1987 Refuge Assurance League

The 1987 Refuge Assurance League was the nineteenth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the second time by Worcestershire County Cricket Club.

1987 Refuge Assurance League
Administrator(s)Test and County Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket
(40 overs per innings)
Tournament format(s)League
ChampionsWorcestershire (2nd title)
Participants17
Matches136
Most runs617 Tim Curtis (Worcestershire)
Most wickets25 Courtney Walsh (Gloucs)/Neal Radford (Worcs)
1986
1988

The Worcestershire team included stars such as Ian Botham, Graeme Hick and Graham Dilley. Two other Worcs players got the batting and bowling plaudits. Opener Tim Curtis scored the most runs and fast bowler Neal Radford took the most wickets in the competition.

Standings

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Team Pld W T L N/R A Pts R/R
Worcestershire (C) 16 11 0 4 1 0 46 5.369
Nottinghamshire 16 9 0 3 1 3 44 4.933
Gloucestershire 16 9 1 4 2 0 42 4.769
Somerset 16 8 0 4 3 1 40 4.809
Derbyshire 16 8 1 4 1 2 40 4.786
Kent 16 8 0 5 1 2 38 5.131
Hampshire 16 6 2 6 0 2 32 4.954
Surrey 16 6 0 6 2 2 32 5.249
Lancashire 16 5 0 6 2 3 30 5.170
Middlesex 16 5 0 7 1 3 28 4.460
Northamptonshire 16 4 0 6 2 4 28 5.026
Leicestershire 16 3 0 6 3 4 26 4.902
Yorkshire 16 5 0 8 1 2 26 5.209
Essex 16 4 0 8 1 3 24 4.434
Glamorgan 16 5 0 9 0 2 24 4.609
Sussex 16 4 0 8 1 3 24 4.823
Warwickshire 16 3 0 9 0 4 20 4.496
Team marked  (C)  finished as champions.
Source: CricketArchive[1]

Batting averages

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Bowling averages

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See also

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Sunday League

References

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  1. ^ "Refuge Assurance League 1987 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 January 2011.