2018 Women's County Championship 2018 Women's County Championship The 2018 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 22nd cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from the beginning of May to the beginning of June and saw 33 county teams and teams representing Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of divisions. Hampshire Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division with Yorkshire finishing runners-up. The Championship was Hampshire's first and was achieved in their first season in the top division. The tournament will be followed by a Twenty20 county tournament and then by the 2018 Women's Cricket Super League,
County Championship months. Financial issues: As well as being demoted from Division One, Durham were subject to a 48 point penalty in Division Two in the 2017 County Championship and penalties in the limited over competitions. This was for requiring financial assistance from the ECB. Yorkshire have won the most County Championships with 32 outright titles and one shared. Three current first-class counties (Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire and Somerset) have never won the official title, although Gloucestershire had claim to three unofficial titles in the 1870s. There have been two divisions since 2000. Since the expansion of the Championship from 9 counties to 14