The 2014 Minor Counties Championship was the 110th Minor Counties Cricket Championship season, and the first under the name 'Unicorn Counties Championship'. It was contested through two divisions: Eastern and Western. Staffordshire were the champions for the eleventh time, remaining the most successful club in the history of the competition.
Standings Pld = Played, W = Wins, W1 = Win in match reduced to single innings, L = Losses, L1 = Loss in match reduced to single innings, T = Ties, D = Draws, D1 = Draw in match reduced to single innings, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bowl = Bowling points, Ded = Deducted points, Pts = Points, Net RPW = Net runs per wicket (runs per wicket for less runs per wicket against).
Teams receive 16 points for a win, 8 for a tie and 4 for a draw. Teams also received 12 points for a win, 6 for a draw and 4 points for losing a match reduced to a single innings. Bonus points (a maximum of 4 batting points and 4 bowling points) may be scored during the first 90 overs of each team's first innings.
Eastern Division Team Pld W W1 L L1 T D D1 A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Net RPWStaffordshire (C) 6 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 22 24 0 118 +13.514Cumberland 6 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 16 20 0 108 +11.707Cambridgeshire 6 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 15 22 -2 91 +9.375Lincolnshire 6 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 17 22 0 91 +4.171Suffolk 6 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 14 20 0 78 +7.156Buckinghamshire 6 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 12 20 0 68 -7.764Norfolk 6 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 11 23 0 62 -5.530Hertfordshire 6 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 12 22 0 58 -8.133Bedfordshire 6 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 12 19 -2 41 -9.856Northumberland 6 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 11 21 0 36 -13.570Source:
Western Division Team Pld W W1 L L1 T D D1 A Bat Bowl Ded Pts Net RPWWiltshire 6 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 24 0 104 +5.977Herefordshire 6 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 24 0 102 +13.292Devon 6 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 13 24 0 93 +5.650Cheshire 6 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 11 24 0 91 +1.339 Dorset 6 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 23 0 82 -0.934Shropshire 6 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 12 18 0 78 -2.103Oxfordshire 6 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 12 22 0 58 -3.118Wales Minor Counties 6 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 8 24 0 56 -1.897Cornwall 6 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 24 0 46 -5.699Berkshire 6 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 11 24 0 43 -9.805Source:
Final
Averages Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 633 52.75 Rick Moore Cheshire 627 104.50 Ben Howgego Cambridgeshire 602 46.30 Jayden Levitt Wiltshire 591 84.42 Michael Hill Staffordshire 565 47.08 Karanjit Bansal LincolnshireSource: Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 37 17.97 Gurman Randhawa Shropshire 36 16.63 Paul Byrne Shropshire 35 20.25 Tahir Afridi Wiltshire 35 23.82 Tom Huggins Suffolk 33 10.69 Bradley Wadlan HerefordshireSource:
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