1986 John Player Special League

The 1986 John Player Special League was the eighteenth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the third time by Hampshire County Cricket Club.

1986 John Player Special League

Administrator(s)	Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket format	Limited overs cricket (40 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s)	League
Champions	Hampshire (3rd title)
Participants	17
Matches	136
Most runs	701 Chris Broad (Nottinghamshire)
Most wickets	34 Clive Rice (Nottinghamshire)
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Hampshire won the Sunday League away against Surrey at The Oval on 7 September after they beat them by 3 runs and Nottinghamshire lost versus Kent.^[1]

Adrian Jones of Sussex established a Sunday League record on 18 May when took 7 for 41 against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.^[2] On 10 August, Ian Botham scored 175 not out off 122 balls for Somerset vs Northamptonshire at Wellingborough. In this innings he hit 12 fours and 13 sixes.^[3]

The Nottinghamshire captain Clive Rice's 34 wickets for the season equalled Bob Clapp's Sunday League record.^[4]

Stuart Turner the Essex all rounder reached 300 wickets in the Sunday League competition. He announced his retirement that season.^[5]

Standings

Team	Pld	W	T	L	N/R	A	Pts	R/R
Hampshire (C)	16	12	0	3	0	1	50	5.171
Essex	16	11	0	4	1	0	46	5.513
Nottinghamshire	16	10	0	5	0	1	42	5.062
Sussex	16	10	0	6	0	0	40	4.808
Northamptonshire	16	9	0	5	1	1	40	4.967
Kent	16	7	1	5	1	2	36	4.885
Somerset	16	8	0	6	2	0	36	5.311
Yorkshire	16	7	1	6	1	1	34	4.778
Derbyshire	16	7	0	9	0	0	28	4.692
Middlesex	16	5	1	7	1	2	28	4.542
Warwickshire	16	5	2	7	1	1	28	4.845
Glamorgan	16	6	0	9	0	1	26	4.533
Lancashire	16	6	0	9	1	0	26	4.889
Surrey	16	5	1	8	1	1	26	4.633
Leicestershire	16	5	0	10	0	1	22	4.569
Worcestershire	16	5	0	11	0	0	20	4.927
Gloucestershire	16	3	0	11	0	2	16	4.688
Team marked  (C)  finished as champions. Source: CricketArchive[6]

Batting averages

Bowling averages

See also

Sunday League