County Championship 2006

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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

  1. ↑ a b c LV County Championship 2006 Points Table ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  2. ^ Batting and Fielding in LV County Championship 2006 (Ordered by Runs) ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved March 3, 2015.
  3. ↑ Bowling in LV County Championship in 2006 (Ordered by wickets) ( English ) Cricket archives. Retrieved March 3, 2015.