2015 Minor Counties Championship Explained

Administrator:	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket Format:	(3 days, 4 day final)
Tournament Format:	League system
Champions:	Cumberland
Count:	3
Participants:	20
Matches:	61
Most Runs:	Jacques du Toit (770 for Northumberland)
Most Wickets:	Chris Peploe (50 for Berkshire)
Previous Year:	2014
Previous Tournament:	2014 Minor Counties Championship
Next Year:	2016
Next Tournament:	2016 Minor Counties Championship

The 2015 Minor Counties Championship was the 111th Minor Counties Cricket Championship season, and the second under the name 'Unicorn Counties Championship'. It was contested in two divisions: Eastern and Western. Cumberland won the competition for the third time after defeating Oxfordshire by 10 wickets in the final played in Carlisle.^[1]

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.^[2]

Eastern Division

Team	Pld	W	W1	L	L1	T	D	D1	A	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts	Net RPW
Cumberland (C)	6	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	24	0	125	+15.541
	6	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	18	0	94	-4.565
	6	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	18	20	0	90	+7.834
	6	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	10	21	0	87	-0.688
	6	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	14	24	0	86	0.663
	6	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	18	20	0	74	-4.785
	6	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	19	21	0	64	-0.876
	6	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	23	-2	63	-2.684
	6	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	12	23	0	63	0.531
	6	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	16	22	0	54	-10.151
Source:^[3]

Western 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	18	24	0	122	+15.268
	6	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	13	24	0	109	+6.534
	6	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	22	24	0	90	+8.705
	6	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	15	22	0	89	+1.419
	6	2	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	17	22	0	75	-1.053
	6	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	13	21	0	74	-1.382
	6	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	9	24	0	73	-3.123
	6	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	8	19	-2	53	-8.017
	6	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	6	20	0	50	-12.515
	6	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	16	24	0	48	-9.043
Source:

Averages

Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 770 64.16 Northumberland 763 69.36 Luke Thomas Bedfordshire 730 73.00 George Thurstance Bedfordshire 702 70.20 Steve Leach Shropshire 612 61.20 Sam Arthurton Norfolk Source:^[4]

Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 50 16.08 Berkshire 49 14.85 Toby Bulcock Cumberland 46 14.38 Cambridgeshire 46 20.60 Cornwall 35 14.62 Luke Ryan Oxfordshire 35 19.65 Shropshire Source:^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dominant Cumberland claim title. ECB. 11 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160422024312/http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/articles/dominant-cumberland-claim-title. 22 April 2016. dead. dmy-all.
2. 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.
3. Web site: subscription . Unicorn Championship 2015 Points Table. CricketArchive. 28 July 2015.
4. Web site: Minor Counties Championship 2015 Batting (Ordered by runs). Cricinfo. 13 September 2015.
5. Web site: Minor Counties Championship 2015 Bowling (Ordered by wickets). Cricinfo. 13 September 2015.