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compete in a series of divisions. Hampshire Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division with

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finishing runners-up. The Championship was Hampshire's first and was achieved in their first season in the top division.Women finish third in County Championship

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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. Royal London Women's County One-Day Championship & Vitality Women's County T20
Retrieved 2018-04-14. The championship works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the average points of completed games. Points were awarded as follows:Royal London Women's County One-Day Championship
/ref> Win: 10 points + bonus points.
Tie: 5 points + bonus points.
Loss: Bonus points.
Abandoned or cancelled: Match not counted to average.
Conceded: -5 points for the side conceding, 10 points for their opponent. Bonus points are collected for batting and bowling. 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 2018 Championship was divided into three divisions: Division One and Division Two with eight teams each, and Division Three with 20 teams divided into five groups of four teams. Teams in Division One and Two played each other once, while teams in each group of Division Three played each other twice.

Division One

:''As of 3 June 2018'' — Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 1 - 2018
Play-Cricket.

Division Two

:''As of 3 June 2018'' — Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 2 - 2018
Play-Cricket.

Division Three

Group A

:''As of 28 May 2018'' — Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 3 - Group A - 2018
Play-Cricket.

Group B

:''As of 28 May 2018'' — Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 3 - Group B - 2018
Play-Cricket.

Group C

:''As of 28 May 2018'' — Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 3 - Group C - 2018
Play-Cricket.

Group D

:''As of 28 May 2018'' — Source: ECB Women's County ChampionshipDivision 3 - Group D - 2018
Play-Cricket.

Group E

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Promotion play-offs

Each of the teams finishing first in the groups in Division Three qualified for a series of promotion play-offs along with

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who finished sixth in Division Two. The three winning sides will play in Division Two in 2019.

Statistics

Most runs

Source: CricketArchive

Most wickets

Source: CricketArchive

References

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