East of England Women's County Championship

The East of England Women's County Championship is an English cricket competition. It was originally conceived in 2020 as a 50-over competition to provide longer-format cricket in the region after the abolition of the Women's County Championship. However, the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the start of the season and caused that year's national Women's Twenty20 Cup to be cancelled, resulting in a decision to play a 45-over competition (to allow extra time for sanitisation breaks) as well as a separate Twenty20 competition.[1]

East of England Women's County Championship
Countries England
FormatLimited overs cricket
Tournament formatLeague system
Number of teams6
Current championBuckinghamshire
WebsiteEast of England Women's County Championship

Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Norfolk competed in 2020. The 45-over tournament was won by Hertfordshire and the Twenty20 tournament was won by Buckinghamshire.[2][3]

The 2021 edition was competed as a 45-over tournament, with Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire joining to make it a six-team event.[4] Each team played the other teams once in a round robin format, starting on 2 May, with the team with the most points being crowned champions.[5] Buckinghamshire won the tournament, winning four of their five matches to finish top of the league with 73 points, with Hertfordshire second with 70 points.[6]

References
  1. "Keeping the flag flying: Women's county cricket lives on". The Cricketer. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  2. "Women's 1st XI Championship - 2020". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  3. "Women's 1st XI T20 Championship - 2020". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  4. "DEEP DIVE: Women's County Cricket In 2021". CricketHer. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  5. "Fixtures & Results". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  6. "Women's 1st XI Championship - 2021/Table". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
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