Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | First-class cricket (4 days) |
Tournament format(s) | League system |
Champions | Essex |
Participants | 18 |
Most runs | Dom Sibley (1,324) (Div 1) Hassan Azad (1,189) (Div 2) |
Most wickets | Simon Harmer (83) (Div 1) Chris Rushworth (69) (Div 2) |
The 2019 County Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2019 Specsavers County Championship, was the 120th cricket County Championship season. As in 2018, Division One had eight teams and Division Two had ten teams. The first round of matches began on 5 April and the final round of matches ended on 26 September. [1] Surrey were the defending champions. [2] At the end of the 2019 season only one team was relegated with three promoted. [3] Therefore, from 2020 onwards, Division One would feature ten teams and Division Two would feature eight. [lower-alpha 1]
Source: [4]
Team promoted from Division Two in 2018
Team relegated from Division One in 2018
Fixtures for the 2019 County Championship were announced on 26 November 2018, with the previous season's champions Surrey beginning the defence of their title against Essex at The Oval. [5]
5–8 April 2019 | Hampshire (H) | v | Hampshire won by an innings and 87 runs | | |
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5–8 April 2019 | Nottinghamshire (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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5–8 April 2019 | Somerset (H) | v | Somerset won by 74 runs | | |
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11–14 April 2019 | v | Hampshire (H) | Yorkshire won by an innings and 44 runs | | |
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11–13 April 2019 | Nottinghamshire (H) | v | Somerset won by an innings and 14 runs | | |
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11–14 April 2019 | Surrey (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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11–14 April 2019 | v | Warwickshire (H) | Kent won by 8 wickets | | |
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14–16 May 2019 | v | Essex (H) | Essex won by 8 wickets | | |
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14–17 May 2019 | v | Kent (H) | Yorkshire won by 172 runs | | |
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14–17 May 2019 | v | Somerset (H) | Match drawn | | |
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14–17 May 2019 | v | Warwickshire (H) | Hampshire won by 314 runs | | |
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20–23 May 2019 | Hampshire (H) | v | Hampshire won by 244 runs | | |
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20–23 May 2019 | v | Kent (H) | Match drawn | | |
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20–22 May 2019 | Somerset (H) | v | Somerset won by 49 runs | | |
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27–30 May 2019 | Essex (H) | v | Essex won by 113 runs | | |
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27–30 May 2019 | Warwickshire (H) | v | Warwickshire won by 130 runs | | |
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27–30 May 2019 | Yorkshire (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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3–6 June 2019 | v | Surrey (H) | Somerset won by 102 runs | | |
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3–6 June 2019 | Warwickshire (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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3–6 June 2019 | Yorkshire (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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9–12 June 2019 | Nottinghamshire (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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10–13 June 2019 | Kent (H) | v | Somerset won by 10 wickets | | |
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10–13 June 2019 | Surrey (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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16–17 June 2019 | v | Essex (H) | Essex won by an innings and 8 runs | | |
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17–20 June 2019 | Kent (H) | v | Kent won by 285 runs | | |
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17–20 June 2019 | Yorkshire (H) | v | Warwickshire won by 3 wickets | | |
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23–25 June 2019 | Essex (H) | v | Essex won by 151 runs | | |
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23–26 June 2019 | Surrey (H) | v | Surrey won by 74 runs | | |
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30 June-3 July 2019 | Kent (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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30 June-3 July 2019 | Nottinghamshire (H) | v | Essex won by an innings and 123 runs | | |
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30 June-3 July 2019 | Somerset (H) | v | Somerset won by 313 runs | | |
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30 June-3 July 2019 | Yorkshire (H) | v | Yorkshire won by 123 runs | | |
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6–9 July 2019 | Hampshire (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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7–9 July 2019 | v | Essex (H) | Essex won by 8 wickets | | |
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7–9 July 2019 | Somerset (H) | v | Somerset won by 132 runs | | |
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7–10 July 2019 | Surrey (H) | v | Kent won by 5 wickets | | |
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13–15 July 2019 | v | Nottinghamshire (H) | Surrey won by 167 runs | | |
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13–16 July 2019 | Hampshire (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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13–16 July 2019 | Essex (H) | v | Essex won by 187 runs | | |
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13–16 July 2019 | Yorkshire (H) | v | Yorkshire won by an innings and 73 runs | | |
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18–20 August 2019 | Kent (H) | v | Essex won by 3 wickets | | |
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18–21 August 2019 | Yorkshire (H) | v | Yorkshire won by 143 runs | | |
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18–21 August 2019 | v | Surrey (H) | Match drawn | | |
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18–21 August 2019 | Warwickshire (H) | v | Somerset won by 5 wickets | | |
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10–12 September 2019 | Somerset (H) | v | Somerset won by 298 runs | | |
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10–12 September 2019 | v | Nottinghamshire (H) | Kent won by 227 runs | | |
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10–12 September 2019 | Hampshire (H) | v | Hampshire won by 272 runs | | |
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10–13 September 2019 | v | Essex (H) | Match drawn | | |
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16–18 September 2019 | Hampshire (H) | v | Hampshire won by 136 runs | | |
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16–18 September 2019 | v | Essex (H) | Essex won by an innings and 40 runs | | |
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16–19 September 2019 | Nottinghamshire (H) | v | Warwickshire won by 8 wickets | | |
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16–19 September 2019 | v | Yorkshire (H) | Kent won by 433 runs | | |
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23–26 September 2019 | Kent (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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23–26 September 2019 | Surrey (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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23–26 September 2019 | v | Warwickshire (H) | Match drawn | | |
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23–26 September 2019 | Somerset (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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5–8 April 2019 | Derbyshire (H) | v | Derbyshire won by 125 runs | | |
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5–8 April 2019 | Northamptonshire (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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5–8 April 2019 | Sussex (H) | v | Leicestershire won by 7 wickets | | |
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11–14 April 2019 | Durham (H) | v | Sussex won by 6 wickets | | |
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11–14 April 2019 | Glamorgan (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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11–14 April 2019 | v | Gloucestershire (H) | Match drawn | | |
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11–14 April 2019 | v | Leicestershire (H) | Worcestershire won by an innings and 18 runs | | |
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11–14 April 2019 | Middlesex (H) | v | Lancashire won by 7 wickets | | |
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14–17 May 2019 | v | Glamorgan (H) | Match drawn | | |
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14–17 May 2019 | v | Lancashire (H) | Lancashire won by 10 wickets | | |
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14–17 May 2019 | Middlesex (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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14–17 May 2019 | v | Worcestershire (H) | Worcestershire won by 5 wickets | | |
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19–22 May 2019 | Derbyshire (H) | v | Glamorgan won by 2 wickets | | |
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20–22 May 2019 | Durham (H) | v | Gloucestershire won by 6 wickets | | |
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20–22 May 2019 | v | Lancashire (H) | Lancashire won by 6 wickets | | |
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20–23 May 2019 | v | Northamptonshire (H) | Match drawn | | |
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27–30 May 2019 | Gloucestershire (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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27–30 May 2019 | v | Leicestershire (H) | Derbyshire won by 65 runs | | |
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27–30 May 2019 | v | Sussex (H) | Match drawn | | |
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27–30 May 2019 | v | Worcestershire (H) | Middlesex won by 127 runs | | |
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2–5 June 2019 | Middlesex (H) | v | Sussex won by an innings and 50 runs | | |
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2–5 June 2019 | Northamptonshire (H) | v | Glamorgan won by an innings and 143 runs | | |
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3–6 June 2019 | Durham (H) | v | Durham won by 29 runs | | |
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3–6 June 2019 | Lancashire (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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10–13 June 2019 | Durham (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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10–13 June 2019 | Leicestershire (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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10–13 June 2019 | Worcestershire (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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11–14 June 2019 | Glamorgan (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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11–14 June 2019 | Sussex (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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16–19 June 2019 | Middlesex (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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17–19 June 2019 | Derbyshire (H) | v | Lancashire won by 10 wickets | | |
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17–20 June 2019 | Leicestershire (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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18–21 June 2019 | v | Worcestershire (H) | Match drawn | | |
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23–26 June 2019 | Gloucestershire (H) | v | Glamorgan won by 4 wickets | | |
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24–27 June 2019 | Northamptonshire (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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24–27 June 2019 | v | Sussex (H) | Durham won by 196 runs | | |
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30 June-2 July 2019 | v | Sussex (H) | Northamptonshire won by 393 runs | | |
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30 June-3 July 2019 | Derbyshire (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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30 June-3 July 2019 | Glamorgan (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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30 June-3 July 2019 | Lancashire (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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7–9 July 2019 | Middlesex (H) | v | Middlesex won by 78 runs | | |
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7–10 July 2019 | v | Leicestershire (H) | Durham won by 119 runs | | |
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7–10 July 2019 | Northamptonshire (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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7–10 July 2019 | v | Worcestershire (H) | Derbyshire won by 82 runs | | |
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13–15 July 2019 | v | Lancashire (H) | Lancashire won by an innings and 51 runs | | |
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13–16 July 2019 | Durham (H) | v | Durham won by 109 runs | | |
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13–16 July 2019 | v | Glamorgan (H) | Middlesex won by 256 runs | | |
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14–16 July 2019 | v | Derbyshire (H) | Northamptonshire won by 72 runs | | |
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15–18 July 2019 | v | Gloucestershire (H) | Gloucestershire won by 6 wickets | | |
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21–24 July 2019 | Gloucestershire (H) | v | Gloucestershire won by 13 runs | | |
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18–20 August 2019 | Glamorgan (H) | v | Lancashire won by an innings and 150 runs | | |
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18–20 August 2019 | v | Northamptonshire (H) | Northamptonshire won by 10 wickets | | |
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18–20 August 2019 | v | Sussex (H) | Sussex won by 7 wickets | | |
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18–21 August 2019 | Derbyshire (H) | v | Gloucestershire won by 8 wickets | | |
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18–21 August 2019 | Durham (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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10–12 September | Worcestershire (H) | v | Worcestershire won by 155 runs | | |
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10–12 September 2019 | v | Middlesex (H) | Durham won by 44 runs | | |
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10–12 September 2019 | v | Lancashire (H) | Lancashire won by an innings and 45 runs | | |
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10–13 September 2019 | Leicestershire (H) | v | Northamptonshire won by 7 wickets | | |
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10–13 September 2019 | Gloucestershire (H) | v | Sussex won by 8 wickets | | |
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16–18 September 2019 | Worcestershire (H) | v | Gloucestershire won by 6 wickets | | |
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16–19 September 2019 | Derbyshire (H) | v | Derbyshire won by 181 runs | | |
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16–19 September 2019 | Glamorgan (H) | v | Glamorgan won by 291 runs | | |
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16–19 September 2019 | Lancashire (H) | v | Lancashire won by 104 runs | | |
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16–19 September 2019 | Northamptonshire (H) | v | Northamptonshire won by 169 runs | | |
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23–26 September 2019 | Durham (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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23–26 September 2019 | Gloucestershire (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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23–26 September 2019 | Leicestershire (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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23–26 September 2019 | Middlesex (H) | v | Match drawn | | |
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Teams receive 16 points for a win, 8 for a tie and 5 for a draw. Bonus points (a maximum of 5 batting points and 3 bowling points) may be scored during the first 110 overs of each team's first innings.
Division One
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Sources: BBC Sport, [13] ESPNcricinfo, [14] ECB [10]
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As of 26 September 2019 [update]
Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
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Dom Sibley | Warwickshire | 12 | 21 | 1324 | 69.68 | 244 | 5 | 5 |
Gary Ballance | Yorkshire | 13 | 23 | 975 | 46.42 | 159 | 5 | 3 |
Sam Northeast | Hampshire | 13 | 22 | 969 | 51.00 | 169 | 3 | 5 |
Alastair Cook | Essex | 14 | 24 | 913 | 45.68 | 125 | 1 | 7 |
Daniel Bell-Drummond | Kent | 14 | 26 | 892 | 35.68 | 166 | 1 | 5 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo [20]
Players | Team | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5w | 10w |
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Simon Harmer | Essex | 14 | 595.5 | 83 | 18.28 | 8/98 | 10 | 2 |
Kyle Abbott | Hampshire | 13 | 362.5 | 71 | 15.73 | 9/40 | 6 | 1 |
Jeetan Patel | Warwickshire | 14 | 635.1 | 64 | 26.75 | 8/36 | 4 | 2 |
Matt Milnes | Kent | 14 | 386.4 | 55 | 25.14 | 5/68 | 2 | 0 |
Darren Stevens | Kent | 12 | 403.0 | 52 | 17.57 | 5/20 | 5 | 1 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo [21]
As of 26 September 2019 [update]
Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
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Hassan Azad | Leicestershire | 14 | 26 | 1189 | 54.04 | 137 | 3 | 8 |
Marnus Labuschagne | Glamorgan | 10 | 18 | 1114 | 65.52 | 182 | 5 | 5 |
Chris Dent | Gloucestershire | 14 | 24 | 1087 | 47.26 | 176 | 4 | 4 |
Dane Vilas | Lancashire | 14 | 17 | 1036 | 79.69 | 266 | 2 | 7 |
Billy Godleman | Derbyshire | 14 | 26 | 1008 | 38.76 | 227 | 4 | 2 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo [25]
Players | Team | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5w | 10w |
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Chris Rushworth | Durham | 14 | 486.4 | 69 | 18.42 | 6/39 | 4 | 1 |
Ollie Robinson | Sussex | 11 | 380.3 | 63 | 16.44 | 8/34 | 6 | 3 |
Ben Sanderson | Northamptonshire | 14 | 448.2 | 60 | 19.65 | 6/37 | 3 | 1 |
Ben Raine | Durham | 14 | 463.4 | 54 | 21.83 | 6/27 | 3 | 0 |
Luis Reece | Derbyshire | 14 | 371.0 | 52 | 19.65 | 6/58 | 3 | 0 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo [26]
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