2014 County Championship

2014 County Championship
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format First-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Yorkshire (31st title)
Participants 18
Matches played 144
Most runs

James Vince

(1525 for Hampshire)

Most wickets

Mark Footitt

(82 for Derbyshire)

The 2014 County Championship season, known as the LV= County Championship for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 115th cricket County Championship season. It was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team played all the others in their division both home and away.

Teams

Division One

     Team promoted from Division Two

Team Primary home ground Other grounds Coach Captain Overseas player(s)
Durham Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street England Jon Lewis England Paul Collingwood Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara (May)
Australia John Hastings (Jun–Sep)
India Varun Aaron (Sep)
Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester Aigburth, Liverpool England Peter Moores (Apr)
England Glen Chapple (Apr–Sep)
England Glen Chapple Australia Usman Khawaja (Jun–Sep)
Pakistan Junaid Khan (Sep)
Middlesex Lord's, London Merchant Taylors' School Ground, Northwood
Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground, Uxbridge
Richmond Cricket Ground, Richmond
England Richard Scott Australia Chris Rogers Australia Chris Rogers
Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton England David Ripley England Stephen Peters New Zealand Ian Butler (May)
South Africa Richard Levi (Jun–Jul)
New Zealand Neil Wagner (Aug–Sep)
Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham England Mick Newell England Chris Read Australia Peter Siddle (Apr–Jul)
Somerset County Ground, Taunton South Africa Dave Nosworthy England Marcus Trescothick South Africa Alviro Petersen (Apr–Jul)
South Africa Colin Ingram (Jul)
Sussex County Ground, Hove Arundel Castle Cricket Club Ground, Arundel
Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham
England Mark Robinson Ireland Ed Joyce Australia Steve Magoffin
Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham Scotland Dougie Brown England Jim Troughton New Zealand Jeetan Patel
Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough Australia Jason Gillespie England Andrew Gale New Zealand Kane Williamson (Apr–May, Aug)
Australia Aaron Finch (May–Jul)

Division Two

     Team relegated from Division One

Team Primary home ground Other grounds Coach Captain Overseas player(s)
Derbyshire County Ground, Derby Queen's Park, Chesterfield England Graeme Welch South Africa Wayne Madsen West Indies Cricket Board Shivnarine Chanderpaul (Apr–May, Jul)
Australia Marcus North (May–Jun)
India Cheteshwar Pujara (Sep)
Essex County Ground, Chelmsford Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester England Paul Grayson England James Foster New Zealand Jesse Ryder (May–Sep)
Glamorgan SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff Penrhyn Avenue, Rhos-on-Sea
St Helen's, Swansea
Wales Toby Radford Wales Mark Wallace South Africa Jacques Rudolph
Gloucestershire County Ground, Bristol College Ground, Cheltenham New Zealand John Bracewell Australia Michael Klinger Australia Michael Klinger (Apr–Jul)
New Zealand Mark Craig (Aug)
Hampshire The Rose Bowl, Southampton South Africa Dale Benkenstein England Jimmy Adams South Africa Kyle Abbott (Apr–Jun)
Australia Glenn Maxwell (Jun)
Australia Nathan Rimmington (Jul)
Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells West Indies Cricket Board Jimmy Adams England Robert Key Australia Doug Bollinger
Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester England Phil Whitticase West Indies Cricket Board Ramnaresh Sarwan West Indies Cricket Board Ramnaresh Sarwan (May–Jun)
Surrey The Oval, London Woodbridge Road, Guildford South Africa Graham Ford South Africa Graeme Smith South Africa Graeme Smith (Apr–May)
South Africa Hashim Amla (May–Jun)
Sri Lanka Tillakaratne Dilshan (Jun–Aug)
Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester England Steve Rhodes England Daryl Mitchell Pakistan Saeed Ajmal (Apr–Jul)
New Zealand Mitchell McClenaghan (Jul–Sep)

Standings

Teams receive 16 points for a win, 8 for a tie and 5 for a draw. Bonus points (a maximum of 5 batting points and 3 bowling points) may be scored during the first 110 overs of each team's first innings.[2]

Division One

Team
Pld W L T D A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Yorkshire (C) 16 8 1 0 7 0 48 44 0 255
Warwickshire 16 8 4 0 4 0 47 43 0 238
Sussex 16 6 4 0 5 1 44 40 0 210
Nottinghamshire 16 6 6 0 4 0 50 40 0 206
Durham 16 5 4 0 7 0 42 42 0 199
Somerset 16 4 2 0 10 0 42 42 0 198
Middlesex 16 4 5 0 6 1 35 38 2 170
Lancashire (R) 16 3 6 0 7 0 30 41 0 154
Northamptonshire (R) 16 0 12 0 4 0 27 32 0 79

Source: [3][4]

Division Two

Team
Pld W L T D A Bat Bowl Ded Pts
Hampshire (C) 16 7 1 0 8 0 50 38 0 240
Worcestershire (P) 16 8 3 0 5 0 37 47 0 237
Essex 16 7 2 0 7 0 37 45 0 229
Derbyshire 16 6 5 0 5 0 26 41 0 188
Surrey 16 4 5 0 7 0 43 44 3 183
Kent 16 4 6 0 6 0 35 42 0 171
Gloucestershire 16 4 5 0 7 0 28 36 0 163
Glamorgan 16 3 6 0 7 0 29 41 0 153
Leicestershire 16 0 10 0 6 0 36 42 0 108

Source: [5][6]

Results summary

The fixtures for 2014 were announced in November 2013.[7]

Division One

Durham Lancashire Middlesex Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Somerset Sussex Warwickshire Yorkshire
Durham Durham
27 runs
Match drawn Durham
inn & 219 runs
Durham
54 runs
Match drawn Durham
309 runs
Warwickshire
inn & 188 runs
Match drawn
Lancashire Lancashire
1 wicket
Match drawn Lancashire
inn & 200 runs
Nottinghamshire
1 wicket
Match drawn Match drawn Match drawn Yorkshire
inn & 18 runs
Middlesex Durham
141 runs
Middlesex
10 wickets
Match drawn Middlesex
10 wickets
Match drawn Abandoned
No result
Match drawn Middlesex
7 wickets
Northamptonshire Match drawn Lancashire
60 runs
Middlesex
inn & 84 runs
Nottinghamshire
5 wickets
Somerset
52 runs
Match drawn Warwickshire
inn & 105 runs
Yorkshire
271 runs
Nottinghamshire Match drawn Nottinghamshire
45 runs
Nottinghamshire
6 wickets
Nottinghamshire
inn & 10 runs
Nottinghamshire
7 wickets
Sussex
191 runs
Warwickshire
98 runs
Yorkshire
inn & 152 runs
Somerset Somerset
7 wickets
Match drawn Match drawn Match drawn Match drawn Somerset
6 wickets
Warwickshire
215 runs
Match drawn
Sussex Match drawn Sussex
7 wickets
Sussex
inn & 172 runs
Sussex
inn & 85 runs
Match drawn Somerset
inn & 11 runs
Sussex
226 runs
Match drawn
Warwickshire Warwickshire
inn & 13 runs
Match drawn Warwickshire
inn & 47 runs
Warwickshire
inn & 16 runs
Warwickshire
3 wickets
Match drawn Sussex
7 wickets
Yorkshire
inn & 8 runs
Yorkshire Match drawn Match drawn Yorkshire
220 runs
Yorkshire
inn & 120 runs
Match drawn Match drawn Yorkshire
9 wickets
Yorkshire
inn & 155 runs
Home team won Visiting team won Match drawn


Division Two

Derbyshire Essex Glamorgan Gloucestershire Hampshire Kent Leicestershire Surrey Worcestershire
Derbyshire Match drawn Derbyshire
6 wickets
Match drawn Match drawn Match drawn Derbyshire
408 runs
Surrey
10 wickets
Derbyshire
138 runs
Essex Essex
53 runs
Match drawn Essex
10 wickets
Essex
2 wickets
Essex
9 wickets
Match drawn Match drawn Essex
inn & 92 runs
Glamorgan Glamorgan
106 runs
Essex
63 runs
Match drawn Hampshire
291 runs
Glamorgan
inn & 11 runs
Match drawn Surrey
9 wickets
Match drawn
Gloucestershire Derbyshire
6 wickets
Match drawn Match drawn Hampshire
8 wickets
Gloucestershire
290 runs
Match drawn Match drawn Worcestershire
8 wickets
Hampshire Match drawn Hampshire
470 runs
Hampshire
6 wickets
Match drawn Match drawn Hampshire
inn & 34 runs
Match drawn Match drawn
Kent Kent
10 wickets
Match drawn Match drawn Gloucestershire
244 runs
Hampshire
196 runs
Match drawn Kent
8 wickets
Match drawn
Leicestershire Derbyshire
9 wickets
Essex
inn & 79 runs
Match drawn Gloucestershire
9 wickets
Hampshire
278 runs
Kent
6 wickets
Match drawn Worcestershire
234 runs
Surrey Derbyshire
8 wickets
Match drawn Glamorgan
10 wickets
Surrey
4 wickets
Match drawn Kent
89 runs
Surrey
10 wickets
Match drawn
Worcestershire Worcestershire
inn & 64 runs
Worcestershire
72 runs
Worcestershire
249 runs
Gloucestershire
7 wickets
Match drawn Worcestershire
125 runs
Worcestershire
204 runs
Worcestershire
27 runs
Home team won Visiting team won Match drawn

Results in full

Division One

April

May

June

July

August

September

Division Two

April

May

June

July

August

September

Statistics

Division One

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Adam Lyth Yorkshire 16 23 1489 67.68 251 6 6
Ed Joyce Sussex 14 23 1398 66.57 164* 7 3
Chris Rogers Middlesex 15 28 1333 55.54 241* 4 4
Riki Wessels Nottinghamshire 16 29 1197 47.88 158 1 8
Ashwell Prince Lancashire 16 28 1160 42.96 257* 3 3
Source:[11]

Most wickets

Player Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 5W
Steve Magoffin Sussex 15 539.0 72 19.51 6/60 4
Jack Brooks Yorkshire 16 523.2 68 28.02 5/36 2
Chris Rushworth Durham 16 488.1 64 24.65 9/52 3
Jeetan Patel Warwickshire 16 536.2 59 26.32 5/49 1
Tim Murtagh Middlesex 14 527.4 58 28.37 6/60 5
Source:[12]

Division Two

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
James Vince Hampshire 16 28 1525 61.00 240 4 7
Daryl Mitchell Worcestershire 16 27 1334 58.00 172* 5 4
Alex Gidman Gloucstershire 16 29 1277 47.29 264 4 3
James Adams Hampshire 16 29 1215 43.39 231 1 8
Will Smith Hampshire 16 27 1187 51.60 151* 2 6
Source:[13]

Most wickets

Player Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 5W
Mark Footitt Derbyshire 16 468.2 82 19.12 6/48 6
Saeed Ajmal Worcestershire 9 417.3 63 16.47 7/19 6
Michael Hogan Glamorgan 13 444.5 63 19.55 5/58 3
Jack Shantry Worcestershire 16 497.0 56 23.85 6/53 2
Darren Stevens Kent 16 515.4 56 27.08 6/64 6
Source:[14]

See also

References

  1. "LV= extends County Championship deal". England and Wales Cricket Board. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  2. "LV= County Championship - Scoring of points". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  3. "Table - County Championship - Division One". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  4. "LV= County Championship Division One, 2014 / Points table". ESPN cricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  5. "Table - County Championship - Division Two". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  6. "LV= County Championship Division Two, 2014 / Points table". ESPN cricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  7. "County schedule for 2014 announced". England and Wales Cricket Board. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  8. Dobell, George (10 June 2014). "Somerset v Sussex, Taunton, 3rd day Report: Alfonso Thomas takes four in four as Somerset soar". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  9. Gardner, Alan (13 April 2014). "Essex v Derbyshire, Div 2, Chelmsford, 1st day Report: Essex spoil Grayson's warm down". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  10. "Poynton father killed in crash; Tom injured". ESPNcricinfo. 5 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  11. "LV= County Championship Division One, 2014 - Records - Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  12. "LV= County Championship Division One, 2014 - Records - Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  13. "LV= County Championship Division Two, 2014 - Records - Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  14. "LV= County Championship Division Two, 2014 - Records - Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
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