1991 European Women's Cricket Championship

The 1991 European Women's Cricket Championship (Dutch: Europees Kampioenschap Dames Cricket 1991) was an international cricket tournament held in the Netherlands from 16 to 20 July 1991. It was the third edition of the Women's European Championship, and all matches at the tournament held One Day International (ODI) status.

1991 European Women's Cricket Championship

Dates	16 – 20 July 1991
Cricket format	ODI (55-over)
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin, final
Host(s)	Netherlands
Champions	England (3rd title)
Participants	4
Matches played	7
Most runs	Wendy Watson (229)
Most wickets	Jo Chamberlain (12)

Four teams participated, with the hosts, the Netherlands, joined by the three other European members of the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC) – Denmark, England, and Ireland. A round-robin format was used, with the top two teams proceeding to the final. England was undefeated in the round-robin stage and beat Denmark by 179 runs in the final, winning the championship for the third time in a row. The tournament was marked by low scoring, with the seven matches yielding only two individual half-centuries and one team score over 200.[1] England's Wendy Watson led the tournament in runs for a third consecutive time, while her teammate Jo Chamberlain was the leading wicket-taker.[2][3] All matches at the tournament were played in Haarlem, at the Sportpark Koninklijke HFC.[4]

Squads

Denmark Coach: Stig Hammerhøj	England Coach: Ruth Prideaux	Ireland Coach: Joseph Caprani	Netherlands Coach: Marc Nota
Janni Jønsson (c) Charlotte Smith (vc) Dorte Christiansen Trine Christiansen Mette Frost Mette Gregersen Lene Hansen Heidi Jensen Jane Jensen Susanne Nielsen Vibeke Neilsen Lene Slebsager Lene Udberg	Helen Plimmer (c) Gillian Smith (vc) Jo Chamberlain Sarah-Jane Cook Janet Godman Carole Hodges Suzie Kitson Debra Maybury Susan Metcalfe Marie Moralee Lisa Nye Karen Smithies Wendy Watson	Mary-Pat Moore (c) Miriam Grealey (vc) Donna Armstrong Susan Bray Rachel Hardiman Judith Herbison Anne Linehan Gillian McCall Elizabeth Owens Stella Owens Nikki Squire Sarah Veale Janice Walsh Saibh Young	Irene Schoof (c) Caroline de Fouw Hilone Dinnissen Sandra Kottman Dorine Loman Geeske Ludwig Nicola Payne Remke Scheepstra Pauline te Beest Jet van Noortwijk Karen van Rijn Esther Veltman Angela Venturini

Round-robin

Points table

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	RR
England	3	3	0	0	0	6	3.092
Denmark	3	1	2	0	0	2	2.176
Ireland	3	1	2	0	0	2	1.982
Netherlands	3	1	2	0	0	2	1.875

Source: CricketArchive

Fixtures

16 July Scorecard

England  177/8 (55 overs)	v	Ireland 102 (52.2 overs)

England won by 75 runs Sportpark Koninklijke HFC, Haarlem

• Ireland won the toss and elected to bowl.

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16 July Scorecard

Netherlands  126 (54.5 overs)	v	Denmark 122 (54.2 overs)

Netherlands won by 4 runs Sportpark Koninklijke HFC, Haarlem

• Denmark won the toss and elected to bowl.

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17 July Scorecard

Denmark  132/7 (55 overs)	v	Ireland 90 (49 overs)

Denmark won by 42 runs Sportpark Koninklijke HFC, Haarlem

• Ireland won the toss and elected to bowl.
• Denmark beat Ireland in an ODI for the first and only time in its history.[5]

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17 July Scorecard

England  178/8 (55 overs)	v	Netherlands 88/9 (55 overs)

England won by 90 runs Sportpark Koninklijke HFC, Haarlem

• England won the toss and elected to bat.

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19 July Scorecard

Denmark  47 (29 overs)	v	England 48/1 (20.2 overs)

England won by 9 wickets Sportpark Koninklijke HFC, Haarlem

• England won the toss and elected to bowl.

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19 July Scorecard

Ireland  97 (44.3 overs)	v	Netherlands 72 (42.4 overs)

Ireland won by 25 runs Sportpark Koninklijke HFC, Haarlem

• Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

20 July Scorecard

England  225/5 (55 overs)	v	Denmark 46 (33 overs)
Wendy Watson 69 (109) Janni Jønsson 2/35 (11 overs)		Lene Hansen 8 (10) Carole Hodges 4/14 (9 overs)

England won by 179 runs Sportpark Koninklijke HFC, Haarlem

• England won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs

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

Player	Team	Runs	Inns	Avg	Highest	100s	50s
Wendy Watson	England	102	3	34.00	69	0	1
Helen Plimmer	England	99	3	33.00	50	0	1
Debra Maybury	England	97	3	32.33	47	0	0
Nicola Payne	Netherlands	67	3	22.33	41	0	0
Carole Hodges	England	65	4	21.66	26	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
Jo Chamberlain	England	37.0	12	3.91	18.50	1/27	7/8
Carole Hodges	England	31.0	8	6.25	23.25	1.61	4/14
Judith Herbison	Ireland	31.0	7	10.85	26.57	2.45	3/29
Suzie Kitson	England	28.2	6	7.33	28.33	1.55	3/26
Angela Venturini	Netherlands	29.3	6	9.16	29.50	1.86	4/17

Source: CricketArchive

References

1. Women's European Championship 1991 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
2. Bowling in Women's European Championship 1991 (ordered by wickets) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
3. Batting in Women's European Championship 1991 (ordered by runs) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
4. Europees Kampioenschap Dames Cricket '91 (tournament brochure), p. 22. Retrieved from Women's Cricket History, 1 December 2015.
5. Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Team records / Results summary (by opposition) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2015.