2008 Women's County Championship

The 2008 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 12th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to August and saw 31 county teams and teams representing Scotland and Wales compete in a series of divisions. Sussex Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving their fourth 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 team.
The championship works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:
Win: 20 points.

Tie: 16 points.

Loss: Bonus points.

Abandoned or No Result: 6 points.

Cancelled No Play: 10 points.
Up to four batting and four bowling points were available to the losing team only, or both teams in an incomplete match.

Teams

The 2008 Championship was divided into five divisions: Divisions One to Four with four teams apiece and Division Five with 17 teams split across four regional groups.
Teams in the top four Divisions played each other twice, and teams in Division Five played each other once.

Division One	Berkshire	Kent	Nottinghamshire	Sussex	-
Division Two	Lancashire	Somerset	Surrey	Warwickshire	-
Division Three	Cheshire	Derbyshire	Middlesex	Yorkshire	-
Division Four	Essex	Hampshire	Staffordshire	Worcestershire	-
Division Five London & East	Hertfordshire	Norfolk	Suffolk	Wiltshire	-
Division Five Midlands	Leicestershire	Northamptonshire	Shropshire	Wales	-
Division Five North	Cumbria	Durham	Northumberland	Scotland	-
Division Five South & West	Cornwall	Devon	Dorset	Gloucestershire	Oxfordshire