2018 Minor Counties Championship

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2018 Minor Counties Championship
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format3 days (4 day final)
Tournament format(s) League system and a final
Champions Berkshire (7th title)
Participants20
Matches61
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The 2018 Minor Counties Championship was the 114th Minor Counties Cricket Championship season, and the fourth under the name 'Unicorn Counties Championship'. It is contested in two divisions. Berkshire were the defending champions [1] and retained their title by defeating Lincolnshire in a repeat of the 2016 and 2017 finals. The final was played in Bodicote, Oxfordshire, with Berkshire winning by an innings and 32 runs.

Contents

Standings

Format

Teams receive 16 points for a win, 8 for a tie and 4 for a draw. In a match reduced to a single innings, teams receive 12 points for a win, 8 for a draw (6 if less than 20 overs per side) and 4 points for losing. For matches abandoned without play, both sides receive 8 points. 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. [2]

Eastern Division

TeamPldWW1LL1TDD1DD1<ABatBowlDedPts
Lincolnshire 640100100021180107
Suffolk 640100100016210105
Staffordshire 640100100018170103
Buckinghamshire 64020000001421099
Norfolk 63020010001420086
Cambridgeshire 63030000001423085
Cumberland 620300100016191655
Hertfordshire 61040010001219051
Bedfordshire 60040020001021039
Northumberland 6004002000920037
Source: [3]

Western Division

TeamPldWW1LL1TDD1DD1<ABatBowlDedPts
Berkshire 660000000019230138
Oxfordshire 650100000012230115
Shropshire 640100100021242111
Cornwall 6202002000924073
Cheshire 61030020002024068
Wiltshire 6203001000924267
Herefordshire 62040000001123066
Devon 61030020001423061
Dorset 6104001000421045
Wales Minor Counties 6003003000823439
Source: [4]

Final

The final featured the teams which finished with the most points in each Division, Berkshire and Lincolnshire – A repeat of the 2016 and 2017 finals. It began on 16 September 2018 at Banbury with the result being a victory for Berkshire by an innings and 32 Runs. Berkshire retained the title whilst Lincolnshire's most recent victory was in 2003.

16–19 September 2018
Scorecard
v
198 (60.5 overs)
Nick Keast 42 (68)
Alexander Russell 5/57 (17 overs)
405/7d (90 overs)
Euan Woods 99 (161)
Curtis Free 4/91 (20 overs)
175 (62.4 overs)
Jack Timby 42 (78)
Andrew Rishton 5/33 (16 overs)
Berkshire won by an innings and 32 runs
Banbury Cricket Club Ground, Bodicote, Oxfordshire
Umpires: Naeem Ashraf & Anthony Harris
  • Berkshire won the toss and elected to field first

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References

  1. ↑ "Berkshire beat Lincolnshire to complete double triumph". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Rules for the Unicorn Counties Championship season 2018" (PDF). England and Wales Cricket Board . Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. ↑ Unicorns Championship Eastern Division - 2018, MCCA. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  4. ↑ Unicorns Championship Western Division - 2018, MCCA. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
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