Each team to receive a maximum of 40 overs, with each bowler restricted to 8 overs and the bowler's run-up restricted to 15 yards.
Where teams are level on points, position is determined by average run-rate per over throughout the season.
Points system:
Win: 4 points
Tie: 2 points
No result: 1 point
Sixes award: 1000 pounds to be shared equally by each six hit - D.B.Close of Somerset hit the most sixes (13) - there were 422 in all.
Bowling award: 1000 pounds to be shared equally by each four wickets in an innings performance - K.D.Boyce of Essex, D.L.Underwood of Kent and D.L.Williams of Glamorgan each achieved the feat on 3 occasions - there were 65 in all.