1986 John Player Special League

The 1986 John Player Special League was the eighteenth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the third time by Hampshire County Cricket Club.

1986 John Player Special League
Administrator(s)Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket
(40 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s)League
ChampionsHampshire (3rd title)
Participants17
Matches played136
Most runs701 Chris Broad (Nottinghamshire)
Most wickets34 Clive Rice (Nottinghamshire)

Hampshire won the Sunday League away against Surrey at The Oval on 7 September after they beat them by 3 runs and Nottinghamshire lost versus Kent.[1]

Adrian Jones of Sussex established a Sunday League record on 18 May when took 7 for 41 against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.[2] On 10 August, Ian Botham scored 175 not out off 122 balls for Somerset vs Northamptonshire at Wellingborough. In this innings he hit 12 fours and 13 sixes.[3]

The Nottinghamshire captain Clive Rice's 34 wickets for the season equalled Bob Clapp's Sunday League record.[4]

Stuart Turner the Essex all rounder reached 300 wickets in the Sunday League competition. He announced his retirement that season.[5]

Standings

Team Pld W T L N/R A Pts R/R
Hampshire (C)16120301505.171
Essex16110410465.513
Nottinghamshire16100501425.062
Sussex16100600404.808
Northamptonshire1690511404.967
Kent1671512364.885
Somerset1680620365.311
Yorkshire1671611344.778
Derbyshire1670900284.692
Middlesex1651712284.542
Warwickshire1652711284.845
Glamorgan1660901264.533
Lancashire1660910264.889
Surrey1651811264.633
Leicestershire16501001224.569
Worcestershire16501100204.927
Gloucestershire16301102164.688
Team marked  (C)  finished as champions.
Source: CricketArchive[6]

See also

Sunday League

References

  1. Benson and Hedges Cricket Year Fifth Edition: September 1985 to September 1986 Editor David Lemmon - page 431
  2. Benson and Hedges Cricket Year Fifth Edition: September 1985 to September 1986 Editor David Lemmon - page 291
  3. Benson and Hedges Cricket Year Fifth Edition: September 1985 to September 1986 Editor David Lemmon - page 388
  4. Benson and Hedges Cricket Year Fifth Edition: September 1985 to September 1986 Editor David Lemmon - page 441
  5. Benson and Hedges Cricket Year Fifth Edition: September 1985 to September 1986 Editor David Lemmon - page 369
  6. "John Player Special League 1986 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 January 2011.


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