The 2015 Minor Counties Championship was the 111th Minor Counties Cricket Championship season, and the second under the name 'Unicorn Counties Championship'. It was contested in two divisions: Eastern and Western. Cumberland won the competition for the third time after defeating Oxfordshire by 10 wickets in the final played in Carlisle.[1]
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | (3 days, 4 day final) |
| Tournament format(s) | League system |
| Champions | Cumberland (3rd title) |
| Participants | 20 |
| Matches | 61 |
| Most runs | Jacques du Toit (770 for Northumberland) |
| Most wickets | Chris Peploe (50 for Berkshire) |
Standings
edit- 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.[2]
Eastern Division
edit| Team | Pld | W | W1 | L | L1 | T | D | D1 | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts | Net RPW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland (C) | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 24 | 0 | 125 | +15.541 |
| Buckinghamshire | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 94 | -4.565 |
| Staffordshire | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 0 | 90 | +7.834 |
| Lincolnshire | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 87 | -0.688 |
| Northumberland | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 86 | 0.663 |
| Hertfordshire | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 0 | 74 | -4.785 |
| Bedfordshire | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 64 | -0.876 |
| Cambridgeshire | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 23 | -2 | 63 | -2.684 |
| Norfolk | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 63 | 0.531 |
| Suffolk | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 54 | -10.151 |
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Western Division
edit| Team | Pld | W | W1 | L | L1 | T | D | D1 | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts | Net RPW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxfordshire | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 24 | 0 | 122 | +15.268 |
| Berkshire | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 109 | +6.534 |
| Shropshire | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 0 | 90 | +8.705 |
| Cornwall | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 89 | +1.419 |
| Herefordshire | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 22 | 0 | 75 | -1.053 |
| Wales Minor Counties | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 74 | -1.382 |
| Wiltshire | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 0 | 73 | -3.123 |
| Dorset | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 19 | -2 | 53 | -8.017 |
| Cheshire | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 50 | -12.515 |
| Devon | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 24 | 0 | 48 | -9.043 |
| Source:[3] | ||||||||||||||
Final
edit6–7 September
Scorecard |
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(H) Cumberland
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85 (40.4 overs)
RI Kaufman 17 (56) T Bulcock 4/18 (10 overs) |
170 (48.2 overs)
JR Tolley 45 (88) LC Ryan 5/37 (16 overs) | |
5/0 (0.2 overs)
JR Tolley 4* (1) |
- Cumberland won the toss and elected to field
Averages
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References
edit- ^ "Dominant Cumberland claim title". ECB. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- ^ "Unicorn Counties Championship Competition Rules" (PDF). England and Wales Cricket Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Unicorn Championship 2015 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship 2015 Batting (Ordered by runs)". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship 2015 Bowling (Ordered by wickets)". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2015.