2001 Women's European Cricket Championship

2001 Women's European Cricket Championship
Dates10 – 12 August 2001
Administrator(s)European Cricket Council
Cricket formatODI (50-over)
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s) England
Champions Ireland (1st title)
Participants4
Matches6
Most runsEngland Laura Harper (93)
Most wicketsIreland Isobel Joyce (8)
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The 2001 Women's European Cricket Championship was an international cricket tournament held in England from 10 to 12 August 2001. It was the sixth edition of the Women's European Championship, and, for the final time, all matches at the tournament held One Day International (ODI) status.

Four teams participated, with the hosts, England, joined by Ireland, the Netherlands, and Scotland. Denmark, which had participated in every prior edition, did not send a team, while Scotland was making both its tournament debut and its ODI debut. England, the winner of the past five editions of the tournament, selected only players under the age of 19 in its squad, although all the team's matches were granted official status. Ireland won all of its round-robin matches to claim its first title. As at the previous tournament in 1999, no final was played, although both England and Ireland were undefeated going into their final match, making that a de facto final.[1] England's Laura Harper and Ireland's Isobel Joyce led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively.[2][3] All matches at the tournament were played at Bradfield College, Reading.[4]

Squads

 England  Ireland  Netherlands  Scotland

Points table

Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
 Ireland 3 3 0 0 0 6 +1.575
 England 3 2 1 0 0 4 +2.266
 Netherlands 3 1 2 0 0 2 –1.206
 Scotland 3 0 3 0 0 0 –2.599

Source: CricketArchive

Fixtures

10 August
Scorecard
England 
262/7 (50 overs)
v
 Scotland
24 (21.3 overs)
England won by 238 runs
Bradfield College, Reading
  • Scotland won the toss and elected to bowl.
10 August
Scorecard
Netherlands 
99/9 (50 overs)
v
 Ireland
100/3 (30 overs)
Ireland won by 7 wickets
Bradfield College, Reading
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to bowl.
11 August
Scorecard
Netherlands 
74 (43.2 overs)
v
 England
76/1 (18.2 overs)
England won by 9 wickets
Bradfield College, Reading
  • England won the toss and elected to bowl.
11 August
Scorecard
Scotland 
88 (48.4 overs)
v
 Ireland
91/4 (25.1 overs)
Ireland won by 6 wickets
Bradfield College, Reading
  • Ireland won the toss and elected to bowl.
12 August
Scorecard
Ireland 
116 (34.1 overs)
v
 England
60 (27 overs)
Ireland won by 56 runs
Bradfield College, Reading
  • England won the toss and elected to bowl.
  • Ireland's Saibh Young took a hat-trick, becoming the first Irishwoman and fifth woman overall to do so in an ODI.[5]
12 August
Scorecard
Scotland 
123/6 (50 overs)
v
 Netherlands
124/6 (36.2 overs)
Netherlands won by 4 wickets
Bradfield College, Reading
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to bowl.

Statistics

Most runs

The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.

Player Team Runs Inns Avg Highest 100s 50s
Laura Harper  England 93 3 46.50 41 0 0
Pauline te Beest  Netherlands 90 3 45.00 43* 0 0
Caitriona Beggs  Ireland 83 3 41.50 39* 0 0
Sarah Clarke  England 66 2 66.00 66* 0 1
Arran Brindle  England 62 3 31.00 38* 0 0

Source: CricketArchive

Most wickets

The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.

Player Team Overs Wkts Ave SR Econ BBI
Isobel Joyce  Ireland 22.0 8 5.50 16.50 2.00 4/20
Isa Guha  England 20.2 7 3.85 17.42 1.32 3/5
Laura Spragg  England 11.0 5 4.00 13.20 1.81 3/8
Laura Harper  England 14.3 5 9.60 17.40 3.31 4/5
Lara Molins  Ireland 13.0 4 3.75 19.50 1.15 2/5

Source: CricketArchive

References

  1. ^ "ECC Tournament Report - Women European Cricket Championship 1999" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  2. ^ Bowling in Women's European Championship 2001 (ordered by wickets) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. ^ Batting in Women's European Championship 2001 (ordered by runs) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  4. ^ Women's European Championship 2001 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  5. ^ Women's ODI hat-trick – CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
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