2002 Norwich Union League

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]

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	144
Most runs	654 Ben Smith (Worcestershire)[1]
Most wickets	30 Ed Giddins (Surrey) 30 Neil Killeen (Durham)[2]
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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

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 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]