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The star turn of this season’s Women’s County Championship was undoubtedly Sophie Ecclestone, with a massive 27 wickets in 7 games for title winners Lancashire. (By comparison last season’s top-ranked bowler – Kent’s Megan Belt – took just 16 wickets.) Ecclestone took two 5fers, including 6-12 in the crucial final match of the season, which catapulted Lancashire over Warwickshire and Yorkshire to the title.
Meanwhile, Yorkshire leg-spinner Katie Levick eased past one “C.M. Edwards” into 3rd place in the “All Time” list of Div 1 wicket-takers, with another 21 wickets this season.
In a season more than ever dominated by spinners, only one fast bowler made the top 10 – Holly Huddleston. Huddleston might not have had a great KSL (though Finals Day is still to come) but 50-over cricket is really her game, and she showed it again in this year’s County Champs.
One to watch for the future is Berkshire’s 17-year-old off-spinner Emma Walker, who made the list at No. 11 in her debut season, with 11 wickets including a 5fer against Middlesex. (She also top-scored for Berkshire in their last match against Kent!)
| Bowling | Played | Wickets | Economy |
| 1. Sophie Ecclestone | 7 | 27 | 2.76 |
| 2. Katie Levick | 7 | 21 | 2.68 |
| 3. Anisha Patel | 7 | 14 | 2.93 |
| 4. Kirstie Gordon | 7 | 13 | 2.89 |
| 5. Sophia Dunkley | 4 | 11 | 2.56 |
| 6. Kaitie Thompson | 7 | 10 | 2.48 |
| 7. Linsey Smith | 4 | 9 | 2.34 |
| 8. Rebecca Grundy | 7 | 10 | 2.76 |
| 9. Jodie Dibble | 7 | 12 | 3.73 |
| 10. Holly Huddleston | 4 | 9 | 2.8 |
| 11. Emma Walker | 6 | 11 | 3.44 |
| 12. Liz Russell | 3 | 10 | 3.41 |
| 13. Sophie Munro | 4 | 10 | 3.58 |
| 14. Ellen Burt | 7 | 10 | 3.62 |
| 15. Rachel Dickinson | 7 | 9 | 3.3 |
| 16. Teresa Graves | 5 | 7 | 2.86 |
| 17. Alice Davidson-Richards | 5 | 8 | 3.28 |
| 18. Megan Belt | 7 | 9 | 3.76 |
| 19. Natalie Brown | 7 | 6 | 2.57 |
| 20. Izzy Westbury | 5 | 11 | 4.87 |
Bowling Ranking = Wickets / Economy
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