2013 Minor Counties Championship Explained

Administrator:	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket Format:	(3 days, 4 day final)
Tournament Format:	League system
Champions:	Cheshire
Count:	7
Participants:	20
Matches:	61
Most Runs:	(751 for Suffolk)
Most Wickets:	Daniel Woods (59 for Cheshire)
Previous Year:	2012
Previous Tournament:	2012 Minor Counties Championship
Next Year:	2014
Next Tournament:	2014 Minor Counties Championship

The 2013 Minor Counties Championship was the 109th Minor Counties Cricket Championship season. It was contested through two divisions: Eastern and Western. Cheshire were Minor County Champions for the fifth time outright and seventh in total.

Standings

• Pld = Played, W = Wins, W1 = Win in match reduced to single innings, L = Losses, L1 = Loss in match reduced to single innings, T = Ties, D = Draws, D1 = Draw in match reduced to single innings, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bowl = Bowling points, Ded = Deducted points, Pts = Points, Net RPW = Net runs per wicket (runs per wicket for less runs per wicket against).

Teams receive 16 points for a win, 8 for a tie and 4 for a draw. Teams also received 12 points for a win, 6 for a draw and 4 points for losing a match reduced to a single innings. Bonus points (a maximum of 4 batting points and 4 bowling points) may be scored during the first 90 overs of each team's first innings.^[1]

Eastern Division

Team	Pld	W	W1	L	L1	T	D	D1	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts	Net RPW
	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	21	0	116	10.148
	6	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	14	23	0	105	11.474
	6	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	20	23	0	99	5.989
	6	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	20	20	0	92	3.059
	6	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	13	22	0	63	-1.248
	6	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	16	15	0	63	-10.550
	6	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	10	23	0	61	2.164
	6	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	14	21	0	59	-11.314
	6	0	0	2	0	0	4	0	0	14	18	0	48	-17.287
	6	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	16	19	0	43	-5.804
Source:^[2]

Western Division

Team	Pld	W	W1	L	L1	T	D	D1	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts	Net RPW
Cheshire (C)	6	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	18	0	123	8.301
	6	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	22	0	120	7.112
	6	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	15	23	0	106	7.035
	6	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	12	23	-2	85	0.932
	6	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	12	19	0	83	3.186
	6	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	18	23	0	81	1.625
	6	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	5	20	0	57	-3.379
	6	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	9	24	0	53	-5.003
	6	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	18	24	-2	44	-6.399
	6	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	8	17	0	29	-13.688
Source:

Averages

Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 751 83.44 Suffolk 619 77.37 Josh Bess Devon 612 47.07 Khalid Sawas Cheshire 600 60.00 George Thurstance Bedfordshire 579 52.63 Staffordshire Source:^[3]

Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 59 13.57 Daniel Woods Cheshire 50 16.02 Cambridgeshire 39 17.07 Berkshire 38 24.05 Cornwall 36 17.77 Suffolk Source:^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Regulations for the Minor Counties Championship. England and Wales Cricket Board. 2 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20080517043819/http://static.ecb.co.uk/files/488section12-1618.pdf. 17 May 2008. dead. dmy-all.
2. Web site: subscription . Minor Counties Championship 2013 Points Table. CricketArchive. 2 June 2015.
3. Web site: subscription . Minor Counties Championship 2013 Batting (Ordered by runs). CricketArchive. 2 June 2015.
4. Web site: subscription . Minor Counties Championship 2013 Bowling (Ordered by wickets). CricketArchive. 2 June 2015.