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 teams from Division 1 are relegated. Teams 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
Points system Teams receive 14 points for a win, 6 for a tie and 4 for a draw. Bonus points (a maximum of 5 batting points and 3 bowling points) may be scored during the first 130 overs of each team's first innings.
Standings
Division One TeamPWLD1Sussex16925494702422Lancashire16619584602243Hampshire16637484812074Warwickshire16655424301895Kent16448434401756Yorkshire16367434101547Durham1648439430.5153.58Nottinghamshire16475403701539Middlesex1617847421.5133 = Champions= Relegated
Division Two TeamPWLD1Surrey161024624402622Worcestershire16844584302293Essex16745624002204Leicestershire1654747410.5185.55Derbyshire1644851411.5178.56Northamptonshire16358523701637Gloucestershire1636751361.5155.58Glamorgan1627751411.5146.59Somerset1639443401140 = Champions= Promoted 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 GloucestershireSource: 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 Andy 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 DerbyshireSource:
See also
2006 English cricket season
References