2014 Minor Counties Championship Explained

Administrator:	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket Format:	(3 days, 4 day final)
Tournament Format:	League system
Champions:	Staffordshire
Count:	11
Participants:	20
Matches:	61
Most Runs:	Rick Moore (633 for Cheshire)
Most Wickets:	Gurman Randhawa (37 for Shropshire)
Previous Year:	2013
Previous Tournament:	2013 Minor Counties Championship
Next Year:	2015
Next Tournament:	2015 Minor Counties Championship

The 2014 Minor Counties Championship was the 110th Minor Counties Cricket Championship season, and the first under the name 'Unicorn Counties Championship'. It was contested through two divisions: Eastern and Western. Staffordshire were the champions for the eleventh time, remaining the most successful club in the history of the competition.

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
Staffordshire (C)	6	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	22	24	0	118	+13.514
	6	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	16	20	0	108	+11.707
	6	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	15	22	-2	91	+9.375
	6	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	17	22	0	91	+4.171
	6	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	14	20	0	78	+7.156
	6	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	12	20	0	68	-7.764
	6	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	11	23	0	62	-5.530
	6	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	12	22	0	58	-8.133
	6	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	12	19	-2	41	-9.856
	6	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	11	21	0	36	-13.570
Source:^[2]

Western Division

Team	Pld	W	W1	L	L1	T	D	D1	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts	Net RPW
	6	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	12	24	0	104	+5.977
	6	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	10	24	0	102	+13.292
	6	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	13	24	0	93	+5.650
	6	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	11	24	0	91	+1.339
	6	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	7	23	0	82	-0.934
	6	3	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	12	18	0	78	-2.103
	6	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	12	22	0	58	-3.118
	6	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	8	24	0	56	-1.897
	6	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	24	0	46	-5.699
	6	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	11	24	0	43	-9.805
Source:

Averages

Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 633 52.75 Rick Moore Cheshire 627 104.50 Cambridgeshire 602 46.30 Wiltshire 591 84.42 Michael Hill Staffordshire 565 47.08 Karanjit Bansal Lincolnshire Source:^[3]

Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 37 17.97 Shropshire 36 16.63 Paul Byrne Shropshire 35 20.25 Tahir Afridi Wiltshire 35 23.82 Suffolk 33 10.69 Herefordshire Source:^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Unicorn Counties Championship Competition Rules. England and Wales Cricket Board. 26 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305164121/http://static.ecb.co.uk/files/unicorns-counties-championship-12792.pdf. 2016-03-05. dead.
2. Web site: subscription . Unicorn Championship 2014 Points Table. CricketArchive. 26 July 2015.
3. Web site: subscription . Minor Counties Championship 2014 Batting (Ordered by runs). CricketArchive. 26 July 2015.
4. Web site: subscription . Minor Counties Championship 2014 Bowling (Ordered by wickets). CricketArchive. 26 June 2015.