2002 Norwich Union League

2002 Norwich Union League
Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (45 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Glamorgan Dragons (2nd title)
Participants	18
Matches played	144
Most runs	654 Ben Smith (Worcestershire)^[1]
Most wickets	30 Ed Giddins (Surrey) 30 Neil Killeen (Durham)^[2]

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

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

Team	Pld	W	T	L	NR	A	Pts	NRR
Glamorgan Dragons ^C	16	12	1	3	0	0	50	8.359
Worcestershire Royals	16	11	0	3	2	0	48	10.689
Warwickshire Bears	16	9	0	6	0	1	38	8.412
Yorkshire Phoenix	16	8	0	7	0	1	34	1.437
Kent Spitfires	16	7	1	8	0	0	30	5.848
Leicestershire Foxes	16	7	0	8	1	0	30	3.521
Somerset Sabres ^R	16	5	0	10	0	1	22	-3.526
Durham Dynamos ^R	16	5	0	11	0	0	20	-21.174
Nottinghamshire Outlaws ^R	16	3	0	11	1	1	16	-11.285
Source:.^[4]

Division Two

Team	Pld	W	T	L	NR	A	Pts	NRR
Gloucestershire Gladiators ^C	16	10	0	4	1	1	44	12.746
Surrey Lions ^P	16	10	0	5	1	0	42	6.529
Essex Eagles ^P	16	10	0	6	0	0	40	3.938
Derbyshire Scorpions	16	8	0	7	0	1	34	-0.982
Lancashire Lightning	16	7	0	7	1	1	32	-6.989
Northamptonshire Steelbacks	16	7	0	8	0	1	30	7.788
Hampshire Hawks	16	6	0	9	0	1	26	-2.965
Sussex Sharks	16	4	0	10	2	0	20	-7.424
Middlesex Crusaders	16	4	0	10	1	1	20	-12.512
Source:.^[4]

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

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