2019 County Championship

The 2019 County Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2019 Specsavers County Championship, was the 120th cricket County Championship season. As in 2018, Division One had eight teams and Division Two had ten teams. The first round of matches began on 5 April and the final round of matches ended on 26 September.[1] Surrey were the defending champions.[2] At the end of the 2019 season only one team was relegated with three promoted.[3] Therefore, from 2020 onwards, Division One will feature ten teams and Division Two will feature eight.

2019 County Championship
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament format(s)League system
Participants18

Teams

Source:[4]

Division One

  Team promoted from Division Two in 2018

Team Primary home ground Other grounds Coach Captain Overseas player(s)
Essex County Ground, Chelmsford Anthony McGrath Ryan ten Doeschate Peter Siddle
Mohammad Amir
Hampshire Rose Bowl, Southampton Newclose County Cricket Ground, Isle of Wight Adrian Birrell James Vince (Apr.–May., Aug.–)
Sam Northeast (May.–Aug.)
Aiden Markram (Apr.–May.)
Ajinkya Rahane
Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury County Ground, Beckenham
Nevill Ground, Royal Tunbridge Wells
Matt Walker Heino Kuhn Matt Renshaw
Wiaan Mulder
Faf du Plessis
Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham John Fretwell Sporting Complex, Nettleworth Peter Moores Steven Mullaney James Pattinson
Ravichandran Ashwin
Somerset County Ground, Taunton Jason Kerr Tom Abell Azhar Ali
Babar Azam
Murali Vijay
Surrey The Oval, London Woodbridge Road, Guildford Michael Di Venuto Rory Burns Dean Elgar
Aaron Finch
Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham Jim Troughton Jeetan Patel Jeetan Patel
Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough
York Cricket Club, York
Andrew Gale Steven Patterson Keshav Maharaj
Ajaz Patel

Division Two

  Team relegated from Division One in 2018

Team Primary home ground Other grounds Coach Captain Overseas player(s)
Derbyshire County Ground, Derby Queen's Park, Chesterfield Dave Houghton Billy Godleman Logan van Beek
Durham Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street James Franklin Cameron Bancroft Cameron Bancroft
Peter Handscomb
BJ Watling
Glamorgan Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Penrhyn Avenue, Rhos-on-Sea
Spytty Park, Newport
St Helen's, Swansea
Matthew Maynard Chris Cooke Marnus Labuschagne
Shaun Marsh
Kraigg Brathwaite
Gloucestershire County Ground, Bristol College Ground, Cheltenham Richard Dawson Chris Dent Daniel Worrall
Chadd Sayers
Shannon Gabriel
Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool
Sedbergh School, Sedbergh
Glen Chapple Dane Vilas Glenn Maxwell
Joe Burns
Jake Lehmann
Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester Paul Nixon Paul Horton Mohammad Abbas
Middlesex Lord's, London Brunton Memorial Ground, Radlett
Merchant Taylors' School Ground, Northwood
Stuart Law Dawid Malan Miguel Cummins
Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton David Ripley Alex Wakely Jason Holder
Temba Bavuma
Dwaine Pretorius
Doug Bracewell
Sussex County Ground, Hove Arundel Castle Cricket Club Ground, Arundel Jason Gillespie Ben Brown Mir Hamza
Alex Carey
Worcestershire New Road, Worcester Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster Alex Gidman Joe Leach Hamish Rutherford
Callum Ferguson

Results

Fixtures for the 2019 County Championship were announced on 26 November 2018, with the previous season's champions Surrey beginning the defence of their title against Essex at The Oval.[5]

April

May

June

July

August

September

April

May

June

July

August

September

Standings

Teams receive 16 points for a win, 8 for a tie and 5 for a draw. Bonus points (a maximum of 5 batting points and 3 bowling points) may be scored during the first 110 overs of each team's first innings.

Statistics

Division One

As of 26 September 2019

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Dom Sibley Warwickshire 12 21 1324 69.68 244 5 5
Gary Ballance Yorkshire 13 23 975 46.42 159 5 3
Sam Northeast Hampshire 13 22 969 51.00 169 3 5
Alastair Cook Essex 14 24 913 45.68 125 1 7
Daniel Bell-Drummond Kent 14 26 892 35.68 166 1 5

Source: ESPNcricinfo[20]

Most wickets

Players Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 5w 10w
Simon Harmer Essex 14 595.5 83 18.28 8/98 10 2
Kyle Abbott Hampshire 13 362.5 71 15.73 9/40 6 1
Jeetan Patel Warwickshire 14 635.1 64 26.75 8/36 4 2
Matt Milnes Kent 14 386.4 55 25.14 5/68 2 0
Darren Stevens Kent 12 403.0 52 17.57 5/20 5 1

Source: ESPNcricinfo[21]

Division Two

As of 26 September 2019

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Hassan Azad Leicestershire 14 26 1189 54.04 137 3 8
Marnus Labuschagne Glamorgan 10 18 1114 65.52 182 5 5
Chris Dent Gloucestershire 14 24 1087 47.26 176 4 4
Dane Vilas Lancashire 14 17 1036 79.69 266 2 7
Billy Godleman Derbyshire 14 26 1008 38.76 227 4 2

Source: ESPNcricinfo[25]

Most wickets

Players Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 5w 10w
Chris Rushworth Durham 14 486.4 69 18.42 6/39 4 1
Ollie Robinson Sussex 11 380.3 63 16.44 8/34 6 3
Ben Sanderson Northamptonshire 14 448.2 60 19.65 6/37 3 1
Ben Raine Durham 14 463.4 54 21.83 6/27 3 0
Luis Reece Derbyshire 14 371.0 52 19.65 6/58 3 0

Source: ESPNcricinfo[26]

References

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  12. Scorecard: Essex vs Hampshire, CricInfo.
  13. Division Two Points table, BBC Sport
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  16. Scorecard: Lancashire vs Middlesex, CricInfo.
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  21. "Most Wickets - Specsavers County Championship Division One, 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  22. "Records / Specsavers County Championship Division Two, 2019 / Highest Totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
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  26. "Most Wickets - Specsavers County Championship Division Two, 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
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