1999 Women's European Cricket Championship

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.

1999 Women's European Cricket Championship

Dates	19 – 21 July 1999
Cricket format	ODI (50-over)
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Host(s)	Denmark
Champions	England (5th title)
Participants	4
Matches played	6
Player of the series	Clare Shillington
Most runs	Kate Lowe (98)
Most wickets	Laura Harper (9)

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

Denmark	England	Ireland	Netherlands
Janni Jønsson (c) Dorte Christensen Eva Christensen Mette Frost Mette Gregersen Malene Iversen Pernille Jønsson Karin Mikkelsen Inger Neilsen Susanne Nielsen Vibeke Neilsen Lene Slebsager Lene Vilsgaard	Ella Donnison (c) Arran Thompson Laura Harper Jackie Hawker Dawn Holden Hannah Lloyd Kate Lowe Beth Morgan Bev Nicholson Nicki Shaw Laura Spragg Kath Wilkins Katharine Winks	Miriam Grealey (c) Caitriona Beggs Sandra Dawson Isobel Joyce Anne Linehan Barbara McDonald Ciara Metcalfe Clare O'Leary Clare Shillington Nikki Squire Heather Whelan	Pauline te Beest (c) Jiska Howard Debbie Kooij Maartje Köster Sandra Kottman Cheraldine Oudolf Caroline Rambaldo Helmien Rambaldo Elise Reynolds Carolien Salomons Annemarie Tanke Carly Verheul

Points table

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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

Most runs

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

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 Neilsen	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

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.