Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | First-class cricket (4 days) |
Tournament format(s) | League system |
Champions | Yorkshire (31st title) |
Participants | 18 |
Matches | 144 |
Most runs | James Vince(1525 for Hampshire) |
Most wickets | Mark Footitt(82 for Derbyshire) |
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.
Team promoted from Division Two
Team relegated from Division One
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]
Division One[edit]
Source: [3] |
Division Two[edit]
Source: [4] |
The fixtures for 2014 were announced in November 2013.[5]
Home team won | Visiting team won | Match drawn |
Home team won | Visiting team won | Match drawn |
6–9 April
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(H) Nottinghamshire
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v
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Nottinghamshire won by 45 runs
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6–9 April
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v
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Sussex (H)
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Sussex won by an innings and 127 runs
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13–16 April
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v
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Middlesex (H)
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Middlesex won by 10 wickets
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13–16 April
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v
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Northamptonshire (H)
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Match drawn
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13–16 April
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v
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Somerset (H)
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Match drawn
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13–16 April
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(H) Warwickshire
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v
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Sussex won by 7 wickets
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20–23 April
|
(H) Durham
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v
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Match drawn
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20–23 April
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(H) Lancashire
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v
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Match drawn
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20–23 April
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(H) Yorkshire
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v
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Yorkshire won by an innings and 120 runs
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27–30 April
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v
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Middlesex (H)
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Middlesex won by 7 wickets
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27–30 April
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v
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Northamptonshire (H)
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Lancashire won by 60 runs
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27–29 April
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v
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Nottinghamshire (H)
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Warwickshire won by 98 runs
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27–30 April
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v
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Sussex (H)
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Somerset won by an innings and 11 runs
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4–7 May
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v
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Durham (H)
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Match drawn
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4–7 May
|
v
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Lancashire (H)
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Match drawn
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19/0 (8.4 overs)
PJ Horton 14 (32) | |||||
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4–7 May
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v
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Somerset (H)
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Match drawn
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4–6 May
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v
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Warwickshire (H)
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Warwickshire won by an innings and 47 runs
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11–14 May
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v
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(H) Middlesex
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Middlesex won by 10 wickets
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11–14 May
|
v
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Nottinghamshire (H)
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Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 10 runs
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11–14 May
|
(H) Sussex
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v
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Match drawn
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11–13 May
|
(H) Yorkshire
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v
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Yorkshire won by an innings and 155 runs
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18–21 May
|
(H) Northamptonshire
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v
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Middlesex won by an innings and 84 runs
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19–22 May
|
v
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Somerset (H)
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Somerset won by 7 wickets
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25–28 May
|
(H) Nottinghamshire
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v
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Match drawn
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25–28 May
|
v
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Warwickshire (H)
|
Match drawn
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25–28 May
|
v
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Yorkshire (H)
|
Match drawn
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26–29 May
|
(H) Middlesex
|
v
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Match abandoned without a ball bowled
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31 May – 3 June
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v
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(H) Northamptonshire
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Yorkshire won by 271 runs
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1–4 June
|
(H) Durham
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v
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Match drawn
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1–4 June
|
v
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(H) Lancashire
|
Match drawn
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1–4 June
|
v
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(H) Sussex
|
Match drawn
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8–10 June
|
v
|
(H) Somerset
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Somerset won by 6 wickets
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8–11 June
|
v
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(H) Warwickshire
|
Match drawn
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8–11 June
|
v
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(H) Yorkshire
|
Match drawn
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14–17 June
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v
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(H) Nottinghamshire
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Nottinghamshire won by 6 wickets
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15–18 June
|
(H) Durham
|
v
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Durham won by 27 runs
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15–18 June
|
(H) Northamptonshire
|
v
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Warwickshire won by an innings and 105 runs
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16–19 June
|
(H) Sussex
|
v
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Match drawn
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22–25 June
|
(H) Durham
|
v
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Durham won by 309 runs
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22–25 June
|
(H) Lancashire
|
v
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Lancashire won by an innings and 200 runs
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22–25 June
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v
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(H) Nottinghamshire
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Nottinghamshire won by 7 wickets
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22–24 June
|
(H) Warwickshire
|
v
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Yorkshire won by an innings and 8 runs
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29 June – 2 July
|
(H) Middlesex
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v
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Match drawn
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29 June – 2 July
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v
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(H) Somerset
|
Match drawn
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29 June – 2 July
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v
|
(H) Warwickshire
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Warwickshire won by 3 wickets
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6–8 July
|
(H) Sussex
|
v
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Sussex won by an innings and 85 runs
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7–10 July
|
(H) Middlesex
|
v
|
Match drawn
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7–10 July
|
(H) Yorkshire
|
v
|
Match drawn
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
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12–15 July
|
v
|
(H) Northamptonshire
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Somerset won by 52 runs
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13–15 July
|
v
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(H) Durham
|
Warwickshire won an innings and 188 runs
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13–15 July
|
(H) Lancashire
|
v
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Nottinghamshire won by 1 wicket
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19–22 July
|
(H) Yorkshire
|
v
|
Yorkshire won by 220 runs
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
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21–24 July
|
(H) Sussex
|
v
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Sussex won by 226 runs
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15–18 August
|
v
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(H) Lancashire
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Lancashire won by 1 wicket
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15–18 August
|
(H) Northamptonshire
|
v
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Nottinghamshire won by 5 wickets
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
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15–18 August
|
v
|
(H) Somerset
|
Warwickshire won by 215 runs
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
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15–18 August
|
v
|
(H) Yorkshire
|
Yorkshire won by 9 wickets
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
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31 August–3 September
|
(H) Durham
|
v
|
Durham won by 54 runs
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
31 August–3 September
|
(H) Lancashire
|
v
|
Yorkshire won by an innings and 18 runs
|
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31 August–3 September
|
v
|
(H) Middlesex
|
Match drawn
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31 August–3 September
|
(H) Somerset
|
v
|
Match drawn
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9–12 September
|
v
|
(H) Middlesex
|
Durham won by 141 runs
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
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9–12 September
|
v
|
(H) Nottinghamshire
|
Yorkshire won by an innings and 152 runs
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9–12 September
|
v
|
(H) Sussex
|
Sussex won by 7 wickets
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9–12 September
|
v
|
(H) Warwickshire
|
Warwickshire won by an innings and 16 runs
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
15–17 September
|
(H) Durham
|
v
|
Durham won by an innings and 219 runs
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
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15–18 September
|
v
|
(H) Nottinghamshire
|
Sussex won by 191 runs
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
15–18 September
|
(H) Somerset
|
v
|
Match drawn
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
23–26 September
|
v
|
(H) Lancashire
|
Match drawn
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
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23–26 September
|
v
|
(H) Northamptonshire
|
Match drawn
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
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23–25 September
|
v
|
(H) Warwickshire
|
Warwickshire won by an innings and 13 runs
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
23–26 September
|
(H) Yorkshire
|
v
|
Match drawn
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6–9 April
|
(H) Hampshire
|
v
|
Match drawn
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6–9 April
|
(H) Surrey
|
v
|
Glamorgan won by 10 wickets
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
156/0 (45.4 overs)
GP Rees 75* (141) | |||||
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13–16 April
|
(H) Essex
|
v
|
Essex won by 53 runs
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
13–16 April
|
(H) Gloucestershire
|
v
|
Hampshire won by 8 wickets
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
13–16 April
|
(H) Worcestershire
|
v
|
Worcestershire won by 125 runs
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
20–23 April
|
v
|
Derbyshire (H)
|
Match drawn
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
20–23 April
|
(H) Glamorgan
|
v
|
Match drawn
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
20–23 April
|
v
|
Kent (H)
|
Match drawn
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
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20–23 April
|
v
|
Surrey (H)
|
Match drawn
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
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27–30 April
|
(H) Gloucestershire
|
v
|
Match drawn
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
27–30 April
|
(H) Hampshire
|
v
|
Match drawn
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
27–30 April
|
(H) Leicestershire
|
v
|
Match drawn
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
27–30 April
|
v
|
Worcestershire (H)
|
Worcestershire won by an innings and 64 runs
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4–7 May
|
(H) Essex
|
v
|
Match drawn
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4–7 May
|
v
|
Glamorgan (H)
|
Match drawn
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4–7 May
|
v
|
Kent (H)
|
Kent won by 8 wickets
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
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11–14 May
|
(H) Derbyshire
|
v
|
Match drawn
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11–14 May
|
v
|
Hampshire (H)
|
Hampshire won by 6 wickets
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
11–14 May
|
v
|
Surrey (H)
|
Surrey won by 4 wickets
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
18–21 May
|
(H) Gloucestershire
|
v
|
Gloucestershire won by 290 runs
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
18–21 May
|
v
|
Leicestershire (H)
|
Hampshire won by 278 runs
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
18–20 May
|
(H) Worcestershire
|
v
|
Worcestershire won by 72 runs
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
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25–28 May
|
(H) Derbyshire
|
v
|
Match drawn
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
25–28 May
|
(H) Essex
|
v
|
Match drawn
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
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25–28 May
|
v
|
Glamorgan (H)
|
Match drawn
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
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25–28 May
|
(H) Kent
|
v
|
Match drawn
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1–4 June
|
v
|
(H) Essex
|
Match drawn
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1–4 June
|
(H) Hampshire
|
v
|
Match drawn
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1–4 June
|
v
|
(H) Surrey
|
Match drawn
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2–5 June
|
(H) Leicestershire
|
v
|
Gloucestershire won by 9 wickets
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7–10 June
|
(H) Kent
|
v
|
Match drawn
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8–11 June
|
(H) Leicestershire
|
v
|
Derbyshire won by 9 wickets
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
8–11 June
|
(H) Worcestershire
|
v
|
Match drawn
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9–12 June
|
(H) Gloucestershire
|
v
|
Match drawn
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
15–18 June
|
(H) Derbyshire
|
v
|
Surrey won by 10 wickets
|
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---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
15–18 June
|
v
|
(H) Glamorgan
|
Glamorgan won by an innings and 11 runs
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
15–17 June
|
(H) Hampshire
|
v
|
Hampshire won by 470 runs
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
15–18 June
|
v
|
(H) Leicestershire
|
Worcestershire won by 234 runs
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
21–24 June
|
(H) Gloucestershire
|
v
|
Match drawn
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
22–24 June
|
(H) Kent
|
v
|
Kent won by 10 wickets
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
22–25 June
|
(H) Surrey
|
v
|
Surrey won by 10 wickets
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
28 June – 1 July
|
(H) Surrey
|
v
|
Match drawn
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
29 June – 2 July
|
v
|
(H) Essex
|
Essex won by 10 wickets
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
29 June – 2 July
|
(H) Worcestershire
|
v
|
Worcestershire won by 249 runs
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
6–9 July
|
(H) Glamorgan
|
v
|
Surrey won by 9 wickets
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7–10 July
|
(H) Derbyshire
|
v
|
Match drawn
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7–10 July
|
(H) Hampshire
|
v
|
Match drawn
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
7–10 July
|
(H) Leicestershire
|
v
|
Kent won by 6 wickets
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
13–16 July
|
v
|
(H) Essex
|
Essex won by 2 wickets
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
13–16 July
|
(H) Worcestershire
|
v
|
Worcestershire won by 204 runs
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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14–17 July
|
(H) Gloucestershire
|
v
|
Derbyshire won by 6 wickets
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
20–22 July
|
v
|
(H) Derbyshire
|
Derbyshire won by 6 wickets
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
20–23 July
|
v
|
(H) Surrey
|
Kent won by 89 runs
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
21–23 July
|
v
|
(H) Gloucestershire
|
Worcestershire won by 8 wickets
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
15–18 August
|
v
|
(H) Glamorgan
|
Essex won by 63 runs
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
15–18 August
|
v
|
(H) Kent
|
Hampshire won by 196 runs
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
15–18 August
|
v
|
(H) Leicestershire
|
Match drawn
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
15–17 August
|
(H) Worcestershire
|
v
|
Gloucestershire won by 7 wickets
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
31 August–3 September
|
(H) Derbyshire
|
v
|
Derbyshire won by 138 runs
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
31 August–3 September
|
v
|
(H) Hampshire
|
Hampshire won by an innings and 34 runs
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
31 August–3 September
|
v
|
(H) Kent
|
Match drawn
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9–11 September
|
v
|
(H) Essex
|
Essex won by 9 wickets
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9–11 September
|
(H) Glamorgan
|
v
|
Glamorgan won by 106 runs
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9–12 September
|
(H) Gloucestershire
|
v
|
Match drawn
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9–12 September
|
(H) Worcestershire
|
v
|
Worcestershire won by 27 runs
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
15–18 September
|
v
|
(H) Hampshire
|
Match drawn
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
15–16 September
|
(H) Leicestershire
|
v
|
Essex won by an innings and 79 runs
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
15–17 September
|
(H) Surrey
|
v
|
Derbyshire won by 8 wickets
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
23–25 September
|
(H) Derbyshire
|
v
|
Derbyshire won by 408 runs
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
23–25 September
|
v
|
(H) Essex
|
Essex won by an innings and 92 runs
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
23–25 September
|
v
|
(H) Glamorgan
|
Hampshire won by 291 runs
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
23–26 September
|
v
|
(H) Kent
|
Gloucestershire won by 244 runs
|
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adam Lyth | Yorkshire | 16 | 23 | 1489 | 67.68 | 251 | 6 | 6 |
Ed Joyce | Sussex | 14 | 23 | 1398 | 66.57 | 164* | 7 | 3 |
Chris Rogers | Middlesex | 15 | 28 | 1333 | 55.54 | 241* | 4 | 4 |
Riki Wessels | Nottinghamshire | 16 | 29 | 1197 | 47.88 | 158 | 1 | 8 |
Ashwell Prince | Lancashire | 16 | 28 | 1160 | 42.96 | 257* | 3 | 3 |
Source:[9] |
Player | Team | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steve Magoffin | Sussex | 15 | 539.0 | 72 | 19.51 | 6/60 | 4 |
Jack Brooks | Yorkshire | 16 | 523.2 | 68 | 28.02 | 5/36 | 2 |
Chris Rushworth | Durham | 16 | 488.1 | 64 | 24.65 | 9/52 | 3 |
Jeetan Patel | Warwickshire | 16 | 536.2 | 59 | 26.32 | 5/49 | 1 |
Tim Murtagh | Middlesex | 14 | 527.4 | 58 | 28.37 | 6/60 | 5 |
Source:[10] |
Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
James Vince | Hampshire | 16 | 28 | 1525 | 61.00 | 240 | 4 | 7 |
Daryl Mitchell | Worcestershire | 16 | 27 | 1334 | 58.00 | 172* | 5 | 4 |
Alex Gidman | Gloucstershire | 16 | 29 | 1277 | 47.29 | 264 | 4 | 3 |
James Adams | Hampshire | 16 | 29 | 1215 | 43.39 | 231 | 1 | 8 |
Will Smith | Hampshire | 16 | 27 | 1187 | 51.60 | 151* | 2 | 6 |
Source:[11] |
Player | Team | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mark Footitt | Derbyshire | 16 | 468.2 | 82 | 19.12 | 6/48 | 6 |
Saeed Ajmal | Worcestershire | 9 | 417.3 | 63 | 16.47 | 7/19 | 6 |
Michael Hogan | Glamorgan | 13 | 444.5 | 63 | 19.55 | 5/58 | 3 |
Jack Shantry | Worcestershire | 16 | 497.0 | 56 | 23.85 | 6/53 | 2 |
Darren Stevens | Kent | 16 | 515.4 | 56 | 27.08 | 6/64 | 6 |
Source:[12] |