2001 Norwich Union League
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket (45 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsKent Spitfires (5th title)
Participants18
Matches144
Most runs753 Darren Lehmann (Yorkshire)[1]
Most wickets29 Dougie Brown (Warwickshire)[2]
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The 2001 Norwich Union 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 2002 season, while the bottom three sides from Division One were relegated. All eighteen counties retained the nicknames from the previous season.[3]

Kent Spitfires won the League for the fifth time. Gloucestershire Gladiators, Surrey Lions and Northamptonshire Steelbacks were relegated from Division One, while Glamorgan Dragons, Durham Dynamos and Worcestershire Royals were promoted from Division Two.

Teams

Division One Division Two
Gloucestershire Gladiators Derbyshire Scorpions
Kent Spitfires Durham Dynamos
Leicestershire Foxes Essex Eagles
Northamptonshire Steelbacks Glamorgan Dragons
Nottinghamshire Outlaws Hampshire Hawks
Somerset Sabres Lancashire Lightning
Surrey Lions Middlesex Crusaders
Warwickshire Bears Sussex Sharks
Yorkshire Phoenix Worcestershire Royals
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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
Darren Lehmann Yorkshire 15 15 753 53.78 191 2 4
Darren Bicknell Nottinghamshire 16 15 592 39.46 115 1 6
Ali Brown Surrey 13 13 565 47.08 130 3 1
Peter Bowler Somerset 11 11 560 50.90 104 1 5
Michael Hussey Northamptonshire 15 15 510 36.42 96* 0 4
Source:[1]

Most wickets

Player Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 4W
Dougie Brown Warwickshire 15 116.4 29 18.24 4/56 1
James Averis Gloucestershire 15 121.3 27 20.22 5/40 3
Martin Saggers Kent 13 94.4 25 16.56 5/22 1
Steffan Jones Somerset 14 110.4 22 25.45 4/40 1
Source:[2]

Division Two

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Richard Montgomerie Sussex 15 15 673 48.07 108 1 5
Robert Croft Glamorgan 15 15 570 40.71 114* 1 5
Matthew Maynard Glamorgan 16 16 527 52.70 116* 1 3
Vikram Solanki Worcestershire 15 14 502 41.83 91* 0 5
Nicky Peng Durham 13 13 495 41.25 121 2 2
Source:[1]

Most wickets

Player Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 4W
Andy Bichel Worcestershire 15 115.4 27 15.85 5/21 1
Chad Keegan Middlesex 14 106.5 26 17.73 5/17 2
Chris Schofield Lancashire 14 72.1 23 15.73 5/31 2
Stuart Lampitt Worcestershire 15 116 23 19.47 4/37 1
Source:[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Batting and Fielding in Norwich Union League 2001 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Bowling in Norwich Union League 2001 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Norwich Union League: 2001 fixtures by date" (PDF). ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Norwich Union League 2001 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2016.


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