The County Championship,currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Vitality County Championship is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales and is organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). It became an official title in 1890. The competition consists of eighteen clubs named after and representing historic counties,seventeen from England and one from Wales.
The Friends Provident Trophy was a one-day cricket competition in the United Kingdom.
William Wilfrid Whysall,generally known as "Dodger" Whysall,was an English professional cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club from 1910 to 1930,and in four Test matches for England from 1925 to 1930. He was born at Woodborough,Nottinghamshire,and died in a Nottingham hospital.
Andrew James Harris,commonly known as A. J. Harris,is a former English first-class cricketer. A right-arm medium-pace bowler and a right-handed batsman,Harris made more than 120 appearances,taking over 400 wickets at an average of just over 31.
Philip Steffan Jones is a former professional cricketer who played for Somerset,Northamptonshire,Derbyshire and Kent County Cricket Clubs. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium pace bowler. He is now a teacher and occasionally a bowling coach.
Ben James Phillips is an English cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club until his release in 2013. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium pace bowler.
James William Arthur Taylor is an English former cricketer and cricket selector who played for Nottinghamshire and England. A right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm leg break bowler,Taylor made his debut in first-class cricket in 2008 for Leicestershire and made major impressions in his first county seasons. He is noted as being a fine fielder in the covers. He became the youngest Leicestershire one-day centurion and first-class double centurion. In 2009,Taylor also became the youngest player in Leicestershire's history to score 1,000 championship runs in a season. A promising talent in his 34 white-ball appearances for England,Taylor was forced into retirement at just 26 years of age due to a previously undiagnosed heart condition.
Garnet Morley Lee was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire between 1910 and 1922 and for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1933. He scored nearly 15,000 runs in his first-class career.
Luke Jack Fletcher is an English cricketer who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm medium-fast. He has played for Nottinghamshire since 2008,with loan spells at Derbyshire and Surrey. In franchise cricket,he has played for Wellington Firebirds and Welsh Fire.,Fletcher was voted the County Championship Player of the Year in 2021.
Sydney John Bennett was an English cricketer. Bennett was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm slow. He was born at Hackleton,Northamptonshire.
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.
Thomas Alex Ian Taylor is an English first-class cricketer,active since 2014,who plays for Northamptonshire. Born in Stoke-on-Trent,he is a right-handed batsman who bowls right arm medium-fast pace. He previously played for Derbyshire,making his debut on 8 June 2014 in the 2014 County Championship against Leicestershire. He made his Twenty20 debut on 29 August 2020,for Leicestershire in the 2020 t20 Blast.
Matthew Carter is an English professional cricketer who plays for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. and Woodhall Spa Cricket Club. Matt has 2 brothers,Will and Andy who both play high level cricket in Lincolnshire for Bracebridge Heath Cricket Club.
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 2019 Vitality Blast is the 2019 season of the t20 Blast,a professional Twenty20 cricket league that was played in England and Wales. It was the second season in which the domestic T20 competition,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.
Lucy Florence Higham is an English cricketer who currently plays for Nottinghamshire,The Blaze and Northern Superchargers. She plays primarily as a right-arm off break bowler. She has previously played for Leicestershire,as well as for Loughborough Lightning in the Women's Cricket Super League and Trent Rockets in The Hundred.
Joanne Lynda Gardner is an English cricketer who currently plays for Northamptonshire,Sunrisers and Trent Rockets. She plays as an all-rounder,bowling right-arm off break and batting right-handed. She has previously played for Warwickshire,Essex,Loughborough Lightning,Oval Invincibles and Southern Brave.
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.
