2004 County Championship

2004 County Championship
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format First-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Warwickshire (6th title)
Participants 18
Matches played 144
Most runs

Brad Hodge

(1,548 for Leicestershire)[1]

Most wickets

Mushtaq Ahmed

(82 for Sussex)[2]

The 2004 County Championship season, known as the Frizzell County Championship for sponsorship reasons, was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team plays all the others in their division both home and away. The top three teams from Division Two were promoted to the first division for 2005, while the bottom three sides from Division 1 are relegated.

Teams

Teams in the County Championship 2004:

Division One Division Two
Gloucestershire Derbyshire
Kent Durham
Lancashire Essex
Middlesex Glamorgan
Northamptonshire Hampshire
Surrey Leicestershire
Sussex Nottinghamshire
Warwickshire Somerset
Worcestershire Yorkshire
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Team promoted from Division Two
Team relegated from Division One

Division One

Standings

P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 L
 Tie
 D
 Aban
 Bat
 Bowl
 Deduct
 Pts
 Promoted / Relegated
1 Warwickshire 16 5 0 0 11 0 65 43 0 222 Winners of Championship
2 Kent 16 7 3 0 6 0 43 41 0 206
3 Surrey 16 5 5 0 6 0 60 42 0.5 195.5
4 Middlesex 16 4 4 0 8 0 48 43 0 179
5 Sussex 16 4 5 0 7 0 46 42 0 172
6 Gloucestershire 16 3 3 0 10 0 49 41 0 172
7 Worcestershire 16 3 6 0 7 0 51 40 0 161 Relegated to
Championship Division 2
8 Lancashire 16 2 4 0 10 0 44 44 2 154
9 Northamptonshire 16 1 4 0 11 0 35 41 0 134

Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd fewest defeats
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; D = Matches drawn; Aban = Matches abandoned; Deduct = Points deducted; Pts = Points

Division Two

Standings

P
 Team
 Pld
 W
 L
 Tie
 D
 Aban
 Bat
 Bowl
 Deduct
 Pts
 Promoted / Relegated
1 Nottinghamshire 16 9 2 0 5 0 66 40 0 252 Promoted to
Championship Division 1
2 Hampshire 16 9 2 0 5 0 42 40 0 228
3 Glamorgan 16 5 2 0 9 0 48 44 1.5 196.5
4 Somerset 16 4 5 0 7 0 47 44 0 175
5 Essex 16 3 6 0 7 0 50 45 0 165
6 Leicestershire 16 4 5 0 7 0 39 42 1.5 163.5
7 Yorkshire 16 3 4 0 9 0 44 40 0 162
8 Derbyshire 16 1 6 0 9 0 36 40 0 126
9 Durham 16 2 8 0 6 0 28 41 2.5 118.5

Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd fewest defeats
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; D = Matches drawn; Aban = Matches abandoned; Deduct = Points deducted; Pts = Points

Records

Most runs
Aggregate Average Player County
1,548 61.92 Brad Hodge Leicestershire
1,498 71.33 Ian Bell Warwickshire
1,451 60.45 Mark Ramprakash Surrey
1,424 56.96 Craig Spearman Gloucestershire
1,411 52.25 Will Jefferson Essex
1,365 59.34 Usman Afzaal Northamptonshire
1,349 56.20 Graeme Hick Worcestershire
1,280 53.33 Owais Shah Middlesex
1,274 79.62 Robert Key Kent
1,269 50.76 Ed Smith Kent
Source:[1]
Most wickets
Aggregate Average Player County
82 27.14 Mushtaq Ahmed Sussex
72 25.68 Gary Keedy Lancashire
63 25.53 Danish Kaneria Essex
60 24.08 Otis Gibson Leicestershire
60 26.51 Johann Louw Northamptonshire
57 25.26 Jon Lewis Gloucestershire
56 18.67 Dimitri Mascarenhas Hampshire
56 34.55 Robert Croft Glamorgan
56 35.59 Andrew Caddick Somerset
53 27.64 David Harrison Glamorgan
Source:[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Batting and Fielding in Frizzell County Championship 2004 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Bowling in Frizzell County Championship 2004 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Frizzell County Championship 2004 Points Table". Cricket Archive. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
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