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2013 Women's County Championship

{{use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox cricket tournament

| administrator = England and Wales Cricket Board

| cricket format = 50 over

| tournament format = League system

| champions = Sussex

| count = 6

| participants = 37

| matches =

| most runs = Heather Knight (604)

| most wickets = Jenny Withers (20)

| previous_year = 2012

| previous_tournament = 2012 Women's County Championship

| next_year = 2014

| next_tournament = 2014 Women's County Championship

}}

The 2013 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 17th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from April to September and saw 33 county teams and teams representing Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of divisions. Sussex Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, beating Yorkshire in the division final. The Championship was Sussex's sixth 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 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:{{cite web|url=http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/4302 |title=ECB Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2013 |website=Play Cricket |accessdate=13 January 2021}}

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.

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Teams

The 2013 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.

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" style="font-size: 95%; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; clear:center;"
Division One

|Berkshire

|Essex

|Kent

|Middlesex

|Nottinghamshire

|Surrey

|Sussex

|Warwickshire

|Yorkshire

Division Two

|Cheshire

|Devon

|Durham

|Ireland

|Lancashire

|Somerset

|Staffordshire

|Wales

|Worcestershire

Division Three

|Derbyshire

|Gloucestershire

|Hampshire

|Hertfordshire

|Leicestershire and Rutland

|Netherlands

|Northamptonshire

|Oxfordshire

|Scotland

Division Four North & East

|Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire

|Cumbria

|Norfolk

|Northumberland

|Suffolk

Division Four South & West

|Buckinghamshire

|Cornwall

|Dorset

|Shropshire

|Wiltshire

Division One

=Table=

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}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|Avg.|Average}}

style="background:#fbd009"

|style="text-align:left" |Sussex (Q)

|8

62002828011614.50
style="background:#fbd009"

|style="text-align:left" |Yorkshire (Q)

|8

62002427011113.88
style="text-align:left" |Kent

|8

62002720010713.38
style="text-align:left" |Nottinghamshire

|8

4400272108811.00
style="text-align:left" |Berkshire

|8

4400242008410.50
style="text-align:left" |Warwickshire

|8

4400202208210.25
style="text-align:left" |Middlesex

|8

260028170658.13
style="background:#FFCCCC"

|style="text-align:left" |Essex (PO)

|8

250117150527.43
style="background:#FFCCCC"

|style="text-align:left" |Surrey (PO)

|8

160119180476.71

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/4302 Division 1 – 2013], Play-Cricket.

=Play-offs=

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = {{Start date|2013|09|1|df=y}}

| time =

| team1 = Essex

| team2 = Surrey

| score1 = 193 (48.3 overs)

| runs1 = Beth MacGregor 72 (80)

| wickets1 = Katherine Robson 3/33 (10 overs)

| score2 = 194/5 (42.4 overs)

| runs2 = Susie Rowe 92 (86)

| wickets2 = Cordelia Griffith 1/27 (5 overs)

| result = Surrey won by 5 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/553/553996.html Scorecard]

| venue = Toby Howe Cricket Ground, Billericay

| umpires = Jon Glynn and David Griffiths

| motm =

| toss = Essex won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Surrey remain in Division One.

| stack = yes

}}

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = {{Start date|2013|09|15|df=y}}

| time =

| team1 = Sussex

| team2 = Yorkshire

| score1 = 242/4 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Sarah Taylor 128* (127)

| wickets1 = Beatrice Firth 2/36 (10 overs)

| score2 = 147 (38.5 overs)

| runs2 = Katherine Brunt 46* (56)

| wickets2 = Holly Colvin 3/23 (8 overs)

| result = Sussex won by 95 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/554/554002.html Scorecard]

| venue = Campbell Park, Milton Keynes

| umpires = Mark Ennis and Alison Smith

| motm =

| toss = Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Sussex won the 2013 Women's County Championship.

}}

Division Two

=Table=

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}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|Avg.|Average}}

style="background:#dfd;"

|style="text-align:left" |Lancashire (PO)

|8

80002731013817.25
style="background:#dfd;"

|style="text-align:left" |Somerset (PO)

|8

71002523011814.75
style="text-align:left" |Worcestershire

|8

4301182208011.43
style="text-align:left" |Ireland

|8

4400242609011.25
style="text-align:left" |Staffordshire

|8

440021170789.75
style="text-align:left" |Cheshire

|8

340117210689.71
style="text-align:left" |Wales

|8

160120150456.43
style="background:#FFCCCC

|style="text-align:left" |Devon (PO)

|8

160117150426.00
style="background:#FFCCCC

|style="text-align:left" |Durham (PO)

|8

150210160366.00

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/4315 Division 2 – 2013], Play-Cricket.

=Play-offs=

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = {{Start date|2013|09|1|df=y}}

| time =

| team1 = Lancashire

| team2 = Somerset

| score1 = 181 (48 overs)

| runs1 = Natalie Brown 70 (79)

| wickets1 = Jackie Hawker 2/23 (6 overs)

| score2 = 194/9 (50 overs)

| runs2 = Elwyn Campbell 79 (110)

| wickets2 = Jasmine Titmuss 3/31 (10 overs)

| result = Somerset won by 13 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/553/553997.html Scorecard]

| venue = Beech Walk, Leigh

| umpires = Pete Brown and Stephen Taylor

| motm =

| toss = Lancashire won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Somerset proceed to Division One/Two play-off.

| stack = yes

}}

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = {{Start date|2013|09|1|df=y}}

| time =

| team1 = Devon

| team2 = Durham

| score1 = 264/9 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Rebecca Bertrand 56 (84)

| wickets1 = Helen Fenby 4/52 (10 overs)

| score2 = 156/9 (50 overs)

| runs2 = Laura Ellison 42 (–)

| wickets2 = Hazelle Garton 3/18 (10 overs)

| result = Devon won by 108 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/553/553998.html Scorecard]

| venue = The Fortfield, Sidmouth

| umpires = Raymond Allen and Nigel Piddock

| motm =

| toss = Durham won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Devon remain in Division Two.

}}

Division Three

=Table=

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}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|Avg.|Average}}

style="background:#dfd;"

|style="text-align:left" |Netherlands (PO)

|8

80003127013817.25
style="background:#dfd;"

|style="text-align:left" |Northamptonshire (PO)

|8

62002430011414.25
style="text-align:left" |Scotland

|8

53002925010413.00
style="text-align:left" |Leicestershire and Rutland

|8

53002627010312.88
style="text-align:left" |Hertfordshire

|8

4400252308811.00
style="text-align:left" |Derbyshire

|8

350021190708.75
style="text-align:left" |Gloucestershire

|8

250122190618.71
style="background:#FFCCCC

|style="text-align:left" |Hampshire (PO)

|8

260021210627.75
style="background:#FFCCCC

|style="text-align:left" |Oxfordshire (PO)

|8

070113180314.43

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/4328 Division 3 – 2013], Play-Cricket.

=Play-offs=

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = {{Start date|2013|09|1|df=y}}

| time =

| team1 = Netherlands

| team2 = Northamptonshire

| score1 = 205/9 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Tessa van der Gun 73* (84)

| wickets1 = Millie Boddington 3/37 (7 overs)

| score2 = 135 (45.4 overs)

| runs2 = Millie Boddington 29 (50)

| wickets2 = Marloes Braat 3/18 (8 overs)

| result = Netherlands won by 70 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/553/553999.html Scorecard]

| venue = Loxley Close, Wellesbourne

| umpires = Des Green and Mark Gumbley

| motm =

| toss = Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Netherlands proceed to Division Two/Three play-off.

| stack = yes

}}

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = {{Start date|2013|09|1|df=y}}

| time =

| team1 = Hampshire

| team2 = Oxfordshire

| score1 = 196/5 (45.3 overs)

| runs1 = Jo Harfield 74* (107)

| wickets1 = Ellie Norton 2/43 (10 overs)

| score2 = 195/9 (50 overs)

| runs2 = Abigail Flory 37 (44)

| wickets2 = Rachel Carrick 3/42 (9 overs)

| result = Hampshire won by 5 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/554/554000.html Scorecard]

| venue = The Quarters, Hursley

| umpires = Denis Emery and Chris Read

| motm =

| toss = Oxfordshire won the toss and elected to bat.

| rain =

| notes = Hampshire remain in Division Three.

}}

Division Four

= North & East =

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}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|Avg.|Average}}

style="background:#dfd;"

|style="text-align:left" |Suffolk (PO)

|4

4000111606716.75
style="text-align:left" |Cumbria

|4

3100121205413.50
style="text-align:left" |Northumberland

|4

1201780258.33
style="text-align:left" |Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire

|4

1201590248.00
style="text-align:left" |Norfolk

|4

0400780153.75

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/47880 Division 4 – North & East – 2013], Play-Cricket.

= South & West =

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}}

! width="40" |{{Abbr|Avg.|Average}}

style="background:#dfd;"

|style="text-align:left" |Cornwall (PO)

|4

4000101606616.50
style="text-align:left" |Wiltshire

|4

2200121304511.25
style="text-align:left" |Shropshire

|4

220091404310.75
style="text-align:left" |Buckinghamshire

|4

22007110389.50
style="text-align:left" |Dorset

|4

040045092.25

Source: ECB Women's County Championship[http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/48078 Division 4 – South & West – 2013], Play-Cricket.

=Play-off=

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = {{Start date|2013|09|1|df=y}}

| time =

| team1 = Cornwall

| team2 = Suffolk

| score1 = 124 (44 overs)

| runs1 = Nicole Richards 23 (37)

| wickets1 = Penny Everett 3/30 (10 overs)

| score2 = 126 (42.2 overs)

| runs2 = Bethan Absolon 31 (66)

| wickets2 = Jade Williams 3/13 (6 overs)

| result = Suffolk won by 2 runs

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/554/554001.html Scorecard]

| venue = Campbell Park, Milton Keynes

| umpires = Graham Frost and Tom Heenan

| motm =

| toss = Cornwall won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Suffolk 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.

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = {{Start date|2013|09|15|df=y}}

| time =

| team1 = Essex

| team2 = Somerset

| score1 =

| runs1 =

| wickets1 =

| score2 =

| runs2 =

| wickets2 =

| result = Match Abandoned

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/554/554003.html Scorecard]

| venue = Upton Court Road, Slough

| umpires =

| motm =

| toss = No toss.

| rain = No play was possible due to rain.

| notes = Essex remain in Division One.

| stack = yes

}}

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = {{Start date|2013|09|15|df=y}}

| time =

| team1 = Durham

| team2 = Netherlands

| score1 = 122/8 (48.4 overs)

| runs1 = Jane Riddell 30 (41)

| wickets1 = Esther de Lange 3/16 (9 overs)

| score2 = 121 (49.4 overs)

| runs2 = Denise van Deventer 34 (98)

| wickets2 = Becky Glen 3/19 (9.4 overs)

| result = Durham won by 2 wickets

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/554/554004.html Scorecard]

| venue = Loxley Close, Wellesbourne

| umpires =

| motm =

| toss = Durham won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Durham remain in Division Two.

| stack = yes

}}

{{Single-innings cricket match collapsible

| date = {{Start date|2013|09|15|df=y}}

| time =

| team1 = Oxfordshire

| team2 = Suffolk

| score1 = 176/9 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Genny Porter 60 (110)

| wickets1 = Danielle Lavender 3/25 (10 overs)

| score2 = 47/8 (27 overs)

| runs2 = Sheldene Ford-Keeble 12* (45)

| wickets2 = Samantha Moore 3/12 (8 overs)

| result = Oxfordshire won on faster scoring rate

| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/554/554005.html Scorecard]

| venue = Sadler's End, Sindlesham

| umpires = Raj Patel and Richard Wheeler

| motm =

| toss = Suffolk won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Oxfordshire remain in Division Three.

}}

Statistics

=Most runs=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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

Heather Knight

|Berkshire

|8

|8

|604

|100.66

|153*

|2

|3

Charlotte Edwards

|Kent

|7

|7

|485

|97.00

|128*

|2

|3

Alex MacDonald

|Gloucestershire

|8

|7

|468

|117.00

|105*

|1

|4

Lauren Winfield

|Yorkshire

|8

|8

|393

|54.14

|96

|0

|4

Harriet Leach

|Leicestershire and Rutland

|8

|8

|388

|55.42

|92*

|0

|4

Source: CricketArchive{{cite web| url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/18/LV_Womens_County_Championship_2013/Batting_by_Runs.html | title=Batting and Fielding in LV Women's County Championship 2013 (Ordered by Runs) |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=20 March 2021}}

=Most wickets=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
width=125| Player

!width=125| Team

!width=60 | Balls

!width=60 | Wickets

!width=60 | Average

!width=60 | BBI

!width=60 | 5w

Jenny Withers

|Somerset

|439

|20

|10.85

|3/4

|0

Jasmine Titmuss

|Lancashire

|396

|18

|8.00

|5/22

|1

Rachael Petherick

|Durham

|393

|18

|10.16

|6/17

|1

Anje Lague

|Hertfordshire

|472

|18

|11.77

|4/18

|0

Thea Brookes

|Worcestershire

|390

|18

|12.38

|4/26

|0

Source: CricketArchive{{cite web| url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/18/LV_Womens_County_Championship_2013/Bowling_by_Wickets.html | title=Bowling in LV Women's County Championship 2013 (Ordered by Wickets) | publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=20 March 2021}}

References

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{{Women's County Cricket in England}}

{{2013 English cricket season}}

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