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compete in a series of divisions. Sussex Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, beating

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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: 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 ChampionshipDivision 1 – 2013
Play-Cricket.

Play-offs

Division Two

Table

Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 2 – 2013
Play-Cricket.

Play-offs

Division Three

Table

Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 3 – 2013
Play-Cricket.

Play-offs

Division Four

North & East

Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 4 – North & East – 2013
Play-Cricket.

South & West

Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 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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