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The 2024 County Championship (referred to as the Vitality County Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 124th County Championship cricket season in England and Wales. [1] 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.
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.
The County Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Rothesay County Championship, [3] is the only domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales. Established in 1890, it is organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) as a two-league system .
The 2022 County Championship (referred to as the LV= Insurance County Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 122nd cricket County Championship season in England and Wales. [1] The season began on 7 April and ended on 29 September 2022. [2] [3] Warwickshire were the defending champions. [4]
On 28 August 2021, the ECB announced that the Division 2 match between Durham and Surrey had been cancelled, after a member of the Surrey team had tested positive for COVID-19. [16] Warwickshire won the Division One group to win their first County Championship title since 2012, with Lancashire finishing in second place. [17]
Lord Hawke captained Yorkshire to eight of their record thirty-two Championship titles. The County Championship is an annual first-class cricket league competition for county cricket clubs in England and Wales. The league is contested on a round-robin basis and the championship awarded to the team that is top of the league at the end of the season.
Inter-county cricket matches have been played since the early 18th century, involving teams that are representative of the historic counties of England and Wales.Since the late 19th century, there have been two county championship competitions played at different levels: the County Championship, a first-class competition which involves eighteen first-class county clubs among which seventeen ...
Each team plays all the others in their division both home and away. The top two teams from Division Two are promoted to the first division for 2009, while the bottom two sides from Division 1 are relegated. Durham won the tournament, their first title, after beating Kent in their final match. [3] Teams in the County Championship 2008: