County Championship 2014: Statistics and averages
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The 2014 County Championship season finished on Friday with its usual late drama as Middlesex avoided defeat in a tense finish to relegate Lancashire.
But who were the top run scorers, who took the most wickets and what was the best partnership of the season?
Roll of honour
Division One:
Champions: Yorkshire
Runners-up: Warwickshire
Relegated: Lancashire and Northants
Division Two:
Champions: Hampshire
Promoted: Worcestershire
Bottom: Leicestershire
Highest run scorer (minimum 10 matches)
Division One:
Adam Lyth (Yorkshire) 1,489 from 23 inns at 67.68 (6x100, 6x50)
Ed Joyce (Sussex) 1,398 from 23 inns at 66.57 (7x100, 3x50)
Chris Rogers (Middlesex) 1,333 from 28 inns at 55.54 (4x100, 4x50)
Division One batting and bowling averages
Division Two:
James Vince (Hampshire) 1,525 from 28 inns at 61.00 (4x100, 7x50)
Daryl Mitchell (Worcestershire) 1,334 from 27 inns at 58.00 (5x100, 4x50)
Alex Gidman (Gloucestershire) 1,277 from 29 inns at 47.29 (4x100, 3x50)
Most wickets taken
Division One:
Steve Magoffin (Sussex) 72 from 27 inns at 19.51 (best of 6-60 v Somerset)
Jack Brooks (Yorkshire) 68 from 31 inns at 28.02 (best of 5-36 Northants)
Chris Rushworth (Durham) 64 from 26 inns at 24.65 (best of 9-52 v Northants)
Division Two:
Mark Footitt (Derbyshire) 82 from 29 inns at 19.12 (best of 6-48 v Glamorgan)
Saeed Ajmal (Worcestershire) 63 from 17 inns at 16.47 (best of 7-19 v Essex)
Michael Hogan (Glamorgan) 63 from 23 inns at 19.55 (best of 5-58 v Kent)
Highest individual score
Division One:
Ashwell Prince (Lancashire) 257 not out v Northants
Adam Lyth (Yorkshire) 251 v Lancashire
Chris Rogers (Middlesex) 241 not out v Yorkshire
Division Two:
Alex Gidman (Gloucestershire) 264 v Leicestershire
James Vince (Hampshire) 240 v Essex
Jimmy Adams (Hampshire) 231 v Leicestershire
Best bowling performance (innings/match)
Division One: Chris Rushworth (Durham) 9-52 and 15-95 v Northants
Division Two: Gareth Batty (Surrey) 8-68 v Essex and Saeed Ajmal (Worcestershire) 13-94 v Essex
Most centuries
Division One: Ed Joyce (Middlesex) - 7
Division Two: Daryl Mitchell (Worcestershire) - 5
Best partnership
Division One: 375 - Adam Lyth and Alex Lees for Yorkshire v Northants
Division Two: 392 - Gareth Roderick and Alex Gidman for Gloucestershire v Leicestershire
Most dismissals (wicketkeeper)
Division One: Tim Ambrose (Warwickshire) - 62 from 15 matches (57ct, 5st)
Division Two: Mark Wallace (Glamorgan) - 68 from 16 matches (65ct, 3st)
Most catches (outfield)
Division One: Adam Lyth (Yorkshire) - 35 catches from 16 matches
Division Two: Daryl Mitchell (Worcestershire) - 28 catches from 16 matches
Highest innings total
Division One: Lancashire - 650-6 declared v Northants
Division Two: Gloucestershire - 646 v Leicestershire
Lowest innings total
Division One: Northants - 83 v Durham
Division Two: Surrey - 81 v Glamorgan
Most wins
Division One: Yorkshire and Warwickshire - 8
Division Two: Worcestershire - 8
Fewest wins
Division One: Northants - none
Division Two: Leicestershire - none (for the second year in a row)
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