County Championship 2006
The 2006 County Championship was the 108th 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 Sussex , which thus reached their second county championship. For the first time, only two promoters and relegators were determined. Relegated from Division 1 were Nottinghamshire and Middlesex , which were replaced in the following 2007 season by the top two of Division 2, Surrey and Worcestershire .
format
The 18 First Class Counties were divided into two divisions according to the results of the 2005 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sussex | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 49 | 47 | 0 | 242 |
Lancashire | 16 | 6th | 1 | 9 | 58 | 46 | 0 | 224 |
Hampshire | 16 | 6th | 3 | 7th | 48 | 48 | 1 | 207 |
Warwickshire | 16 | 6th | 5 | 5 | 42 | 43 | 0 | 189 |
Kent | 16 | 4th | 4th | 8th | 43 | 44 | 0 | 175 |
Yorkshire | 16 | 3 | 6th | 7th | 43 | 41 | 0 | 154 |
Durham | 16 | 4th | 8th | 4th | 39 | 43 | 0.5 | 153.5 |
Nottinghamshire | 16 | 4th | 7th | 5 | 40 | 37 | 0 | 153 |
Middlesex | 16 | 1 | 7th | 8th | 47 | 42 | 1.5 | 133.5 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Surrey | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4th | 62 | 44 | 0 | 262 |
Worcestershire | 16 | 8th | 4th | 4th | 58 | 43 | 0 | 229 |
Essex | 16 | 7th | 4th | 5 | 62 | 40 | 0 | 220 |
Leicestershire | 16 | 5 | 4th | 7th | 47 | 41 | 0.5 | 185.5 |
Derbyshire | 16 | 4th | 4th | 8th | 51 | 41 | 1.5 | 178.5 |
Nottinghamshire | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8th | 52 | 37 | 0 | 163 |
Gloucestershire | 16 | 3 | 6th | 7th | 51 | 36 | 1.5 | 155.5 |
Glam organ | 16 | 2 | 7th | 7th | 51 | 41 | 1.5 | 146.5 |
Somerset | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4th | 43 | 40 | 1 | 140 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mark Ramprakash | Surrey | 14th | 23 | 2.211 | 105.28 | 301 * | 8th | 8th |
Hylton Ackerman | Leistershire | 14th | 26th | 1,804 | 82.00 | 309 * | 4th | 14th |
John Crawley | Hampshire | 16 | 27 | 1,737 | 66.80 | 189 | 6th | 7th |
Darren Lehmann | Yorkshire | 15th | 23 | 1,706 | 77.54 | 339 | 6th | 3 |
Murray Goodwin | Sussex | 16 | 27 | 1,649 | 63.42 | 235 | 6th | 7th |
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 | 3,743 | 102 | 19.91 | 9/48 | 11 |
Zaheer Kahn | Worcestershire | 3.712 | 78 | 29.07 | 9/138 | 5 |
Charl Willoughby | Somerset | 2,991 | 66 | 25.56 | 7/44 | 3 |
Robert Croft | Glam organ | 4.215 | 66 | 32.00 | 7/67 | 3 |
Andrew Caddick | Somerset | 3,659 | 63 | 35.85 | 5/40 | 4th |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c LV County Championship 2006 Points Table ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
- ^ Batting and Fielding in LV County Championship 2006 (Ordered by Runs) ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
- ↑ Bowling in LV County Championship in 2006 (Ordered by wickets) ( English ) Cricket archives. Retrieved March 3, 2015.