2002 Norwich Union League
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket (45 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsGlamorgan Dragons (2nd title)
Participants18
Matches144
Most runs654 Ben Smith (Worcestershire)[1]
Most wickets30 Ed Giddins (Surrey)
30 Neil Killeen (Durham)[2]
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The 2002 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]

Glamorgan Dragons won the League for the second time. Somerset Sabres, Durham Dynamos and Nottinghamshire Outlaws were relegated from Division One, while Gloucestershire Gladiators, Surrey Lions and Essex Eagles were promoted from Division Two.

Teams

Division One Division Two
Durham Dynamos Derbyshire Scorpions
Glamorgan Dragons Essex Eagles
Kent Spitfires Gloucestershire Gladiators
Leicestershire Foxes Hampshire Hawks
Nottinghamshire Outlaws Lancashire Lightning
Somerset Sabres Middlesex Crusaders
Warwickshire Bears Northamptonshire Steelbacks
Worcestershire Royals Surrey Lions
Yorkshire Phoenix Sussex Sharks
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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
Ben Smith Worcestershire 16 15 654 65.40 92* 0 7
Darren Stevens Leicestershire 16 15 651 43.40 125 1 5
Vikram Solanki Worcestershire 16 15 555 39.64 119* 1 4
Kevin Pietersen Nottinghamshire 11 10 515 64.37 147 2 1
Iain Sutcliffe Leicestershire 16 16 512 39.38 104* 1 4
Source:[1]

Most wickets

Player Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 4W
Neil Killeen Durham 16 131.4 30 18.73 4/12 2
Robert Croft Glamorgan 16 117.2 28 19.64 4/40 1
Steffan Jones Somerset 12 87.4 22 24.18 4/72 1
Shaun Pollock Warwickshire 10 79.2 21 13.00 4/36 1
Andrew Davies Glamorgan 15 110.2 21 24.66 4/33 1
Kabir Ali Worcestershire 16 109 21 26.52 5/36 2
Source:[2]

Division Two

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Stuart Law Lancashire 12 12 561 51.00 133 1 4
Craig Spearman Gloucestershire 15 14 542 38.71 107 1 4
Mark Ramprakash Surrey 15 15 537 44.75 87* 0 5
Andy Flower Essex 14 14 506 50.60 80 0 6
David Sales Northamptonshire 15 14 459 32.78 93 0 5
Source:[1]

Most wickets

Player Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 4W
Ed Giddins Surrey 14 107 30 14.50 5/20 2
Mike Smith Gloucestershire 13 100.1 24 14.70 5/30 1
Dimitri Mascarenhas Hampshire 15 126.2 24 21.08 5/27 3
Adam Hollioake Surrey 12 64.2 23 13.86 5/43 3
Graeme Welch Derbyshire 14 117.3 23 22.47 6/31 2
Source:[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Batting and Fielding in Norwich Union League 2002 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Bowling in Norwich Union League 2002 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Norwich Union League 2002 final tables". CricketNetwork.co.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Norwich Union League 2002 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
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