Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Warwickshire.
Durham County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Durham. Founded in 1882,Durham held minor status for over a century and was a prominent member of the Minor Counties Championship,winning the competition seven times. In 1992,the club joined the County Championship and the team was elevated to senior status as an official first-class team. Durham has been classified as an occasional List A team from 1964,then as a full List A team from 1992;and as a senior Twenty20 team since the format's introduction in 2003.
Hampshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Hampshire. Hampshire teams formed by earlier organisations,principally the Hambledon Club,always had first-class status and the same applied to the county club when it was founded in 1863. Because of poor performances for several seasons until 1885,Hampshire then lost its status for nine seasons until it was invited into the County Championship in 1895,since when the team have played in every top-level domestic cricket competition in England. Hampshire originally played at the Antelope Ground,Southampton until 1885 when they relocated to the County Ground,Southampton until 2000,before moving to the purpose-built Rose Bowl in West End,which is in the Borough of Eastleigh. The club has twice won the County Championship,in the 1961 and 1973 seasons.
Michael John Lumb is a former South African-born English cricketer,who played for Yorkshire,Hampshire,and Nottinghamshire at county level and England in Twenty20 International cricket and One Day International cricket. Born and raised in South Africa,Lumb is a left-handed opening batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. He became only the second cricketer after Dennis Amiss to score a century on ODI debut for England and ninth player overall to do so. Lumb was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.
Adil Usman Rashid is an English cricketer who plays for England in One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket,and previously played for the Test team. In domestic cricket,he represents Yorkshire,and has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues,he was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs.2 Crore,in the 2023 Indian Premier League auction. He is regarded as one of the best English spinners of all-time.
Calum Scott MacLeod is a Scottish professional cricketer. He has represented the Scotland national team since 2008,including at the 2015 World Cup and the 2016 World Twenty20. He has played county cricket in England for Warwickshire and Durham. In January 2019,MacLeod was named the ICC Associate Player of the Year at the 2018 ICC Awards.
Andrew William Gale is an English cricket coach and former first-class cricketer,who was first XI coach of Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 2016 to 2021. He also co-owns Pro Coach Cricket Academy,with his business partner Chris Brice,providing cricket coaching by professional cricketers.
Richard Allan Kettleborough is an English international cricket umpire,and former first-class cricketer who appeared in 33 first-class matches for Yorkshire and Middlesex. He was a left-handed top order batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. He attended Worksop College and was a member of the college cricket XI for a number of years.
Melville Ryan was an English professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1954 to 1965. He was born in Huddersfield,and died in the Kirkland Hospice at Dalton in Huddersfield.
Ross Andrew Whiteley is an English cricketer who currently plays for Derbyshire.
Michael Youll is a former English cricketer,a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm unorthodox spin. He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne,Northumberland.
The One-Day Cup is a fifty-over limited overs cricket competition for the England and Wales first-class counties. It began in 2014 as a replacement for the ECB 40 tournament,which ran from 2010 to 2013. In contrast to its 40-over predecessor,the number of overs per innings was set at 50 to bring the competition in line with One-Day Internationals.
Thomas Benjamin Abell is an English first-class cricketer who plays for Somerset County Cricket Club.
Paul Ian Walter is an English cricketer who plays for Essex County Cricket Club. He is a left-handed all-rounder who bowls left-arm medium-fast. He made his Twenty20 debut for Essex,on 24 June 2016,against Hampshire. He made his List A debut for Essex in the 2017 Royal London One-Day Cup on 10 May 2017.
Conor McKerr is an English-South African cricketer who plays county cricket in England for Surrey County Cricket Club. McKerr holds a British passport. He made his first-class debut on loan to Derbyshire in 2017.
James Edwin Graham Logan is an English professional cricketer who played for Kent between 2021 and 2023,and Yorkshire between 2018 and 2020.
Christopher Gavin Benjamin is a South African cricketer who plays for Warwickshire. He made his first-class debut on 26 March 2019,for Durham MCCU against Durham,as part of the Marylebone Cricket Club University fixtures. In July 2021,he was awarded a rookie contract with Warwickshire County Cricket Club. He made his Twenty20 debut on 18 July 2021,for Birmingham Bears in the 2021 T20 Blast. He made his List A debut on 22 July 2021,for Warwickshire in the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup.
George Anthony Garrett is an English cricketer. He plays as a fast bowler for Kent County Cricket Club,having previously played for Warwickshire.
The 2021 County Championship was the 121st cricket County Championship season in England and Wales. For the first phase of the tournament,the teams were split into three groups of six,with each side playing ten matches. The top two teams from each group progressed into Division One for the second phase of the competition,with the other teams progressing to Divisions Two and Three. The team that finished top of Division One became the county champions;and the top two teams from Division One contested a five-day match at Lord's for the Bob Willis Trophy. On 17 December 2020,the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed all the fixtures for the tournament. After completion of the group stage on 14 July 2021,the ECB confirmed the fixtures for the division stage on 22 July 2021.
Joshua Michael de Caires is an English cricketer,and the son of former England cricket captain Michael Atherton. He made his first-class debut on 5 July 2021,for Middlesex in the 2021 County Championship.
