2008 County Championship

2008 County Championship

Administrator	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	First-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament format	League system
Champions	Durham (1st title)
Participants	18
Matches	144
Most runs	Murray Goodwin (1,343 for Sussex) [1]
Most wickets	James Tomlinson (67 for Hampshire) [2]
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The 2008 County Championship season, known as the LV 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 two teams from Division Two are promoted to the first division for 2009, while the bottom two sides from Division 1 are relegated. Durham won the tournament, their first title, after beating Kent in their final match. ^[3]

Teams in the County Championship 2008:

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

Icon Team promoted from Division Two Team relegated from Division One

Points system

Fourteen points were awarded for each win, four points were awarded for a draw or abandonment. Defeats scored no points. Teams were awarded bonus points during the first 130 overs of their first innings; one bowling point for every three wickets taken (up to three points available), and one batting point gained when teams reached 200, 250, 300, 350 and 400 runs (up to five points available).

Division One

Standings

P	Team	Pld	W	L	Tie	D	Aban	Bat	Bowl	Deduct	Pts	Promoted / Relegated
1	Durham	16	6	3	0	6	1	37	41	0	190	Winners of Championship
2	Nottinghamshire	16	5	3	0	7	1	37	43	0	182
3	Hampshire	16	5	4	0	7	0	33	47	0	178
4	Somerset	16	3	2	0	11	0	44	44	0	174
5	Lancashire	16	5	2	0	8	1	24	40	0	170
6	Sussex	16	2	2	0	12	0	45	38	0	159
7	Yorkshire	16	2	5	0	9	0	50	45	0	159
8	Kent	16	4	6	0	6	0	30	44	0	154	Relegated to Championship Division 2
9	Surrey	16	0	5	0	10	1	45	36	1	124

Source: , ^{[4] [5]}
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	Warwickshire	16	5	0	0	11	0	53	46	0	213	Promoted to Championship Division 1
2	Worcestershire	16	6	2	0	7	1	40	45	5	196
3	Middlesex	16	4	5	0	7	0	46	45	0	175
4	Northamptonshire	16	3	3	0	10	0	52	35	0	169
5	Essex	16	5	6	0	5	0	36	45	3	168
6	Derbyshire	16	4	3	0	9	0	33	46	4	167
7	Leicestershire	16	3	4	0	9	0	29	43	0	150
8	Glamorgan	16	3	5	0	7	1	26	36	0	136
9	Gloucestershire	16	0	5	0	11	0	42	38	2	122

Source: , ^{[6] [7]}
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

Records

Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 1343 58.39 Murray Goodwin Sussex 1302 56.60 Hylton Ackerman Leicestershire 1292 56.17 Jacques Rudolph Yorkshire 1288 53.66 Stephen Moore Worcestershire 1258 46.59 Marcus Trescothick Somerset 1240 62.00 Jonathan Trott Warwickshire 1235 61.75 Mark Ramprakash Surrey 1232 56.00 Chris Rogers Derbyshire 1162 64.55 Ravi Bopara Essex 1150 47.91 Martin van Jaarsveld Kent Source: [1]

Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 67 24.76 James Tomlinson Hampshire 64 26.43 Tim Murtagh Middlesex 62 30.41 Adil Rashid Yorkshire 60 22.35 Steve Harmison Durham 59 18.74 Kabir Ali Worcestershire 58 28.67 Charlie Shreck Nottinghamshire 57 27.14 Graham Wagg Derbyshire 55 22.50 Charl Langeveldt Derbyshire 55 26.05 Robbie Joseph Kent 50 19.62 Callum Thorp Durham Source: [2]

See also

• 2008 English cricket season

References

1. "Batting and Fielding in LV County Championship 2008 (Ordered by Runs)" . CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
2. "Bowling in LV County Championship 2008 (Ordered by Wickets)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
3. "A Kiwi bazooka". ESPNcricinfo. 27 September 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
4. "County Championship Division One". BBC Sport. 11 April 2005. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
5. "County Championship Division One 2008 / Points table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
6. "County Championship Division Two". BBC Sport. 11 April 2005. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
7. "County Championship Division Two 2008 / Points table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 September 2009.

External links

• 2008 County Championship Archived 13 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine at CricketArchive
• 2008 County Championship at Cricinfo:
  • 2008 County Championship - Division One
  • 2008 County Championship - Division Two
• BBC Wear - Pictures - Durham celebrate winning the County Championship 2008 for the first time