2014 English cricket season

2014 English cricket seasonCounty 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

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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

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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

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Main article: 2014 County Championship

### Divisions

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| Division One | Division Two

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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

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

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| Pld | W | L | T | D | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts

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Yorkshire (C) | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 48 | 44 | 0 | 255
Warwickshire | 16 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 43 | 0 | 238
Sussex | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 44 | 40 | 0 | 210
Nottinghamshire | 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 40 | 0 | 206
Durham | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 199
Somerset | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 198
Middlesex | 16 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 38 | 2 | 170
Lancashire (R) | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 41 | 0 | 154
Northamptonshire (R) | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 32 | 0 | 79

Source: [2]

### Division Two Standings

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

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Hampshire (C) | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 50 | 38 | 0 | 240
Worcestershire (P) | 16 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 47 | 0 | 237
Essex | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 45 | 0 | 229
Derbyshire | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 41 | 0 | 188
Surrey | 16 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 43 | 44 | 3 | 183
Kent | 16 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 42 | 0 | 171
Gloucestershire | 16 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 36 | 0 | 163
Glamorgan | 16 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 29 | 41 | 0 | 153
Leicestershire | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 42 | 0 | 108

Source: [3]

## Royal London One-Day Cup

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Main article: 2014 Royal London One-Day Cup

### Group stage

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Group A

| Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR

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1  | Yorkshire Vikings | 8  | 6  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 12  | 1.040
2  | Essex Eagles | 8  | 5  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 12  | 0.387
3  | Gloucestershire | 8  | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 10  | −0.016
4  | Derbyshire Falcons | 8  | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 2  | 8[a] | 0.045
5  | Leicestershire Foxes | 8  | 3  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 7  | −0.393
6  | Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 8  | 2  | 4  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 6  | −0.277
7  | Worcestershire | 8  | 2  | 4  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 6  | −0.328
8  | Lancashire Lightning | 8  | 2  | 5  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 5  | −0.279
9  | Hampshire | 8  | 1  | 5  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 4  | −0.569

Source: [4]
Notes:

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

Group B

| Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR

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1  | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 8  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 11  | 0.364
2  | Kent Spitfires | 8  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 11  | 0.245
3  | Warwickshire Bears | 8  | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 9  | 0.343
4  | Durham | 8  | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 9  | 0.212
5  | Glamorgan | 8  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 8  | 0.230
6  | Somerset | 8  | 3  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 7  | 0.067
7  | Middlesex Panthers | 8  | 3  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 7  | −0.280
8  | Sussex Sharks | 8  | 3  | 5  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 6  | −0.501
9  | Surrey | 8  | 1  | 5  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 4  | −0.643

Source: [5]

### Knockout stage

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| Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | | | Final |

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|  |  | | |  |  | | |  |  |
| 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

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Main article: 2014 NatWest t20 Blast

### Group stage

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North Division
| Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR

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1  | Lancashire Lightning | 14  | 10  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 22  | 0.846
2  | Nottinghamshire Outlaws | 14  | 9  | 3  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 20  | 0.642
3  | Worcestershire Rapids | 14  | 8  | 4  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 18  | 0.480
4  | Birmingham Bears | 14  | 7  | 5  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 16  | 0.235
5  | Yorkshire Vikings | 14  | 6  | 5  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 15  | 0.588
6  | Durham Jets | 14  | 5  | 7  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 12  | 0.106
7  | Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 14  | 4  | 7  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 11  | −0.899
8  | Leicestershire Foxes | 14  | 4  | 9  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 9  | −0.552
9  | Derbyshire Falcons | 14  | 1  | 12  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 3  | −1.406

Source: [6]

South Division
| Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | L | T | NR | Ded | Pts | NRR

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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: [7]

Deductions

* Gloucestershire were docked 2 points before the start of season after preparing an unfit pitch in 2013.[8]

### Knockout stage

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| Quarter-finals | | | Semi-finals | | | Final |

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|  |  | | |  |  | | |  |  |
| 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 |

## See also

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* Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2014
* Indian cricket team in England in 2014

## References

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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.
4. ^ "Royal London One-Day Cup 2014 - Table". ESPNcricinfo.
5. ^ "Royal London One-Day Cup 2014 - Table". ESPNcricinfo.
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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