2014 Minor Counties Championship

April 2022 England and Wales Cricket Board (3 days, 4 day final) League system Staffordshire 11 20 61 Rick Moore (633 for Cheshire) Gurman Randhawa (37 for Shropshire) 2013 2013 Minor Counties Championship 2015 2015 Minor Counties Championship 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.http://static.ecb.co.uk/files/unicorns-counties-championship-12792.pdf Unicorn Counties Championship Competition Rules England and Wales Cricket Board 26 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305164121/http://static.ecb.co.uk/files/unicorns-counties-championship-12792.pdf 2016-03-05 dead Eastern Division Team Pld W W1 L L1 T D D1 A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Net RPWStaffordshire (C) 6 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 22 24 0 118 +13.514Cumberland 6 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16 20 0 108 +11.707Cambridgeshire 6 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 15 22 -2 91 +9.375Lincolnshire 6 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 17 22 0 91 +4.171Suffolk 6 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 14 20 0 78 +7.156Buckinghamshire 6 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 12 20 0 68 -7.764Norfolk 6 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 11 23 0 62 -5.530Hertfordshire 6 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 12 22 0 58 -8.133Bedfordshire 6 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 12 19 -2 41 -9.856Northumberland 6 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 11 21 0 36 -13.570Source:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/21/Unicorns_Championship_2014.html Unicorn Championship 2014 Points Table CricketArchive 26 July 2015 Western Division Team Pld W W1 L L1 T D D1 A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Net RPWWiltshire 6 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 24 0 104 +5.977Herefordshire 6 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 24 0 102 +13.292Devon 6 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 13 24 0 93 +5.650Cheshire 6 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 11 24 0 91 +1.339 Dorset 6 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 23 0 82 -0.934Shropshire 6 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 12 18 0 78 -2.103Oxfordshire 6 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 12 22 0 58 -3.118Wales Minor Counties 6 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 8 24 0 56 -1.897Cornwall 6 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 24 0 46 -5.699Berkshire 6 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 11 24 0 43 -9.805Source: Final 7–9 September Staffordshire (H) Wiltshire 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 Anthony Harris and Steve Malone Scorecard Staffordshire won the toss and elected to bat Averages Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 633 52.75 Rick Moore Cheshire 627 104.50 Ben Howgego Cambridgeshire 602 46.30 Jayden Levitt Wiltshire 591 84.42 Michael Hill Staffordshire 565 47.08 Karanjit Bansal LincolnshireSource:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/21/Unicorns_Championship_2014/Batting_by_Runs.html Minor Counties Championship 2014 Batting (Ordered by runs) CricketArchive 26 July 2015 Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 37 17.97 Gurman Randhawa Shropshire 36 16.63 Paul Byrne Shropshire 35 20.25 Tahir Afridi Wiltshire 35 23.82 Tom Huggins Suffolk 33 10.69 Bradley Wadlan HerefordshireSource:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/21/Unicorns_Championship_2014/Bowling_by_Wickets.html Minor Counties Championship 2014 Bowling (Ordered by wickets) CricketArchive 26 June 2015 References 2 Category:2014 in English cricket 2014 Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 2013–14