1994 English cricket season
The 1994 English cricket season was the 95th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. A very strong Warwickshire team won both the Britannic Assurance County Championship and the Sunday League. England defeated New Zealand 1-0 and drew with South Africa 1–1 in the two Test series.
Honours
[edit]- County Championship - Warwickshire
- NatWest Trophy - Worcestershire
- Sunday League - Warwickshire
- Benson & Hedges Cup - Warwickshire
- Minor Counties Championship - Devon
- MCCA Knockout Trophy - Devon
- Second XI Championship - Somerset II
- Wisden Cricketers of the Year - Brian Lara, Devon Malcolm, Tim Munton, Steve Rhodes, Kepler Wessels
Test series
[edit]England played New Zealand in a 3-test series, winning the first, and drawing the remaining two. South Africa toured England, playing three test matches winning one, drawing one and losing one.
County Championship
[edit]NatWest Trophy
[edit]Benson & Hedges Cup
[edit]Sunday League
[edit]Leading batsmen
[edit]J D Carr topped the batting averages, scoring 1,543 runs @ 90.76, and with a top score of 261*.
Brian Lara posted the highest individual innings score in first class cricket (501*) playing for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston, and also scored the largest number of runs throughout the season (2,066 @ 89.82). He also hit an unprecedented 7 centuries in a period of 8 innings (although the first of these was not achieved in the county championship, but playing for the West Indies in a test match against England in Antigua. He scored 375, which was then the highest individual innings in test matches.)
Leading bowlers
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