County Championship 2004

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The 2004 County Championship was the 106th season of the national first class cricket competition in England and Wales . It was held in two divisions, Division 1 and Division 2. Division 1 was won by Warwickshire , which thus reached their sixth county championship. Relegated from Division 1 were Worcestershire , Lancashire and Northamptonshire , which were replaced in the following 2005 season by the top three of Division 2, Nottinghamshire , Hampshire and Glamorgan .

format

The 18 First Class Counties were divided into two divisions according to the results of the 2003 season . In each division, each team played one home and one away game against each other. A team received 14 points for a win and 7 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. In addition, there is the possibility of collecting 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. Furthermore, it is possible that teams are deducted points if, for example, they play too slowly or the pitch is not properly prepared. At the end of the season, the winner of Division 1 is County Champion, the last two placed in this division are relegated and the top two placed in Division 2 are promoted.

Results

table

Division 1

The table of Division 1 finally took the following form. All points were deducted because the game was too slow.

team Sp. S. N R. Bat Bwl Ded Points
Warwickshire 16 5 0 11 65 43 0 222 
Kent 16 7th 3 6th 43 41 0 206 
Surrey 16 5 5 6th 60 42 0.5 195.5 
Middlesex 16 4th 4th 8th 48 43 0 179 
Sussex 16 4th 5 7th 46 42 0 172 
Gloucestershire 16 3 3 10 49 41 0 172 
Worcestershire 16 3 6th 7th 51 40 0 161 
Lancashire 16 2 4th 10 44 44 2 154 
Northamptonshire 16 1 4th 11 35 41 0 134 

Win: 14 points; Draw: 4 points

Division 2

The Division 2 table had the following form. All points were deducted because the game was too slow.

team Sp. S. N R. Bat Bwl Ded Points
Nottinghamshire 16 9 2 5 66 40 0 252 
Hampshire 16 9 2 5 42 40 0 228 
Glam organ 16 5 2 9 48 44 1.5 196.5 
Somerset 16 4th 5 7th 47 44 0 175 
Essex 16 3 6th 7th 50 45 0 165 
Leicestershire 16 4th 5 7th 39 42 1.5 163.5 
Yorkshire 16 3 4th 9 44 40 0 162 
Derbyshire 16 1 6th 9 36 40 0 126 
Durham 16 2 8th 6th 28 41 2.5 118.5 

Win: 14 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
Brad Hodge Leicestershire 15th 25th 1,548 61.92 262 5 4th
Ian Bell Warwickshire 15th 25th 1,498 71.33 262 * 6th 4th
Mark Ramprakash Surrey 16 28 1,451 60.45 161 6th 6th
Craig Spearman Gloucestershire 16 27 1,424 56.96 341 4th 4th
Will Jefferson Essex 16 28 1,411 52.25 222 5 5

Wickets

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

player team Balls Wickets Average BBI 5W
Mushtaq Ahmed Sussex 4,508 82 27.14 7/73 6th
Gary Keedy Lancashire 3,873 72 25.68 7/95 6th
Danish Kaneria Essex 3,378 63 25.53 7/65 4th
Otis Gibson Leicestershire 2,549 60 24.08 6/43 5
Johann Louw Northamptonshire 2,781 60 26.51 5/44 3

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Frizzell County Championship 2003 Points Table ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  2. ^ Batting and Fielding in Frizzel County Championship 2004 (Ordered by Runs) ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ Bowling in Frizzell County Championship 2004 (Ordered by wickets) ( English ) Cricket archives. Retrieved March 7, 2015.