The 2014 County Championship season, known as the LV= County Championship for sponsorship reasons, 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)DurhamRiverside Ground, Chester-le-Street— Jon Lewis Paul Collingwood Kumar Sangakkara (May) John Hastings (Jun–Sep) Varun Aaron (Sep)LancashireOld Trafford, ManchesterAigburth, Liverpool Peter Moores (Apr) Glen Chapple (Apr–Sep) Glen Chapple Usman Khawaja (Jun–Sep) Junaid Khan (Sep)MiddlesexLord's, LondonMerchant Taylors' School Ground, NorthwoodUxbridge Cricket Club Ground, UxbridgeRichmond Cricket Ground, Richmond Richard Scott Chris Rogers Chris RogersNorthamptonshireCounty Ground, Northampton— David Ripley Stephen Peters Ian Butler (May) Richard Levi (Jun–Jul) Neil Wagner (Aug–Sep)NottinghamshireTrent Bridge, Nottingham— Mick Newell Chris Read Peter Siddle (Apr–Jul)SomersetCounty Ground, Taunton— Dave Nosworthy Marcus Trescothick Alviro Petersen (Apr–Jul) Colin Ingram (Jul)SussexCounty Ground, HoveArundel Castle Cricket Club Ground, ArundelCricket Field Road Ground, Horsham Mark Robinson Ed Joyce Steve MagoffinWarwickshireEdgbaston, Birmingham— Dougie Brown Jim Troughton Jeetan PatelYorkshireHeadingley, LeedsNorth Marine Road Ground, Scarborough Jason Gillespie Andrew Gale Kane Williamson (Apr–May, Aug) Aaron Finch (May–Jul)
Division Two Team relegated from Division One
Team Primary home ground Other grounds Coach Captain Overseas player(s)DerbyshireCounty Ground, DerbyQueen's Park, Chesterfield Graeme Welch Wayne Madsen Shivnarine Chanderpaul (Apr–May, Jul) Marcus North (May–Jun) Cheteshwar Pujara (Sep)EssexCounty Ground, ChelmsfordCastle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester Paul Grayson James Foster Jesse Ryder (May–Sep)GlamorganSWALEC Stadium, CardiffPenrhyn Avenue, Rhos-on-SeaSt Helen's, Swansea Toby Radford Mark Wallace Jacques RudolphGloucestershireCounty Ground, BristolCollege Ground, Cheltenham John Bracewell Michael Klinger Michael Klinger (Apr–Jul) Mark Craig (Aug)HampshireThe Rose Bowl, Southampton— Dale Benkenstein Jimmy Adams Kyle Abbott (Apr–Jun) Glenn Maxwell (Jun) Nathan Rimmington (Jul)KentSt Lawrence Ground, CanterburyNevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells Jimmy Adams Rob Key Doug BollingerLeicestershireGrace Road, Leicester— Phil Whitticase Ramnaresh Sarwan Ramnaresh Sarwan (May–Jun)SurreyThe Oval, LondonWoodbridge Road, Guildford Graham Ford Graeme Smith Graeme Smith (Apr–May) Hashim Amla (May–Jun) Tillakaratne Dilshan (Jun–Aug)WorcestershireCounty Ground, New Road, Worcester— Steve Rhodes Daryl Mitchell Saeed Ajmal (Apr–Jul) 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.
Division One
Division Two
Results summary The fixtures for 2014 were announced in November 2013.
Division One DurhamLancashireMiddlesexNorthamptonshireNottinghamshireSomersetSussexWarwickshireYorkshire Durham
Lancashire
Middlesex
Northamptonshire
Nottinghamshire
Somerset
Sussex
Warwickshire
Yorkshire
Division Two DerbyshireEssexGlamorganGloucestershireHampshireKentLeicestershireSurreyWorcestershire Derbyshire
Essex
Glamorgan
Gloucestershire
Hampshire
Kent
Leicestershire
Surrey
Worcestershire
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 50sAdam LythYorkshire 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:
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:
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 Gloucestershire 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:
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:
See also 2014 Royal London One-Day Cup 2014 NatWest t20 Blast
References