2000 Norwich Union National League
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket (45 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsGloucestershire Gladiators (1st title)
Participants18
Matches144
Most runs706 Michael Bevan (Sussex)[1]
Most wickets37 Matthew Hoggard (Yorkshire)[2]
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The 2000 Norwich Union National League season was a 45 over English county cricket competition; colloquially known as the Sunday League, it featured many mid-week floodlit matches. It was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team played all the others in their division both home and away. The top three teams from Division Two were promoted to the first division for the 2001 season, while the bottom three sides from Division One were relegated. All eighteen counties retained the nicknames from the previous season.[3][4]

Gloucestershire Gladiators won the League for the first time. Worcestershire Royals, Lancashire Lightning and Sussex Sharks were relegated from Division One, while Surrey Lions, Nottinghamshire Outlaws and Warwickshire Bears were promoted from Division Two.

Teams

Division One Division Two
Gloucestershire Gladiators Derbyshire Scorpions
Kent Spitfires Durham Dynamos
Lancashire Lightning Essex Eagles
Leicestershire Foxes Glamorgan Dragons
Northamptonshire Steelbacks Hampshire Hawks
Somerset Sabres Middlesex Crusaders
Sussex Sharks Nottinghamshire Outlaws
Worcestershire Royals Surrey Lions
Yorkshire Phoenix Warwickshire Bears
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Team promoted from Division Two
Team relegated from Division One

Standings

Statistics

Division One

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Michael Bevan Sussex 12 12 706 117.66 89* 0 9
Sourav Ganguly Lancashire 13 13 569 51.72 102 2 4
Darren Lehmann Yorkshire 16 16 564 43.38 89 0 4
David Sales Northamptonshire 15 15 547 54.70 84* 0 5
Ben Smith Leicestershire 16 15 508 39.07 90 0 4
Source:[1]

Most wickets

Player Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 4W
Matthew Hoggard Yorkshire 15 121.3 37 12.37 5/28 2
Ian Harvey Gloucestershire 14 112.1 34 10.94 5/19 4
Glenn McGrath Worcestershire 14 112.4 30 8.13 4/9 2
James Averis Gloucestershire 16 126.2 29 18.51 5/20 2
Steffan Jones Somerset 16 127.4 28 22.14 4/32 3
Source:[2]

Division Two

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Paul Collingwood Durham 15 15 607 46.69 86 0 7
Simon Katich Durham 16 16 598 46.00 70* 0 6
Darren Bicknell Nottinghamshire 16 15 537 41.30 115 1 5
Matthew Maynard Glamorgan 14 14 501 41.75 88* 0 4
Robin Smith Hampshire 15 15 464 35.69 88* 0 4
Source:[1]

Most wickets

Player Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 4W
Neil Killeen Durham 13 104.5 29 14.31 6/31 3
Shane Warne Hampshire 13 113 25 17.52 4/23 2
Dougie Brown Warwickshire 15 117 25 17.88 3/13 0
Paul Franks Nottinghamshire 16 130.3 25 22.48 6/27 1
Nick Phillips Durham 16 119.3 24 21.54 4/30 1
Source:[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Batting and Fielding in Norwich Union National League 2000 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Bowling in Norwich Union National League 2000 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Norwich Union National League 2000: Division One Teams". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Norwich Union National League 2000: Division Two Teams". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Norwich Union National League 2000 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2016.


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