2002 County Championship

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2002 County Championship
Administrator(s) England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format First-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament format(s) League system
Champions Surrey (18th title)
Participants18
Matches144
Most runs Ian Ward
(1,708 for Surrey) [1]
Most wickets Kevin Dean
(80 for Derbyshire) [2]
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The 2002 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 2003, while the bottom three sides from Division 1 are relegated.

Contents

Teams

Division One

  Team promoted from Division Two

TeamPrimary home groundOther groundsCaptain
Hampshire Rose Bowl, Southampton — Flag of England.svg Robin Smith
Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells
Mote Park, Maidstone 		Flag of England.svg David Fulton
Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester Trafalgar Road Ground, Southport Flag of England.svg Warren Hegg
Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester — Flag of England.svg Vince Wells
Somerset County Ground, Taunton Recreation Ground, Bath Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jamie Cox
Surrey The Oval, London Woodbridge Road, Guildford Flag of England.svg Adam Hollioake
Sussex County Ground, Hove Arundel Castle Cricket Ground, Arundel Flag of England.svg Chris Adams
Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham — Flag of England.svg Mike Powell
Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough Flag of Australia (converted).svg Darren Lehmann

Division Two

  Team relegated from Division One

TeamPrimary home groundOther groundsCaptain
Derbyshire County Ground, Derby — Flag of England.svg Dominic Cork
Durham Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Feethams, Darlington Flag of England.svg Jonathan Lewis
Essex County Ground, Chelmsford Valentines Park, Ilford
Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester 		Flag of England.svg Ronnie Irani
Glamorgan Sophia Gardens, Cardiff St Helen's, Swansea
Colwyn Bay Cricket Club Ground 		Flag of England.svg Steve James
Gloucestershire County Ground, Bristol Archdeacon Meadow, Gloucester
College Ground, Cheltenham 		Flag of England.svg Mark Alleyne
Middlesex Lord's, London John Walker's Ground, Southgate Flag of England.svg Angus Fraser
Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton — Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Hussey
Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham — Flag of England.svg Jason Gallian
Worcestershire County Ground, New Road, Worcester Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster Flag of England.svg Graeme Hick

Standings

Teams receive 12 points for a win, 6 for a tie and 4 for a draw. Bonus points (a maximum of 5 batting points and 3 bowling points) may be scored during the first 130 overs of each team's first innings. [3]

Division One

Home and Visitor Team Legend.svg Hampshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Somerset Surrey Sussex Warwickshire Yorkshire
Hampshire Hampshire
8 wickets 		Lancashire
111 runs 		Leicestershire
inns & 9 runs 		Hampshire
4 wickets 		Surrey
123 runs 		Match drawn Match drawn Yorkshire
7 wickets
Kent Match drawn Kent
6 wickets 		Match drawn Kent
153 runs 		Surrey
2 wickets 		Kent
4 wickets 		Match drawn Kent
4 wickets
Lancashire Match drawn Kent
6 wickets 		Lancashire
1 wicket 		Lancashire
336 runs 		Match drawn Match drawn Match drawn Yorkshire
150 runs
Leicestershire Match drawn Kent
6 wickets 		Match drawn Leicestershire
inns & 18 runs 		Surrey
7 wickets 		Leicestershire
8 wickets 		Leicestershire
7 wickets 		Leicestershire
5 wickets
Somerset Match drawn Match drawn Lancashire
8 wickets 		Match drawn Match drawn Sussex
inns & 1 run 		Match drawn Somerset
7 wickets
Surrey Surrey
inns & 60 runs 		Surrey
9 wickets 		Surrey
3 wickets 		Surrey
483 runs 		Match drawn Surrey
10 wickets 		Warwickshire
31 runs 		Surrey
6 wickets
Sussex Match drawn Match drawn Lancashire
8 wickets 		Match drawn Match drawn Sussex
4 wickets 		Warwickshire
3 wickets 		Match drawn
Warwickshire Match drawn Warwickshire
10 wickets 		Lancashire
6 wickets 		Warwickshire
144 runs 		Warwickshire
88 runs 		Match drawn Warwickshire
208 runs 		Warwickshire
6 wickets
Yorkshire Match drawn Kent
8 wickets 		Match drawn Match drawn Match drawn Surrey
inns & 168 runs 		Sussex
inns & 94 runs 		Match drawn
Home team wonVisiting team wonMatch drawn


Division Two

Home and Visitor Team Legend.svg Derbyshire Durham Essex Glamorgan Gloucestershire Middlesex Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Worcestershire
Derbyshire Derbyshire
2 runs 		Essex
140 runs 		Derbyshire
9 wickets 		Match drawn Middlesex
73 runs 		Derbyshire
8 wickets 		Match drawn Worcestershire
9 wickets
Durham Durham
89 runs 		Essex
10 wickets 		Glamorgan
10 wickets 		Match drawn Middlesex
10 wickets 		Northamptonshire
7 wickets 		Nottinghamshire
8 wickets 		Match drawn
Essex Essex
6 wickets 		Essex
4 wickets 		Match drawn Match drawn Essex
6 wickets 		Essex
9 wickets 		Essex
7 wickets 		Worcestershire
8 wickets
Glamorgan Derbyshire
163 runs 		Glamorgan
5 wickets 		Glamorgan
8 wickets 		Match drawn Middlesex
8 wickets 		Match drawn Match drawn Match drawn
Gloucestershire Match drawn Gloucestershire
10 wickets 		Essex
3 wickets 		Glamorgan
2 wickets 		Match drawn Match drawn Gloucestershire
7 wickets 		Worcestershire
304 runs
Middlesex Derbyshire
204 runs 		Match drawn Match drawn Match drawn Middlesex
5 wickets 		Match drawn Middlesex
inns & 31 runs 		Match drawn
Northamptonshire Derbyshire
177 runs 		Northamptonshire
1 wicket 		Essex
4 wickets 		Northamptonshire
8 wickets 		Northamptonshire
inns & 59 runs 		Middlesex
inns & 2 runs 		Northamptonshire
6 wickets 		Match drawn
Nottinghamshire Derbyshire
4 wickets 		Match drawn Nottinghamshire
7 wickets 		Nottinghamshire
7 wickets 		Nottinghamshire
inns & 84 runs 		Nottinghamshire
inns & 73 runs 		Nottinghamshire
7 wickets 		Nottinghamshire
114 runs
Worcestershire Worcestershire
1 wicket 		Worcestershire
inns & 308 runs 		Essex
5 wickets 		Glamorgan
110 runs 		Worcestershire
206 runs 		Middlesex
6 wickets 		Worcestershire
8 wickets 		Match drawn
Home team wonVisiting team wonMatch drawn


Results in full

Division One

April

19–22 April
(H) Kent
v
Match drawn
 
 
577/7d (144overs)
RWT Key 160 (179)
CT Tremlett 4/129 (31 overs)
671 (195 overs)
JP Crawley 272 (451)
A Khan 3/165 (37 overs)
163/4d (37 overs)
ET Smith 44 (43)
CT Tremlett 2/63 (10 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Hampshire 11, Kent 10
19–22 April
v
Lancashire won by 1 wicket
 
 
385 (99.5 overs)
VJ Wells 74 (112)
G Chapple 3/61 (23.5 overs)
275 (66.3 overs)
AJ Swann 80 (146)
PAJ DeFreitas 6/101 (23 overs)
277 (81.5 overs)
DL Maddy 66 (139)
KW Hogg 5/48 (16 overs)
388/9 (106.3 overs)
GD Lloyd 73 (84)
VJ Wells 2/30 (8 overs)
  • Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Lancashire 17, Leicestershire 6
19–22 April
(H) Surrey
v
Surrey won by 10 wickets
 
 
575/8d (126 overs)
AD Brown 177 (222)
RJ Kirtley 3/122 (32 overs)
308 (80.2 overs)
MH Yardy 93 (169)
AJ Tudor 4/84 (16 overs)
116/0 (21.2 overs)
MA Butcher 68 (64)
379 (95 overs) (f/o)
CJ Adams 114 (133)
AJ Tudor 3/81 (21 overs)
  • Surrey won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Surrey 19.75, Sussex 5
24–27 April
v
Leicestershire won by an innings and 9 runs
 
 
428 (120 overs)
VJ Wells 150 (259)
CT Tremlett 3/87 (25 overs)
273 (97.4 overs)
JP Crawley 80 (169)
DL Maddy 4/37 (17 overs)
146 (60.4 overs) (f/o)
WS Kendall 53* (165)
DL Maddy 5/37 (17 overs)
  • Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Leicestershire 20, Hampshire 5
24–27 April
(H) Sussex
v
Match drawn
 
 
337 (90.2 overs)
MW Goodwin 162 (168)
MPL Bulbeck 4/104 (28 overs)
401 (111.5 overs)
PD Bowler 94 (177)
RJ Kirtley 5/90 (27.5 overs)
396/7d (98 overs)
CJ Adams 101 (149)
KA Parsons 2/74 (18 overs)
94/2 (32 overs)
J Cox 40* (98)
RJ Kirtley 1/10 (4 overs)
  • Sussex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Somerset 12, Sussex 10
24–27 April
v
Lancashire won by 6 wickets
 
 
297 (78.2 overs)
NMK Smith 96 (108)
PJ Martin 4/77 (21 overs)
251 (78.2 overs)
GD Lloyd 80 (89)
A Richardson 5/59 (21 overs)
150 (53.4 overs)
NV Knight 49 (120)
PJ Martin 4/41 (20 overs)
197/4 (39.4 overs)
D Byas 83* (92)
A Richardson 3/62 (11 overs)
  • Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Lancashire 17, Warwickshire 5
24–27 April
v
Surrey won by an innings and 168 runs
 
 
140 (75.5 overs)
MJ Lumb 30 (80)
AJ Tudor 4/31 (19 overs)
510 (127.5 overs)
AJ Stewart 96 (159)
SP Kirby 5/129 (27 overs)
202 (57.3 overs)
CR Taylor 52* (126)
Azhar Mahmood 3/18 (13.3 overs)
  • Surrey won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Surrey 20, Yorkshire 3

May

8–11 May
v
Hampshire won by 8 wickets
 
 
345 (112.1 overs)
RA Smith 104 (235)
MJ Saggers 5/74 (30.1 overs)
118 (39 overs)
A Symonds 39 (46)
AD Mascarenhas 4/49 (14 overs)
111/2 (26.2 overs)
JP Crawley 50* (83)
MJ Saggers 2/35 (9 overs)
337 (106.4 overs) (f/o)
PA Nixon 77* (205)
AD Mascarenhas 4/73 (25.4 overs)
  • Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Hampshire 18, Kent 3
8–11 May
v
Leicestershire won by 7 wickets
 
 
523 (162.5 overs)
MG Bevan 146 (347)
AF Giles 5/126 (38.5 overs)
177 (56 overs)
SM Pollock 59 (92)
MG Bevan 3/25 (7 overs)
94/3 (14.3 overs)
MG Bevan 38* (50)
A Richardson 1/29 (4 overs)
439 (138.1 overs) (f/o)
NV Knight 130 (325)
DL Maddy 3/59 (26 overs)
  • Warwickshire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Leicestershire 19, Warwickshire 1
8–11 May
v
Somerset won by 7 wickets
 
 
213 (56.3 overs)
MJ Lumb 66 (95)
AR Caddick 5/72 (23.3 overs)
232 (61. overs)
ID Blackwell 114 (134)
CEW Silverwood 4/28 (10.1 overs)
280 (85.4 overs)
C White 69 (84)
KA Parsons 3/44 (16 overs)
263 (64.2 overs)
ME Trescothick 134 (177)
CEW Silverwood 1/42 (12 overs)
  • Somerset won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Somerset 16, Yorkshire 4
8–11 May
v
(H) Surrey
Surrey won by 3 wickets
 
 
320 (70.1 overs)
A Flintoff 137 (106)
IDK Salisbury 3/30 (10.1 overs)
216 (64.3 overs)
AJ Tudor 61 (103)
G Chapple 5/65 (18.3 overs)
200 (71.4 overs)
WK Hegg 43 (96)
Azhar Mahmood 8/61 (25 overs)
309/7 (85.4 overs)
MR Ramprakash 119* (219)
J Wood 3/52 (14 overs)
  • Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Surrey 16, Lancashire 6
15–18 May
v
(H) Kent
Kent won by 4 wickets
 
 
239 (87.2 overs)
C White 104 (188)
A Khan 6/52 (21.2 overs)
418 (105.3 overs)
RWT Key 114 (156)
CEW Silverwood 4/82 (21 overs)
346 (128.1 overs)
RJ Blakey 90 (267)
MJ Saggers 5/82 (30.1 overs)
169/6 (58.2 overs)
MV Fleming 42* (58)
DS Lehmann 3/40 (18 overs)
  • Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 20, Yorkshire 4
15–18 May
v
Match drawn
 
 
423 (132.3 overs)
CJ Adams 217 (369)
KW Hogg 3/39 (19 overs)
366 (110.5 overs)
SG Law 218 (346)
JD Lewry 5/88 (27 overs)
221/7 (85 overs)
RR Montgomerie 80 (223)
PJ Martin 4/53 (21 overs)
  • Sussex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Sussex 12, Lancashire 11
15–18 May
v
Match drawn
 
 
565 (146.2 overs)
J Cox 176 (295)
CD Crowe 4/63 (17.2 overs)
288/8 (65.2 overs)
DI Stevens 73 (76)
MPL Bulbeck 3/69 (22 overs)
  • Somerset won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Somerset 11, Leicestershire 8
15–18 May
v
Match drawn
 
 
472 (163.1 overs)
NV Knight 255* (493)
AD Mascarenhas 3/59 (24.5 overs)
302 (105.5 overs)
NC Johnson 79 (165)
MM Betts 3/75 (22 overs)
306/5d (108 overs) (f/o)
NC Johnson 74 (189)
A Richardson 2/41 (21 overs)
  • Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Warwickshire 10, Hampshire 10
24–27 May
(H) Surrey
v
Match drawn
 
 
220 (69.1 overs)
IJ Ward 62 (101)
AR Caddick 5/66 (28 overs)
253 (80.2 overs)
ID Blackwell 98 (112)
MP Bicknell 4/72 (22 overs)
332 (101 overs)
IJ Ward 67 (143)
ID Blackwell 3/19 (15 overs)
45/1 (10 overs)
J Cox 14* (28)
AJ Tudor 1/22 (4 overs)
  • Surrey won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Somerset 9, Surrey 8
24–27 May
v
(H)Sussex
Match drawn
 
 
264 (70.4 overs)
VJ Wells 86* (136)
RSC Martin-Jenkins
247 (69.5 overs)
RR Montgomerie 122* (206)
DE Malcolm 7/76 (19.5 overs)
94/2 (29 overs)
DL Maddy 31* (63)
RJ Kirtley 1/26 (11 overs)
  • Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Leicestershire 9, Sussex 8
24–27 May
v
Match drawn
 
 
354 (109.3 overs)
JP Crawley 79 (158)
MJ Hoggard 4/93 (27 overs)
423 (134.5 overs)
RJ Blakey 83 (166)
AD Mascarenhas 5/87 (29.5 overs)
62/1 (18 overs)
DA Kenway 30* (57)
SP Kirby 1/18 (4 overs)
  • Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Yorkshire 12, Hampshire 11
31 May – 3 June
v
Match drawn
 
 
250 (111.2 overs)
MJ Powell 92 (272)
AD Mullally 6/56 (27.2 overs)
277 (104 overs)
JP Crawley 60 (183)
SM Pollock 4/37 (17 overs)
329/8d (103 overs)
JO Troughton 131* (184)
AD Mullally 3/87 (34 overs)
142/7 (49.4 overs)
RA Smith 41 (56)
DR Brown 3/33 (12 overs)
  • Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Hampshire 9, Warwickshire 9
31 May – 3 June
v
(H) Kent
Kent won by 4 wickets
 
 
180 (68 overs)
RR Montgomerie 35 (75)
MJ Saggers 6/39 (18 overs)
343 (106.4 overs)
A Symonds 89 (120)
RJ Kirtley 4/88 (30.4 overs)
354 (92.4 overs)
RR Montgomerie 79 (148)
A Symonds 6/105 (31 overs)
195/6 (55.5 overs)
ET Smith 82 (120)
RJ Kirtley 3/39 (16 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 18, Sussex 3
31 May – 3 June
v
Match drawn
 
 
382 (147 overs)
JN Batty 104 (220)
G Keedy 5/122 (45 overs)
194 (76.1 overs)
G Chapple 51 (113)
Saqlain Mushtaq 4/43 (29 overs)
246/6d (67 overs)
IJ Ward 106 (169)
JM Anderson 2/22 (9 overs)
112/3 (26 overs)
NH Fairbrother 38 (34)
MP Bicknell 2/52 (11 overs)
  • Surrey won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Surrey 10, Lancashire 6
31 May – 3 June
v
Leicestershire won by 5 wickets
 
 
310 (105.4 overs)
C White 62 (125)
DE Malcolm 6/72 (26.4 overs)
346 (95.4 overs)
MG Bevan 142 (238)
A McGrath 3/33 (12 overs)
239 (83.4 overs)
DS Lehmann 119* (236)
PAJ DeFreitas 5/38 (22.4 overs)
207/5 (62 overs)
MG Bevan 76* (82)
CEW Silverwood 2/30 (14 overs)
  • Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Leicestershire 18, Yorkshire 5.5

June

12–15 June
v
Match drawn
 
 
252 (76.3 overs)
WS Kendall 88 (162)
RL Johnson 3/32 (19.3 overs)
161/9d (74 overs)
ID Blackwell 42 (47)
AD Mullally 4/64 (27 overs)
98 (36.2 overs)
RA Smith 41* (72)
RL Johnson 7/43 (14.2 overs)
173/8 (60.5 overs)
PD Bowler 48 (96)
NC Johnson 3/36 (11.5 overs)
  • Somerset won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Hampshire 9, Somerset 7
12–15 June
v
(H) Surrey
Surrey won by 9 wickets
 
 
153 (43 overs)
PA Nixon 54 (87)
MP Bicknell 6/42 (13 overs)
361 (87.1 overs)
AD Brown 188 (208)
MV Fleming 4/68 (23 overs)
268 (70.4 overs)
DP Fulton 48 (79)
ESH Giddins 3/80 (18 overs)
61/1 (22.3 overs)
JN Batty 32* (64)
MM Patel 1/8 (5 overs)
  • Surrey won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Surrey 19, Kent 3
12–15 June
v
Warwickshire won by 144 runs
 
 
462 (142.4 overs)
JO Troughton 130 (207)
GW Flower 4/66 (30 overs)
370 (115.2 overs)
TR Ward 89 (111)
SM Pollock 3/36 (22.2 overs)
206/7d (59 overs)
SM Pollock 65 (84)
PAJ DeFreitas 3/53 (22 overs)
154 (60.1 overs)
VJ Wells 43 (71)
NMK Smith 5/42 (23.1 overs)
  • Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Warwickshire 20, Leicestershire 6
12–15 June
v
Sussex won by an innings and 94 runs
 
 
435 (129.1 overs)
TR Ambrose 149 (281)
RJ Sidebottom 3/78 (29 overs)
216 (92.5 overs)
RJ Blakey 52 (154)
RJ Kirtley 5/49 (27.5 overs)
125 (44.2 overs)
RJ Blakey 28 (56)
RJ Kirtley 5/41 (16.2 overs)
  • Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bowl
  • Points: Sussex 20, Yorkshire 4
26–29 June
v
Kent won by 6 wickets
 
 
226 (61.1 overs)
SG Law 75 (120)
A Khan 5/74 (18 overs)
214 (71 overs)
PA Nixon 49 (100)
PJ Martin 5/54 (22 overs)
347 (102.2 overs)
AJ Swann 85 (154)
MA Ealham 3/53 (25 overs)
360/4 (105 overs)
A Symonds 116 (155)
G Keedy 2/58 (24 overs)
  • Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 15.5, Lancashire 4
26–29 June
v
(H) Sussex
Match drawn
 
 
255 (93.5 overs)
DS Lehmann 71 (112)
RSC Martin-Jenkins 3/46 (15.5 overs)
392 (111.2 overs)
MJ Prior 85 (96)
C White 4/49 (17.2 overs)
458/8d (126.1 overs)
DS Lehmann 216 (302)
BV Taylor 3/82 (28 overs)
216 /9 (79 overs)
MJ Prior 70* (102)
AKD Gray 3/62 (20 overs)
  • Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Sussex 11, Yorkshire 9
26–29 June
v
Warwickshire won by 88 runs
 
 
230 (68.3 overs)
IR Bell 46 (77)
PS Jones 4/46 (16.1 overs)
208 (57 overs)
PD Bowler 57 (115)
GG Wagg 4/43 (10 overs)
423 (120.3 overs)
DP Ostler 175 (283)
PS Jones 6/110 (33.3 overs)
357 (88.4 overs)
RJ Turner 83* (155)
SM Pollock 3/97 (25 overs)
  • Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Warwickshire 16, Somerset 4

July

3–6 July
v
Match drawn
 
 
246 (85.4 overs)
RSC Martin-Jenkins 80* (135)
SD Udal 5/56 (24.4 overs)
163 (53.3 overs)
AD Mascarenhas 49 (86)
RSC Martin-Jenkins 5/37 (15 overs)
111/4d (42.3 overs)
MH Yardy 39 (87)
SD Udal 2/19 (9 overs)
56/0 (13 overs)
DA Kenway 29* (39)
  • Sussex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Sussex 8, Hampshire 7
3–6 July
(H) Kent
v
Match drawn
 
 
306 (94.4 overs)
DP Fulton 101 (147)
GG Wagg 3/38 (14 overs)
172 (60.3 overs)
IR Bell 31 (81)
MM Patel 5/56 (20 overs)
118/4d (37 overs)
PA Nixon 34* (77)
NM Carter 3/24 (10 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 10, Warwickshire 7
3–6 July
v
Match drawn
 
 
219 (67 overs)
DL Maddy 59 (137)
JM Anderson 3/33 (14 overs)
180 (55.4 overs)
MJ Chilton 57 (101)
DE Malcolm 5/52 (16 overs)
206/4d (63 overs)
DL Maddy 79* (183)
J Wood 2/13 (5 overs)
  • Lancashire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Leicestershire 8, Lancashire 7
3–6 July
v
Match drawn
 
 
608/6d (130.5 overs)
MR Ramprakash 218 (339)
SRG Francis 3/104 (25.5 overs)
554 (134.2 overs)
MJ Wood 106 (144)
R Clarke 3/104 (20 overs)
324/5d (69.5 overs)
JN Batty 151 (203)
KA Parsons 3/91 (17.1 overs)
329/7d (56.4 overs)
MJ Wood 131 (148)
Saqlain Mushtaq 4/111 (23.4 overs)
  • Somerset won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Surrey 12, Somerset 11
10–13 July
v
Match drawn
 
 
311 (96.3 overs)
N Pothas 63 (95)
CD Crowe 3/63 (19 overs)
300/9d (121.2 overs)
ND Burns 101 (194)
AD Mullally 3/54 (27 overs)
283 (98.4 overs)
RA Smith 104 (201)
DL Maddy 4/37 (17 overs)
72/4 (29 overs)
TR Ward 18 (39)
JD Francis 1/1 (2 overs)
  • Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Leicestershire 10, Hampshire 10
10–13 July
(H) Surrey
v
Warwickshire won by 31 runs
 
 
475 (115.5 overs)
MR Ramprakash 210 (308)
DR Brown 7/110 (33.5 overs)
293 (71.5 overs)
NMK Smith 74 (70)
J Ormond 5/116 (23 overs)
137 (32.1 overs)
AJ Hollioake 52* (62)
SM Pollock 4/44 (12 overs)
350 (111.2 overs) (f/o)
MJ Powell 95 (242)
J Ormond 5/62 (18 overs)
  • Surrey won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Warwickshire 17, Surrey 8
10–13 July
(H) Sussex
v
Match drawn
 
 
145 (50 overs)
MH Yardy 33 (94)
A Khan 6/56 (15 overs)
349 (119.4 overs)
ET Smith 141* (299)
JD Lewry 3/82 (25 overs)
450 (151.2 overs)
MW Goodwin 135 (317)
MM Patel 3/51 (31 overs)
85/5 (29 overs)
RWT Key 25 (52)
RSC Martin-Jenkins 2/12 (5 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 10, Sussex 7
10–13 July
v
Match drawn
 
 
498/9d (165.1 overs)
PD Bowler 84 (189)
RKJ Dawson 4/154 (40.1 overs)
323 (131.2 overs)
DS Lehmann 64 (100)
ID Blackwell 4/49 (37 overs)
213/5 (70 overs) (f/o)
DS Lehmann 75 (95)
KP Dutch 2/73 (25 overs)
  • Somerset won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Somerset 11, Yorkshire 9
19–22 July
(H) Kent
v
Surrey won by 2 wickets
 
 
374 (91.5 overs)
A Symonds 118 (110)
Saqlain Mushtaq 5/122 (33.5 overs)
225 (50.5 overs)
AJ Hollioake 122* (103)
MJ Saggers 5/66 (13.5 overs)
260 (73.5 overs)
RWT Key 68 (129)
Saqlain Mushtaq 4/60 (19.5 overs)
410/8 (126.3 overs)
IJ Ward 168* (367)
MJ Saggers 3/85 (31 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Surrey 16, Kent 7
19–22 July
v
Sussex won by an innings and 1 run
 
 
270 (68.2 overs)
MPL Bulbeck 53* (70)
KJ Innes 3/28 (4 overs)
644 (151.3 overs)
RSC Martin-Jenkins 205* (233)
KA Parsons 3/67 (19 overs)
373 (88.2 overs)
ID Blackwell 114 (171)
BV Taylor
  • Somerset won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Sussex 20, Somerset 4
19–22 July
v
Match drawn
 
 
515/5d (123.3 overs)
DS Lehmann 187 (224)
PJ Martin 2/73 (27 overs)
478 (145.3 overs)
AJ Swann 128 (314)
RJ Sidebottom 3/81 (27 overs)
124/7 (39 overs)
CEW Silverwood 30* (35)
G Chapple 3/20 (12 overs)
  • Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Yorkshire 11, Lancashire 10
24–27 July
v
Kent won by 6 wickets
 
 
131 (52.2 overs)
ND Burns 40* (60)
MJ Saggers 5/44 (17.2 overs)
339 (95 overs)
RWT Key 127 (217)
MJA Whiley 3/60 (17 overs)
400 (143.4 overs)
PAJ DeFreitas 114 (165)
MJ Saggers 4/68 (21.4 overs)
193/4 (49.5 overs)
ET Smith 48* (98)
DL Maddy 2/38 (13 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 18, Leicestershire 3
24–27 July
v
(H) Surrey
Surrey won by 6 wickets
 
 
172 (46 overs)
A McGrath 26 (45)
R Clarke 3/41 (8 overs)
382 (94.4 overs)
JN Batty 99 (207)
RJ Sidebottom 3/57 (22 overs)
446 (122.3 overs)
MJ Lumb 124 (196)
ESH Giddins 4/113 (35 overs)
237/4 (68.3 overs)
IJ Ward 124* (217)
RJ Sidebottom 1/39 (13 overs)
  • Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Surrey 19, Yorkshire 3
24–27 July
v
Warwickshire won by 208 runs
 
 
493 (127.3 overs)
NV Knight 245* (390)
JD Lewry 4/151 (38 overs)
377 (110.2 overs)
PA Cottey 137 (245)
DR Brown 3/72 (20.2 overs)
284/6d (67 overs)
NV Knight 97 (200)
BV Taylor 3/83 (21 overs)
192 (66.5 overs)
PA Cottey 64 (94)
A Richardson 8/46 (23.5 overs)
  • Sussex won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Warwickshire 20, Sussex 7
25–27 July
v
Lancashire won by 111 runs
 
 
183 (76.2 overs)
AJ Swann 66 (167)
CT Tremlett 5/68 (22.2 overs)
132 (53 overs)
WS Kendall 54 (152)
JM Anderson 6/23 (14 overs)
187 (60 overs)
NH Fairbrother 39 (83)
SD Udal 5/59 (23 overs)
127 (33.5 overs)
NC Johnson 28 (39)
J Wood 4/17 (4.5 overs)
  • Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Lancashire 15, Hampshire 3

August

7–10 August
(H) Kent
v
Kent won by 153 runs
 
 
271 (78 overs)
DP Fulton 89 (147)
AR Caddick 5/65 (22 overs)
227 (70.5 overs)
MJ Wood 55 (157)
A Khan 5/76 (18 overs)
286/7d (85 overs)
MM Patel 71* (77)
AR Caddick 3/108 (29 overs)
177 (48.3 overs)
KA Parsons 52 (79)
MJ Saggers 5/42 (10.3 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 17, Somerset 4
7–10 August
v
Match drawn
 
 
233 (73.5 overs)
NV Knight 79 (119)
CEW Silverwood 3/49 (17 overs)
313 (98.4 overs)
DS Lehmann 75 (125)
DR Brown 3/61 (19 overs)
216/4 (72 overs)
NV Knight 109 (205)
GM Fellows 2/23 (5 overs)
  • Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Yorkshire 10, Warwickshire 8
8–11 August
v
Match drawn
 
 
163 (63 overs)
AJ Swann 84* (184)
CT Tremlett 5/57 (17 overs)
122/8d (41.1 overs)
N Pothas 26 (46)
G Chapple 3/33 (10 overs)
52/0 (20 overs)
AJ Swann 29* (56)
  • Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Hampshire 7, Lancashire 6
8–11 August
v
(H) Sussex
Sussex won by 4 wickets
 
 
193 (58.4 overs)
AD Brown 49 (52)
KJ Innes 4/41 (14.4 overs)
203 (66.1 over)
KJ Innes 41* (93)
AJ Tudor 5/66 (22 overs)
296 (77.2 overs)
IJ Ward 76 (127)
MJG Davis 6/97 (26 overs)
288/6 (93.1 overs)
MW Goodwin 100 (227)
TJ Murtagh 3/47 (13.1 overs)
  • Sussex won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Sussex 16, Surrey 3
14–17 August
v
Hampshire won by 4 wickets
 
 
278 (96.5 overs)
RL Johnson 61 (37)
AD Mullally 4/58 (25 overs)
236 (96 overs)
JD Francis 53 (149)
ID Blackwell 5/49 (31 overs)
190 (74.4 overs)
PCL Holloway 48 (146)
CT Tremlett 3/42 (16.4 overs)
233/6 (73.1 overs)
NC Johnson 57 (90)
SRG Francis 2/20 (9 overs)
  • Somerset won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Hampshire 16, Somerset 5
14–17 August
v
Yorkshire won by 150 runs
 
 
294 (115 overs)
MTG Elliott 83 (127)
JM Anderson 5/61 (28 overs)
301/9d (87.4 overs)
AJ Swann 112 (188)
ND Thornicroft 2/51 (14 overs)
305 (91.4 overs)
GM Fellows 109 (200)
G Keedy 3/63 (24 overs)
148 (49.3 overs)
NH Fairbrother 38 (62)
RKJ Dawson 5/42 (14.3 overs)
  • Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Yorkshire 17, Lancashire 6
14–17 August
v
Surrey won by 7 wickets
 
 
540 (128.4 overs)
MA Butcher 116 (170)
DL Maddy 5/104 (25.4 overs)
290 (87.3 overs)
DL Maddy 81 (144)
Mushtaq Ahmed 5/71 (30 overs)
42/3 (6.1 overs)
AD Brown 14* (10)
DE Malcolm 2/7 (3 overs)
289 (83.1 overs) (f/o)
DL Maddy 94 (141)
AJ Tudor 4/54 (17.1 overs)
  • Surrey won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Surrey 20, Leicestershire 5
14–17 August
v
Warwickshire won by 10 wickets
 
 
565 (145 overs)
JO Troughton 115 (241)
JC Tredwell 4/103 (34 overs)
252 (85.5 overs)
PA Nixon 103 (216)
AF Giles 5/74 (30.5 overs)
8/0 (0.3 overs)
MJ Powell 8* (3)
317 (91.3 overs)
MA Ealham 83 (142)
AF Giles 7/142 (40.3 overs)
  • Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Warwickshire 20, Kent 3
21–24 August
v
Match drawn
 
 
408 (106.2 overs)
ID Blackwell 110 (105)
GG Wagg 4/62 (17.2 overs)
304 (82.1 overs)
NV Knight 98 (148)
SRG Francis 5/73 (18.1 overs)
394 (96.3 overs)
ID Blackwell 81 (93)
SE Bond 5/64 (26 overs)
310/9 (117 overs)
IR Bell 77 (165)
RL Johnson 4/60 (33 overs)
  • Somerset won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Somerset 12, Warwickshire 10
22–25 August
v
(H) Kent
Match drawn
 
 
259 (91 overs)
IJ Sutcliffe 125* (252)
MJ Saggers 4/68 (19 overs)
379 (109.2 overs)
ET Smith 87 (154)
J Srinath 4/70 (26 overs)
530 (138.5 overs)
DL Maddy 156 (308)
MM Patel 4/99 (52.5 overs)
58/0 (16 overs)
DP Fulton 41* (53)
  • Leicestershire won the toss and elected to bat
  • points: Kent 11, Leicestershire 9
22–25 August
v
(H) Surrey
Surrey won by an innings and 60 runs
 
 
190 (85.2 overs)
N Pothas 58 (113)
Saqlain Mushtaq 5/59 (34.2 overs)
576 (135.3 overs)
AD Brown 135 (154)
SD Udal 4/213 (47 overs)
326 (90.4 overs)
AD Mascarenhas 94 (124)
Saqlain Mushtaq 6/121 (39 overs)
  • Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Surrey 20, Hampshire 2
22–25 August
(H) Sussex
v
Lancashire won by 7 wickets
 
 
240 (74.2 overs)
MW Goodwin 87 (176)
G Chapple 4/61 (15 overs)
425 (124 overs)
SG Law 147 (212)
RSC Martin-Jenkins 3/67 (26 overs)
277 (116.2 overs)
CJ Adams 61 (156)
G Chapple 6/66 (31 overs)
93/3 (25.2 overs)
SG Law 45* (61)
RJ Kirtley 2/10 (5 overs)
  • Lancashire won the toss and elected to field
  • Lancashire 20, Sussex 4
27–30 August
v
Yorkshire won by 7 wickets
 
 
269 (83.2 overs)
RA Smith 58 (135)
A McGrath 4/49 (16 overs)
280 (88 overs)
MTG Elliott 92 (182)
SD Udal 5/69 (29 overs)
161 (55.4 overs)
AD Mascarenhas 32* (66)
RKJ Dawson 5/49 (22 overs)
152/3 (41.4 overs)
VJ Craven 72 (119)
AD Mascarenhas 1/18 (9 overs)
  • Hampshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Yorkshire 17, Hampshire 5
27–30 August
v
Lancashire won by 336 runs
 
 
251 (67.1 overs)
SG Law 77 (98)
RL Johnson 6/47 (18.1 overs)
140 (51.5 overs)
KP Dutch 35 (65)
JM Anderson 6/41 (11.5 overs)
296 (82.1 overs)
D Byas 81 (156)
AR Caddick 6/84 (23.1 overs)
71 (30.3 overs)
PD Bowler 18 (41)
G Chapple 6/30 (12.3 overs)
  • Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Lancashire 17, Somerset 3
27–30 August
v
Leicestershire won by 8 wickets
 
 
215 (80.2 overs)
RSC Martin-Jenkins 62 (97)
DE Malcolm 5/38 (16.2 overs)
247 (101 overs)
IJ Sutcliffe 75 (220)
RJ Kirtley 4/89 (26)
142 (55.5 overs)
KJ Innes 49* (66)
PAJ DeFreitas 4/42 (19 overs)
111/2 (31.4 overs)
IJ Sutcliffe 30* (95)
KJ Innes 1/15 (4 overs)
  • Sussex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Leicestershire 16, Sussex 4
27–30 August
v
Match drawn
 
 
345 (118.2 overs)
NV Knight 74 (156)
Saqlain Mushtaq 4/94 (49 overs)
544 (136.1 overs)
N Shahid 116 (157)
DR Brown 4/124 (28.1 overs)
404/9d (134 overs)
NV Knight 133 (302)
Saqlain Mushtaq 4/80 (43 overs)
  • Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Surrey 12, Warwickshire 9

September

4–7 September
v
Match drawn
 
 
598 (152.5 overs)
PJ Martin 117*(121)
Alan Richardson 3/102 (28 overs)
328 (89.2 overs)
NM Carter 70 (61)
CP Schofield 3/25 (8.2 overs)
  • Lancashire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Lancashire 12, Warwickshire 9
4–7 September
v
Match drawn
 
 
460 (111.5 overs)
MJ Wood 196 (298)
MJ Saggers 4/87 (22.5 overs)
400/6d (120 overs)
ET Smith 154 (279)
ID Blackwell 2/70 (20 overs)
316/9d (91.4 overs)
PD Bowler 81 (145)
DD Masters 3/49 (15.4 overs)
171/4 (61 overs)
PA Nixon 51* (132)
SRG Francis 3/44 (16 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 12, Somerset 11
4–7 September
v
Match drawn
 
 
276 (82 overs)
C White 161 (216)
DE Malcolm 4/95 (21 overs)
279 (79.2 overs)
ND Burns 59 (71)
RJ Sidebottom 5/60 (21 overs)
347/8d (103 overs)
RJ Blakey 63* (130)
VJ Wells 5/39 (17 overs)
231/5 (63 overs)
DL Maddy 86 (170)
SP Kirby 3/56 (21 overs)
  • Yorkshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Leicestershire 9, Yorkshire 8
5–8 September
(H) Sussex
v
Match drawn
 
 
631/6d (156 overs)
RR Montgomerie 196 (345)
AD Mascarenhas 2/114 (31 overs)
401 (121.2 overs)
JS Laney 89 (159)
RJ Kirtley 6/107 (29.2 overs)
67/1 (37 overs)
NC Johnson 51* (110)
MJG Davis 1/26 (11 overs)
  • Hampshire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Sussex 12, Hampshire 10
11–14 September
v
Surrey won by 123 runs
 
 
418 (127.2 overs)
IJ Ward 112 (188)
SD Udal 3/82 (34 overs)
327 (76 overs)
JP Crawley 82 (100)
J Ormond 4/87 (20 overs)
422/8d (103.2 overs)
IJ Ward 156 (240)
JEK Schofield 3/94 (23 overs)
390 (81.2 overs)
N Pothas 99 (142)
MP Bicknell 5/56 (14 overs)
  • Surrey won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Surrey 20, Hampshire 6
11–14 September
(H) Kent
v
Kent won by 6 wickets
 
 
405 (133.4 overs)
DP Fulton 177 (342)
JM Anderson 3/88 (22 overs)
197 (71.2 overs)
AJ Swann 38 (100)
MJ Saggers 4/34 (21 overs)
144/4 (38.2 overs)
ET Smith 68 (107)
Chris Schofield 2/16 (5 overs)
351 (143.4 overs) (f/o)
SG Law 90 (195)
MJ Saggers 4/64 (20.4 overs)
  • Kent won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Kent 19, Lancashire 2
12–15 September
v
Leicestershire won by an innings and 18 runs
 
 
191 (42.3 overs)
Mike Burns 97* (105)
J Srinath 4/60 (14 overs)
310 (81.4 overs)
TR Ward 84 (150)
PD Trego 3/65 (17 overs)
101 (29.5 overs)
MPL Bulbeck 18 (19)
J Srinath 5/25 (11 overs)
  • Leicestershire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Leicestershire 18, Somerset 2.75
12–15 September
v
Warwickshire won by 6 wickets
 
 
601/9d (145 overs)
DP Ostler 225 (240)
ND Thornicroft 2/104 (21 overs)
351 (86.1 overs)
MTG Elliott 74 (66)
MA Wagh 5/137 (36 overs)
232/4 (48 overs)
MJ Powell 92* (141)
RKJ Dawson 3/85 (17 overs)
481 (128.4 overs) (f/o)
MTG Elliott 127 (189)
JAS Spires 5/165 (44.4 overs)
  • Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • points: Warwickshire 20, Yorkshire 6
18–21 September
v
Lancashire won by 8 wickets
 
 
221 (61.4 overs)
PD Trego 47 (63)
PJ Martin 4/52 (19 overs)
228 (55.3 overs)
KW Hogg 50 (56)
MPL Bulbeck 6/93 (24.3 overs)
129 (46.3 overs)
PCL Holloway 45 (60)
PJ Martin 4/29 (14 overs)
124/2 (16.3 overs)
D Byas 63* (55)
RL Johnson 1/23 (5 overs)
  • Lancashire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Lancashire 16, Somerset 4
18–21 September
(H) Surrey
v
Surrey won by 483 runs
 
 
494 (111.2 overs)
SA Newman 183 (257)
J Srinath 5/114 (26.2 overs)
361 (93.5 overs)
DL Maddy 127* (204)
PJ Sampson 3/52 (11 overs)
492 /9d (105.1 overs)
AJ Hollioake 208 (252)
J Srinath 3/89 (26 overs)
142 (38.5 overs)
ND Burns 68 (61)
TJ Murtagh 5/39 (12 overs)
  • Surrey won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Surrey 20, Leicestershire 7
  • Surrey won the 2002 Frizzell County Championship Division One
18–21 September
(H) Sussex
v
Warwickshire won by 3 wickets
 
 
352 (95.1 overs)
MW Goodwin 93 (170)
DR Brown 5/103 (29 overs)
293 (66.4 overs)
NM Carter 103 (73)
BV Taylor 5/90 (17 overs)
341 (103 overs)
MW Goodwin 111 (135)
MA Sheikh 4/78 (31 overs)
405/7 (96.2 overs)
MJ Powell 103 (219)
RSC Martin-Jenkins 2/68 (23 overs)
  • Sussex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Warwickshire 17, Sussex 7
18–21 September
v
Kent won by 8 wickets
 
 
399 (116.2 overs)
SR Waugh 146 (249)
RJ Sidebottom 4/61 (25.2 overs)
218 (60.1 overs)
C White 62 (81)
MJ Saggers 4/44 (13 overs)
103/2 (21.1 overs)
RWT Key 33 (46)
RJ Sidebottom 2/34 (8 overs)
283 (79.4 overs) (f/o)
RJ Blakey 94 (140)
A Khan 3/41 (15 overs)
  • Yorkshire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Kent 19, Yorkshire 2.25

Division Two

April

19–22 April
v
(H) Durham
Middlesex won by 10 wickets
 
 
347 (110.4 overs)
SG Koenig 100 (198)
SJ Harmison 3/72 (27 overs)
160 (54.3 overs)
GJ Muchall 48 (113)
SJ Cook 3/37 (12 overs)
27/0 (4 overs)
AJ Strauss 19* (15)
213 (56.5 overs)
ML Love 101* (163)
AA Noffke 3/63 (15 overs)
  • Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Middlesex 18, Durham 3
19–22 April
v
Derbyshire won by 163 runs
 
 
217 (57.3 overs)
JID Kerr 58 (70)
SP Jones 6/45 (14 overs)
175 (48.4 overs)
A Dale 56 (94)
DG Cork 6/51 (17.4 overs)
462/6d (128 overs)
SD Stubbings 128 (233)
SD Thomas 2/78 (21 overs)
341 (90 overs)
MA Wallace 106* (170)
LJ Wharton 6/103 (29 overs)
  • Derbyshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Derbyshire 16, Glamorgan 3
19–22 April
v
Worcestershire won by 206 runs
 
 
333 (118.4 overs)
BF Smith 129 (279)
J Lewis 6/77 (19.4 overs)
268 (73.1 overs)
CM Spearman 111 (130)
AJ Bichel 9/93 (23.1 overs)
295 (77.1 overs)
GA Hick 92 (111)
J Lewis 6/54 (17 overs)
154 (45.4 overs)
IJ Harvey 41 (37)
GJ Batty 3/33 (7.4 overs)
  • Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Worcestershire 18, Gloucestershire 5
24–27 April
v
Derbyshire won by 2 runs
 
 
263 (75.4 overs)
MJ Di Venuto 56 (93)
N Killeen 4/52 (19 overs)
258 (80.1 overs)
N Peng 108 (167)
DG Cork 5/72 (23.1 overs)
229 (62 overs)
KJ Dean 50 (68)
PD Collingwood 4/31 (12 overs)
232 (55.3 overs)
PD Collingwood 76 (94)
DG Cork 5/54 (14.3 overs)
  • Durham won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Derbyshire 17, Durham 5
24–27 April
v
(H) Essex
Match drawn
 
 
379 (110.3 overs)
MW Alleyne 142* (258)
JM Dakin 4/62 (23.3 overs)
379 (126.2 overs)
DDJ Robinson 131 (325)
IJ Harvey 6/68 (25.2 overs)
195/4d (48 overs)
KJ Barnett 100* (150)
JM Dakin 2/8 (7 overs)
  • Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Essex 11, Gloucestershire 11
24–27 April
v
Middlesex won by an innings and 31 runs
 
 
462 (114.2 overs)
EC Joyce 119 (163)
GJ Smith 4/70 (23.2 overs)
159 (60.4 overs)
DJ Bicknell 48 (116)
ARC Fraser 5/61 (22 overs)
272 (84.2 overs) (f/o)
GE Welton 51 (122)
AA Noffke 7/100 (23.2 overs)
  • Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Middlesex 20, Nottinghamshire 3
24–17 April
v
Match drawn
 
 
524/8d (128.1 overs)
DA Leatherdale 154 (259)
JAR Blain 4/144 (29 overs)
614/5d (174 overs)
MEK Hussey 170 (309)
Kabir Ali 2/102 (23 overs)
  • Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Northamptonshire 11, Worcestershire 10

May

8–11 May
v
Derbyshire won by 8 wickets
 
 
538 (119.2 overs)
MJ Di Venuto 230 (254)
RSG Anderson 4/97 (20 overs)
131 (45.5 overs)
CG Greenidge 46 (107)
DG Cork 4/29 (11 overs)
33/2 (8.4 overs)
DR Hewson 17 (14)
CG Greenidge 1/6 (4 overs)
439 (122.1 overs) (f/o)
MEK Hussey 150 (277)
G Welch 4/107 (34 overs)
  • Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field
  • Derbyshire 19.75, Northamptonshire 3
8–11 May
v
Nottinghamshire won by 7 wickets
 
 
130 (47.4 overs)
RC Irani 37 (59)
AJ Harris 4/41 (14.4 overs)
213 (67.5 overs)
JER Gallian 52 (135)
RC Irani 6/71 (23.5 overs)
270 (69 overs)
AP Grayson 83 (109)
GJ Smith 8/53 (23 overs)
188/3 (41.5 overs)
U Afzaal 85* (119)
JM Dakin 1/16 (8 overs)
  • Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Nottinghamshire 16, Essex 2.5
8–11 May
v
Glamorgan won by 110 runs
 
 
286 (91.4 overs)
RDB Croft 59 (141)
Kabir Ali 5/80 (23.4 overs))
298 (96.1 overs)
A Singh 81 (152)
SD Thomas 5/77 (25 overs)
348 (108 overs)
DL Hemp 64 (156)
A Sheriyar 5/86 (30 overs)
226 (61 overs)
BF Smith 61 (95)
MS Kasprowicz 5/77 (23 overs)
  • Worcestershire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Glamorgan 17, Worcestershire 5
15–18 May
v
Glamorgan won by 5 wickets
 
 
162 (51.2 overs)
ML Love 71 (97)
SD Thomas 7/33 (15.2 overs)
205 (89 overs)
Mike Powell 62 (173)
M Davies 2/20 (15 overs)
243 (67.1 overs)
PD Collingwood 99 (146)
SP Jones 3/42 (13 overs)
204/5 (51 overs)
SP James 121 (164)
M Davies 2/29 (11 overs)
  • Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Glamorgan 16, Durham 3
15–18 May
v
Gloucestershire won by 7 wickets
 
 
197 (57 overs)
DJ Bicknell 38 (62)
JMM Averis 5/51 (16 overs)
347 (109 overs)
CM Spearman 118 (157)
MN Malik 4/55 (18 overs)
182 (68.5 overs)
GE Welton 68 (123)
JMM Averis 3/34 (15.5 overs)
33/3 (7.4 overs)
KJ Barnett 23 (17)
MN Malik 2/14 (3.4 overs)
  • Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Gloucestershire 18, Nottinghamshire 3
15–18 May
v
Middlesex won by an innings and 2 runs
 
 
541 (158.3 overs)
PN Weekes 107 (183)
JW Cook 2/47 (15 overs)
286 (70.1 overs)
AS Rollins 107 (183)
SJ Cook 8/63 (18 overs)
253 (75.4 overs) (f/o)
JW Cook 84 (140)
AW Laraman 4/55 (19 overs)
  • Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Middlesex 20, Northamptonshire 4
15–18 May
v
Essex won by 5 wickets
 
 
367 (99.5 overs)
AJ Bichel 65 (83)
JP Stephenson 3/60 (19 overs)
373 (135.5 overs)
A Habib 117 (296)
A Sheriyar 5/111 (42 overs)
140 (37 overs)
Kabir Ali 24 (29)
JP Stephenson 7/44 (14 overs)
135/5 (34.4 overs)
A Flower 47 (62)
A Sheriyar 3/46 (11.4 overs)
  • Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Essex 19, Worcestershire 6
24–27 May
(H) Durham
v
Match drawn
 
 
470/8d (140 overs)
A Pratt 93 (129)
MW Alleyne 3/76 (24 overs)
132 (53.2 overs)
CG Taylor 37 (68)
ID Hunter 3/62 (16 overs)
261/8 (127 overs) (f/o)
RC Russell 78* (216)
GD Bridge 4/50 (35 overs)
  • Durham won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Durham 12, Gloucestershire 6
24–27 May
v
Nottinghamshire won by 7 wickets
 
 
277 (71.4 overs)
AL Penberthy 106* (136)
AJ Harris 4/68 (20.4 overs)
207/8d (62 overs)
N Boje 36 (67)
CG Greenidge 5/66 (20 overs)
159 (20.3 overs)
AS Rollins 60 (58)
AJ Harris 7/54 (11 overs)
231/3 (52.5 overs)
JER Gallian 111* (146)
DM Cousins 2/88 (18.5 overs)
  • Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Nottinghamshire 16, Northamptonshire 3.5
26–29 May
v
(H) Essex
Essex won by 6 wickets
 
 
158 (49.4 overs)
SD Stubbings 41 (69)
AP Cowan 3/41 (12 overs)
168 (52.3 overs)
DDJ Robinson 43 (106)
Mohammad Ali 3/48 (18 overs)
199 (75 overs)
KJ Dean 48 (106)
RC Irani 3/33 (18 overs)
193/4 (33 overs)
RC Irani 101 (76)
Kevin Dean 2/57 (10 overs)
  • Essex won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Essex 15, Derbyshire 3
31 May – 3 June
v
Derbyshire won by 9 wickets
 
 
354 (92.3 overs)
MJ Di Venuto 98 (107)
SP Jones 3/75 (19.3 overs)
157 (55.4 overs)
RDB Croft 34 (62)
KJ Dean 7/42 (17.4 overs)
5/1 (1.5 overs)
AI Gait 4 (9)
MS Kasprowicz 0/1 (1 over)
200 (50.5 overs) (f/o)
A Dale 40 (84)
DG Cork 4/50 (14.5 overs)
  • Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Derbyshire 18.25, Glamorgan 3
31 May – 3 June
v
Worcestershire won by 304 runs
 
 
287 (102.2 overs)
WPC Weston 82 (212)
AM Smith 4/61 (23 overs)
130 (55.5 overs)
RC Russell 32* (73)
Kabir Ali 5/32 (16 overs)
324/3d (61.4 overs)
A Singh 187 (190)
AM Smith 1/51 (11 overs)
177 (56.5 overs
CM Spearman 55 (77)
Kabir Ali 5/34 (13.5 overs)
  • Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Worcestershire 17, Gloucestershire 3
31 May – 3 June
v
Match drawn
 
 
645/6d (153 overs)
ML Love 251 (335)
AW Laraman 2/89 (23 overs)
465 (167 overs)
OA Shah 112 (279)
M Davies 3/69 (33 overs)
194/5 (70 overs)
EC Joyce 71 (122 overs)
N Killeen 2/23 (12 overs)
  • Durham won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Durham 11, Middlesex 9
31 May – 3 June
v
Essex won by 4 wickets
 
 
632 (146.2 overs)
MEK Hussey 140 (185)
ZK Sharif 4/98 (20 overs)
497/7d (150.5 overs)
A Flower 103* (225)
JF Brown 3/130 (51 overs)
155 (44.2 overs)
MEK Hussey 41 (73)
JP Stephenson 4/25 (7.2 overs)
291/6 (49.5 overs)
A Flower 92* (91)
JF Brown 2/102 (16.5 overs)
  • Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Essex 19, Northamptonshire 7

June

12–15 June
v
(H) Durham
Match drawn
 
 
250 (77.5 overs)
DA Leatherdale 63 (131)
NG Hatch 4/61 (22 overs)
243 (82.3 overs)
DR Law 68 (174)
AA Donald 5/77 (24 overs)
60/5 (19.4 overs)
VS Solanki 17 (34)
N Killeen 4/26 (9 overs)
  • Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Worcestershire 9, Durham 8
12–15 June
(H) Essex
v
Essex won by 9 wickets
 
 
498/9d (162 overs)
RC Irani 207* (307)
CG Greenidge 4/86 (34 overs)
204 (65 overs)
MEK Hussey 67 (124)
AP Cowan 4/62 (18 overs)
68/1 (14 overs)
WI Jefferson 33* (42)
RSG Anderson 1/19 (4 overs)
361 (108.3 overs) (f/o)
MEK Hussey 71 (155)
JP Stephenson 4/87 (23 overs)
  • Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Essex 20, Northamptonshire 3
12–15 June
v
Match drawn
 
 
369 (101.2 overs)
MJ Powell 122 (205)
AW Laraman 3/55 (19 overs)
403/9d (116.5 overs)
SG Koenig 86 (138)
MS Kasprowicz 4/108 (32 overs)
  • Middlesex won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Middlesex 12, Glamorgan 11
12–15 June
v
Derbyshire won by 4 wickets
 
 
393 (99 overs)
P Johnson 96 (134)
KJ Dean 4/73 (22 overs)
392 (112.4 overs)
MJ Di Venuto 79 (84)
MN Malik 3/50 (18 overs)
175 (54.2 overs)
P Johnson 34 (77)
DG Cork 6/78 (27.2 overs)
181/6 (37 overs)
CWG Bassano
N Boje 3/28 (9 overs)
  • Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Derbyshire 19, Nottinghamshire 7
26–29 June
v
Middlesex won by 8 wickets
 
 
633/7d (163.1 overs)
Abdul Razzaq 203* (296)
RDB Croft 4/151 (43 overs)
235 (56 overs)
MP Maynard 66 (104)
PCR Tufnell 6/96 (25 overs)
85/2 (17.2 overs)
AJ Strauss 48 (52)
DA Cosker 2/16 (3.2 overs)
481 (140 overs) (f/o)
SP James 118 (253)
Abdul Razzaq 3/104 (24 overs)
  • Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Middlesex 20, Glamorgan 2
26–29 June
v
Essex won by 3 wickets
 
 
383 (96.2 overs)
KJ Barnett 106 (132)
AP Cowan 5/68 (20.2 overs)
325 (127.1 overs)
A Habib 66 (154)
IJ Harvey 5/64 (22.1 overs)
322/7d (98 overs)
RC Russell 107 (176)
JP Stephenson 3/105 (29 overs)
381/7 (78.5 overs)
DDJ Robinson 175 (226)
IJ Harvey 6/90 (17.5 overs)
  • Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Essex 18, Gloucestershire 7
26–29 June
v
Northamptonshire won by 6 wickets
 
 
489 (147.1 overs)
CMW Read 127 (230)
JF Brown
420 (104.1 overs)
DJG Sales 179 (255)
RJ Logan 4/64 (16.1 overs)
172 (59.4 overs)
P Johnson 70 (96)
CG Greenidge 3/27 (9.4 overs)
242/4 (58.3 overs)
MB Loye 104* (168)
AJ Harris 2/36 (11 overs)
  • Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Northamptonshire 20, Nottinghamshire 8
26–29 June
v
Worcestershire won by an innings and 308 runs
 
 
120 (39.5 overs)
GJ Pratt 34 (34)
Kabir Ali 4/31 (10 overs)
643/7d (148 overs)
GA Hick 315* (386)
N Killeen 3/107 (30 overs)
215 (62.3 overs)
DR Law 72* (100)
Kabir Ali 4/77 (18 overs)
  • Durham won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Worcestershire 20, Durham 2

July

3–6 July
v
Match drawn
 
 
179 (58.2 overs)
APR Gidman 67 (126)
DG Cork 5/67 (25 overs)
398 (104.2 overs)
AI Gait 88 (164)
AM Smith 4/87 (24.2 overs)
225/7 (54 overs)
CM Spearman 95 (169)
DG Cork 3/44 (17 overs)
  • Derbyshire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Derbyshire 11, Gloucestershire 6.25
3–6 July
v
Glamorgan won by 8 wickets
 
 
283 (123 overs)
DDJ Robinson 72 (186)
RDB Croft 5/71 (33 overs)
311 (84.3 overs)
MJ Powell 90 (185)
AJ Clarke 5/54 (17.3 overs)
139 (69.4 overs)
A Flower 33 (180)
SP Jones 5/28 (14.4 overs)
112/2 (31.2 overs)
SP James 56 (75)
AJ Clarke 1/25 (6 overs)
  • Essex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Glamorgan 18, Essex 5
3–6 July
v
Match drawn
 
 
502/4d (123 overs)
VS Solanki 153* (211)
Abdul Razzaq 2/86 (33 overs)
417/8d (117.2 overs)
PN Weekes 127* (233)
GJ Batty 3/84 (30.2 overs)
99/5 (28 overs)
VS Solanki 42* (67)
Abdul Razzaq 3/28 (7 overs)
  • Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Worcestershire 11, Middlesex 10
3–6 July
v
Northamptonshire won by 1 wicket
 
 
352 (109.4 overs)
GJ Pratt 78 (115)
DM Cousins 4/75 (22 overs)
0/0d (1 over)
MEK Hussey 0* (6)
353/9 (82.2 overs)
GP Swann 109 (82)
GD Bridge 4/102 (26.2 overs)
  • Durham won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Northamptonshire 15, Durham 4
10–13 July
(H) Durham
v
Durham won by 89 runs
 
 
191 (56 overs)
GD Bridge 49 (85)
KJ Dean 4/65 (19 overs)
96 (26.5 overs)
MJ Di Venuto 57 (70)
N Killeen 3/27 (10 overs)
203 (76.2 overs)
N Peng 57 (125)
Kevin Dean 4/67 (76.2 overs)
209 (56.5 overs)
CWG Bassano 49 (57)
NC Phillips 3/0 (4 overs)
  • Durham won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Durham 15, Derbyshire 3
10–13 July
(H) Essex
v
Worcestershire won by 8 wickets
 
 
197 (87.2 overs)
JP Stephenson 44 (85)
GJ Batty 6/71 (34.2 overs)
373 (116.5 overs)
A Singh 124 (201)
AP Cowan 3/51 (30.5 overs)
257 (116.1 overs)
ML Pettini 58 (172)
Kabir Ali 3/32 (11/1 overs)
82/2 (23.4 overs)
GA Hick 34 (35)
TJ Phillips 1/26 (7.4 overs)
  • Essex won the toss and chose to bat
  • Points: Worcestershire 19, Essex 3
10–13 July
v
Middlesex won by 5 wickets
 
 
388(141.3 overs)
KJ Barnett 182 (421)
PN Weekes 3/50 (26 overs)
301/9d (123.2 overs)
AJ Strauss 82 (148)
ID Fisher 5/87 (38 overs)
152/2d (36 overs)
THC Hancock 63* (105)
I Jones 1/28 (6 overs)
241/5 (52 overs)
AW Laraman 82* (95)
MCJ Ball 2/54 (10 overs)
  • Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Middlesex 18, Gloucestershire 7
10–13 July
v
Nottinghamshire won by 7 wickets
 
 
213 (56.5 overs)
IJ Thomas 76 (112)
PJ Franks 4/46 (15.5 overs)
328 (100.4 overs)
GE Welton 115 (255)
MS Kasprowicz 5/104 (33 overs)
211 (72.1 overs)
MP Maynard 55 (118)
PJ Franks 5/51 (19 overs)
100/3 (24.4 overs)
JER Gallian 55* (83)
MS Kasprowicz 2/34
(8.4 overs)
  • Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Nottinghamshire 18, Glamorgan 4
18–21 July
v
Match drawn
 
 
538 (141.2 overs)
SG Koenig 113 (220)
TJ Phillips 4/102 (25 overs)
441 (129.4 overs)
RC Irani 182* (346)
Abdul Razzaq 7/133 (33.4 overs)
426/4d (108 overs)
OA Shah 148* (184)
TJ Phillips 2/127 (32 overs)
53/1 (23 overs)
WI Jefferson 31* (75)
Abdul Razzaq 1/2 (1 over)
  • Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Middlesex 12, Essex 11
18–21 July
v
Nottinghamshire won by 1 wicket
 
 
353 (105.3 overs)
MJ Di Venuto 91 (110)
N Boje 4/45 (25 overs)
240 (78.1 overs)
KP Pietersen 103* (181)
DG Cork 4/55 (25 overs)
209 (67.2 overs)
AI Gait 53 (100)
N Boje 5/66 (23.2 overs)
323/9 (104.4 overs)
JER Gallian 111* (284)
G Welch 2/57 (18 overs)
  • Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Nottinghamshire 16, Derbyshire 7
19–22 July
v
Glamorgan won by 2 wickets
 
 
438 (128.5 overs)
CG Taylor 126 (212)
RDB Croft 3/73 (26.5 overs)
415 (104.4 overs)
MP Maynard 140 (166)
J Lewis 3/94 (24.4 overs)
293 (78.2 overs)
CM Spearman 180* (234)
SP Jones 4/67 (14 overs)
320/8 (72.2 overs)
MP Maynard 118* (104)
MCJ Ball 3/93 (23 overs)
  • Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Glamorgan 20, Gloucestershire 8
19–21 July
v
Worcestershire won by 8 wickets
 
 
387 (109 overs)
MEK Hussey 174 (291)
MS Mason 3/59 (21 overs)
383 (95 overs)
VS Solanki 116 (170)
CG Greenidge 3/90 (25 overs)
77 (35.3 overs)
GL Brophy 14* (52)
DA Leatherdale 4/23 (7.3 overs)
82/2 (13.1 overs)
GA Hick 36* (24)
CG Greenidge 2/28 (6 overs)
  • Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Worcestershire 19, Northamptonshire 7
24–27 July
v
(H) Durham
Nottinghamshire won by 8 wickets
 
 
362 (101.1 overs)
U Afzaal 103 (148)
SJ Harmison 2/81 (24.1 overs)
116 (36.5 overs)
BJ Hodge 21 (50)
GJ Smith 4/24 (11.5 overs)
83/2 (20.4 overs)
GE Welton 42* (53)
SJ Harmison 1/22 (7 overs)
328 (92.2 overs)(f/o)
JJB Lewis 70 (136)
AJ Harris 4/60 (18 overs)
  • Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Nottinghamshire 19, Durham 3
24–27 July
(H) Essex
v
Match drawn
 
 
231 (103 overs)
DDJ Robinson 48 (81)
AG Wharf 3/54 (22 overs)
575 (125.3 overs)
SP James 249 (318)
JE Bishop 3/103 (25 overs)
514/4d (171 overs)
A Flower 172* (317)
SD Thomas 2/72 (24 overs)
  • Essex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Glamorgan 12, Essex 8
24–27 July
v
Match drawn
 
 
494 (139.2 overs)
THC Hancock 112 (158)
Abdul Razzaq 5/125 (34.3 overs)
363 (108 overs)
PN Weekes 102 (188)
APR Gidman 3/33 (13 overs)
230 (82.3 overs)
CM Spearman 35* (68)
PCR Tufnell 8/66 (39 overs)
265/5 (80 overs)
BL Hutton 88 (128)
APR Gidman 2/18 (10 overs)
  • Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Gloucestershire 12, Middlesex 10
25–28 July
v
Derbyshire won by 177 runs
 
 
388 (102.1 overs)
AI Gait 175 (247)
GP Swann 6/126 (27.1 overs)
210 (53 overs)
JW Cook 88 (126)
T Lungley 3/56 (15 overs)
282 (70.1 overs)
DG Cork 80 (81)
JF Brown 4/88 (25.1 overs)
283 (64 overs)
AL Penberthy 62 (92)
KJ Dean 3/48 (15 overs)
  • Derbyshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Derbyshire 19, Northamptonshire 4

August

7–10 August
v
Essex won by 140 runs
 
 
268 (75.1 overs)
DDJ Robinson 69 (92)
G Welch 3/34 (23 overs)
301 (90.1 overs)
CWG Bassano 152 (191)
JD Middlebrook 4/67 (20.1 overs)
324 (91.4 overs)
DDJ Robinson 115 (226)
G Welch 5/66 (29 overs)
151 (52.1 overs)
SA Selwood 24 (69)
JB Grant 4/45 (8 overs)
  • Derbyshire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Essex 17, Derbyshire 6
7–10 August
v
Match drawn
 
 
396 (98.4 overs)
IJ Harvey 123 (103)
AP Davies 3/90 (25 overs)
407 (100 overs)
MJ Powell 135 (188)
IJ Harvey 4/71 (20 overs)
7/0 (5 overs)
CM Spearman 7* (15)
  • Glamorgan won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Glamorgan 12, Gloucestershire 11
7–10 August
v
Match drawn
 
 
400/4d (111.5 overs)
OA Shah 172* (239)
AL Penberthy 1/29 (22 overs)
231 (76.2 overs)
ME Cassar 58 (157)
AW Laraman 3/48 (18 overs)
  • Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Middlesex 12, Northamptonshire 6
8–11 August
v
Match drawn
 
 
201 (53.4 overs)
A Singh 57 (99)
SCG MacGill 5/63 (18.4 overs)
161 (42.4 overs)
P Johnson 52* (89)
MS Mason 5/50 (16.4 overs)
336/5d (71 overs)
GA Hick 126 (156)
GJ Smith 3/94 (21 overs)
292/5 (86 overs)
U Afzaal 91 (143)
GJ Batty 3/97 (32 overs)
  • Worcestershire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Worcestershire 8, Nottinghamshire 6.25
14–17 August
v
Worcestershire won by 9 wickets
 
 
190 (46.5 overs)
CWG Bassano 85 (108)
A Sheriyar 6/71 (15 overs)
320 (89.5 overs)
SJ Rhodes 83 (166)
KJ Dean 3/69 (25 overs)
243 (84.3 overs)
SA Selwood 99 (186)
GJ Batty 5/74 (34 overs)
115/1 (15.2 overs)
VS Solanki 81* (56)
T Lungley 1/13 (1.2 overs)
  • Derbyshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Worcestershire 18, Derbyshire 3
14–17 August
v
Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 73 runs
 
 
470 (118.4 overs)
KP Pietersen 254* (252)
CB Keegan 4/113 (29 overs)
138 (38.4 overs)
DC Nash 40* (55)
SCG MacGill 6/54 (12.4 overs)
259 (67.4 overs)
AJ Strauss 110 (163)
SCG MacGill 8/111 (24.4 overs)
  • Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Nottinghamshire 20, Middlesex 3
15–18 August
v
Match drawn
 
 
422 (97.3 overs)
MGN Windows 83 (171)
ME Cassar 6/34 (10.3 overs)
746/9d (167 overs)
MEK Hussey 310* (433)
IJ Harvey 2/106 (25 overs)
446/7 (136.5 overs)
APR Gidman 117 (189)
ME Cassar 4/100 (21.5 overs)
  • Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Northamptonshire 12, Gloucestershire 10
16–19 August
(H) Durham
v
Glamorgan won by 10 wickets
 
 
124 (42.1 overs)
A Pratt 40 (75)
MS Kasprowicz 6/47 (15.1 overs)
233 (70.5 overs)
SP James 47 (85)
M Davies 5/61 (22 overs)
114 (38 overs)
MA Gough 37 (65)
MS Kasprowicz 5/58 (13 overs)
9/0 (3.3 overs)
SP James 6* (13)
  • Durham won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Glamorgan 16, Durham 3
21–24 August
v
(H) Essex
Essex won by 4 wickets
 
 
259 (86.1 overs)
MA Gough 103 (215)
JP Stephenson 2/20 (14 overs)
271 (92 overs)
GR Napier 54* (52)
N Killeen 4/49 (19 overs)
332 (93.5 overs)
GJ Pratt 65 (128)
GR Napier 3/47 (16 overs)
322/6 (87 overs)
JP Stephenson 100* (216)
NC Phillips 4/103 (27 overs)
  • Durham won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Essex 17, Durham 5
21–24 August
v
Derbyshire won by 204 runs
 
 
414 (116.5 overs)
MJ Di Venuto 192* (303)
AA Noffke 6/138 (33 overs)
304 (104.4 overs)
EC Joyce 129 (253)
G Welch 4/61 (25 overs)
301/7d (96 overs)
MJ Di Venuto 113 (183)
PCR Tufnell 5/80 (38.3 overs)
207 (84.1 overs)
EC Joyce 51 (115)
LJ Wharton 6/62 (31 overs)
  • Derbyshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Derbyshire 20, Middlesex 6
21–24 August
v
Northamptonshire won by 8 wickets
 
 
144 (40.4 overs)
MP Maynard 43 (60)
CG Greenidge 5/44 (12 overs)
375 (97.4 overs)
AL Penberthy 99 (146)
AP Davies 4/53 (13.4 overs)
312 (83 overs)
MS Kasprowicz 72* (96)
CG Greenidge 3/68 (14 overs)
84/2 (17.2 overs)
RA White 60* (54)
MS Kasprowicz 1/16 (5 overs)
  • Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Northamptonshire 19, Glamorgan 3
21–24 August
v
Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 84 runs
 
 
173 (63.5 overs)
ID Fisher 57 (87)
PJ Franks 4/33 (14 overs)
476 (105.4 overs)
KP Pietersen 116 (137)
J Lewis 3/100 (32 overs)
219 (67 overs)
RC Russell 45* (102)
SCG MacGill 5/92 (29 overs)
  • Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Nottinghamshire 20, Gloucestershire 2.25
27–30 August
(H) Durham
v
Northamptonshire won by 7 wickets
 
 
240 (84.3 overs)
NC Phillips 47 (65)
MWH Inness 4/60 (22 overs)
236 (68.5 overs)
GL Brophy 61* (142)
SJ Harmison 4/83 (22.5 overs)
136 (45.1 overs)
MA Gough 67 (114)
CG Greenidge 6/40 (15.1 overs)
141/3 (24.3 overs)
RA White 45 (33)
GJ Muchall 2/52 (8 overs)
  • Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Northamptonshire 16, Durham 4
27–30 August
v
Match drawn
 
 
464 (142.4 overs)
JER Gallian 171 (338)
DA Cosker 4/135 (43 overs)
495 (131 overs)
SP James 184 (306)
N Boje 6/128 (42 overs)
274/5 (78 overs)
UAfzaal 104* (174)
DA Cosker 3/101 (29 overs)
  • Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Nottinghamshire 12, Glamorgan 10
27–30 August
v
Middlesex won by 6 wickets
 
 
531 (145.3 overs)
EC Joyce 125 (189)
Kabir Ali 5/100 (33 overs)
319 (90.1 overs)
GA Hick 101 (166)
CB Keegan 4/47 (20.1 overs)
193/4 (45.4 overs)
EC Joyce 46* (57)
DA Leatherdale 1/31 (9 overs)
401 (102.4 overs) (f/o)
GA Hick 69 (141)
CB Keegan 4/92 (24.4 overs)
  • Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Middlesex 19.75, Worcestershire 5

September

4–7 September
v
(H) Essex
Essex won by 6 wickets
 
 
295 (109 overs)
BL Hutton 85 (145)
GR Napier 2/45 (17 overs)
278 (88 overs)
A Habib 65 (124)
SJ Cook 4/27 (12 overs)
93 (38.1 overs)
DC Nash 33 (49)
JM Dakin 4/17 (9 overs)
111/4 (33.5 overs)
A Flower 43* (74)
SJ Cook 3/26 (10 overs)
  • Essex won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Essex 17, Middlesex 5
4–7 September
v
Match drawn
 
 
192 (57.2 overs)
THC Hancock 54 (71)
G Welch 6/60 (20 overs)
187 (53.4 overs)
LD Sutton 46 (96)
AM Smith 5/69 (20.4 overs)
577/9d (129 overs)
MGN Windows 144 (215)
G Welch 3/147 (33 overs)
319/5 (86.2 overs)
MJ Di Venuto 175* (265)
ID Fisher 1/54 (25.2 overs)
  • Gloucestershire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Gloucestershire 7, Derbyshire 7
5–8 September
v
Match drawn
 
 
447 (130.5 overs)
A Dale 127* (213)
A Sheriyar 4/81 (30.5 overs)
381 (105.4 overs)
SD Peters 130 (258)
AP Davies 5/79 (23.4 overs)
181/2 (56 overs)
DL Hemp 69* (169)
Kabir Ali 1/15 (5 overs)
  • Glamorgan won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Glamorgan 12, Worcestershire 11
6–9 September
v
Match drawn
 
 
400/6d (105.1 overs)
U Afzaal 103 (161)
ID Hunter 2/83 (24 overs)
132 (46.3 overs)
BJ Hodge 48 (73)
AJ Harris 4/40 (13.3 overs)
153/5 (28 overs) (f/o)
GJ Pratt 65 (53)
SCG MacGill 3/52 (10 overs)
  • Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Nottinghamshire 12, Durham 5.75
11–14 September
v
Middlesex won by 73 runs
 
 
292 (107.3 overs)
PN Weekes 88 (177)
KJ Dean 6/59 (25.3 overs)
137 (42 overs)
CWG Bassano 49 (83)
AA Noffke 8/24 (15 overs)
150 (36.5 overs)
D Alleyne 49* (73)
JID Kerr 4/32 (9 overs)
232 (75.3 overs)
CWG Bassano 44 (86)
PCR Tufnell 5/35 (23 overs)
  • Middlesex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Middlesex 17, Derbyshire 3
11–14 September
v
(H) Durham
Essex won by 10 wickets
 
 
463 (130.3 overs)
A Habib 123 (201)
I Pattison 3/41 (16.3 overs)
187 (66.4 overs)
MA Gough 75* (201)
JD Middlebrook 4/38 (18.4 overs)
314 (84.1 overs)
AM Thorpe 95 (150)
JP Stephenson 3/31 (11 overs)
42/0 (8.3 overs)
WI Jefferson 22 (30)
  • Essex won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Essex 20, Durham 3
11–14 September
v
Northamptonshire won by an innings and 59 runs
 
 
592/8d (165.1 overs)
RA White 277 (325)
AM Smith 3/96 (27 overs)
299 (89.3 overs)
CM Spearman 107 (174)
MS Panesar 4/43 (28.2 overs)
234 (64.4 overs) (f/o)
APR Gidman 66 (116)
JF Brown 3/47 (15 overs)
  • Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Northamptonshire 20, Gloucestershire 4
11–14 September
v
Nottinghamshire won by 114 runs
 
 
404 (118.4 overs)
DJ Bicknell 112 (231)
Kabir Ali 4/117 (28.4 overs)
397 (98.5 overs)
SJ Rhodes 124 (199)
AJ Harris 5/115 (26.5 overs)
241 (76.3 overs)
BM Shafayat 104 (193)
MS Mason 4/37 (17.3 overs)
134 (37 overs)
GA Hick 39 (57)
AJ Harris 5/56 (15 overs)
  • Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Nottinghamshire 20, Worcestershire 7
18–21 September
v
(H) Essex
Essex won by 7 wickets
 
 
341 (86.5 overs)
U Afzaal 134 (167)
JD Middlebrook 3/69 (25 overs)
282 (88.4 overs)
JP Stephenson 65 (127)
AJ Harris 3/42 (20 overs)
280 (76.3 overs)
BM Shafayat 70 (124)
JP Stephenson 3/45 (13 overs)
343/3 (68.2 overs)
WI Jefferson 165 (214)
PJ Franks 2/54 (14 overs)
  • Essex won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Essex 16.5, Nottinghamshire 6
18–21 September
v
Match drawn
 
 
348 (100 overs)
MJ Powell 113 (187)
MWH Inness 7/90 (26 overs)
430 (109.3 overs)
AL Penberthy 130* (259)
SD Thomas 5/104 (23.3 overs)
528/7d (104 overs)
MP Maynard 151 (150)
CG Greenidge 3/108 (15 overs)
242/6 (83 overs)
MJ Powell 108* (254)
RDB Croft 2/59 (19 overs)
  • Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to field
  • Points: Northamptonshire 12, Glamorgan 10
18–21 September
v
Gloucestershire won by 10 wickets
 
 
216 (68.3 overs)
BJ Hodge 73 (136)
RJ Sillence 5/63 (15 overs)
359 (98.5 overs)
APR Gidman 96 (138)
SJ Harmison 5/65 (22.5 overs)
312 (87.4 overs)
MA Gough 78 (145)
ID Fisher 4/67 (21.4 overs)
171/0 (33.2 overs)
CM Spearman 114* (111)
  • Durham won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Gloucestershire 19, Durham 4
18–21 September
v
Worcestershire won by 1 wicket
 
 
246 (88 overs)
AI Gait 58 (102)
GJ Batty 5/60 (30 overs)
265 (68.3 overs)
VS Solanki 81 (121)
KJ Dean 4/75 (19.3 overs)
391 (107.3 overs)
SA Selwood 77 (146)
DA Leatherdale 4/50 (11 overs)
373/9 (69.4 overs)
DA Leatherdale 89* (130)
KJ Dean 5/143 (28 overs)
  • Derbyshire won the toss and elected to bat
  • Points: Worcestershire 17.5, Derbyshire 3.75

Statistics

Division One

Most runs

PlayerTeamMatchesInningsRunsAverageHS100s50s
Ian Ward Surrey 1629170865.69168* 77
Nick Knight Warwickshire 1019152095.00255* 55
Ed Smith Kent 1631123342.5115428
Stuart Law Lancashire 1526121652.8621826
Ali Brown Surrey 1626121150.4518853
Source: [6]

Most wickets

PlayerTeamMatchesOversWicketsAverageBBI5W
Martin Saggers Kent 15547.37921.546/396
Amjad Khan Kent 164856331.806/524
Devon Malcolm Leicestershire 16477.56030.437/764
Glen Chapple Lancashire 16539.35429.516/303
Peter Martin Lancashire 124525321.245/541
Source: [7]

Division Two

Most runs

PlayerTeamMatchesInningsRunsAverageHS100s50s
Michael Di Venuto Derbyshire 1528153861.5223047
Craig Spearman Gloucestershire 1632138849.57180* 56
Michael Hussey Northamptonshire 1221137972.57310* 53
Darren Robinson Essex 1631128942.9617545
Graeme Hick Worcestershire 1628126252.58315* 36
Source: [8]

Most wickets

PlayerTeamMatchesOversWicketsAverageBBI5W
Kevin Dean Derbyshire 165788024.027/423
Andrew Harris Nottinghamshire 13392.46322.397/543
Kabir Ali Worcestershire 15497.56026.565/324
Dominic Cork Derbyshire 8323.15716.686/515
Alamgir Sheriyar Worcestershire 16555.25730.086/714
Source: [9]

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