The 2013 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 17th
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Women's County Championship
The Women's County Championship, known since 2014 as the Royal London Women's One-Day Cup,[Ireland
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,
Scotland
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,
Wales
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and the
Netherlands
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compete in a series of divisions.
Sussex Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, beating
Yorkshire
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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
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* Tie (draw), a finish to a competition with identical results, particularly sports
* Necktie, a long piece of cloth worn around the neck or shoulders
Tie or TIE may also refer to:
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: 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 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
Table
Source: ECB Women's County Championship[Division 1 – 2013]
Play-Cricket.
Play-offs
Division Two
Table
Source: ECB Women's County Championship[Division 2 – 2013]
Play-Cricket.
Play-offs
Division Three
Table
Source: ECB Women's County Championship[Division 3 – 2013]
Play-Cricket.
Play-offs
Division Four
North & East
Source: ECB Women's County Championship[Division 4 – North & East – 2013]
Play-Cricket.
South & West
Source: ECB Women's County Championship[Division 4 – South & West – 2013]
Play-Cricket.
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
Source: CricketArchive
Most wickets
Source: CricketArchive
References
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2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
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Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...
cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...
cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...