The 2014 English cricket season was the 115th in which the

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had been an official competition. It began on 1 April with a round of university matches, continued until the conclusion of a round of

matches on 23 September. Three major domestic competitions were contested: the 2014 County Championship, the 2014 Royal London One-Day Cup and the

2014 NatWest t20 Blast The 2014 NatWest t20 Blast was the first season of the NatWest t20 Blast, the English Twenty20 cricket competition. The competition ran from 16 May 2014 until Finals Day at Edgbaston on 23 August, which was won by Birmingham Bears. The competit ...

. The

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and the

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were newly created competitions as from the 2014 season, replacing the

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and the

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. During this season, two Test teams toured England. Sri Lanka competed early in the summer, with

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having also toured later in the year.

Roll of honour

;Test series: * England v Sri Lanka: 2 Tests - Sri Lanka won 1–0. * England v India: 5 Tests - England won 3–1. ;ODI series: * England v Sri Lanka: 5 ODIs - Sri Lanka won 3–2. * England v India: 5 ODIs - India won 3–1. ;Twenty20 International series: * England v Sri Lanka: Only T20I - Sri Lanka won by 9 runs. * England v India: Only T20I - England won by 3 runs. ;County Championship: * Division One winners:

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* Division One runners-up:

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* Division Two winners:

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* Relegated from Division One:

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and

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* Promoted from Division Two:

and

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;Royal London One-Day Cup: * Winners:

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* Runners-up: Warwickshire Bears ;Natwest t20 Blast: * Winners: Birmingham Bears * Runners-up: Lancashire Lightning ;Minor Counties Championship: * Winners: Staffordshire * Runners-up:

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;MCCA Knockout Trophy * Winners:

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* Runners-up: Oxfordshire ;Second XI Championship * Winners: Leicestershire II ;Second XI Trophy * Winners: Leicestershire II ;Second XI Twenty20 * Winners: Leicestershire II ;Wisden Cricketers of the Year *

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, Ryan Harris, Chris Rogers,

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;PCA Player of the Year *

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County Championship

Divisions

Division One Standings

* ''Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, T = Ties, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bowl = Bowling points, Ded = Deducted points, Pts = Points.''

Division Two Standings

* ''Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, T = Ties, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bowl = Bowling points, Ded = Deducted points, Pts = Points.''

Royal London One-Day Cup

Group stage

;Group A ;Group B

Knockout stage

NatWest t20 Blast

Group stage

;North Division ;South Division

Knockout stage

References

{{Royal London One-Day Cup seasons 2014 *

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Roll of honour

County Championship

Divisions

Division One Standings

Division Two Standings

Royal London One-Day Cup

Group stage

Knockout stage

NatWest t20 Blast

Group stage

Knockout stage

See also

References