2015 Minor Counties Championship

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]

2015 Minor Counties Championship
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format(3 days, 4 day final)
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsCumberland (3rd title)
Participants20
Matches61
Most runsJacques du Toit
(770 for Northumberland)
Most wicketsChris Peploe
(50 for Berkshire)

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.[2]

Eastern Division
TeamPldWW1LL1TDD1ABatBowlDedPtsNet RPW
Cumberland (C)65000010017240125+15.541
Buckinghamshire6402000001218094-4.565
Staffordshire6302001001820090+7.834
Lincolnshire6301002001021087-0.688
Northumberland63030000014240860.663
Hertfordshire6203001001820074-4.785
Bedfordshire6103002001921064-0.876
Cambridgeshire6204000001023-263-2.684
Norfolk61020030012230630.531
Suffolk6105000001622054-10.151
Source:[3]

Western Division
TeamPldWW1LL1TDD1ABatBowlDedPtsNet RPW
Oxfordshire65010000018240122+15.268
Berkshire64000020013240109+6.534
Shropshire6201003002224090+8.705
Cornwall6302001001522089+1.419
Herefordshire6203001001722075-1.053
Wales Minor Counties6202002001321074-1.382
Wiltshire620200200924073-3.123
Dorset610300101819-253-8.017
Cheshire610400001620050-12.515
Devon6004002001624048-9.043
Source:[3]

Final
6–7 September
Scorecard
v
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)
89 (42 overs)
CB Keegan 29 (16)
RJ Gleeson 3/14 (13 overs)
5/0 (0.2 overs)
JR Tolley 4* (1)
Cumberland won by 10 wickets
Edenside, Carlisle
Umpires: Martyn Dobbs and Andy Hicks
  • Cumberland won the toss and elected to field

Averages
Most runs
Aggregate Average Player County
77064.16Jacques du ToitNorthumberland
76369.36Luke ThomasBedfordshire
73073.00George ThurstanceBedfordshire
70270.20Steve LeachShropshire
61261.20Sam ArthurtonNorfolk
Source:[4]
Most wickets
Aggregate Average Player County
5016.08Chris PeploeBerkshire
4914.85Toby BulcockCumberland
4614.38Paul McMahonCambridgeshire
4620.60Bradley WadlanCornwall
3514.62Luke RyanOxfordshire
3519.65Gurman RandhawaShropshire
Source:[5]

References
  1. "Dominant Cumberland claim title". ECB. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  2. "Unicorn Counties Championship Competition Rules" (PDF). England and Wales Cricket Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. "Unicorn Championship 2015 Points Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  4. "Minor Counties Championship 2015 Batting (Ordered by runs)". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  5. "Minor Counties Championship 2015 Bowling (Ordered by wickets)". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
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