# 2013 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:
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.

## 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.
| 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

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts | Avg. |
| Sussex (Q) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 116 | 14.50 |
| Yorkshire (Q) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 27 | 0 | 111 | 13.88 |
| Kent | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 107 | 13.38 |
| Nottinghamshire | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 88 | 11.00 |
| Berkshire | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 84 | 10.50 |
| Warwickshire | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 22 | 0 | 82 | 10.25 |
| Middlesex | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 17 | 0 | 65 | 8.13 |
| Essex (PO) | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 52 | 7.43 |
| Surrey (PO) | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 47 | 6.71 |
Source: ECB Women's County Championship

### Play-offs
## Division Two
### Table

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts | Avg. |
| Lancashire (PO) | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 31 | 0 | 138 | 17.25 |
| Somerset (PO) | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 118 | 14.75 |
| Worcestershire | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 22 | 0 | 80 | 11.43 |
| Ireland | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 26 | 0 | 90 | 11.25 |
| Staffordshire | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 78 | 9.75 |
| Cheshire | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 68 | 9.71 |
| Wales | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 45 | 6.43 |
| Devon (PO) | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 42 | 6.00 |
| Durham (PO) | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 36 | 6.00 |
Source: ECB Women's County Championship

### Play-offs
## Division Three
### Table

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts | Avg. |
| Netherlands (PO) | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 27 | 0 | 138 | 17.25 |
| Northamptonshire (PO) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 30 | 0 | 114 | 14.25 |
| Scotland | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 25 | 0 | 104 | 13.00 |
| Leicestershire and Rutland | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 27 | 0 | 103 | 12.88 |
| Hertfordshire | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 88 | 11.00 |
| Derbyshire | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 70 | 8.75 |
| Gloucestershire | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 61 | 8.71 |
| Hampshire (PO) | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 62 | 7.75 |
| Oxfordshire (PO) | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 31 | 4.43 |
Source: ECB Women's County Championship

### Play-offs
## Division Four
### North & East

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts | Avg. |
| Suffolk (PO) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 67 | 16.75 |
| Cumbria | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 54 | 13.50 |
| Northumberland | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 25 | 8.33 |
| Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 8.00 |
| Norfolk | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 3.75 |
Source: ECB Women's County Championship

### South & West

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts | Avg. |
| Cornwall (PO) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 66 | 16.50 |
| Wiltshire | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 45 | 11.25 |
| Shropshire | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 43 | 10.75 |
| Buckinghamshire | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 9.50 |
| Dorset | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 2.25 |
Source: ECB Women's County Championship

### 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.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 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

### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Balls | Wickets | Average | BBI | 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