2006 County Championship

The 2006 County Championship season, known as the Liverpool Victoria County Championship for sponsorship reasons, was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team plays all the others in their division both home and away. This season saw a change in promotion and relegation, with the top two teams from Division Two being promoted to the first division for 2007, while the bottom two sides from Division 1 are relegated.

2006 County Championship

Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	First-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Sussex (2nd title)
Participants	18
Matches played	144
Most runs	Mark Ramprakash (2,211 for Surrey)[1]
Most wickets	Mushtaq Ahmed (102 for Sussex)[2]

Teams in the County Championship 2006:

Division One Division Two Durham Derbyshire Hampshire Essex Kent Glamorgan Lancashire Gloucestershire Middlesex Leicestershire Nottinghamshire Northamptonshire Sussex Somerset Warwickshire Surrey Yorkshire Worcestershire

Icon Team promoted from Division Two Team relegated from Division One

Division One

Standings

P	Team	Pld	W	L	Tie	D	Aban	Bat	Bowl	Deduct	Pts	Promoted / Relegated
1	Sussex	16	9	2	0	5	0	49	47	0	242	Winners of Championship
2	Lancashire	16	6	1	0	9	0	58	46	0	224
3	Hampshire	16	6	3	0	7	0	48	48	1	207
4	Warwickshire	16	6	5	0	5	0	42	43	0	189
5	Kent	16	4	4	0	8	0	43	44	0	175
6	Yorkshire	15	3	5	0	7	0	43	41	0	154
7	Durham	16	4	8	0	4	0	39	43	0.5	153.5
8	Nottinghamshire	16	4	7	0	5	0	40	37	0	153	Relegated to Championship Division 2
9	Middlesex	16	1	7	0	8	0	47	42	1.5	133.5

Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd matches won; 3^rd fewest defeats
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; D = Matches drawn; Aban = Matches abandoned; Deduct = Points deducted; Pts = Points

Division two

Standings

P	Team	Pld	W	L	Tie	D	Aban	Bat	Bowl	Deduct	Pts	Promoted / Relegated
1	Surrey	16	10	2	0	4	0	62	44	0	262	Promoted to Championship Division 1
2	Worcestershire	16	8	4	0	4	0	58	43	0	229
3	Essex	16	7	4	0	5	0	62	40	0	220
4	Leicestershire	16	5	4	0	7	0	47	41	0.5	185.5
5	Derbyshire	16	4	4	0	8	0	51	41	1.5	178.5
6	Northamptonshire	16	3	5	0	8	0	52	37	0	163
7	Gloucestershire	16	3	6	0	7	0	51	36	1.5	155.5
8	Glamorgan	16	2	7	0	7	0	51	41	1.5	146.5
9	Somerset	16	3	9	0	4	0	43	40	1	140

Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd matches won; 3^rd fewest defeats
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; D = Matches drawn; Aban = Matches abandoned; Deduct = Points deducted; Pts = Points

Records

Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 2211 105.28 Mark Ramprakash Surrey 1804 82.00 Hylton Ackerman Leicestershire 1737 66.80 John Crawley Hampshire 1706 77.54 Darren Lehmann Yorkshire 1649 63.42 Murray Goodwin Sussex 1427 52.85 Dale Benkenstein Durham 1424 67.80 Andy Flower Essex 1419 61.69 Matthew Walker Kent 1418 59.08 Mark Butcher Surrey 1370 44.19 Craig Spearman Gloucestershire Source:[1]

Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 102 19.91 Mushtaq Ahmed Sussex 78 29.07 Zaheer Khan Worcestershire 66 25.56 Charl Willoughby Somerset 66 32.00 Robert Croft Glamorgan 63 35.85 Andrew Caddick Somerset 61 25.22 Chris Silverwood Middlesex 59 28.16 Ian Salisbury Surrey 58 27.08 Shane Warne Hampshire 57 23.17 Jason Lewry Sussex 56 32.21 Steffan Jones Derbyshire Source:[2]

See also

• 2006 English cricket season

References

1. "Batting and Fielding in Liverpool Victoria County Championship 2006 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
2. "Bowling in Liverpool Victoria County Championship 2006 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
3. "Liverpool Victoria County Championship 2006 Points Table". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 22 September 2009.