The 2002 Norwich Union League season was a
45 over English
county cricket
Inter-county cricket matches are known to have been played since the early 18th century, involving teams that are representative of the historic counties of England and Wales. Since the late 19th century, there have been two county championship ...
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.
Glamorgan Dragons
Glamorgan County Cricket Club ( cy, Criced Morgannwg) is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Glamorgan ( cy, Morgannwg). Founded in 1888, ...
won the League for the second time.
Somerset Sabres,
Durham Dynamos
Durham County Cricket Club (rebranded as Durham Cricket in February 2019) is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Durham. Founded in 1882, Du ...
and
Nottinghamshire Outlaws were relegated from Division One, while
Gloucestershire Gladiators
Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire. Founded in 1870, Gloucestershire have alwa ...
,
Surrey Lions
Surrey County Cricket Club (Surrey CCC) is a first-class cricket, first-class club in county cricket, one of eighteen in the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the Historic counties of England, historic county of Su ...
and
Essex Eagles
Essex 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 Essex. Founded in 1876, the club had minor county status until 1894 when ...
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
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