# 2014 County Championship

The 2014 County Championship season, known as the LV= County Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the 115th cricket County Championship season. It was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team played all the others in their division both home and away.

## Teams
### Division One

Team promoted from Division Two
| Team | Primary home ground | Other grounds | Coach | Captain | Overseas player(s) |
| Durham | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street | — | Jon Lewis | Paul Collingwood | Kumar Sangakkara (May) John Hastings (Jun–Sep) Varun Aaron (Sep) |
| Lancashire | Old Trafford, Manchester | Aigburth, Liverpool | Peter Moores (Apr) Glen Chapple (Apr–Sep) | Glen Chapple | Usman Khawaja (Jun–Sep) Junaid Khan (Sep) |
| Middlesex | Lord's, London | Merchant Taylors' School Ground, Northwood Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground, Uxbridge Richmond Cricket Ground, Richmond | Richard Scott | Chris Rogers | Chris Rogers |
| Northamptonshire | County Ground, Northampton | — | David Ripley | Stephen Peters | Ian Butler (May) Richard Levi (Jun–Jul) Neil Wagner (Aug–Sep) |
| Nottinghamshire | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | — | Mick Newell | Chris Read | Peter Siddle (Apr–Jul) |
| Somerset | County Ground, Taunton | — | Dave Nosworthy | Marcus Trescothick | Alviro Petersen (Apr–Jul) Colin Ingram (Jul) |
| Sussex | County Ground, Hove | Arundel Castle Cricket Club Ground, Arundel Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham | Mark Robinson | Ed Joyce | Steve Magoffin |
| Warwickshire | Edgbaston, Birmingham | — | Dougie Brown | Jim Troughton | Jeetan Patel |
| Yorkshire | Headingley, Leeds | North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough | Jason Gillespie | Andrew Gale | Kane Williamson (Apr–May, Aug) Aaron Finch (May–Jul) |

### Division Two

Team relegated from Division One
| Team | Primary home ground | Other grounds | Coach | Captain | Overseas player(s) |
| Derbyshire | County Ground, Derby | Queen's Park, Chesterfield | Graeme Welch | Wayne Madsen | Shivnarine Chanderpaul (Apr–May, Jul) Marcus North (May–Jun) Cheteshwar Pujara (Sep) |
| Essex | County Ground, Chelmsford | Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester | Paul Grayson | James Foster | Jesse Ryder (May–Sep) |
| Glamorgan | SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff | Penrhyn Avenue, Rhos-on-Sea St Helen's, Swansea | Toby Radford | Mark Wallace | Jacques Rudolph |
| Gloucestershire | County Ground, Bristol | College Ground, Cheltenham | John Bracewell | Michael Klinger | Michael Klinger (Apr–Jul) Mark Craig (Aug) |
| Hampshire | The Rose Bowl, Southampton | — | Dale Benkenstein | Jimmy Adams | Kyle Abbott (Apr–Jun) Glenn Maxwell (Jun) Nathan Rimmington (Jul) |
| Kent | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury | Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells | Jimmy Adams | Rob Key | Doug Bollinger |
| Leicestershire | Grace Road, Leicester | — | Phil Whitticase | Ramnaresh Sarwan | Ramnaresh Sarwan (May–Jun) |
| Surrey | The Oval, London | Woodbridge Road, Guildford | Graham Ford | Graeme Smith | Graeme Smith (Apr–May) Hashim Amla (May–Jun) Tillakaratne Dilshan (Jun–Aug) |
| Worcestershire | County Ground, New Road, Worcester | — | Steve Rhodes | Daryl Mitchell | Saeed Ajmal (Apr–Jul) Mitchell McClenaghan (Jul–Sep) |

## Standings

Teams receive 16 points for a win, 8 for a tie and 5 for a draw. Bonus points (a maximum of 5 batting points and 3 bowling points) may be scored during the first 110 overs of each team's first innings.

## Results summary

The fixtures for 2014 were announced in November 2013.

### Division One

| | Durham | Lancashire | Middlesex | Northamptonshire | Nottinghamshire | Somerset | Sussex | Warwickshire | Yorkshire |
| Durham | | Durham 27 runs | Match drawn | Durham inn & 219 runs | Durham 54 runs | Match drawn | Durham 309 runs | Warwickshire inn & 188 runs | Match drawn |
| Lancashire | Lancashire 1 wicket | | Match drawn | Lancashire inn & 200 runs | Nottinghamshire 1 wicket | Match drawn | Match drawn | Match drawn | Yorkshire inn & 18 runs |
| Middlesex | Durham 141 runs | Middlesex 10 wickets | | Match drawn | Middlesex 10 wickets | Match drawn | Abandoned No result | Match drawn | Middlesex 7 wickets |
| Northamptonshire | Match drawn | Lancashire 60 runs | Middlesex inn & 84 runs | | Nottinghamshire 5 wickets | Somerset 52 runs | Match drawn | Warwickshire inn & 105 runs | Yorkshire 271 runs |
| Nottinghamshire | Match drawn | Nottinghamshire 45 runs | Nottinghamshire 6 wickets | Nottinghamshire inn & 10 runs | | Nottinghamshire 7 wickets | Sussex 191 runs | Warwickshire 98 runs | Yorkshire inn & 152 runs |
| Somerset | Somerset 7 wickets | Match drawn | Match drawn | Match drawn | Match drawn | | Somerset 6 wickets | Warwickshire 215 runs | Match drawn |
| Sussex | Match drawn | Sussex 7 wickets | Sussex inn & 172 runs | Sussex inn & 85 runs | Match drawn | Somerset inn & 11 runs | | Sussex 226 runs | Match drawn |
| Warwickshire | Warwickshire inn & 13 runs | Match drawn | Warwickshire inn & 47 runs | Warwickshire inn & 16 runs | Warwickshire 3 wickets | Match drawn | Sussex 7 wickets | | Yorkshire inn & 8 runs |
| Yorkshire | Match drawn | Match drawn | Yorkshire 220 runs | Yorkshire inn & 120 runs | Match drawn | Match drawn | Yorkshire 9 wickets | Yorkshire inn & 155 runs | |
| Home team won | Visiting team won | Match drawn |

### Division Two

| | Derbyshire | Essex | Glamorgan | Gloucestershire | Hampshire | Kent | Leicestershire | Surrey | Worcestershire |
| Derbyshire | | Match drawn | Derbyshire 6 wickets | Match drawn | Match drawn | Match drawn | Derbyshire 408 runs | Surrey 10 wickets | Derbyshire 138 runs |
| Essex | Essex 53 runs | | Match drawn | Essex 10 wickets | Essex 2 wickets | Essex 9 wickets | Match drawn | Match drawn | Essex inn & 92 runs |
| Glamorgan | Glamorgan 106 runs | Essex 63 runs | | Match drawn | Hampshire 291 runs | Glamorgan inn & 11 runs | Match drawn | Surrey 9 wickets | Match drawn |
| Gloucestershire | Derbyshire 6 wickets | Match drawn | Match drawn | | Hampshire 8 wickets | Gloucestershire 290 runs | Match drawn | Match drawn | Worcestershire 8 wickets |
| Hampshire | Match drawn | Hampshire 470 runs | Hampshire 6 wickets | Match drawn | | Match drawn | Hampshire inn & 34 runs | Match drawn | Match drawn |
| Kent | Kent 10 wickets | Match drawn | Match drawn | Gloucestershire 244 runs | Hampshire 196 runs | | Match drawn | Kent 8 wickets | Match drawn |
| Leicestershire | Derbyshire 9 wickets | Essex inn & 79 runs | Match drawn | Gloucestershire 9 wickets | Hampshire 278 runs | Kent 6 wickets | | Match drawn | Worcestershire 234 runs |
| Surrey | Derbyshire 8 wickets | Match drawn | Glamorgan 10 wickets | Surrey 4 wickets | Match drawn | Kent 89 runs | Surrey 10 wickets | | Match drawn |
| Worcestershire | Worcestershire inn & 64 runs | Worcestershire 72 runs | Worcestershire 249 runs | Gloucestershire 7 wickets | Match drawn | Worcestershire 125 runs | Worcestershire 204 runs | Worcestershire 27 runs | |
| Home team won | Visiting team won | Match drawn |

## Statistics
### Division One
#### Most runs

| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
| Adam Lyth | Yorkshire | 16 | 23 | 1489 | 67.68 | 251 | 6 | 6 |
| Ed Joyce | Sussex | 14 | 23 | 1398 | 66.57 | 164* | 7 | 3 |
| Chris Rogers | Middlesex | 15 | 28 | 1333 | 55.54 | 241* | 4 | 4 |
| Riki Wessels | Nottinghamshire | 16 | 29 | 1197 | 47.88 | 158 | 1 | 8 |
| Ashwell Prince | Lancashire | 16 | 28 | 1160 | 42.96 | 257* | 3 | 3 |
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#### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W |
| Steve Magoffin | Sussex | 15 | 539.0 | 72 | 19.51 | 6/60 | 4 |
| Jack Brooks | Yorkshire | 16 | 523.2 | 68 | 28.02 | 5/36 | 2 |
| Chris Rushworth | Durham | 16 | 488.1 | 64 | 24.65 | 9/52 | 3 |
| Jeetan Patel | Warwickshire | 16 | 536.2 | 59 | 26.32 | 5/49 | 1 |
| Tim Murtagh | Middlesex | 14 | 527.4 | 58 | 28.37 | 6/60 | 5 |
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### Division Two
#### Most runs

| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
| James Vince | Hampshire | 16 | 28 | 1525 | 61.00 | 240 | 4 | 7 |
| Daryl Mitchell | Worcestershire | 16 | 27 | 1334 | 58.00 | 172* | 5 | 4 |
| Alex Gidman | Gloucstershire | 16 | 29 | 1277 | 47.29 | 264 | 4 | 3 |
| James Adams | Hampshire | 16 | 29 | 1215 | 43.39 | 231 | 1 | 8 |
| Will Smith | Hampshire | 16 | 27 | 1187 | 51.60 | 151* | 2 | 6 |
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#### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W |
| Mark Footitt | Derbyshire | 16 | 468.2 | 82 | 19.12 | 6/48 | 6 |
| Saeed Ajmal | Worcestershire | 9 | 417.3 | 63 | 16.47 | 7/19 | 6 |
| Michael Hogan | Glamorgan | 13 | 444.5 | 63 | 19.55 | 5/58 | 3 |
| Jack Shantry | Worcestershire | 16 | 497.0 | 56 | 23.85 | 6/53 | 2 |
| Darren Stevens | Kent | 16 | 515.4 | 56 | 27.08 | 6/64 | 6 |
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