2014 English cricket season

2014 (2014) English cricket season
County Championship
Champions	Yorkshire
Runners-up	Warwickshire
Most runs	James Vince (1525)
Most wickets	Mark Footitt (82)
Royal London One-Day Cup
Champions	Durham
Runners-up	Warwickshire
Most runs	Jacques Rudolph (575)
Most wickets	Jeetan Patel (23)
NatWest t20 Blast
Champions	Birmingham Bears
Runners-up	Lancashire Lightning
Most runs	Jason Roy (677)
Most wickets	Jeetan Patel (25)
PCA Player of the Year
	Adam Lyth
Wisden Cricketers of the Year
	Shikhar Dhawan; Charlotte Edwards; Ryan Harris; Chris Rogers; Joe Root
	← 2013 2015 →

The 2014 English cricket season was the 115th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. It began on 1 April with a round of university matches, continued until the conclusion of a round of County Championship matches on 23 September.^[1] Three major domestic competitions were contested: the 2014 County Championship, the 2014 Royal London One-Day Cup and the 2014 NatWest t20 Blast. The Royal London One-Day Cup and the NatWest t20 Blast were newly created competitions as from the 2014 season, replacing the Clydesdale Bank 40 and the Friends Life t20.

During this season, two Test teams toured England. Sri Lanka competed early in the summer, with India having also toured later in the year.

Roll of honour

Test series

England v Sri Lanka: 2 Tests - Sri Lanka won 1–0.
England v India: 5 Tests - England won 3–1.

ODI series

England v Sri Lanka: 5 ODIs - Sri Lanka won 3–2.
England v India: 5 ODIs - India won 3–1.

Twenty20 International series

England v Sri Lanka: Only T20I - Sri Lanka won by 9 runs.
England v India: Only T20I - England won by 3 runs.

County Championship

Division One winners: Yorkshire
Division One runners-up: Warwickshire
Division Two winners: Hampshire
Relegated from Division One: Lancashire and Northamptonshire
Promoted from Division Two: Hampshire and Worcestershire

Royal London One-Day Cup

Winners: Durham
Runners-up: Warwickshire Bears

Natwest t20 Blast

Winners: Birmingham Bears
Runners-up: Lancashire Lightning

Minor Counties Championship

Winners: Staffordshire
Runners-up: Wiltshire

MCCA Knockout Trophy

Winners: Devon
Runners-up: Oxfordshire

Second XI Championship

Winners: Leicestershire II

Second XI Trophy

Winners: Leicestershire II

Second XI Twenty20

Winners: Leicestershire II

Wisden Cricketers of the Year

Shikhar Dhawan, Charlotte Edwards, Ryan Harris, Chris Rogers, Joe Root

PCA Player of the Year

Adam Lyth

County Championship

Divisions

Division One	Division Two
Durham	Derbyshire
Lancashire	Essex
Middlesex	Glamorgan
Northamptonshire	Gloucestershire
Nottinghamshire	Hampshire
Somerset	Kent
Sussex	Leicestershire
Warwickshire	Surrey
Yorkshire	Worcestershire

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Team promoted from Division Two
Team relegated from Division One

Division One Standings

Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, T = Ties, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bowl = Bowling points, Ded = Deducted points, Pts = Points.

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts
Yorkshire (C)	16	8	1	7	0	48	44	0	255
Warwickshire	16	8	4	4	0	47	43	0	238
Sussex	16	6	4	5	1	44	40	0	210
Nottinghamshire	16	6	6	4	0	50	40	0	206
Durham	16	5	4	7	0	42	42	0	199
Somerset	16	4	2	10	0	42	42	0	198
Middlesex	16	4	5	6	1	35	38	2	170
Lancashire (R)	16	3	6	7	0	30	41	0	154
Northamptonshire (R)	16	0	12	4	0	27	32	0	79

Source: ^[2]

Division Two Standings

Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, T = Ties, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bowl = Bowling points, Ded = Deducted points, Pts = Points.

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts
Hampshire (C)	16	7	1	8	50	38	0	240
Worcestershire (P)	16	8	3	5	37	47	0	237
Essex	16	7	2	7	37	45	0	229
Derbyshire	16	6	5	5	26	41	0	188
Surrey	16	4	5	7	43	44	3	183
Kent	16	4	6	6	35	42	0	171
Gloucestershire	16	4	5	7	28	36	0	163
Glamorgan	16	3	6	7	29	41	0	153
Leicestershire	16	0	10	6	36	42	0	108

Source: ^[3]

Royal London One-Day Cup

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Ded	Pts	NRR
1	Yorkshire Vikings	8	6	2	0	0	12	1.040
2	Essex Eagles	8	5	1	2	0	12	0.387
3	Gloucestershire	8	4	2	2	0	10	−0.016
4	Derbyshire Falcons	8	4	2	2	2	8^[a]	0.045
5	Leicestershire Foxes	8	3	4	1	0	7	−0.393
6	Northamptonshire Steelbacks	8	2	4	2	0	6	−0.277
7	Worcestershire	8	2	4	2	0	6	−0.328
8	Lancashire Lightning	8	2	5	1	0	5	−0.279
9	Hampshire	8	1	5	2	0	4	−0.569

Source: ^[4]
Notes:

^ Derbyshire were docked 2 points before the start of season after preparing an unfit pitch in 2013.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Nottinghamshire Outlaws	8	4	1	1	2	11	0.364
2	Kent Spitfires	8	4	1	1	2	11	0.245
3	Warwickshire Bears	8	4	3	0	1	9	0.343
4	Durham	8	4	3	0	1	9	0.212
5	Glamorgan	8	4	4	0	0	8	0.230
6	Somerset	8	3	4	1	0	7	0.067
7	Middlesex Panthers	8	3	4	0	1	7	−0.280
8	Sussex Sharks	8	3	5	0	0	6	−0.501
9	Surrey	8	1	5	1	1	4	−0.643

Source: ^[4]

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H)	313/5

Derbyshire Falcons	228
		Kent Spitfires	215/8

		Warwickshire Bears (H)	219/4
Durham	237

Yorkshire Vikings (H)	206
				Warwickshire Bears	165

				Durham	166/7
Warwickshire Bears	271/7

Essex Eagles (H)	204
		Durham (H)	353/8

		Nottinghamshire Outlaws	270
Kent Spitfires (H)	242

Gloucestershire	218

NatWest t20 Blast

Group stage

North Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Lancashire Lightning	14	10	2	2	22	0.846
2	Nottinghamshire Outlaws	14	9	3	2	20	0.642
3	Worcestershire Rapids	14	8	4	2	18	0.480
4	Birmingham Bears	14	7	5	2	16	0.235
5	Yorkshire Vikings	14	6	5	3	15	0.588
6	Durham Jets	14	5	7	2	12	0.106
7	Northamptonshire Steelbacks	14	4	7	3	11	−0.899
8	Leicestershire Foxes	14	4	9	1	9	−0.552
9	Derbyshire Falcons	14	1	12	1	3	−1.406

Source: ^[5]

South Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Ded	Pts	NRR
1	Essex Eagles	14	10	4	0	0	0	20	0.401
2	Surrey	14	9	5	0	0	0	18	0.426
3	Hampshire	14	9	5	0	0	0	18	0.136
4	Glamorgan	14	6	5	1	2	0	15	0.145
5	Somerset	14	6	7	0	1	0	13	−0.107
6	Kent Spitfires	14	6	7	1	0	0	13	−0.229
7	Sussex Sharks	14	6	8	0	0	0	12	−0.022
8	Gloucestershire Gladiators	14	5	7	0	2	2	10	−0.362
9	Middlesex Panthers	14	2	11	0	1	0	5	−0.457

Source: ^[6]

Deductions

Gloucestershire were docked 2 points before the start of season after preparing an unfit pitch in 2013.^[7]

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

Lancashire Lightning (H)	137/8

Glamorgan	136/7
		Birmingham Bears	194/4

		Surrey	178/7
Worcestershire Rapids	141/9

Surrey (H)	144/7
				Birmingham Bears	181/5

				Lancashire Lightning	177/8
Birmingham Bears	197/2

Essex Eagles (H)	178/5
		Lancashire Lightning	160/5

		Hampshire	101
Nottinghamshire Outlaws (H)	197/2

Hampshire	198/5

References

^ "Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches - Cricket Schedules, Updates, Results". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ "LV= County Championship Division One, 2014 / Points table". ESPN cricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
^ "LV= County Championship Division Two, 2014 / Points table". ESPN cricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Royal London One-Day Cup 2014 - Table". ECB.
^ "Cricket Tables". ECB.
^ "NatWest T20 Blast 2014 - Table". ECB.
^ "Steve Snell: Twenty20 on a Friday night should be a real blast". The Bristol Post. Local World. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

[table_hth_DER0.24008031805981-4] Derbyshire were docked 2 points before the start of season after preparing an unfit pitch in 2013.

[1] "Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches - Cricket Schedules, Updates, Results". ESPNcricinfo.com. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[2] "LV= County Championship Division One, 2014 / Points table". ESPN cricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2014.

[3] "LV= County Championship Division Two, 2014 / Points table". ESPN cricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2014.

[ecb.co.uk-5] "Royal London One-Day Cup 2014 - Table". ECB.

[6] "Cricket Tables". ECB.

[7] "NatWest T20 Blast 2014 - Table". ECB.

[8] "Steve Snell: Twenty20 on a Friday night should be a real blast". The Bristol Post. Local World. 16 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

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International cricket	England v Sri Lanka England v India
Domestic cricket	LV County Championship Royal London One-Day Cup NatWest t20 Blast Minor Counties Championship Women's County Championship Women's Twenty20 Cup
County seasons
CC Division One	Durham Lancashire Middlesex Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Somerset Sussex Warwickshire Yorkshire
CC Division Two	Derbyshire Essex Glamorgan Gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Leicestershire Surrey Worcestershire

Roll of honour

County Championship

Divisions

Division One Standings

Division Two Standings

Royal London One-Day Cup

Group stage

Knockout stage

NatWest t20 Blast

Group stage

Knockout stage

See also

References