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Cornwall Minor County Averages 2001

Full Championship Averages

Highlights of Cornwall's Minor Counties Championship campaign in 2001 was the performances of the opening bowling pair of Justin Stephens and Charlie Shreck who took 59 wickets between them. Stephens had the excellent return of 32 wickets in the six Championship matches at 14.43 apiece while Shreck took 27 wickets at almost 30 apiece. Leading runscorer was Tom Sharp with 298 runs including the season's highest score of 90 made in the first innings at Bridgnorth against Shropshire.

The County had a mixed season to finish 7th of 10 in the Western Division. The highlight was the 95 run win at Wiltshire where Stephens took 6 wickets in each innings.. There was a fighting draw at Shropshire in a game which went the full three days while at Truro against Oxfordshire rain denied what looked like a good chance of victory. Dorset had the best of a drawn game at St. Austell. There was a disappointing defeat in a day and a half against Berkshire at Penzance while the final game at Exmouth at Devon saw a 10 wicket defeatin a rain affected game In one-day matches in the 38 Counties the match at Falmouth against Somerset CB was ruined by rain while there was the narrowest of defeats by 1 wicket at Camborne against Gloucestershire CB. The away games against Wiltshire and Devon saw convincing defeats.

The Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy provided some of the most memorable performances of the year. The thrilling 3 wicket win at Camborne against Cheshire in May led to the 3rd Rd tie with Sussex at Truro, which saw the Duchy compete well to lose by just 33 runs to the First Class County. There is the prospect of another memorable day in 2002 with the visit of Worcestershire to the County on 29th May. This being the reward for the excellent end of season 2nd Rd win in Cheshire by 65 runs.

CORNWALL 2001 Minor Counties Championship

BATTING AVERAGES

Name
Mtchs
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Avge
50s
Ct
JM Hands
2
4
0
113
80
28.25
1
1
TG Sharp
6
11
0
298
90
27.09
2
3
NA Stoddard
3
6
1
128
54
25.60
1
-
NSC Curnow
5
9
0
210
46
23.33
-
2
GM Thomas
5
9
0
198
42
22.00
-
1
JP Kent
3
6
1
110
58
22.00
1
1
GR Furse
5
8
1
99
32
14.14
-
-
AM Pearce
5
9
0
127
61
14.11
1
3
AP Birkett
3
6
0
83
67
13.83
1
-
JCJ Stephens
6
10
3
96
21*
13.71
-
2
GD Edwards
5
9
1
80
26
10.00
-
13/2st
CE Shreck
6
9
3
48
14*
8.00
-
3
NTP George
2
2
0
15
15
7.50
-
1
RM Burley
1
1
0
7
7
7.00
-
2/0st
MK Munday
5
7
4
17
6*
5.66
-
-
PJ Davey
5
3
0
5
5
1.66
-
1
BP Price
1
2
0
2
2
1.00
-
-
SP Pollard
1
2
0
1
1
0.50
-
-

 

BOWLING AVERAGES

Name Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Avge Best 5wI 10wM
JCJ Stephens 194
59
462
32
14.43
6-32
3
1
NTP George   36
11
105
7
15.00
6-39
1
-
JM Hands   24.4
11
39
2
19.50
2-2
-
-
CE Shreck 238.2
59
809
27
29.96
4-47
-
-
GR Furse   66.3
14
146
4
36.50
1-15
-
-
MK Munday   89
18
320
7
45.71
3-79
-
-
Also bowled
-
-
JP Kent     5
2
28
2
14.00
2-28
-
-
GM Thomas     5
2
14
0
-
-
-
-
TG Sharp   11
2
33
0
-
-
-
-

Playing Record 2001: Played 6, Won 1, Drew 3, Lost 2, Points 53, Position 7th.

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