2014 English cricket season explained

Tourney Name:	English cricket season
Year:	2014
Tournament1:	County Championship
Champions1:	Yorkshire
Runnersup1:	Warwickshire
Runs1:	James Vince (1525)
Wickets1:	Mark Footitt (82)
Tournament2:	Royal London One-Day Cup
Champions2:	Durham
Runnersup2:	Warwickshire
Runs2:	Jacques Rudolph (575)
Wickets2:	Jeetan Patel (23)
Tournament3:	NatWest t20 Blast
Champions3:	Birmingham Bears
Runnersup3:	Lancashire Lightning
Runs3:	Jason Roy (677)
Wickets3:	Jeetan Patel (25)
Pca:	Adam Lyth
Wisden:	Shikhar Dhawan Charlotte Edwards Ryan Harris Chris Rogers Joe Root
Prevseason:	2013
Nextseason:	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

See main article: 2014 County Championship.

Divisions

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

Icon 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.

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.

Royal London One-Day Cup

See main article: 2014 Royal London One-Day Cup.

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

NatWest t20 Blast

See main article: 2014 NatWest t20 Blast.

Group stage

North Division

South Division

Knockout stage

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches - Cricket Schedules, Updates, Results . ESPNcricinfo.com. 19 November 2021.