| Administrator | Test and County Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | Limited overs cricket(40 overs per innings) |
| Tournament format | League |
| Champions | Warwickshire (1st title) |
| Participants | 17 |
| Matches | 136 |
| Most runs | 693Ken McEwan (Essex) |
| Most wickets | 27Hallam Moseley (Somerset) |
←1979 1981 → | |
The1980 John Player League was the twelfth competing of what was generally known as theSunday League. The competition was won for the first time byWarwickshire County Cricket Club.
| Team | Pld | W | T | L | N/R | A | Pts | R/R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warwickshire (C) | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 5.031 |
| Somerset | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 4.744 |
| Middlesex | 16 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 4.849 |
| Leicestershire | 16 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 4.504 |
| Surrey | 16 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 36 | 4.111 |
| Derbyshire | 16 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 4.134 |
| Northamptonshire | 16 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 3.960 |
| Worcestershire | 16 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 4.718 |
| Sussex | 16 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 5.042 |
| Gloucestershire | 16 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 4.427 |
| Hampshire | 16 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 4.589 |
| Kent | 16 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 4.452 |
| Lancashire | 16 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 4.300 |
| Essex | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.936 |
| Nottinghamshire | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.441 |
| Yorkshire | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.576 |
| Glamorgan | 16 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 4.605 |
| Team marked (C) finished as champions. Source: CricketArchive[1] | ||||||||
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