2002 Norwich Union League Explained

Administrator:England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket Format:Limited overs cricket (45 overs per innings)
Tournament Format:League system
Champions:Glamorgan Dragons
Count:2
Participants:18
Matches:144
Most Runs:654 Ben Smith (Worcestershire)[1]
Most Wickets:30 Ed Giddins (Surrey)
30 Neil Killeen (Durham)[2]
Previous Year:2001
Previous Tournament:2001 Norwich Union League
Next Year:2003
Next Tournament:2003 ECB National League

The 2002 Norwich Union League season was a 45 over English county cricket competition; colloquially known as the Sunday League, it featured many mid-week floodlit matches. It was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team played all the others in their division both home and away. The top three teams from Division Two were promoted to the first division for the 2002 season, while the bottom three sides from Division One were relegated. All eighteen counties retained the nicknames from the previous season.[3]

Glamorgan Dragons won the League for the second time. Somerset Sabres, Durham Dynamos and Nottinghamshire Outlaws were relegated from Division One, while Gloucestershire Gladiators, Surrey Lions and Essex Eagles were promoted from Division Two.

Teams

width=175 Division One width=175 Division Two
Durham DynamosDerbyshire Scorpions
Essex Eagles
Kent SpitfiresGloucestershire Gladiators
Leicestershire FoxesHampshire Hawks
Nottinghamshire OutlawsLancashire Lightning
Somerset SabresMiddlesex Crusaders
Warwickshire BearsNorthamptonshire Steelbacks
Worcestershire RoyalsSurrey Lions
Yorkshire PhoenixSussex Sharks
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Team promoted from Division Two
Team relegated from Division One

Standings

Division One

width=250 Teamwidth=20 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=20 abbr="Won" Wwidth=20 abbr="Tied" Twidth=20 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=20 abbr="No result" NRwidth=20 abbr="Abandoned" Awidth=20 abbr="Points" Ptswidth=20 abbr="Net Run Rate" NRR
Glamorgan Dragons C16121300508.359
Worcestershire Royals161103204810.689
Warwickshire Bears1690601388.412
Yorkshire Phoenix1680701341.437
Kent Spitfires1671800305.848
Leicestershire Foxes1670810303.521
Somerset Sabres R1650100122-3.526
Durham Dynamos R1650110020-21.174
Nottinghamshire Outlaws R1630111116-11.285
Source:.[4]

Division Two

width=250Teamwidth=20 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=20 abbr="Won" Wwidth=20 abbr="Tied" Twidth=20 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=20 abbr="No result" NRwidth=20 abbr="Abandoned" Awidth=20 abbr="Points" Ptswidth=20 abbr="Net Run Rate" NRR
Gloucestershire Gladiators C161004114412.746
Surrey Lions P16100510426.529
Essex Eagles P16100600403.938
Derbyshire Scorpions168070134-0.982
Lancashire Lightning167071132-6.989
Northamptonshire Steelbacks1670801307.788
Hampshire Hawks166090126-2.965
Sussex Sharks1640102020-7.424
Middlesex Crusaders1640101120-12.512
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Statistics

Division One

Most runs

width=125Player width=125Team width=60 Matches width=60 Innings width=60 Runs width=60 Average width=60 HS width=60 100s width=60 50s
Ben Smith16 15 654 65.40 0 7
Darren Stevens16 15 651 43.40 125 1 5
Vikram Solanki16 15 555 39.64 1 4
Kevin Pietersen11 10 515 64.37 147 2 1
Iain Sutcliffe16 16 512 39.38 1 4
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Most wickets

width=125Player width=125Team width=60 Matches width=60 Overs width=60 Wickets width=60 Average width=60 BBI width=60 4W
Neil Killeen16 131.4 30 18.73 4/12 2
Robert Croft16 117.2 28 19.64 4/40 1
Steffan Jones12 87.4 22 24.18 4/72 1
Shaun Pollock10 79.2 21 13.00 4/36 1
Andrew Davies15 110.2 21 24.66 4/33 1
Kabir Ali16 109 21 26.52 5/36 2
Source:

Division Two

Most runs

width=125Player width=125Team width=60 Matches width=60 Innings width=60 Runs width=60 Average width=60 HS width=60 100s width=60 50s
Stuart Law12 12 561 51.00 133 1 4
Craig Spearman15 14 542 38.71 107 1 4
Mark Ramprakash15 15 537 44.75 0 5
Andy Flower14 14 506 50.60 80 0 6
David Sales15 14 459 32.78 93 0 5
Source:

Most wickets

width=125Player width=125Team width=60 Matches width=60 Overs width=60 Wickets width=60 Average width=60 BBI width=60 4W
Ed Giddins14 107 30 14.50 5/20 2
Mike Smith13 100.1 24 14.70 5/30 1
Dimitri Mascarenhas15 126.2 24 21.08 5/27 3
Adam Hollioake12 64.2 23 13.86 5/43 3
Graeme Welch14 117.3 23 22.47 6/31 2
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: subscription . Batting and Fielding in Norwich Union League 2002 (Ordered by Runs). CricketArchive. 19 May 2016.
  2. Web site: subscription . Bowling in Norwich Union League 2002 (Ordered by Wickets). CricketArchive. 19 May 2016.
  3. Web site: Norwich Union League 2002 final tables. CricketNetwork.co.uk. 19 May 2016.
  4. Web site: subscription . Norwich Union League 2002 Points Table. CricketArchive. 19 May 2016.

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