2003 County Championship

2003 County Championship

Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	First-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Sussex (1st title)
Participants	18
Matches	144
Most runs	Stuart Law (1,820 for Lancashire) [1]
Most wickets	Mushtaq Ahmed (103 for Sussex) [2]
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The 2003 County Championship season, known as the Frizzell County Championship, was the 103rd County Championship. It was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team played all the others in their division both home and away. The top three teams from Division Two were promoted to the first division for the 2004 season, while the bottom three sides from Division 1 were relegated.

Division One

Standings

• 14 points for a win
• 6 points for a tie
• 4 points for a draw
• 4 points for an abandoned game
• A maximum of 5 batting bonus points and 3 bowling bonus points

P	Team	Pld	W	L	Tie	D	Aban	Bat	Bowl	Deduct	Pts	Promoted / Relegated
1	Sussex	16	10	4	0	2	0	62	47	0	257	Winners of Championship
2	Lancashire	16	6	2	0	8	0	64	43	0	223
3	Surrey	16	6	3	0	7	0	63	44	0	219
4	Kent	16	6	5	0	5	0	47	47	0	198
5	Warwickshire	16	4	5	1	6	0	50	37	2.5	171.5
6	Middlesex	16	3	3	0	10	0	46	41	0	169
7	Essex	16	3	5	1	7	0	34	45	0	156	Relegated to Championship Division 2
8	Nottinghamshire	16	2	8	0	6	0	36	45	1	132
9	Leicestershire	16	1	6	0	9	0	36	40	0.5	125.5

Source: ^[3]
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd matches won; 3^rd 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	Worcestershire	16	10	1	0	5	0	42	44	0.25	245.75	Promoted to Championship Division 1
2	Northamptonshire	16	10	2	0	4	0	45	44	8	237
3	Gloucestershire	16	5	2	0	9	0	38	46	0	190
4	Yorkshire	16	4	5	0	7	0	54	47	1.5	183.5
5	Glamorgan	16	5	5	0	6	0	45	45	1	183
6	Durham	16	5	7	0	4	0	31	43	0.75	159.25
7	Somerset	16	4	8	0	4	0	41	44	0	157
8	Hampshire	16	2	6	0	8	0	36	44	0	140
9	Derbyshire	16	2	11	0	3	0	30	44	0	114

Source: ^[3]
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd matches won; 3^rd 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

References

1. "Batting and Fielding in Frizzell County Championship 2003 (Ordered by Runs)" . CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
2. "Bowling in Frizzell County Championship 2003 (Ordered by Wickets)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
3. "Frizzell County Championship 2003 Points Table" . Cricket Archive. Retrieved 8 October 2009.