2018 County Championship































2018 County Championship
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format
First-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Surrey
Participants 18

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The 2018 County Championship, known for sponsorship reason as the 2018 Specsavers County Championship, is the 119th cricket County Championship season. As in 2017, Division One has eight teams and Division Two has ten teams, with two teams relegated and two promoted at the end of the season.
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The first round of matches began on 13 April and the final round of matches were scheduled to end on 27 September. Most of the matches of the Championship were played as day matches, although each team played one day-night match during the season.[2][3][4]


In September 2018, the match between Somerset and Lancashire at Taunton finished as a tie. It was the first tie in a County Championship game since 2003,[5] Somerset's first tied match since 1939 and Lancashire's first since 1952.[6]
By winning their games against Worcestershire from 10–13 September 2018, Surrey took an unassailable lead at the top of Division One, making them champions.[7]




2018 County Championship is located in England

Derbyshire

Derbyshire



Durham

Durham



Essex

Essex



Glamorgan

Glamorgan



Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire



Hampshire

Hampshire



Kent

Kent



Lancashire

Lancashire



Leicestershire

Leicestershire



Middlesex

Middlesex



Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire



Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire



Somerset

Somerset



Surrey

Surrey



Sussex

Sussex



Warwickshire

Warwickshire



Worcestershire

Worcestershire



Yorkshire

Yorkshire




Home grounds of each County.




Contents






  • 1 Teams


    • 1.1 Division One


    • 1.2 Division Two




  • 2 Fixtures and Results


    • 2.1 Division One


      • 2.1.1 April


      • 2.1.2 May


      • 2.1.3 June


      • 2.1.4 July


      • 2.1.5 August


      • 2.1.6 September




    • 2.2 Division Two


      • 2.2.1 April


      • 2.2.2 May


      • 2.2.3 June


      • 2.2.4 July


      • 2.2.5 August


      • 2.2.6 September






  • 3 Standings


    • 3.1 Division One


    • 3.2 Division Two




  • 4 Statistics


    • 4.1 Division One


      • 4.1.1 Most runs


      • 4.1.2 Most wickets




    • 4.2 Division Two


      • 4.2.1 Most runs


      • 4.2.2 Most wickets






  • 5 See also


  • 6 References





Teams


The 2018 Championship was divided into two divisions, Division One with eight teams, and Division Two with 10 teams. Teams in both divisions played a total of 14 games, with all Division One teams playing each other twice, while Division Two teams played five counties twice and four once.



Division One


     Team promoted from Division Two in 2017











































































Team
Primary home ground
Other grounds
Coach
Captain
Overseas player(s)

Essex

County Ground, Chelmsford


England Anthony McGrath

Netherlands Ryan ten Doeschate

New Zealand Neil Wagner
Australia Peter Siddle
India Murali Vijay

Hampshire

Rose Bowl, Southampton


England Craig White

England James Vince

South Africa Hashim Amla
South Africa Dale Steyn[8]

Lancashire

Old Trafford, Manchester

Trafalgar Road Ground, Southport

England Glen Chapple

England Liam Livingstone (Apr.–Jul.)
South Africa Dane Vilas (Jul.–)

Australia Joe Mennie
South Africa Keshav Maharaj

Somerset

County Ground, Taunton


England Jason Kerr

England Tom Abell

Australia Matt Renshaw
Pakistan Azhar Ali

Surrey

The Oval, London

Woodbridge Road, Guildford

Australia Michael Di Venuto

England Rory Burns

South Africa Dean Elgar
South Africa Theunis de Bruyn
Australia Aaron Finch

Yorkshire

Headingley, Leeds

North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough

England Andrew Gale

England Gary Ballance (Apr.–May)
England Joe Root (May)
England Steven Patterson (Jun.–Jul., Sep.)
England David Willey (Aug.–Sep.)
England Adam Lyth (Sep.)

India Cheteshwar Pujara[9]
New Zealand Kane Williamson
New Zealand Jeet Raval

Nottinghamshire

Trent Bridge, Nottingham


England Peter Moores

England Steven Mullaney

New Zealand Ross Taylor
West Indies Cricket Board Kraigg Brathwaite

Worcestershire

New Road, Worcester


England Kevin Sharp

England Joe Leach (Apr.–Jun.)
England Brett D'Oliveira (Jun.–)

Australia Travis Head
Australia Callum Ferguson
South Africa Wayne Parnell
India Ravichandran Ashwin


Division Two


     Team relegated from Division One in 2017



























































































Team
Primary home ground
Other grounds
Coach
Captain
Overseas player(s)

Middlesex

Lord's, London

Merchant Taylors' School Ground, Northwood
Uxbridge Cricket Club Ground, Uxbridge

England Richard Scott (Apr.–Jul.)
England Richard Johnson (Jul.–)

England Dawid Malan
England Sam Robson (Apr.)

Australia Hilton Cartwright

Warwickshire

Edgbaston, Birmingham


England Jim Troughton

New Zealand Jeetan Patel

New Zealand Jeetan Patel

Derbyshire

County Ground, Derby

Queen's Park, Chesterfield

England Kim Barnett (Apr.–Jul.)
Vacant (Jul.–Aug.)
Zimbabwe Dave Houghton (Aug.–)

England Billy Godleman

South Africa Duanne Olivier
New Zealand Lockie Ferguson

Durham

Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street


England Jon Lewis

England Paul Collingwood

South Africa Aiden Markram[10]
New Zealand Tom Latham
India Axar Patel[11]

Glamorgan

Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

Penrhyn Avenue, Rhos-on-Sea
St Helen's, Swansea

Wales Robert Croft

Australia Michael Hogan

Australia Shaun Marsh
Australia Usman Khawaja
South Africa Stephen Cook

Gloucestershire

County Ground, Bristol

College Ground, Cheltenham

England Richard Dawson

England Chris Dent

Australia Daniel Worrall

Kent

St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury

Kent County Cricket Ground, Beckenham
Nevill Ground, Royal Tunbridge Wells

England Matt Walker

England Sam Billings
England Joe Denly (Apr.–May)

New Zealand Matt Henry

Leicestershire

Grace Road, Leicester


England Paul Nixon

England Michael Carberry (Apr.–May)
England Paul Horton (May–)

India Varun Aaron
Pakistan Mohammad Abbas

Northamptonshire

County Ground, Northampton


England David Ripley

England Alex Wakely

South Africa Rory Kleinveldt
New Zealand Doug Bracewell
Sri Lanka Seekkuge Prasanna

Sussex

County Ground, Hove

Arundel Castle Cricket Club Ground, Arundel

Australia Jason Gillespie

England Ben Brown

India Ishant Sharma


Fixtures and Results


Fixtures for the 2018 County Championship were announced on 29 November 2017. It was announced that 2017 Champions Essex would begin the defence of their title against Yorkshire at Headingley.[12]


In total, 56 matches were be played in Division One, with 70 played in Division Two.



Division One



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Division Two



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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



  • Highest Score by a team: Surrey − 592 all out (119.3 overs) vs Nottinghamshire (22−25 July)

  • Lowest Score by a team: Yorkshire − 50 all out (18.4 overs) vs Essex (4−7 May)

  • Top Score by an individual: South Africa Dane Vilas (Lancashire − 235* (363) vs Somerset (4−7 May)

  • Best Bowling figures by an individual: England Jack Leach (Somerset) − 8/85 (48 overs) vs Essex (19−22 August)



Most runs





































































Player
Team
Matches
Innings
Runs
Average

HS
100s
50s

Rory Burns
Surrey
14
22
1359
64.71
193
4
7

James Hildreth
Somerset
14
26
1089
45.37
184
3
6

EnglandOllie Pope
Surrey
13
16
986
70.42
158*
4
1

EnglandJames Vince
Hampshire
14
25
962
40.08
201*
3
2

Daryl Mitchell
Worcestershire
14
26
957
36.80
178
4
1

Source: ESPN Cricinfo[17]



Most wickets





































































Players
Team
Matches
Overs
Wickets
Average
BBI
5w
10w

Tom Bailey
Lancashire
14
439.4
64
19.65
5/53
1
0

South AfricaMorné Morkel
Surrey
10
315.4
59
14.32
6/57
4
0

Jamie Porter
Essex
13
432.3
58
24.63
7/41
3
1

EnglandGraham Onions
Lancashire
12
379.3
57
21.77
6/55
2
0

Simon Harmer
Essex
13
526.2
57
24.45
6/87
3
0

Source: ESPN Cricinfo[18]



Division Two



  • Highest Score by a team: Kent − 582/9d (160.4 overs) vs Gloucestershire (9−12 June)

  • Lowest Score by a team: Middlesex − 56 all out (24 overs) vs Kent (25−27 June)

  • Top Score by an individual: England Chris Dent (Gloucestershire) − 214* (290) vs Leicestershire (29 August−1 September)

  • Best Bowling figures by an individual: England Brett Hutton (Northamptonshire) − 8/57 (18.5 overs) vs Gloucestershire (20−22 June)



Most runs





































































Player
Team
Matches
Innings
Runs
Average

HS
100s
50s

EnglandIan Bell
Warwickshire
14
23
1027
54.05
204
5
2

Wayne Madsen
Derbyshire
14
27
1016
37.62
144
2
7

Will Rhodes
Warwickshire
14
23
972
44.18
137
4
4

EnglandJonathan Trott
Warwickshire
14
23
935
46.75
170*
2
6

Ben Brown
Sussex
14
24
912
43.42
116
1
7

Source: ESPN Cricinfo[19]



Most wickets





































































Players
Team
Matches
Overs
Wickets
Average
BBI
5w
10w

Matt Henry
Kent
11
382.4
75
15.48
7/42
5
3

Ollie Robinson
Sussex
14
485.0
74
18.66
7/58
4
1

James Harris
Middlesex
12
384.5
61
20.54
7/83
3
0

Ben Sanderson
Northamptonshire
13
422.0
60
16.70
5/16
2
0

Chris Rushworth
Durham
12
386.4
60
20.01
8/51
3
1

Source: ESPN Cricinfo[20]



See also


  • List of tied first-class cricket matches


References





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  5. ^ "County Championship: Lancashire bowl out Somerset for 77 to tie at Taunton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 September 2018.


  6. ^ "Keshav Maharaj takes 11 wickets as spin decides dramatic tie". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 September 2018.


  7. ^ "Specsavers County Championship Division One at Worcester, Sep 10-13 2018 | Match Report | ESPNCricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2018-09-14.


  8. ^ "Steyn signs county contract with Hampshire". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2018.


  9. ^ "Pujara to prepare for England tour with Yorkshire stint". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2018.


  10. ^ "Aiden Markram signs for Durham ahead of 2018 season". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 5 April 2018.


  11. ^ "Axar Patel gains county contract with Durham". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2018.


  12. ^ "County Championship: Champions Essex to start 2018 season at Headingley". BBC. Retrieved 22 April 2018.


  13. ^ Division One Points table, BBC Sport.


  14. ^ Specsavers County Championship Division One Table - 2018, CricInfo.


  15. ^ Division Two Points table, BBC Sport.


  16. ^ Specsavers County Championship Division Two Table - 2018, CricInfo.


  17. ^ "MOST RUNS - SPECSAVERS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION ONE, 2018". ESPN Cricinfo.


  18. ^ "MOST WICKETS - SPECSAVERS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION ONE, 2018". ESPN Cricinfo.


  19. ^ "MOST RUNS - SPECSAVERS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION TWO, 2018". ESPN Cricinfo.


  20. ^ "MOST WICKETS - SPECSAVERS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION TWO, 2018". ESPN Cricinfo.












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