County Championship 1999

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The 1999 County Championship was the 101st season of the national first-class cricket competition in England and Wales . It was last held in just one division. The County Championship winner was the Surrey County Cricket Club , making it its sixteenth county championship. For the following season 2000 , the first nine teams qualified for Division 1 and the last nine for Division 2.

format

In a division, each team played one game against each other. A team received 12 points for a win and 6 points for a draw (both teams achieve the same number of runs ). If no result is achieved and the game ends in a draw, both teams get 4 points. Additionally there is the possibility to collect bonus points in the first 130 overs of the first inning . Up to 5 points are awarded for runs and up to 3 points for wickets. It is also possible for teams to be deducted points if, for example, they play too slowly or the pitch is not properly prepared. At the end of the season, the winner is the Division County Champion.

Results

table

The table of the season took the following shape at the end of the season.

team Sp. S. N R. A. Bat Bwl Ded Points
Surrey 17th 12 0 5 0 36 64 0 264 
Lancashire 17th 8th 4th 4th 1 37 55 0 208 
Leicestershire 17th 5 3 9 0 43 61 0 200 
Somerset 17th 6th 4th 7th 0 38 56 0 194 
Kent 17th 6th 4th 7th 0 34 60 0 194 
Yorkshire 17th 8th 6th 3 0 21st 64 0 193 
Hampshire 17th 5 5 7th 0 45 58 0 191 
Durham 17th 6th 7th 4th 0 34 66 0 188 
Derbyshire 17th 7th 8th 2 0 34 61 0 187 
Warwickshire 17th 6th 5 6th 0 35 56 0 187 
Sussex 17th 6th 5 6th 0 29 60 0 185 
Essex 17th 5 7th 5 0 38 63 0 181 
Northamptonshire 17th 4th 7th 6th 0 35 64 0 171 
Glam organ 17th 5 7th 5 0 26th 57 0 163 
Worcestershire 17th 4th 6th 7th 0 18th 65 0 159 
Middlesex 17th 4th 5 7th 1 24 53 0 157 
Nottinghamshire 17th 4th 11 2 0 27 57 0 140 
Gloucestershire 17th 2 9 6th 0 26th 62 0 136 

Win: 12 points; Draw: 4 points

statistics

Runs

Most of the season's runs in both divisions were scored by the following players:

player team Games Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Stuart Law Essex 17th 29 1,833 73.32 263 8th 6th
Jamie Cox Somerset 17th 29 1,478 54.74 216 5 67
David Sales Northamptonshire 17th 27 1,156 50.26 303 * 3 4th
Vikram Solanki Worcestershire 17th 31 1,147 38.23 171 3 4th
Jonathan Lewis Durham 16 28 1,146 40.92 132 2 8th

Wickets

Most of the season's wickets in both divisions were scored by the following players:

player team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5W
Alamgir Sheriyar Worcestershire 3,338 86 24.74 7/130 4th
Vasbert Drakes Nottinghamshire 3,518 80 22.42 6/39 5
Martin Bicknell Surrey 3,274 71 18.95 4/32 0
Andrew Caddick Somerset 3,538 71 20.95 8/113 4th
Muttiah Muralitharan Lancashire 2,318 66 11.77 7/39 8th

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b PPP Healthcare County Championship 1999 Points Table ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b Sommerset was placed ahead of Kent despite the same number of points due to the more wickets achieved (263 to 259).
  3. ↑ a b Derbyshire was placed despite the same number of points because of the more wins achieved before Warwickshire.
  4. ^ Batting and Fielding in PPP Healthcare County Championship 1999 (Ordered by Runs) ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  5. ↑ Bowling in PPP Healthcare County Championship 1999 (Ordered by Wickets) ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved March 17, 2015.