2001 Norwich Union League

2001 Norwich Union League
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket (45 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsKent Spitfires (5th title)
Participants18
Matches144
Most runs753 Darren Lehmann (Yorkshire)[1]
Most wickets29 Dougie Brown (Warwickshire)[2]
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The 2001 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]

Kent Spitfires won the League for the fifth time. Gloucestershire Gladiators, Surrey Lions and Northamptonshire Steelbacks were relegated from Division One, while Glamorgan Dragons, Durham Dynamos and Worcestershire Royals were promoted from Division Two.

  1. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Norwich Union League 2001 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Bowling in Norwich Union League 2001 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Norwich Union League: 2001 fixtures by date" (PDF). ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2016.