2014 Minor Counties Championship

2014 Minor Counties Championship
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format (3 days, 4 day final)
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Staffordshire (11th title)
Participants 20
Matches played 61
Most runs Rick Moore
(633 for Cheshire)
Most wickets Gurman Randhawa
(37 for Shropshire)

The 2014 Minor Counties Championship was the 110th Minor Counties Cricket Championship season, and the first under the name 'Unicorn Counties Championship'. It was contested through two divisions: Eastern and Western. Staffordshire were the champions for the eleventh time, remaining the most successful club in the history of the competition.

Standings

  • Pld = Played, W = Wins, W1 = Win in match reduced to single innings, L = Losses, L1 = Loss in match reduced to single innings, T = Ties, D = Draws, D1 = Draw in match reduced to single innings, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bowl = Bowling points, Ded = Deducted points, Pts = Points, Net RPW = Net runs per wicket (runs per wicket for less runs per wicket against).

Teams receive 16 points for a win, 8 for a tie and 4 for a draw. Teams also received 12 points for a win, 6 for a draw and 4 points for losing a match reduced to a single innings. Bonus points (a maximum of 4 batting points and 4 bowling points) may be scored during the first 90 overs of each team's first innings.[1]

Eastern Division

TeamPldWW1LL1TDD1ABatBowlDedPtsNet RPW
Staffordshire (C)64000020022240118+13.514
Cumberland64000020016200108+11.707
Cambridgeshire6301002001522-291+9.375
Lincolnshire6302001001722091+4.171
Suffolk6201003001420078+7.156
Buckinghamshire6203001001220068-7.764
Norfolk6102003001123062-5.530
Hertfordshire6103002001222058-8.133
Bedfordshire6003003001219-241-9.856
Northumberland6005001001121036-13.570
Source:[2]

Western Division

TeamPldWW1LL1TDD1ABatBowlDedPtsNet RPW
Wiltshire64010010012240104+5.977
Herefordshire64010010010240102+13.292
Devon6301002001324093+5.650
Cheshire6301002001124091+1.339
Dorset630200100723082-0.934
Shropshire6303001001218078-2.103
Oxfordshire6103002001222058-3.118
Wales Minor Counties610300200824056-1.897
Cornwall610400100224046-5.699
Berkshire6402001001124043-9.805
Source:[2]

Final

7–9 September
Scorecard
v
227 (63.1 overs)
Peter Wilshaw 52 (79)
Ed Young 6/72 (17.1 overs)
231 (75.4 overs)
Uzair Qureshi 90 (216)
Matthew Parkinson 3/62 (17.4 overs)
254 (80.4 overs)
Peter Wilshaw 107 (183)
Tahir Afridi 5/44 (24.4 overs)
222 (81.5 overs)
Michael Coles 87 (198)
Greg Willott 4/28 (12 overs)
Staffordshire won by 28 runs
Salisbury and South Wiltshire Sports Club
Umpires: Anthony Harris and Steve Malone
  • Staffordshire won the toss and elected to bat

Averages

Most runs
Aggregate Average Player County
63352.75Rick MooreCheshire
627104.50Ben HowgegoCambridgeshire
60246.30Jayden LevittWiltshire
59184.42Michael HillStaffordshire
56547.08Karanjit BansalLincolnshire
Source:[3]
Most wickets
Aggregate Average Player County
3717.97Gurman RandhawaShropshire
3616.63Paul ByrneShropshire
3520.25Tahir AfridiWiltshire
3523.82Tom HugginsSuffolk
3310.69Bradley WadlanHerefordshire
Source:[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Unicorn Counties Championship Competition Rules" (PDF). England and Wales Cricket Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Unicorn Championship 2014 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 July 2015. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "Minor Counties Championship 2014 Batting (Ordered by runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 July 2015. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ "Minor Counties Championship 2014 Bowling (Ordered by wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 June 2015. (Subscription required (help)).
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