County Championship | |
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Champions | Durham |
Runners-up | Nottinghamshire |
Most runs | Murray Goodwin (1,343) |
Most wickets | James Tomlinson (67) |
Friends Provident Trophy | |
Champions | Essex Eagles |
Runners-up | Kent Spitfires |
Most runs | Martin van Jaarsveld (660) |
Most wickets | Yasir Arafat (24) |
NatWest Pro40 | |
Champions | Sussex Sharks |
Runners-up | Hampshire Hawks |
Most runs | Marcus Trescothick (556) |
Most wickets | Jade Dernbach (24) |
Twenty20 Cup | |
Champions | Middlesex Crusaders |
Runners-up | Kent Spitfires |
Most runs | Joe Denly (451) |
Most wickets | Yasir Arafat (23) |
PCA Player of the Year | |
Martin van Jaarsveld | |
Wisden Cricketers of the Year | |
James Anderson Dale Benkenstein Mark Boucher Neil McKenzie Claire Taylor | |
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The 2008 English cricket season was the 109th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. Four regular tournaments were played: The LV County Championship (first-class), Friends Provident Trophy (50 Over), NatWest Pro40 League (40 Over) and the Twenty20 Cup (T20). All four tournaments featured the eighteen classic county cricket teams, although the Friends Provident Trophy also featured sides from Ireland and Scotland.
In the county championship, Durham won their first championship title by 8 points from Nottinghamshire. Kent and Surrey were the two sides to be relegated to Division Two, with Surrey failing to register a win for the first time since 1871 . It completed a miserable season for Surrey, who also finished bottom of their Twenty20 Cup division and failed to progress from the group stage of the Friends Provident Trophy. Warwickshire and Worcestershire were the two sides promoted from Division Two.
In the other competitions, Essex won the Friend's Provident Trophy with a 5 wicket victory over Kent; Sussex claimed the Pro40 Division 1 title with a last ball six, leaving Hampshire runners up. Last year's champions Worcestershire had to beat Glamorgan in the play-off to retain their Division 1 status for next year, while Middlesex and Lancashire were relegated. Essex bounced back from relegation last season to win the Division 2 title and, with it, a place in the top division alongside runners-up Yorkshire. Middlesex won their first domestic title in 15 years in the Twenty20 Cup with a 3 run win over reigning champions Kent.
New Zealand toured England to compete in a test series which England won 2-0 and South Africa toured England to compete in a test series which South Africa won 2–1. [1]
Test series
ODI series
Twenty20 Internationals
Second XI Championship
Second XI Trophy
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P | Team | Pld | W | L | Tie | D | Aban | Bat | Bowl | Deduct | Pts | Promoted / Relegated |
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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: [2]
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
P | Team | Pld | W | L | Tie | D | Aban | Bat | Bowl | Deduct | Pts | Promoted / Relegated |
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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: [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
Source: BBC Sport
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North Conference
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Midlands Conference
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South East Conference
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South West Conference
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Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
4 June - Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street | ||||||||||
Nottingham Outlaws | 188 | |||||||||
4 July – Riverside, Chester-le-Street | ||||||||||
Durham Dynamos | 189/9 | |||||||||
Kent Spitfires | 301/4 | |||||||||
4 June - County Ground, Bristol | ||||||||||
Durham Dynamos | 217 | |||||||||
Gloucestershire Gladiators | 201 | |||||||||
17 August – Lord's Cricket Ground, London | ||||||||||
Yorkshire Carnegie | 205/4 | |||||||||
Kent Spitfires | 214 | |||||||||
4 June - Grace Road, Leicester | ||||||||||
Essex Eagles | 215/5 | |||||||||
Essex Eagles | 350/5 | |||||||||
5 July - County Ground, Chelmsford | ||||||||||
Leicestershire Foxes | 232 | |||||||||
Essex Eagles | 285/8 | |||||||||
4 June–5 June - County Ground, Beckenham | ||||||||||
Yorkshire Carnegie | 198 | |||||||||
Kent Spitfires | 259/5 | |||||||||
Somerset Sabres | 222 | |||||||||
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Division Two
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Worcestershire beat Glamorgan in the playoff match to retain their Division 1 status for the 2009 season. [4]
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North Division
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South Division
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Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
22 July - Riverside, Chester-le-Street | ||||||||||
Durham Dynamos | 163/8 | |||||||||
26 July – The Rose Bowl, Southampton | ||||||||||
Glamorgan Dragons | 119 | |||||||||
Durham Dynamos | 138/6 | |||||||||
8 July - The Oval, London | ||||||||||
Middlesex Crusaders | 141/2 | |||||||||
Middlesex Crusaders | 176/7 | |||||||||
26 July – The Rose Bowl, Southampton | ||||||||||
Lancashire Lightning | 164/8 | |||||||||
Middlesex Crusaders | 187/6 | |||||||||
7 July - Chelmsford | ||||||||||
Kent Spitfires | 184/5 | |||||||||
Essex Eagles | 192/9 | |||||||||
26 July - The Rose Bowl, Southampton | ||||||||||
Northamptonshire Steelbacks | 115/7 | |||||||||
Essex Eagles | 159/8 | |||||||||
9 July–10 July - Edgbaston, Birmingham | ||||||||||
Kent Spitfires | 173/7 | |||||||||
Warwickshire Bears | 133/8 | |||||||||
Kent Spitfires | 175/6 | |||||||||
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