The 2008 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 12th
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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,[Scotland
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and
Wales
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compete in a series of divisions.
Sussex Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving their fourth 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:
Win: 20 points.
Tie: 16 points.
Loss: Bonus points.
Abandoned or No Result: 6 points.
Cancelled No Play: 10 points.
Up to four batting and four bowling points were available to the losing side only, or both sides in an incomplete match.
Teams
The 2008 Championship was divided into five divisions: Divisions One to Four with four teams apiece and Division Five with 17 teams split across four regional groups.
Teams in the top four Divisions played each other twice, and teams in Division Five played each other once.
Division One
Source: ECB Women's County Championship[Division 1 – 2008]
Play-Cricket.
Division Two
Source: ECB Women's County Championship[Division 2 – 2008]
Play-Cricket.
Division Three
Source: ECB Women's County Championship[Division 3 – 2008]
Play-Cricket.
Division Four
Source: ECB Women's County Championship[Division 4 – 2008]
Play-Cricket.
Division Five
Due to restructuring of the Championship to expand the number of teams per division in
2009, the winners of the Division Five groups went into a play-off to determine promotion: the top two were promoted to Division Three, whilst the bottom two would form Division Four along with the four second-placed Division Five teams.
London & East
Source: ECB Women's County Championship[Division 5L&E – 2008]
Play-Cricket.
Midlands
Source: ECB Women's County Championship[Division 5M – 2008]
Play-Cricket.
North
Source: ECB Women's County Championship[Division 5N – 2008]
Play-Cricket.
South & West
Source: ECB Women's County Championship[Division 5S&W – 2008]
Play-Cricket.
Play-off
Source: ECB Women's County Championship[Division 5PO – 2008]
Play-Cricket.
Statistics
Most runs
Source: CricketArchive
Most wickets
Source: CricketArchive
Notes
References
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cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...