The 2006 English cricket season was the 107th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. It included home international series for England against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. England came off a winter with more Test losses than wins,for the first time since 2002-03,but still attained their best series result in India since 1985. The One Day International series against Pakistan and India both ended in losses.
The 1996 English cricket season was the 97th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. England hosted tours by India and Pakistan,who each played three Tests and three ODIs. Against India,England were unbeaten,winning the Test series 1–0 and the ODI series 2–0. However,against the Pakistanis England lost 2–0 in the Tests,and had to console themselves with a 2–1 ODI series victory.
Liam Andrew Dawson is an English cricketer who plays for Hampshire and for the England cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox spin. He made his international debut for England in July 2016,and has since played all three formats of the game for England,the last in 2022. Dawson was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup,however,he did not play in any matches during the tournament.
The 2009 season saw Kent County Cricket Club compete in four competitions:the Second Division of the County Championship,the Friends Provident Trophy,the second division of the Pro40 League and the Twenty20 Cup. It was the county's first ever season in the second tier of the County Championship,following their relegation at the end of the 2008 season.
The 2013 County Championship season,known as the LV= County Championship for sponsorship reasons,was the 114th cricket County Championship season. It was contested through two divisions:Division One and Division Two. Each team played all the others in their division both home and away. Durham were County Champions for the third time in six seasons. The top two teams from Division Two,Lancashire and Northamptonshire,gained promotion to the first division for the 2014 season,while the bottom two sides from Division One—Derbyshire and Surrey—were relegated to Division Two for 2014.
The 2014 County Championship season,known as the LV= County Championship for sponsorship reasons,was the 115th cricket County Championship season. It was contested through two divisions:Division One and Division Two. Each team played all the others in their division both home and away.
The 2014 season marked Glamorgan County Cricket Club's 127th year of existence and its 93rd as a first-class cricket county. In 2014,Glamorgan played in the Second Division of the County Championship,Group B of the 50-over Royal London One-Day Cup and the South Group of the NatWest t20 Blast. It was the first season in charge for head coach Toby Radford. The on-field captains were Mark Wallace for the County Championship and Royal London One-Day Cup,and Jim Allenby for the NatWest t20 Blast. Unlike other counties,Glamorgan competed in limited-overs cricket without a nickname for the second year in a row.
The 2017 Royal London One-Day Cup tournament was a limited overs cricket competition that forms part of the 2017 domestic cricket season in England and Wales. Matches were contested over 50 overs per side and had List A cricket status. All eighteen First-class counties competed in the tournament which ran from the end of April with the final taking place at Lord's on 1 July. Nottinghamshire won the tournament,defeating Surrey in the final. The defending champions were Warwickshire.
The 2018 County Championship,known as the 2018 Specsavers County Championship for sponsorship reasons,is the 119th cricket County Championship season. As in 2017,Division One has eight teams and Division Two has ten teams,with two teams relegated and two promoted at the end of the season.
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. Surrey were the defending champions. At the end of the 2019 season only one team was relegated with three promoted. Therefore,from 2020 onwards,Division One would feature ten teams and Division Two would feature eight.
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The 2019 Vitality Blast was the seventeenth edition of the T20 Blast currently known as the Vitality Blast,a professional Twenty20 cricket league that was played in England and Wales which was run by the ECB,has been branded as the Vitality Blast due to a new sponsorship deal. The league consisted of the 18 first-class county teams divided into two divisions of nine teams each with fixtures played,slightly later than usual,between July and September. Finals Day took place at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham on 21 September 2019. Worcestershire Rapids were the defending champions.
The 2020 Bob Willis Trophy was a first-class cricket tournament held in the 2020 English cricket season,and the inaugural edition of the Bob Willis Trophy. It was separate from the County Championship,which was not held in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. The eighteen county cricket teams were split into three regional groups of six,with the two group winners with the most points advancing to a final held at Lord's. The maximum number of overs bowled in a day was reduced from 96 to 90,and the team's first innings could be no longer than 120 overs.
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.
The 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup tournament was a limited overs cricket competition that formed part of the 2021 English cricket season in England and Wales. Matches were contested over 50 overs per side,having List A cricket status,with all eighteen first-class counties competing in the tournament. The tournament started on 22 July 2021,with the final taking place on 19 August 2021 at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Somerset were the defending champions winning the 2019 tournament,with no tournament taking place in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2022 County Championship was the 122nd cricket County Championship season in England and Wales. The season began on 7 April and ended on 29 September 2022. Warwickshire were the defending champions.
The 2023 One-Day Cup was a limited overs cricket competition that formed part of the 2023 domestic cricket season in England and Wales. Matches were contested over 50 overs per side,having List A cricket status,with all eighteen first-class counties competing in the tournament. The tournament started on 1 August 2023,with the final taking place on 16 September 2023 at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. Kent were the defending champions,having won the 2022 tournament.
The 2024 County Championship was the 124th County Championship cricket season in England and Wales. As in 2023,Division One had ten teams and Division Two had eight teams. The season began on 5 April and ended on 29 September 2024. Surrey won the title with one match remaining,repeating their success in 2022 and 2023. They were the first team to become champions in three successive years since Yorkshire in 1966–68,having last achieved this feat themselves in 1958.
The 2024 season was Glamorgan County Cricket Club's 137th year in existence and their 103rd as a first-class cricket county. They competed in the Second Division of the County Championship,as well as Group B of the One-Day Cup and the South Group of the T20 Blast. They played two 50-over matches at The Gnoll in Neath for the third year in a row,while also not returning to Penrhyn Avenue in Rhos-on-Sea for the fifth year in a row.
