2000 Norwich Union National League

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]

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	144
Most runs	706 Michael Bevan (Sussex)[1]
Most wickets	37 Matthew Hoggard (Yorkshire)[2]
← 1999 2001 →

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

Icon 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 Gloucestershire Gladiators C 16 9 0 6 1 0 38 1.255 Yorkshire Phoenix 16 9 0 7 0 0 36 5.975 Northamptonshire Steelbacks 16 9 0 7 0 0 36 -3.990 Leicestershire Foxes 16 7 2 6 1 0 34 -0.458 Kent Spitfires 16 7 0 7 0 2 32 6.177 Somerset Sabres 16 7 0 8 1 0 30 -0.594 Worcestershire Royals R 16 6 0 8 2 0 28 -4.236 Lancashire Lightning R 16 6 1 8 0 1 28 -5.799 Sussex Sharks R 16 5 1 8 1 1 26 0.315 Source:.[5]

Division Two Team Pld W T L NR A Pts NRR Surrey Lions C 16 11 0 3 0 2 48 11.935 Nottinghamshire Outlaws P 16 11 0 4 1 0 46 -2.177 Warwickshire Bears P 16 10 1 5 0 0 42 7.098 Middlesex Crusaders 16 8 1 5 1 1 38 -0.018 Essex Eagles 16 7 0 7 1 1 32 0.359 Glamorgan Dragons 16 7 2 7 0 0 32 -2.184 Durham Dynamos 16 5 0 11 0 0 20 0.105 Hampshire Hawks 16 5 0 11 0 0 20 -5.780 Derbyshire Scorpions 16 2 0 13 1 0 10 -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]