], Play Cricket.

= 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" \|Lancashire (P) \|5	4	0	0	1	16.5	17.5	0	93
style="text-align:left" \|Middlesex \|5	4	1	0	0	14.5	24	0	86.5
style="text-align:left" \|Staffordshire \|5	3	1	0	1	11.5	16	0	74.5
style="text-align:left" \|Somerset \|5	2	3	0	0	15	17.5	0	56.5
style="text-align:left" \|Hampshire \|5	1	4	0	0	13	13	0	38
style="background:#FFBBBB" \|style="text-align:left" \|Hertfordshire (R) \|5	0	5	0	0	11.5	8	0	19.5

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/4305 Women's County Championship Division 2 - 2003], Play Cricket.

= 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" \|Durham (P) \|5	3	1	1	0	20.5	20	0	82.5
style="text-align:left" \|Derbyshire \|5	3	1	1	0	14	24.5	0	80.5
style="text-align:left" \|Warwickshire \|5	3	1	0	1	13.5	13.5	0	74
style="text-align:left" \|Cheshire \|5	2	2	1	0	18	18	0	66
style="text-align:left" \|Essex \|5	0	3	1	1	12	13	0	42
style="text-align:left" \|Northamptonshire \|5	1	4	0	0	12.5	9	0	33.5

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/4318 Women's County Championship Division 3 - 2003], Play Cricket.

Emerging Counties

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" \|Norfolk \|2	2	0	0	0	8	10	0	42
style="text-align:left" \|Wiltshire \|2	1	1	0	0	7.5	5.5	0	25
style="text-align:left" \|Cumbria \|2	0	2	0	0	7	3.5	0	10.5

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/4536 Women's County Championship Emerging Counties - 2003], Play Cricket.

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
Taryn Keir \|Warwickshire \|5 \|5 \|303 \|75.75 \|109 \|1 \|2
Mel Jones \|Surrey \|5 \|5 \|263 \|52.60 \|124 \|1 \|2
Arran Brindle \|Lancashire \|5 \|5 \|258 \|64.50 \|99* \|0 \|2
Charlotte Edwards \|Kent \|5 \|5 \|212 \|53.00 \|85* \|0 \|2
Hannah Lloyd \|Somerset \|5 \|5 \|190 \|47.50 \|78 \|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

Taryn Keir

|Warwickshire

|303

|75.75

|109

Mel Jones

|Surrey

|263

|52.60

|124

Arran Brindle

|Lancashire

|258

|64.50

|99*

Charlotte Edwards

|Kent

|212

|53.00

|85*

Hannah Lloyd

|Somerset

|190

|47.50

|78

Source: CricketArchive{{cite web| url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/5/Frizzell_Womens_County_Championship_2003/Batting_by_Runs.html | title=Batting and Fielding in Frizzell Women's County Championship 2003 (Ordered by Runs) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=20 March 2021}}

=Most wickets=

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width=125\| Player !width=125\| Team !width=60 \| Balls !width=60 \| Wickets !width=60 \| Average !width=60 \| BBI !width=60 \| 5w
Lynne Spooner \|Derbyshire \|281 \|12 \|10.41 \|3/14 \|0
Jill Holling \|Derbyshire \|238 \|11 \|8.09 \|5/20 \|1
Katie Berry \|Middlesex \|299 \|11 \|10.81 \|4/17 \|0
Susanne White \|Lancashire \|182 \|10 \|6.40 \|6/16 \|1
Juliet Tetley \|Durham \|300 \|10 \|6.70 \|5/19 \|1

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width=125| Player

!width=125| Team

!width=60 | Balls

!width=60 | Wickets

!width=60 | Average

!width=60 | BBI

!width=60 | 5w

Lynne Spooner

|Derbyshire

|281

|12

|10.41

|3/14

Jill Holling

|Derbyshire

|238

|11

|8.09

|5/20

Katie Berry

|Middlesex

|299

|11

|10.81

|4/17

Susanne White

|Lancashire

|182

|10

|6.40

|6/16

Juliet Tetley

|Durham

|300

|10

|6.70

|5/19

Source: CricketArchive{{cite web| url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/5/Frizzell_Womens_County_Championship_2003/Bowling_by_Wickets.html | title=Bowling in Frizzell Women's County Championship 2003 (Ordered by Wickets) | publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=20 March 2021}}

References

2003