2000 Norwich Union National League

2000 Norwich Union National League
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format Limited overs cricket (45 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Gloucestershire Gladiators (1st title)
Participants 18
Matches played 144
Most runs 706 Michael Bevan (Sussex)[1]
Most wickets 37 Matthew Hoggard (Yorkshire)[2]

The 2000 Norwich Union National 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 2001 season, while the bottom three sides from Division One were relegated. All eighteen counties retained the nicknames from the previous season.[3][4]

Gloucestershire Gladiators won the League for the first time. Worcestershire Royals, Lancashire Lightning and Sussex Sharks were relegated from Division One, while Surrey Lions, Nottinghamshire Outlaws and Warwickshire Bears were promoted from Division Two.

Teams

Division One Division Two
Gloucestershire Gladiators Derbyshire Scorpions
Kent Spitfires Durham Dynamos
Lancashire Lightning Essex Eagles
Leicestershire Foxes Glamorgan Dragons
Northamptonshire Steelbacks Hampshire Hawks
Somerset Sabres Middlesex Crusaders
Sussex Sharks Nottinghamshire Outlaws
Worcestershire Royals Surrey Lions
Yorkshire Phoenix Warwickshire Bears
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Team promoted from Division Two
Team relegated from Division One

Standings

Division One

Team Pld W T L NR A Pts NRR
Gloucestershire Gladiators C 1690610381.255
Yorkshire Phoenix 1690700365.975
Northamptonshire Steelbacks 169070036-3.990
Leicestershire Foxes 167261034-0.458
Kent Spitfires 1670702326.177
Somerset Sabres 167081030-0.594
Worcestershire Royals R 166082028-4.236
Lancashire Lightning R 166180128-5.799
Sussex Sharks R 1651811260.315
Source:.[5]

Division Two

Team Pld W T L NR A Pts NRR
Surrey Lions C 161103024811.935
Nottinghamshire Outlaws P 1611041046-2.177
Warwickshire Bears P 16101500427.098
Middlesex Crusaders 168151138-0.018
Essex Eagles 1670711320.359
Glamorgan Dragons 167270032-2.184
Durham Dynamos 16501100200.105
Hampshire Hawks 1650110020-5.780
Derbyshire Scorpions 1620131010-8.999
Source:.[5]

Statistics

Division One

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Michael Bevan Sussex 12 12 706 117.66 89* 0 9
Sourav Ganguly Lancashire 13 13 569 51.72 102 2 4
Darren Lehmann Yorkshire 16 16 564 43.38 89 0 4
David Sales Northamptonshire 15 15 547 54.70 84* 0 5
Ben Smith Leicestershire 16 15 508 39.07 90 0 4
Source:[1]

Most wickets

Player Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 4W
Matthew Hoggard Yorkshire 15 121.3 37 12.37 5/28 2
Ian Harvey Gloucestershire 14 112.1 34 10.94 5/19 4
Glenn McGrath Worcestershire 14 112.4 30 8.13 4/9 2
James Averis Gloucestershire 16 126.2 29 18.51 5/20 2
Steffan Jones Somerset 16 127.4 28 22.14 4/32 3
Source:[2]

Division Two

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Paul Collingwood Durham 15 15 607 46.69 86 0 7
Simon Katich Durham 16 16 598 46.00 70* 0 6
Darren Bicknell Nottinghamshire 16 15 537 41.30 115 1 5
Matthew Maynard Glamorgan 14 14 501 41.75 88* 0 4
Robin Smith Hampshire 15 15 464 35.69 88* 0 4
Source:[1]

Most wickets

Player Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 4W
Neil Killeen Durham 13 104.5 29 14.31 6/31 3
Shane Warne Hampshire 13 113 25 17.52 4/23 2
Dougie Brown Warwickshire 15 117 25 17.88 3/13 0
Paul Franks Nottinghamshire 16 130.3 25 22.48 6/27 1
Nick Phillips Durham 16 119.3 24 21.54 4/30 1
Source:[2]

References

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