2024 County Championship
Dates | 5 April 2024 – 29 September 2024 |
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Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Cricket format | First-class cricket (4 days) |
Tournament format(s) | League system |
Participants | 18 |
Matches | 126 |
The 2024 County Championship (referred to as the Vitality County Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the 124th County Championship cricket season in England and Wales.[1] As in 2023, Division One had ten teams and Division Two had eight teams. The season started on 5 April and is scheduled to finish on 29 September 2024.[2][3][4] Surrey are the defending champions, having repeated their success in securing the 2022 title.[5][6]
Overview[edit]
For the first time, the use of hybrid pitches is being permitted during the 2024 season, despite previous concerns that they do not deteriorate enough during a four-day match and are therefore suitable only for limited overs cricket.[7] The number of points for a draw has been increased from five to eight, as was the case from 2019 to 2022.[7][8]
In research carrier out by the Professional Cricketers' Association prior to the start of the season, concerns were expressed about players' welfare due to the congested schedule (including the T20 Blast, One-Day Cup, and The Hundred).[9][10]
The Kookaburra debate[edit]
Following a trial during the 2023 County Championship, when the traditional English Dukes ball was replaced for two rounds by the less bowler-friendly Australian Kookaburra, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) decided that four rounds of the 2024 season would be played with the latter. The motivation behind this was to develop bowlers with the skills to compete at an international level, give spinners more of a role at the beginning of the season, and encourage batters to score quickly.[11]
After the Kookaburra had been used during the first two rounds of the 2024 season, England men's team director Rob Key hailed the experiment a success. Spin bowlers contributed 37% (1035.4 overs) of deliveries in the opening two rounds, compared with 17% (767.3 overs) in 2023, and took 135 (72 more) wickets. Batters hit as many double centuries as in whole of the previous season, and in the second round accumulated 10 scores of 150 or more, which was a record for a set of matches starting on the same day. However, all but one of the 19 games played in the opening two rounds ended in a draw.[12][13] In the second round, all matches were drawn for just the third time when all counties have played simultaneously,[14] and matches were criticised for being dull.[15] Key's comments themselves "caused something of a furore".[16]
Writing in Wisden Cricket Monthly, Laurence Booth noted that using the Kookaburra on spongy pitches during one of the UK's wettest springs was "like mixing oil with water – and expecting nectar", but pointed to the first-round performance of seam bowler Sam Cook in explaining Key's perspective.[17] Mike Selvey commented in The Cricketer that rather than resorting to the use of a "substandard ball", Key's objectives might better be achieved by requiring groundsmen to cut the grass shorter and use a hard roller on pitches, whilst also making some changes to the Dukes ball so that the seam would flatten more quickly.[18]
Teams[edit]
The teams were split based on the finishing positions in the 2023 season, with 10 teams in Division One and 8 in Division Two.
Division One sides will play five teams both home and away, and four teams either home or away. All Division Two sides will play each other home and away.[19] Teams may field a maximum of two overseas players in a match.[20]
Division One[edit]
Team promoted from Division Two in 2023
Division Two[edit]
Team relegated from Division One in 2023
Division One results[edit]
April[edit]
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- No play was possible on all 4 days due to rain and a wet outfield.
- Points: Durham 8, Hampshire 8.
5–8 April 2024 (Round 1)
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- Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 1 due to rain and a wet outfield.
- Points: Kent 12, Somerset 15.
5–8 April 2024 (Round 1)
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- Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 1 and day 4 due to rain and a wet outfield. Only 3.3 overs of play were possible on day 3 due to safety concerns caused by high winds, rain and a wet outfield.
- Tom Aspinwall (Lancashire) made his first-class debut.
- Cameron Steel (Surrey) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[22]
- Points: Lancashire 8, Surrey 11.
5–8 April 2024 (Round 1)
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- Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field.
- Sam Cook (Essex) took a hat-trick in Nottinghamshire's first innings.[23]
- Points: Nottinghamshire 4, Essex 20.
5–8 April 2024 (Round 1)
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- Warwickshire won the toss and elected to field.
- Michael Booth (Warwickshire) made his first-class debut.[24]
- Kashif Ali (Worcestershire) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket, and a century in each innings for the first time.[24][25]
- Points: Warwickshire 13, Worcestershire 14.
12–15 April 2024 (Round 2)
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12–15 April 2024 (Round 2)
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- Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat.
- Only 49.1 overs were possible on day 4 due to rain.
- Points: Hampshire 12, Lancashire 13
12–15 April 2024 (Round 2)
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- Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible on day 4 due to rain.
- Calvin Harrison (Nottinghamshire) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[27]
- Points: Nottinghamshire 14, Worcestershire 13
12–15 April 2024 (Round 2)
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- Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 69.4 overs were possible on day 4 due to rain.
- Points: Surrey 14, Somerset 11.
12–15 April 2024 (Round 2)
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19–22 April 2024 (Round 3)
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- Essex won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 54 overs were possible on day 1 due to rain.
- Points: Essex 22, Lancashire 3.
19–22 April 2024 (Round 3)
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- Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat.
- Only 34 overs were possible on day 4 due to rain.
- Fletcha Middleton (Hampshire) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[30]
- Points: Hampshire 10, Warwickshire 13.
19–22 April 2024 (Round 3)
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- Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 39 overs were possible on day 1 due to rain.
- Points: Kent 2, Surrey 24.
19–22 April 2024 (Round 3)
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- Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat.
- Only 9 overs were possible on day 4 due to rain.
- Points: Somerset 15, Nottinghamshire 10.
19–22 April 2024 (Round 3)
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- Durham won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Worcestershire 3, Durham 19.
26–29 April 2024 (Round 4)
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- Durham won the toss and elected to bat.
- There was no play on day 3 due to rain.
- Callum Parkinson (Durham) took his maiden five-wicket haul.[32]
- Points: Durham 12, Essex 14
26–29 April 2024 (Round 4)
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- Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 32 overs were possible on day 3 due to rain.
- Hampshire were deducted 2 points for a slow over rate.
- Points: Surrey 22, Hampshire 1.
26–29 April 2024 (Round 4)
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- Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat.
- Only 34.2 overs on day 2 and 35 overs on day 3 were possible due to rain.
- Points: Warwickshire 14, Nottinghamshire 15.
26–29 April 2024 (Round 4)
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- Worcestershire won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 29 overs were possible on day 2 due to rain.
- Points: Worcestershire 15, Somerset 12.
May[edit]
3–6 May 2024 (Round 4)
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- Lancashire won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 69 overs on day 1, and 75.1 overs on day 2 were possible due to rain.
- Nathan Gilchrist (Kent) posted career-best figures in Lancashire's first innings.[33]
- Points: Lancashire 3, Kent 20
3–6 May 2024 (Round 5)
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- Somerset won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Somerset 19, Essex 3.
10–13 May 2024 (Round 5)
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- Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat.
- Only 45.5 overs were possible on day 4 due to rain,
- Points: Hampshire 13, Durham 11
10–13 May 2024 (Round 5)
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- Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Kent 10, Worcestershire 13
10–13 May 2024 (Round 5)
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- Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat.
- Haseeb Hameed hit his maiden double-century in first-class cricket, breaking Nottinghamshire's 74-year-old record for the highest score by a player who carried their bat.[34]
- Matthew Hurst (Lancashire) scored his maiden first-class century.[35]
- Points: Nottinghamshire 22, Lancashire 4.
10–13 May 2024 (Round 5)
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- Surrey won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Surrey 24, Warwickshire 4
17–20 May 2024 (Round 6)
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- Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat.
- Che Simmons (Warwickshire) made his first-class debut.[36]
- Points: Essex 18, Warwickshire 6
17–20 May 2024 (Round 6)
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- Durham won the toss and elected to field.
- Tom Aspinwall (Lancashire) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[37]
- Points: Lancashire 22, Durham 3
17–20 May 2024 (Round 6)
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- Hampshire won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Nottinghamshire 3, Hampshire 20
17–20 May 2024 (Round 6)
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- Kent won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Somerset 24, Kent 2
17–20 May 2024 (Round 6)
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- Worcestershire won the toss and elected to field.
- Yadvinder Singh (Worcestershire) made his first-class debut.[38]
- Points: Surrey 19, Worcestershire 3
24–27 May 2024 (Round 7)
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- Durham won the toss and elected to field.
- Durham were deducted 1 point due to a slow over rate.
- Points: Durham 19, Somerset 3
24–27 May 2024 (Round 7)
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- Surrey won the toss and elected to bat.
- Hampshire recorded their biggest-ever win in the County Championshp, and Surrey their worst defeat.[39][40]
- James Albert (Hampshire) scored his maiden first-class century. His partnership with Nick Gubbins of 201 runs (off 74.2 overs) was a club record for the second wicket against Surrey.[41]
- Ben Brown (Hampshire) hit his highest first-class score.[39][40]
- Points: Hampshire 21, Surrey 1
24–27 May 2024 (Round 7)
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- Essex won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shane Snater (Essex) hit a career-best 83 not out (from 84 balls).[42]
- Points: Kent 3, Essex 21
24–27 May 2024 (Round 7)
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- Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat.
- Only 39 overs on day 1, 50.5 overs on day 3 and 15 overs on day 4 were possible due to rain.
- Points: Lancashire 11, Warwickshire 12
24–27 May 2024 (Round 7)
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- Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 1 due to a wet outfield. There was also no play on days 3 and 4 due to rain and a wet outfield.
- Points: Worcestershire: 9, Nottinghamshire 11
June[edit]
23–26 June 2024 (Round 8)
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23–26 June 2024 (Round 8)
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23–26 June 2024 (Round 8)
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23–26 June 2024 (Round 8)
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30 June–3 July 2024 (Round 9)
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30 June–3 July 2024 (Round 9)
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30 June–3 July 2024 (Round 9)
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August[edit]
22–25 August 2024 (Round 10)
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22–25 August 2024 (Round 10)
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22–25 August 2024 (Round 10)
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22–25 August 2024 (Round 10)
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29 August–1 September 2024 (Round 11)
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29 August–1 September 2024 (Round 11)
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29 August–1 September 2024 (Round 11)
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29 August–1 September 2024 (Round 11)
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September[edit]
9–12 September 2024 (Round 12)
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9–12 September 2024 (Round 12)
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9–12 September 2024 (Round 12)
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17–20 September 2024 (Round 13)
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17–20 September 2024 (Round 13)
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17–20 September 2024 (Round 13)
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17–20 September 2024 (Round 13)
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26–29 September 2024 (Round 14)
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26–29 September 2024 (Round 14)
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Division Two results[edit]
April[edit]
5–8 April 2024 (Round 1)
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- No toss.
- No play was possible on all 4 days due to rain and wet outfield.
- Points: Derbyshire 8, Gloucestershire 8.
5–8 April 2024 (Round 1)
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31/2 (16 overs)
Sam Northeast 14* (42) Ethan Bamber 1/8 (4 overs) |
5–8 April 2024 (Round 1)
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- Sussex won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Sussex 15, Northamptonshire 13.
5–8 April 2024 (Round 1)
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- Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 3 due to rain.
- Points: Yorkshire 12, Leicestershire 13.
12–15 April 2024 (Round 2)
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- Derbyshire won the toss and elected to field.
- Alex Thomson (Derbyshire) took his maiden ten-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[44]
- Points: Glamorgan 11, Derbyshire 11
12–15 April 2024 (Round 2)
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- Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
- Zaman Akhter (Gloucestershire) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[45]
- Points: Gloucestershire 12, Yorkshire 13.
12–15 April 2024 (Round 2)
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- Sussex won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 4 due to rain.
- John Simpson (Sussex) scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket.[46]
- Points: Leicestershire 12, Sussex 14
12–15 April 2024 (Round 2)
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- Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 4 due to rain.
- Nathan Fernandes (Middlesex) and Raphael Weatherall (Northamptonshire) made their first-class debuts.[47][48]
- Emilio Gay (Northamptonshire) and Max Holden (Middlesex) scored their maiden double centuries in first-class cricket.[47][49]
- James Sales (Northamptonshire) and Nathan Fernandes (Middlesex) scored their maiden centuries in first-class cricket.[47][50]
- Points: Northamptonshire 11, Middlesex 12
19–22 April 2024 (Round 3)
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- Derbyshire won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 46 overs were possible on day 1 and there was no play on day 4 due to rain.
- Points: Derbyshire 9, Leicestershire 16
19–22 April 2024 (Round 3)
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- Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 55.4 overs were possible on day 1 due to rain.
- Points: Middlesex 19, Yorkshire 3
19–22 April 2024 (Round 3)
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- Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 56.1 overs were possible on day 1 and there was no play on day 4 due to rain.
- Points: Northamptonshire 15, Glamorgan 10
19–22 April 2024 (Round 3)
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- Sussex won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Sussex 22, Gloucestershire 6
26–29 April 2024 (Round 4)
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- Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 50.4 overs were possible on day 2 due to rain.
- Points: Gloucestershire 13, Middlesex 11
26–29 April 2024 (Round 4)
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- Leicestershire won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 27.1 overs were possible on day 2 due to rain, and there was no play on day 3 due to a wet outfield.
- Points: Leicestershire 15, Northamptonshire 15
26–29 April 2024 (Round 4)
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- Derbyshire won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 59 overs were possible on day 1 due to rain and bad light, and there was no play on day 3 due to rain.
- Points: Yorkshire 16, Derbyshire 13
May[edit]
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- Sussex won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 44.5 overs were possible on day 1 due to rain.
- Sussex and Derbyshire were each deducted one point due to a slow over rate.
- Jayden Seales (Sussex) posted career-best figures in Derbyshire's second innings.[51]
- Points: Derbyshire 2, Sussex 23
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- Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Only 41 overs were possible on day 1 due to rain.
- Points: Yorkshire 16, Glamorgan 10
3–6 May 2024 (Round 5)
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- Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 1 and 4 due to rain.
- Points: Middlesex 15, Leicestershire 12
10–13 May 2024 (Round 5)
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- Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field.
- Colin Ingram and Kiran Carlson's first-innings partnership of 315 (off 75.5 overs) was a Glamorgan record for the fifth wicket.[52]
- Points: Sussex 4, Glamorgan 23
10–13 May 2024 (Round 5)
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- Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field.
- Siddarth Kaul made his debut for Northamptonshire.[53]
- Points: Northamptonshire 3, Gloucestershire 23
17–20 May 2024 (Round 6)
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261/9 (83 overs)
Zak Chappell 72 (101) Rob Keogh 5/62 (22 overs) |
- Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Derbyshire 12, Northamptonshire 13
17–20 May 2024 (Round 6)
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- Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Glamorgan 2, Middlesex 21
17–20 May 2024 (Round 6)
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- Leicestershire won the toss and elected to field.
- Gloucestershire's first innings total was their highest ever in first-class cricket.[54]
- The 316-run partnership between Cameron Bancroft and Ben Charlesworth, who scored his maiden century as a professional, was a record for the first wicket against Leicestershire by any side in first-class cricket.[55]
- Points: Leicestershire 11, Gloucestershire 14
17–20 May 2024 (Round 6)
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- Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field.
- Sussex were deducted 1 point for a slow over rate.
- Points: Sussex 18, Yorkshire 3
24–27 May 2024 (Round 7)
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- Derbyshire won the toss and elected to bat.
- Only 21 overs were possible on day 3 due to rain.
- Matthew Lamb (Derbyshire) scored his maiden double-century in first-class cricket.[56]
- Beau Webster (Gloucestershire) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[56]
- Points: Gloucestershire 14, Derbyshire 15
24–27 May 2024 (Round 7)
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- Leicestershire won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 43 overs were possible on day 3 due to rain.
- Scott Currie (Leicestershire) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[57]
- Ian Holland (on loan from Hampshire) made his Leicestershire debut.[58]
- Points: Leicestershire 13, Glamorgan 13
24–27 May 2024 (Round 7)
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- Middlesex won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Middlesex 12, Sussex 13
24–27 May 2024 (Round 7)
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- Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 38.2 overs were possible on day 3 due to rain.
- Points: Northamptonshire 13, Yorkshire 14
June[edit]
23–26 June 2024 (Round 8)
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30 June–3 July 2024 (Round 9)
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August[edit]
22–25 August 2024 (Round 10)
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29 August–1 September 2024 (Round 11)
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September[edit]
9–12 September 2024 (Round 12)
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9–12 September 2024 (Round 12)
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9–12 September 2024 (Round 12)
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17–20 September 2024 (Round 13)
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26–29 September 2024 (Round 14)
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Standings[edit]
Teams in both divisions 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).[59] 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.
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250–299 | 3–5 | 1 |
300–349 | 6–8 | 2 |
350–399 | 9–10 | 3 |
400–449 | 4 | |
450 or more | 5 |
Division One[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | D | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts | |
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1 | Surrey | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 115 | |
2 | Essex | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 113 | |
3 | Somerset | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 99 | |
4 | Hampshire | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 85 | |
5 | Durham | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 83 | |
6 | Nottinghamshire | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 79 | |
7 | Warwickshire | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 77 | |
8 | Worcestershire | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 70 | |
9 | Lancashire | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 64 | Relegation to Division 2 |
10 | Kent | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 61 |
Division Two[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | D | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts | |
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1 | Sussex | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 19 | 2 | 109 | Promotion to Division 1 |
2 | Middlesex | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 101 | |
3 | Leicestershire | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 92 | |
4 | Gloucestershire | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 90 | |
5 | Northamptonshire | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 83 | |
6 | Glamorgan | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 82 | |
7 | Yorkshire | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 77 | |
8 | Derbyshire | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 70 |
Notes[edit]
- ^ Wisden distinguishes rounds by date, so that there are 15 rounds even though teams in each division play only 14 matches.[1] Here rounds are numbered according to how many matches have been played.
- ^ a b Worcestershire's opening two home games were moved due to flooding at New Road.[31]
- ^ Derbyshire had played one more game than Sussex prior to this match.
- ^ Yorkshire had played one more game than Glamorgan prior to this match.
References[edit]
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