1999 Women's European Cricket Championship

1999 Women's European Cricket Championship
Dates19 – 21 July 1999
Cricket formatODI (50-over)
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s) Denmark
Champions England (5th title)
Participants4
Matches6
Player of the seriesIreland Clare Shillington
Most runsEngland Kate Lowe (98)
Most wicketsEngland Laura Harper (9)
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The 1999 Women's European Cricket Championship was an international cricket tournament held in Denmark from 19 to 21 July 1999. It was the fifth edition of the Women's European Championship, and the second to be held in Denmark (after the inaugural 1989 edition). All matches at the tournament held One Day International (ODI) status.

Four teams participated, with the hosts, Denmark, joined by the three other European members of the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC) – England, Ireland, and the Netherlands. England, which had dominated all other editions of the tournament, did not send a full-strength team. Despite this, England went on to win all three of its round-robin matches, claiming a fifth consecutive title. For the first time since 1989, no final was played, although both England and Ireland were undefeated going into their final match, making that a de facto final.[1] Ireland's Clare Shillington was named player of the tournament, while two Englishwomen, Kate Lowe and Laura Harper, led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively.[2][3] All matches at the tournament were played in at the Nykøbing Mors Cricket Club.[4]

Squads

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 Denmark  England  Ireland  Netherlands

Points table

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Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
 England 3 3 0 0 0 6 +1.226
 Ireland 3 2 1 0 0 4 +0.630
 Denmark 3 1 2 0 0 2 –1.099
 Netherlands 3 0 3 0 0 0 –0.675

Source: CricketArchive

Fixtures

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19 July
Scorecard
Ireland 
162/5 (50 overs)
v
 Denmark
120/8 (50 overs)
Ireland won by 42 runs
Nykøbing Mors Cricket Club
Player of the match: Clare Shillington (Ire)
  • Denmark won the toss and elected to bowl.

19 July
Scorecard
Netherlands 
92 (47.4 overs))
v
 England
93/4 (38.2 overs)
England won by 6 wickets
Nykøbing Mors Cricket Club
Player of the match: Laura Harper (Eng)
  • England won the toss and elected to bowl.

20 July
Scorecard
England 
200/7 (50 overs)
v
 Denmark
59 (35.1 overs)
England won by 141 runs
Nykøbing Mors Cricket Club
  • Denmark won the toss and elected to bowl.

20 July
Scorecard
Netherlands 
69 (42.4 overs)
v
 Ireland
70/1 (28.3 overs)
Ireland won by 9 wickets
Nykøbing Mors Cricket Club
Player of the match: Clare O'Leary (Ire)
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.

21 July
Scorecard
Netherlands 
88 (40.3 overs)
v
 Denmark
90/7 (41.3 overs)
Denmark won by 3 wickets
Nykøbing Mors Cricket Club
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat.

21 July
Scorecard
Ireland 
108/8 (50 overs)
v
 England
109/8 (47.5 overs)
England won by 2 wickets
Nykøbing Mors Cricket Club
Player of the match: Barbara McDonald
  • England won the toss and elected to bowl.

Statistics

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Most runs

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

Player Team Runs Inns Avg Highest 100s 50s
Kate Lowe  Ireland 98 3 98.00 57* 0 1
Caitriona Beggs  Ireland 78 3 26.00 42 0 0
Kath Wilkins  England 66 3 22.00 27 0 0
Pauline te Beest  Netherlands 63 3 21.00 29 0 0
Clare O'Leary  Ireland 59 3 29.50 32* 0 0

Source: CricketArchive

Most wickets

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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
Laura Harper  England 26.4 9 7.00 17.77 2.36 5/12
Dawn Holden  England 28.0 6 9.33 28.00 2.00 3/29
Susanne Nielsen  Denmark 22.3 6 14.50 22.50 3.86 3/5
Mette Gregersen  Denmark 30.0 5 5.40 36.00 0.90 4/6
Heather Whelan  Ireland 19.4 5 9.20 26.00 2.12 3/14

Source: CricketArchive

References

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