2001 Norwich Union League

2001 Norwich Union League

Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (45 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Kent Spitfires (5th title)
Participants	18
Matches	144
Most runs	753 Darren Lehmann (Yorkshire) [1]
Most wickets	29 Dougie Brown (Warwickshire) [2]
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The 2001 Norwich Union League season was a 45 over English county cricket competition; colloquially known as the Sunday League, it featured many mid-week floodlit matches. It was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team played all the others in their division both home and away. The top three teams from Division Two were promoted to the first division for the 2002 season, while the bottom three sides from Division One were relegated. All eighteen counties retained the nicknames from the previous season. ^[3]

Kent Spitfires won the League for the fifth time. Gloucestershire Gladiators, Surrey Lions and Northamptonshire Steelbacks were relegated from Division One, while Glamorgan Dragons, Durham Dynamos and Worcestershire Royals were promoted from Division Two.

Teams

Division One Division Two Gloucestershire Gladiators Derbyshire Scorpions Kent Spitfires Durham Dynamos Leicestershire Foxes Essex Eagles Northamptonshire Steelbacks Glamorgan Dragons Nottinghamshire Outlaws Hampshire Hawks Somerset Sabres Lancashire Lightning Surrey Lions Middlesex Crusaders Warwickshire Bears Sussex Sharks Yorkshire Phoenix Worcestershire Royals

Icon Team promoted from Division Two Team relegated from Division One

Standings

• Pos = Position, Pld = Played, W = Wins, T = Ties, L = Losses, NR = No Results, A = Abandonments, Pts = Points.
• Points awarded: W = 4, L = 0, T = 2, NR = 2, A = 2

Division One Team Pld W T L NR A Pts NRR Kent Spitfires C 16 11 1 2 0 2 50 4.264 Leicestershire Foxes 16 11 0 4 1 0 46 7.824 Warwickshire Bears 16 8 0 5 2 1 38 1.580 Somerset Sabres 16 7 1 7 0 1 32 -4.604 Nottinghamshire Outlaws 16 7 0 8 1 0 30 -8.036 Yorkshire Phoenix 16 7 0 9 0 0 28 9.656 Gloucestershire Gladiators R 16 6 0 9 0 1 26 1.481 Surrey Lions R 16 6 0 10 0 0 24 -5.051 Northamptonshire Steelbacks R 16 3 0 12 0 1 14 -9.021 Source:. [4]

Division Two Team Pld W T L NR A Pts NRR Glamorgan Dragons C 16 11 0 3 2 0 48 15.209 Durham Dynamos P 16 9 0 4 0 3 42 1.740 Worcestershire Royals P 16 9 0 5 1 1 40 9.617 Hampshire Hawks 16 9 0 6 0 1 38 5.289 Sussex Sharks 16 8 0 7 0 1 34 -1.103 Lancashire Lightning 16 5 0 8 1 2 26 -3.709 Essex Eagles 16 5 1 9 1 0 24 -9.923 Middlesex Crusaders 16 3 1 9 1 2 20 -8.311 Derbyshire Scorpions 16 4 0 12 0 0 16 -7.207 Source:. [4]

Statistics

Division One

Most runs

Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Darren Lehmann	Yorkshire	15	15	753	53.78	191	2	4
Darren Bicknell	Nottinghamshire	16	15	592	39.46	115	1	6
Ali Brown	Surrey	13	13	565	47.08	130	3	1
Peter Bowler	Somerset	11	11	560	50.90	104	1	5
Michael Hussey	Northamptonshire	15	15	510	36.42	96*	0	4
Source: [1]

Most wickets

Player	Team	Matches	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	4W
Dougie Brown	Warwickshire	15	116.4	29	18.24	4/56	1
James Averis	Gloucestershire	15	121.3	27	20.22	5/40	3
Martin Saggers	Kent	13	94.4	25	16.56	5/22	1
Steffan Jones	Somerset	14	110.4	22	25.45	4/40	1
Source: [2]

Division Two

Most runs

Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Richard Montgomerie	Sussex	15	15	673	48.07	108	1	5
Robert Croft	Glamorgan	15	15	570	40.71	114*	1	5
Matthew Maynard	Glamorgan	16	16	527	52.70	116*	1	3
Vikram Solanki	Worcestershire	15	14	502	41.83	91*	0	5
Nicky Peng	Durham	13	13	495	41.25	121	2	2
Source: [1]

Most wickets

Player	Team	Matches	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	4W
Andy Bichel	Worcestershire	15	115.4	27	15.85	5/21	1
Chad Keegan	Middlesex	14	106.5	26	17.73	5/17	2
Chris Schofield	Lancashire	14	72.1	23	15.73	5/31	2
Stuart Lampitt	Worcestershire	15	116	23	19.47	4/37	1
Source: [2]

References

1. "Batting and Fielding in Norwich Union League 2001 (Ordered by Runs)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
2. "Bowling in Norwich Union League 2001 (Ordered by Wickets)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
3. "Norwich Union League: 2001 fixtures by date" (PDF). ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 10 May 2016.
4. "Norwich Union League 2001 Points Table" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2016.