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 teams from Division One were relegated. All eighteen counties retained the nicknames from the previous season.
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 Icon Team promoted from Division Two Team relegated from Division One
Standings Pos = Position, Pld = Played, W = Wins, T = Ties, L = Losses, NR = No Results, A = Abandonments, Pts = Points. Points awarded: W = 4, L = 0, T = 2, NR = 2, A = 2
Division One TeamPldWTLNRAPtsNRRGlamorgan Dragons C16121300508.359Worcestershire Royals161103204810.689Warwickshire Bears1690601388.412Yorkshire Phoenix1680701341.437Kent Spitfires1671800305.848Leicestershire Foxes1670810303.521Somerset Sabres R1650100122-3.526Durham Dynamos R1650110020-21.174Nottinghamshire Outlaws R1630111116-11.285Source:.
Division Two TeamPldWTLNRAPtsNRRGloucestershire Gladiators C161004114412.746Surrey Lions P16100510426.529Essex Eagles P16100600403.938Derbyshire Scorpions168070134-0.982Lancashire Lightning167071132-6.989Northamptonshire Steelbacks1670801307.788Hampshire Hawks166090126-2.965Sussex Sharks1640102020-7.424Middlesex Crusaders1640101120-12.512Source:.
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:
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:
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:
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:
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