| 1986 John Player Special League | |||
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| Administrator(s) | Test and County Cricket Board | ||
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket (40 overs per innings) |
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| Tournament format(s) | League | ||
| Champions | Hampshire (3rd title) | ||
| Participants | 17 | ||
| Matches played | 136 | ||
| Most runs | 701 Chris Broad (Hampshire) | ||
| Most wickets | 34 Clive Rice (Nottinghamshire) | ||
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The 1986 John Player Special League was the eighteenth competing of what was generally known as the Sunday League. The competition was won for the third time by Hampshire County Cricket Club.
On August 10, Ian Botham scored a 175 not out for Somerset vs Northamptonshire at Wellingborough. In this innings he hit 12 fours and 13 sixes.[1]
The Nottinghamshire captain Clive Rice's 34 wickets for the season equalled Bob Clapp's Sunday League record.
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| Team | Pld | W | T | L | N/R | A | Pts | R/R |
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| Hampshire (C) | 16 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 5.171 |
| Essex | 16 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 5.513 |
| Nottinghamshire | 16 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 5.062 |
| Sussex | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4.808 |
| Northamptonshire | 16 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 4.967 |
| Kent | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 4.885 |
| Somerset | 16 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 5.311 |
| Yorkshire | 16 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 4.778 |
| Derbyshire | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4.692 |
| Middlesex | 16 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 4.542 |
| Warwickshire | 16 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 4.845 |
| Glamorgan | 16 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 4.533 |
| Lancashire | 16 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4.889 |
| Surrey | 16 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 4.633 |
| Leicestershire | 16 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4.569 |
| Worcestershire | 16 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4.927 |
| Gloucestershire | 16 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 4.688 |
| Team marked (C) finished as champions. Source: CricketArchive[2] |
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