Dates | 6 April 2023 – 29 September 2023 |
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Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Cricket format | First-class cricket (4 days) |
Tournament format(s) | League system |
Champions | Surrey (22nd title) |
Participants | 18 |
Matches | 126 |
Most runs | Josh Bohannon (1,257) (Div 1) Alex Lees (1,347) (Div 2) |
Most wickets | Brett Hutton (62) (Div 1) Ben Raine (60) (Div 2) |
The 2023 County Championship (referred to as the LV= Insurance County Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 123rd cricket County Championship season in England and Wales. [1] As in 2022, Division One had ten teams and Division Two had eight teams. [2] The season started on 6 April and finished on 29 September 2023. [3] [4] Surrey were the defending champions [5] and retained their title in the last round of matches. [6]
The teams were split based on the finishing positions in the 2022 season. [7] The following teams took part in the County Championship: [8]
Team promoted from Division Two in 2022
Team relegated from Division One in 2022
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Teams in both divisions played a total of 14 games, with seven home matches and seven away matches. There was a two-up, two-down promotion and relegation system.
Teams receive 16 points for a win, 8 for a tie and 5 for a draw. [10] 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.
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1 | Surrey (C) | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 41 | 0 | 216 | |
2 | Essex | 14 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 39 | 0 | 196 | |
3 | Hampshire | 14 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 39 | 3 | 192 | |
4 | Warwickshire | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 41 | 0 | 179 | |
5 | Lancashire | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 29 | 35 | 1 | 161 | |
6 | Nottinghamshire | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 39 | 0 | 151 | |
7 | Somerset | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 40 | 0 | 148 | |
8 | Kent | 14 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 34 | 0 | 111 | |
9 | Middlesex [lower-alpha 1] (R) | 14 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 1 | 104 | Relegation to Division 2 |
10 | Northamptonshire (R) | 14 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 0 | 96 |
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1 | Durham (P) | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 54 | 39 | 2 | 233 | Promotion to Division 1 |
2 | Worcestershire (P) | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 36 | 0 | 167 | |
3 | Sussex | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 16 | 150 | |
4 | Leicestershire | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 25 | 35 | 0 | 143 | |
5 | Glamorgan | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 29 | 34 | 0 | 139 | |
6 | Derbyshire | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 25 | 38 | 0 | 113 | |
7 | Yorkshire | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 31 | 35 | 50 | 109 | |
8 | Gloucestershire | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 35 | 0 | 98 |
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