The 2001 Norwich Union League season was a
45 over English
county cricket
Inter-county cricket matches have been played since the early 18th century, involving teams that are representative of the historic counties of England and Wales.
Two county championship competitions have existed since the late 19th century at ...
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.
won the League for the fifth time.
Gloucestershire Gladiators,
Surrey Lions and
Northamptonshire Steelbacks were relegated from Division One, while
Glamorgan Dragons,
Durham Dynamos
Durham County Cricket Club (rebranded as Durham Cricket in February 2019) is one of eighteen first-class cricket, first-class county cricket, county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the Historic c ...
and
Worcestershire Royals
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Worcestershire. Its Vitality Blast T20 team has been rebranded ...
were promoted from Division Two.
Teams
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
Division Two
Statistics
Division One
Most runs
Most wickets
Division Two
Most runs
Most wickets
References
Norwich Union
Norwich Union was the name of insurance company Aviva's British arm before June 2009. It was originally established in 1797. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
On 29 April 2008, Aviva a ...
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