2015 Minor Counties Championship

2015 Cricket competition April 2022 England and Wales Cricket Board (3 days, 4 day final) League system Cumberland 3 20 61 Jacques du Toit (770 for Northumberland) Chris Peploe (50 for Berkshire) 2014 2014 Minor Counties Championship 2016 2016 Minor Counties Championship The 2015 Minor Counties Championship was the 111th Minor Counties Cricket Championship season, and the second under the name 'Unicorn Counties Championship'. It was contested in two divisions: Eastern and Western. Cumberland won the competition for the third time after defeating Oxfordshire by 10 wickets in the final played in Carlisle.http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/dominant-cumberland-claim-title Dominant Cumberland claim title ECB 11 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160422024312/http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/dominant-cumberland-claim-title 22 April 2016 dead dmy-all 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 RPWCumberland (C) 6 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 24 0 125 +15.541Buckinghamshire 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 18 0 94 -4.565Staffordshire 6 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 18 20 0 90 +7.834Lincolnshire 6 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 10 21 0 87 -0.688Northumberland 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 24 0 86 0.663Hertfordshire 6 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 18 20 0 74 -4.785Bedfordshire 6 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 19 21 0 64 -0.876Cambridgeshire 6 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 23 -2 63 -2.684Norfolk 6 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 12 23 0 63 0.531Suffolk 6 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 16 22 0 54 -10.151Source:subscription https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/24/Unicorns_Championship_2015.html Unicorn Championship 2015 Points Table CricketArchive 28 July 2015 Western Division Team Pld W W1 L L1 T D D1 A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Net RPWOxfordshire 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 24 0 122 +15.268Berkshire 6 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 24 0 109 +6.534Shropshire 6 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 22 24 0 90 +8.705Cornwall 6 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 15 22 0 89 +1.419Herefordshire 6 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 17 22 0 75 -1.053Wales Minor Counties 6 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 13 21 0 74 -1.382Wiltshire 6 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 9 24 0 73 -3.123Dorset 6 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 8 19 -2 53 -8.017Cheshire 6 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 20 0 50 -12.515Devon 6 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 16 24 0 48 -9.043Source: Final 6–7 September Oxfordshire (H) Cumberland 85 (40.4 overs) RI Kaufman 17 (56) T Bulcock 4/18 (10 overs) 170 (48.2 overs) JR Tolley 45 (88) LC Ryan 5/37 (16 overs) 89 (42 overs) CB Keegan 29 (16) RJ Gleeson 3/14 (13 overs) 5/0 (0.2 overs) JR Tolley 4* (1) Cumberland won by 10 wickets Edenside, Carlisle Martyn Dobbs and Andy Hicks Scorecard Cumberland won the toss and elected to field Averages Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 770 64.16 Jacques du Toit Northumberland 763 69.36 Luke Thomas Bedfordshire 730 73.00 George Thurstance Bedfordshire 702 70.20 Steve Leach Shropshire 612 61.20 Sam Arthurton NorfolkSource:http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=9771;type=tournament Minor Counties Championship 2015 Batting (Ordered by runs) Cricinfo 13 September 2015 Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 50 16.08 Chris Peploe Berkshire 49 14.85 Toby Bulcock Cumberland 46 14.38 Paul McMahon Cambridgeshire 46 20.60 Bradley Wadlan Cornwall 35 14.62 Luke Ryan Oxfordshire 35 19.65 Gurman Randhawa ShropshireSource:http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=9771;type=tournament Minor Counties Championship 2015 Bowling (Ordered by wickets) Cricinfo 13 September 2015 References 30em Category:2015 in English cricket 2015 Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 2015–16