1983 John Player Special League
Cricket tournament
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The 1983 John Player Special League was the fifteenth edition of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the first time by Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
AdministratorTest and County Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs cricket(40 overs per innings)
Tournament formatLeague
ChampionsYorkshire (1st title)
| Administrator | Test and County Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(40 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format | League |
| Champions | Yorkshire (1st title) |
| Participants | 17 |
| Matches | 136 |
| Most runs | 661 Gordon Greenidge (Hampshire) |
| Most wickets | 27 John Shepherd (Gloucestershire) |
Standings
| Team | Pld | W | T | L | N/R | A | Pts | R/R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire (C) | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 4.741 |
| Somerset | 16 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 46 | 5.283 |
| Kent | 16 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 5.805 |
| Sussex | 16 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 4.707 |
| Hampshire | 16 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 5.463 |
| Derbyshire | 16 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 4.757 |
| Essex | 16 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 5.489 |
| Lancashire | 16 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 4.648 |
| Middlesex | 16 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 4.801 |
| Glamorgan | 16 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 5.084 |
| Leicestershire | 16 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 4.758 |
| Surrey | 16 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 5.067 |
| Worcestershire | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 4.852 |
| Gloucestershire | 16 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 5.308 |
| Northamptonshire | 16 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4.422 |
| Nottinghamshire | 16 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 4.917 |
| Warwickshire | 16 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 5.479 |
| Team marked (C) finished as champions. Source: CricketArchive[1] | ||||||||
