da bet esporte： Yorkshire have retained the ECB Women’s County Championship title,dominating the tournament, which finished today, with five wins from fivegames
Gill McConway01-Aug-2001Yorkshire have retained the ECB Women’s County Championship title,dominating the tournament, which finished today, with five wins from fivegames. Yorkshire have won the title ten times in eleven years.The side, which includes England Vice-Captain, bowler Clare Taylor, andseveral other players who have represented their country including KathrynLeng, beat relegated Kent by 10 wickets in their final match to add to theirwins against Berkshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire and Surrey.Taylor, who received her MBE for services to sport and was named VodafoneBowler of the Series against Australia this summer, took five wickets withan economy rate of 1.72.Yorkshire Captain Melissa Reynard, who scored the winning runs, said:”Women’s cricket is strong in Yorkshire, and we’re very happy to win thetournament again. The level of competition at these championships increasesevery year, and it’s a credit to our team that the youngsters who are cominginto the side are able to continue the winning ways.”England and Sussex Captain Clare Connor has led her county to promotion fromDivision II, and will face Yorkshire next year. Connor’s side were the run-away winners of Division II, also securing a 100% record from the fivegames.Middlesex have won Division III and will swap places with relegatedCheshire.Next season sees a new county in the tournament as Durham secured victory inthe ECB Emerging Counties competition to take them into the Division III.With the increase in women and girls playing cricket, a number which hasdoubled in the past two years, the emergence of teams such as Durham willensure fierce competition for places at Cambridge in the future.ResultsFinal day of five-day tournamentDIVISION 1NOTTINGHAMSHIRE V SURREYNottingshire won by 10 wicketsSurrey won the toss and battedSurrey 167 all out from 48.2 oversD Orford 46K Lowe 4 wickets for 25 runs from 10 oversNottingshire 168 for 0 from 39.3 oversA Bacon 71 not outJ Cassar 70 not outKENT V YORKSHIREYorkshire won by 10 wicketsKent won the toss and battedKent 57 all out from 43.2 oversYorkshire 58 for 0 from 15 oversK Leng 31*BERKSHIRE V STAFFORDSHIREBerkshire won by 8 wicketsBerkshire won the toss and fieldedStaffordshire 145 all out from 50 oversY Craven 4 wickets for 22 runs from 10 oversBerkshire 148 for 2 wickets from 42.4 oversA Thorose 66I Guha 56 not outDIVISION 2CHESHIRE V LANCASHIRELancashire won by 89 runsLancashire won the toss and battedLancashire 228 for 5 off 50 oversS Peters 70*V Dean 38Cheshire 139 all out from 37.3H Agnew 46S White 5 wickets for 29 runs from 10 oversDERBYSHIRE V SUSSEXSussex won by 184 runsDerbyshire won the toss and fieldedSussex 290 runs for 2 wickets from 50 oversR Birch 107 not outH Tiffen 132 not outDerbyshire 106 for 4 from 50 oversS Redfern 36HERTFORDSHIRE V SOMERSETSomerset won by 141 runsSomerset 226 for 5 from 50 oversS Collyer 94L Harper 61P Knibbs 3 wickets for 57 runs off 10 oversHertfordshire 85 all out from 13.4 oversK Wilkins 6 wickets for 36 runs from 7 oversDIVISON 3HAMPSHIRE V MIDDLESEXMiddlesex won by 49 runsHampshire won the toss and fieldedMiddlesex 249 for 7 wickets from 50 oversC Kaul 95B Morgan 47K Jester 35A Cram 30C Slaney 3 wickets for 45 from 9 oversHampshire 208 runs for 8 wickets from 50 oversK Wood 74