| Administrator | England and Wales Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | 50 over |
| Tournament format | League system |
| Champions | Kent |
| Participants | 37 |
| Most runs | Kirstie White (337) |
| Most wickets | Samantha Betts (18) |
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The2016 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 20thcricketWomen's County Championship season. The Championship was won byKent who recorded their seventh championship, setting a new record for the number of championships won. The runners-up wereSussex.
This was the last season in which Division 4 was contested. Following a reorganisation of the structure of the tournament, all the teams in Division 4 were promoted to an expanded Division 3 in 2017. In early 2016, Ireland team withdrew from the competition, causing fixtures to be rescheduled and Division 2 with one fewer team.[1]
The championship worked on a points system, the winner being the team with mostaverage points of completed games in the first division. The points are awarded as follows:[2]
Win: 10 points + bonus points.
Tie: 5 points + bonus points.
Loss: Bonus points.
Abandoned or cancelled: Match not counted to average.
Bonus points are collected for batting and bowling.[2] The bonus points for each match are retained if the match is completed.
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The 2016 Championship was divided into four divisions: Division One with nine teams, Division Two with eight teams due to Ireland withdrawing, Division Three with nine teams, and Division Four with eleven teams across two groups.
Teams in each group played each other once.
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent(C) | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 32 | 0 | 133 | 16.63 |
| Sussex | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 81 | 13.50 |
| Warwickshire | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 22 | 0 | 80 | 13.33 |
| Yorkshire | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 74 | 12.33 |
| Berkshire | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 26 | 0 | 77 | 11.00 |
| Middlesex | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 76 | 10.86 |
| Somerset(R) | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 49 | 7.00 |
| Surrey(R) | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 22 | 0 | 53 | 6.63 |
| Staffordshire(R) | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 6.00 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancashire(P) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 75 | 15.00 |
| Nottinghamshire(P) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 88 | 14.67 |
| Hampshire | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 26 | 0 | 95 | 13.57 |
| Devon | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 84 | 12.00 |
| Wales | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 60 | 12.00 |
| Worcestershire | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 52 | 8.67 |
| Leicestershire and Rutland(R) | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 34 | 6.80 |
| Essex(R) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 32 | 4.57 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derbyshire(P) | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 105 | 17.50 |
| Durham | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 23 | 0 | 102 | 14.57 |
| Gloucestershire | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 87 | 14.50 |
| Northamptonshire | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 57 | 11.40 |
| Oxfordshire | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 23 | 0 | 73 | 10.43 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 72 | 10.29 |
| Scotland | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 69 | 9.86 |
| Cheshire | 8 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 34 | 4.86 |
| Norfolk | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 3.38 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hertfordshire | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 69 | 17.25 |
| Suffolk | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 55 | 13.75 |
| Northumberland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 48 | 12.00 |
| Lincolnshire | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 41 | 10.25 |
| Cumbria | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 28 | 9.33 |
| Cambridgeshire | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 23 | 4.60 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shropshire | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 52 | 17.33 |
| Cornwall | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 9.50 |
| Dorset | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 26 | 8.67 |
| Wiltshire | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 7.67 |
| Buckinghamshire | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 7.33 |
| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirstie White | Surrey | 8 | 8 | 337 | 48.14 | 98* | 0 | 3 |
| Aylish Cranstone | Devon | 7 | 7 | 327 | 54.50 | 134* | 1 | 1 |
| Heather Knight | Berkshire | 7 | 7 | 308 | 44.00 | 92 | 0 | 4 |
| Tammy Beaumont | Kent | 8 | 8 | 292 | 41.71 | 72 | 0 | 2 |
| Miranda Veringmeier | Netherlands | 8 | 7 | 275 | 39.28 | 104 | 1 | 2 |
Source: CricketArchive[8]
| Player | Team | Balls | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samantha Betts | Hampshire | 343 | 18 | 8.00 | 5/20 | 2 |
| Megan Belt | Kent | 290 | 16 | 7.93 | 5/8 | 1 |
| Georgia Elwiss | Sussex | 285 | 15 | 10.33 | 6/17 | 2 |
| Tash Farrant | Kent | 300 | 15 | 10.80 | 6/16 | 1 |
| Charlotte Pape | Kent | 223 | 14 | 7.07 | 3/9 | 0 |
Source: CricketArchive[9]