2014 Minor Counties Championship

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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)
Participants20
Matches61
Most runsRick Moore
(633 for Cheshire)
Most wickets Gurman Randhawa
(37 for Shropshire)
2013
2015

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.

Contents

Standings

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
Cumberland 64000020016200108+11.707
Cambridgeshire 6301002001522-291+9.375
Lincolnshire 6302001001722091+4.171
Suffolk 6201003001420078+7.156
Buckinghamshire 6203001001220068-7.764
Norfolk 6102003001123062-5.530
Hertfordshire 6103002001222058-8.133
Bedfordshire 6003003001219-241-9.856
Northumberland 6005001001121036-13.570
Source: [2]

Western Division

TeamPldWW1LL1TDD1ABatBowlDedPtsNet RPW
Wiltshire 64010010012240104+5.977
Herefordshire 64010010010240102+13.292
Devon 6301002001324093+5.650
Cheshire 6301002001124091+1.339
Dorset 630200100723082-0.934
Shropshire 6303001001218078-2.103
Oxfordshire 6103002001222058-3.118
Wales Minor Counties 610300200824056-1.897
Cornwall 610400100224046-5.699
Berkshire 6402001001124043-9.805
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 PlayerCounty
63352.75Rick Moore Cheshire
627104.50 Ben Howgego Cambridgeshire
60246.30 Jayden Levitt Wiltshire
59184.42Michael Hill Staffordshire
56547.08Karanjit Bansal Lincolnshire
Source: [3]
Most wickets
Aggregate Average PlayerCounty
3717.97 Gurman Randhawa Shropshire
3616.63Paul Byrne Shropshire
3520.25Tahir Afridi Wiltshire
3523.82 Tom Huggins Suffolk
3310.69 Bradley Wadlan Herefordshire
Source: [4]

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