Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
The2022 County Championship (referred to as theLV= Insurance County Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 122ndcricket County Championship season in England and Wales.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] Warwickshire were the defending champions.[ 4]
In October 2021, theEngland and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced that the tournament would return to the format of two divisions, with ten teams in Division One, and eight teams in Division Two.[ 5] 2019 County Championship ,[ 6] COVID-19 pandemic .[ 7] [ 8] Bob Willis Trophy being scrapped.[ 9]
On 28 April 2022,Ben Stokes was named as England's newTest captain,[ 10] Joe Root .[ 11] Worcestershire , setting a new record for sixes hit in a single innings of a match in the County Championship.[ 12] Durham player.[ 13]
In May 2022, in the Division One match betweenSurrey andKent , Surrey set a newfirst-class cricket record for the highest innings score without a batter scoring a century, when they made 671/9declared .[ 14] [ 15] Warwickshire ,Sam Billings set a new record for the most catches in a County Championship match with twelve.[ 16] Sam Northeast scored the third-highest score in a County Championship match, with 410not out forGlamorgan againstLeicestershire .[ 17]
The teams were split based on the finishing positions in the2019 season , the last before two seasons were affected by theCOVID-19 pandemic .[ 18] [ 19]
Team promoted from Division Two in 2019
Team Primary home ground Captain Coach Essex County Ground ,Chelmsford Tom Westley Anthony McGrath Gloucestershire County Ground ,Bristol Graeme van Buuren Dale Benkenstein Hampshire Rose Bowl ,Southampton James Vince Adi Birrell Kent St Lawrence Ground ,Canterbury Sam Billings Matt Walker Lancashire Old Trafford ,Manchester Dane Vilas Glen Chapple Northamptonshire County Ground ,Northampton Ricardo Vasconcelos John Sadler Somerset County Ground ,Taunton Tom Abell Jason Kerr Surrey The Oval ,London Rory Burns Gareth Batty (Interim)Warwickshire Edgbaston ,Birmingham Will Rhodes Mark Robinson Yorkshire Headingley ,Leeds Steve Patterson Ottis Gibson
Team relegated from Division One in 2019
Kent won the toss and elected to field. Alastair Cook (Essex) scored his 70th century in first-class cricket.[ 20] Somerset won the toss and elected to bat. Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field. Surrey won the toss and elected to bat. Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field. James Wharton (Yorkshire) made his first-class debut.Essex won the toss and elected to field. Hampshire won the toss and elected to field. Kent won the toss and elected to bat. Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat. Josh Bohannon (Lancashire) scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket.[ 22] Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat. George Hill (Yorkshire) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[ 23] Somerset won the toss and elected to bat. Essex won the toss and elected to bat. Essex won the toss and elected to field. Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field. No play was possible on day 4 due to rain. Jamie Smith (Surrey) scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket.[ 24] Chris Dent (Gloucestershire) scored his 10,000th run in first-class cricket.[ 25] Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat. No play was possible on day 4 due to rain. Warwickshire won the toss and elected to field. Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field. Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field. Paul Walter (Essex) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[ 26] Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat. Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field. Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field. Surrey won the toss and elected to bat. Only 9.2 overs of play were possible on day 4 due to rain. Warwickshire won the toss and elected to field. Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field. Dane Vilas (Lancashire) scored his 10,000th run in first-class cricket.[ 28] Essex won the toss and elected to bat. Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field. Somerset won the toss and elected to bat. Craig Overton (Somerset) took his 400th wicket in first-class cricket.[ 29] Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat. Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat. Somerset won the toss and elected to bat. Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat. Essex won the toss and elected to bat. Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat. Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to bat. Kent won the toss and elected to field. Sam Curran (Surrey) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[ 31] Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat. Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat. Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to bat. Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat. Will Luxton (Yorkshire) made his first-class debut.Somerset won the toss and elected to bat. No play was possible on day 4 due to rain. Essex won the toss and elected to bat. Warwickshire won the toss and elected to field. Essex won the toss and elected to bat. Tom Banton (Somerset) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[ 37] James Rew (Somerset) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[ 38] Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat. Kent won the toss and elected to field. Surrey won the toss and elected to field. Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat. Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field. Kent won the toss and elected to field. Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat. Finlay Bean (Yorkshire) made his first-class debut.Somerset won the toss and elected to field. Surrey won the toss and elected to field. Tom Curran (Surrey) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[ 39] Somerset won the toss and elected to bat. Essex won the toss and elected to field. Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat. George Bell (Lancashire) made his first-class debut.Hampshire won the toss and elected to field. Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field. Somerset won the toss and elected to bat. Somerset won the toss and elected to bat. Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat. Hampshire won the toss and elected to field. Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat. Tom Hartley (Lancashire) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket[ 40] Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field. Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat. Ed Pollock (Worcestershire) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[ 43] Derbyshire won the toss and elected to field. Tim Murtagh (Middlesex) took his 900th wicket in first-class cricket.[ 44] Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field. Tom Clark (Sussex) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[ 45] Joey Evison (Nottinghamshire) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[ 46] Derbyshire won the toss and elected to bat. Nick Potts (Derbyshire) made his first-class debut.Shan Masood (Derbyshire) scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket.[ 47] Tom Haines (Sussex) scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket.[ 48] Tom Haines andCheteshwar Pujara (Sussex) became the first batters to score double centuries in the same innings of a first-class match whilefollowing-on .[ 49] Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field. Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field. Lyndon James (Nottinghamshire) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[ 52] Ben Slater (Nottinghamshire) scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket.[ 53] Middlesex won the toss and elected to field. Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bat. Shan Masood became the first batter for Derbyshire to score back-to-back double centuries in first-class cricket.[ 54] Mattie McKiernan (Derbyshire) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[ 55] Ed Barnes (Leicestershire) took his maidenfive-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[ 56] Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat. Derbyshire won the toss and elected to bat. Middlesex won the toss and elected to field. Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field. Durham won the toss and elected to bat. Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field. Andy Gorvin (Glamorgan) made his first-class debut.Sussex won the toss and elected to bat. Durham won the toss and elected to bat. Ben Gibbon (Worcestershire) made his first-class debut.Jack Haynes (Worcestershire) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[ 57] Derbyshire won the toss and elected to field. Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field. Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bat. Middlesex won the toss and elected to field. Middlesex won the toss and elected to field. Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field. Worcestershire won the toss and elected to field. Rehan Ahmed (Leicestershire) made his first-class debut.Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat. Durham won the toss and elected to bat. Jonathan Bushnell (Durham) made his first-class debut. Rachin Ravindra (Durham) scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket.[ 58] Paul Coughlin (Durham) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[ 59] Ben Raine (Durham) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[ 60] Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field. Oli Carter (Sussex) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[ 61] Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field. Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat. Derbyshire won the toss and elected to bat. Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field. v
296 (85.2 over)
Tom Mackintosh 51 (100) Toby Pettman 3/40 (19 overs)
Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field. Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat. Sussex won the toss and elected to bat. Colin Ackermann andWiaan Mulder (Leicestershire) both scored their maiden double centuries in first-class cricket.[ 62] Leicestershire made their highest total in a first-class cricket match.[ 63] Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat. Middlesex won the toss and elected to field. Brad Currie (Sussex) made his first-class debut.Middlesex won the toss and elected to field. Michael Jones (Durham) scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket.[ 66] Chris Rushworth (Durham) took his 600th wicket in first-class cricket.[ 67] Worcestershire won the toss and elected to field. Kashif Ali (Worcestershire) made his first-class debut.Sussex won the toss and elected to field. Durham won the toss and elected to field. Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat. Leicestershire won the toss and elected to field. Michael Finan (Leicestershire) made his first-class debut.Durham won the toss and elected to field. Sol Budinger (Leicestershire) made his first-class debut.Middlesex won the toss and elected to field. Sussex won the toss and elected to bat. Leicestershire won the toss and elected to field. Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field. Durham won the toss and elected to field. Charlie Tear (Sussex) made his first-class debut.Derbyshire won the toss and elected to field. Tom Bevan (Glamorgan) andAdam Sylvester (Derbyshire) both made their first-class debuts.Middlesex won the toss and elected to field. Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat. Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat. Derbyshire won the toss and elected to field. Teams in both divisions will play a total of 14 games, with seven home matches and seven away matches. There is a two-up, two-down promotion and relegation system.
Teams receive 16 points for a win and 8 for a draw or tie. 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.
Source: CricketArchive,
[ 68] ESPNCricinfo,
[ 69] ECB
[ 70] (C) Champion;
(R) Relegated
Source: CricketArchive,
[ 71] ESPNCricinfo,
[ 72] ECB
[ 73] (C) Champion;
(P) Promoted
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