Dates | 4 April 2025 – 27 September 2025 |
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Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
Cricket format | First-class cricket (4 days) |
Tournament format(s) | League system |
Champions | Nottinghamshire (7th title) |
Participants | 18 |
Matches | 126 |
Most runs | Dom Sibley (1,274) (Div 1) Saif Zaib (1,425) (Div 2) |
Most wickets | Tom Taylor (58) (Div 1) Luis Reece (50) (Div 2) |
The 2025 County Championship was the 125th cricket County Championship season in England and Wales. [1] [2] As in 2024, Division One had ten teams and Division Two had eight teams. The season began on 4 April and ended on 27 September 2025. [3] [4] [5] Surrey were the defending champions. [6] Nottinghamshire won the title for the seventh time in the club's history and the first since 2010. [7] [8]
The teams were split based on the finishing positions in the 2024 season. The following teams took part in the County Championship:
Team promoted from Division Two in 2024
Team | Primary home ground | Captain | Coach |
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Derbyshire | County Ground, Derby | Wayne Madsen | Mickey Arthur |
Glamorgan | Sophia Gardens, Cardiff | Sam Northeast | Richard Dawson |
Gloucestershire | County Ground, Bristol | Cameron Bancroft | Mark Alleyne |
Kent | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury | Daniel Bell-Drummond | Adam Hollioake |
Lancashire | Old Trafford, Manchester | Keaton Jennings (until 13 May) Marcus Harris (interim until 11th September) James Anderson (stand-in) | Dale Benkenstein (until 28 May) Steven Croft (interim) |
Leicestershire | Grace Road, Leicester | Peter Handscomb | Alfonso Thomas |
Middlesex | Lord's, London | Toby Roland-Jones (until 9 July) Leus du Plooy | Richard Johnson (until 17 June) Dane Vilas (interim) |
Northamptonshire | County Ground, Northampton | Luke Procter | Darren Lehmann |
Team relegated from Division One in 2024
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | D | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts |
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1 | Nottinghamshire | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 34 | 2 | 224 |
2 | Surrey | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 30 | 34 | 0 | 208 |
3 | Somerset | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 29 | 37 | 5 | 181 |
4 | Sussex | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 40 | 0 | 172 |
5 | Warwickshire | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 31 | 0 | 172 |
6 | Essex | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 33 | 0 | 172 |
7 | Yorkshire | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 36 | 1 | 168 |
8 | Hampshire | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 12 | 37 | 8 | 145 |
9 | Durham | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 34 | 0 | 144 |
10 | Worcestershire | 14 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 39 | 4 | 103 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | D | A | Bat | Bowl | Ded | Pts | |
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1 | Leicestershire | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 46 | 35 | 0 | 241 | Promotion to Division 1 |
2 | Glamorgan | 14 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 34 | 1 | 193 | |
3 | Derbyshire | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 32 | 36 | 0 | 188 | |
4 | Middlesex | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 36 | 0 | 182 | |
5 | Lancashire | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 26 | 37 | 0 | 175 | |
6 | Gloucestershire | 14 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 37 | 2 | 166 | |
7 | Northamptonshire | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 36 | 0 | 143 | |
8 | Kent | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 30 | 14 | 114 |
Runs | Player | Team |
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1,184 | Dom Sibley | Surrey |
1,108 | Haseeb Hameed | Nottinghamshire |
1,053 | Adam Lyth | Yorkshire |
974 | Jake Libby | Worcestershire |
930 | James Rew | Somerset |
Wickets | Player | Team |
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49 | Tom Taylor | Worcestershire |
46 | Kyle Abbott | Hampshire |
42 | Jamie Porter | Essex |
41 | George Hill | Yorkshire |
Jack Leach | Somerset |
Runs | Player | Team |
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1,275 | Ben Compton | Kent |
1,192 | Saif Zaib | Northamptonshire |
1,027 | Marcus Harris | Lancashire |
1,011 | Colin Ingram | Glamorgan |
1,005 | Caleb Jewell | Derbyshire |
Wickets | Player | Team |
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39 | Luis Reece | Derbyshire |
Ryan Higgins | Middlesex | |
38 | Toby Roland-Jones | Middlesex |
35 | Ian Holland | Leicestershire |
Calvin Harrison | Northamptonshire |