2014 County Championship

The 2014 County Championship season, known as the LV= County Championship for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 115th cricket County Championship season. It was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team played all the others in their division both home and away.

2014 County Championship
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsYorkshire (31st title)
Participants18
Matches played144
Most runsJames Vince
(1525 for Hampshire)
Most wicketsMark Footitt
(82 for Derbyshire)

Teams

Division One

     Team promoted from Division Two

Team Primary home ground Other grounds Coach Captain Overseas player(s)
Durham Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Jon Lewis Paul Collingwood Kumar Sangakkara (May)
John Hastings (Jun–Sep)
Varun Aaron (Sep)
Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester Aigburth, Liverpool Peter Moores (Apr)
Glen Chapple (Apr–Sep)
Glen Chapple Usman Khawaja (Jun–Sep)
Junaid Khan (Sep)
Middlesex Lord's, London Merchant Taylors' School Ground, Northwood
Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground, Uxbridge
Richmond Cricket Ground, Richmond
Richard Scott Chris Rogers Chris Rogers
Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton David Ripley Stephen Peters Ian Butler (May)
Richard Levi (Jun–Jul)
Neil Wagner (Aug–Sep)
Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham Mick Newell Chris Read Peter Siddle (Apr–Jul)
Somerset County Ground, Taunton Dave Nosworthy Marcus Trescothick Alviro Petersen (Apr–Jul)
Colin Ingram (Jul)
Sussex County Ground, Hove Arundel Castle Cricket Club Ground, Arundel
Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham
Mark Robinson Ed Joyce Steve Magoffin
Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham Dougie Brown Jim Troughton Jeetan Patel
Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough Jason Gillespie Andrew Gale Kane Williamson (Apr–May, Aug)
Aaron Finch (May–Jul)

Division Two

     Team relegated from Division One

Team Primary home ground Other grounds Coach Captain Overseas player(s)
Derbyshire County Ground, Derby Queen's Park, Chesterfield Graeme Welch Wayne Madsen Shivnarine Chanderpaul (Apr–May, Jul)
Marcus North (May–Jun)
Cheteshwar Pujara (Sep)
Essex County Ground, Chelmsford Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester Paul Grayson James Foster Jesse Ryder (May–Sep)
Glamorgan SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff Penrhyn Avenue, Rhos-on-Sea
St Helen's, Swansea
Toby Radford Mark Wallace Jacques Rudolph
Gloucestershire County Ground, Bristol College Ground, Cheltenham John Bracewell Michael Klinger Michael Klinger (Apr–Jul)
Mark Craig (Aug)
Hampshire The Rose Bowl, Southampton Dale Benkenstein Jimmy Adams Kyle Abbott (Apr–Jun)
Glenn Maxwell (Jun)
Nathan Rimmington (Jul)
Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells Jimmy Adams Robert Key Doug Bollinger
Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester Phil Whitticase Ramnaresh Sarwan Ramnaresh Sarwan (May–Jun)
Surrey The Oval, London Woodbridge Road, Guildford Graham Ford Graeme Smith Graeme Smith (Apr–May)
Hashim Amla (May–Jun)
Tillakaratne Dilshan (Jun–Aug)
Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester Steve Rhodes Daryl Mitchell Saeed Ajmal (Apr–Jul)
Mitchell McClenaghan (Jul–Sep)


Standings

Teams receive 16 points for a win, 8 for a tie and 5 for a draw. Bonus points (a maximum of 5 batting points and 3 bowling points) may be scored during the first 110 overs of each team's first innings.[2]

Results summary

The fixtures for 2014 were announced in November 2013.[5]

Division One

Durham Lancashire Middlesex Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Somerset Sussex Warwickshire Yorkshire
Durham Durham
27 runs
Match drawn Durham
inn & 219 runs
Durham
54 runs
Match drawn Durham
309 runs
Warwickshire
inn & 188 runs
Match drawn
Lancashire Lancashire
1 wicket
Match drawn Lancashire
inn & 200 runs
Nottinghamshire
1 wicket
Match drawn Match drawn Match drawn Yorkshire
inn & 18 runs
Middlesex Durham
141 runs
Middlesex
10 wickets
Match drawn Middlesex
10 wickets
Match drawn Abandoned
No result
Match drawn Middlesex
7 wickets
Northamptonshire Match drawn Lancashire
60 runs
Middlesex
inn & 84 runs
Nottinghamshire
5 wickets
Somerset
52 runs
Match drawn Warwickshire
inn & 105 runs
Yorkshire
271 runs
Nottinghamshire Match drawn Nottinghamshire
45 runs
Nottinghamshire
6 wickets
Nottinghamshire
inn & 10 runs
Nottinghamshire
7 wickets
Sussex
191 runs
Warwickshire
98 runs
Yorkshire
inn & 152 runs
Somerset Somerset
7 wickets
Match drawn Match drawn Match drawn Match drawn Somerset
6 wickets
Warwickshire
215 runs
Match drawn
Sussex Match drawn Sussex
7 wickets
Sussex
inn & 172 runs
Sussex
inn & 85 runs
Match drawn Somerset
inn & 11 runs
Sussex
226 runs
Match drawn
Warwickshire Warwickshire
inn & 13 runs
Match drawn Warwickshire
inn & 47 runs
Warwickshire
inn & 16 runs
Warwickshire
3 wickets
Match drawn Sussex
7 wickets
Yorkshire
inn & 8 runs
Yorkshire Match drawn Match drawn Yorkshire
220 runs
Yorkshire
inn & 120 runs
Match drawn Match drawn Yorkshire
9 wickets
Yorkshire
inn & 155 runs
Home team won Visiting team won Match drawn


Division Two

Derbyshire Essex Glamorgan Gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Leicestershire Surrey Worcestershire
Derbyshire Match drawn Derbyshire
6 wickets
Match drawn Match drawn Match drawn Derbyshire
408 runs
Surrey
10 wickets
Derbyshire
138 runs
Essex Essex
53 runs
Match drawn Essex
10 wickets
Essex
2 wickets
Essex
9 wickets
Match drawn Match drawn Essex
inn & 92 runs
Glamorgan Glamorgan
106 runs
Essex
63 runs
Match drawn Hampshire
291 runs
Glamorgan
inn & 11 runs
Match drawn Surrey
9 wickets
Match drawn
Gloucestershire Derbyshire
6 wickets
Match drawn Match drawn Hampshire
8 wickets
Gloucestershire
290 runs
Match drawn Match drawn Worcestershire
8 wickets
Hampshire Match drawn Hampshire
470 runs
Hampshire
6 wickets
Match drawn Match drawn Hampshire
inn & 34 runs
Match drawn Match drawn
Kent Kent
10 wickets
Match drawn Match drawn Gloucestershire
244 runs
Hampshire
196 runs
Match drawn Kent
8 wickets
Match drawn
Leicestershire Derbyshire
9 wickets
Essex
inn & 79 runs
Match drawn Gloucestershire
9 wickets
Hampshire
278 runs
Kent
6 wickets
Match drawn Worcestershire
234 runs
Surrey Derbyshire
8 wickets
Match drawn Glamorgan
10 wickets
Surrey
4 wickets
Match drawn Kent
89 runs
Surrey
10 wickets
Match drawn
Worcestershire Worcestershire
inn & 64 runs
Worcestershire
72 runs
Worcestershire
249 runs
Gloucestershire
7 wickets
Match drawn Worcestershire
125 runs
Worcestershire
204 runs
Worcestershire
27 runs
Home team won Visiting team won Match drawn

Results in full

Division One

April

May

June

July

August

September

Division Two

April

May

June

July

August

September

Statistics

Division One

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Adam Lyth Yorkshire1623148967.6825166
Ed Joyce Sussex1423139866.57164*73
Chris Rogers Middlesex1528133355.54241*44
Riki Wessels Nottinghamshire1629119747.8815818
Ashwell Prince Lancashire1628116042.96257*33
Source:[9]

Most wickets

Player Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 5W
Steve Magoffin Sussex15539.07219.516/604
Jack Brooks Yorkshire16523.26828.025/362
Chris Rushworth Durham16488.16424.659/523
Jeetan Patel Warwickshire16536.25926.325/491
Tim Murtagh Middlesex14527.45828.376/605
Source:[10]

Division Two

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
James Vince Hampshire1628152561.0024047
Daryl Mitchell Worcestershire1627133458.00172*54
Alex Gidman Gloucstershire1629127747.2926443
James Adams Hampshire1629121543.3923118
Will Smith Hampshire1627118751.60151*26
Source:[11]

Most wickets

Player Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 5W
Mark Footitt Derbyshire16468.28219.126/486
Saeed Ajmal Worcestershire9417.36316.477/196
Michael Hogan Glamorgan13444.56319.555/583
Jack Shantry Worcestershire16497.05623.856/532
Darren Stevens Kent16515.45627.086/646
Source:[12]

See also

References

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  2. "LV= County Championship - Scoring of points". England and Wales Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 2 June 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  3. "LV= County Championship Division One, 2014 / Points table". ESPN cricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  4. "LV= County Championship Division Two, 2014 / Points table". ESPN cricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  5. "County schedule for 2014 announced". England and Wales Cricket Board. 26 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  6. Dobell, George (10 June 2014). "Somerset v Sussex, Taunton, 3rd day Report: Alfonso Thomas takes four in four as Somerset soar". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  7. Gardner, Alan (13 April 2014). "Essex v Derbyshire, Div 2, Chelmsford, 1st day Report: Essex spoil Grayson's warm down". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  8. "Poynton father killed in crash; Tom injured". ESPNcricinfo. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  9. "LV= County Championship Division One, 2014 - Records - Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  10. "LV= County Championship Division One, 2014 - Records - Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  11. "LV= County Championship Division Two, 2014 - Records - Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  12. "LV= County Championship Division Two, 2014 - Records - Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
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