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.
Teams
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Division One Team promoted from Division Two in 2018 Team Primary home ground Other grounds Coach Captain Overseas player(s)EssexCounty Ground, Chelmsford— Anthony McGrath Ryan ten Doeschate Peter Siddle Mohammad AmirHampshireRose Bowl, SouthamptonNewclose County Cricket Ground, Isle of Wight Adrian Birrell James Vince (Apr.–May., Aug.–) Sam Northeast (May.–Aug.) Aiden Markram (Apr.–May.) Ajinkya RahaneKentSt Lawrence Ground, CanterburyCounty Ground, Beckenham Nevill Ground, Royal Tunbridge Wells Matt Walker Heino Kuhn Matt Renshaw Wiaan Mulder Faf du PlessisNottinghamshireTrent Bridge, NottinghamJohn Fretwell Sporting Complex, Nettleworth Peter Moores Steven Mullaney James Pattinson Ravichandran AshwinSomersetCounty Ground, Taunton— Jason Kerr Tom Abell Azhar Ali Babar Azam Murali VijaySurreyThe Oval, LondonWoodbridge Road, Guildford Michael Di Venuto Rory Burns Dean Elgar Aaron FinchWarwickshireEdgbaston, Birmingham— Jim Troughton Jeetan Patel Jeetan PatelYorkshireHeadingley, LeedsNorth Marine Road Ground, Scarborough Clifton Park Ground, York Andrew Gale Steven Patterson Keshav Maharaj Ajaz Patel
Division Two Team relegated from Division One in 2018
Team Primary home ground Other grounds Coach Captain Overseas player(s)DerbyshireCounty Ground, DerbyQueen's Park, Chesterfield Dave Houghton Billy Godleman Logan van BeekDurhamRiverside Ground, Chester-le-Street— James Franklin Cameron Bancroft Cameron Bancroft Peter Handscomb BJ WatlingGlamorganSophia Gardens, CardiffPenrhyn Avenue, Rhos-on-SeaSpytty Park, Newport St Helen's, Swansea Matthew Maynard Chris Cooke Marnus Labuschagne Shaun Marsh Kraigg BrathwaiteGloucestershireCounty Ground, BristolCollege Ground, Cheltenham Richard Dawson Chris Dent Daniel Worrall Chadd Sayers Shannon GabrielLancashireOld Trafford, ManchesterAigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool Sedbergh School, Sedbergh Glen Chapple Dane Vilas Glenn Maxwell Joe Burns Jake LehmannLeicestershireGrace Road, Leicester— Paul Nixon Paul Horton Mohammad AbbasMiddlesexLord's, LondonBrunton Memorial Ground, Radlett Merchant Taylors' School Ground, Northwood Stuart Law Dawid Malan Miguel CumminsNorthamptonshireCounty Ground, Northampton— David Ripley Alex Wakely Jason Holder Temba Bavuma Dwaine Pretorius Doug BracewellSussexCounty Ground, HoveArundel Castle Cricket Club Ground, Arundel Jason Gillespie Ben Brown Mir Hamza Alex CareyWorcestershireNew Road, WorcesterChester Road North Ground, Kidderminster Alex Gidman Joe Leach Hamish Rutherford Callum Ferguson
Results Fixtures for the 2019 County Championship were announced on 26 November 2018, with the previous season's champions Surrey beginning the defence of their title against Essex at The Oval.
Division One April
May
June
July
August
September
Division Two April
May
June
July
August
September
Standings Teams receive 16 points for a win, 8 for a tie and 5 for a draw. Bonus points (a maximum of 5 batting points and 3 bowling points) may be scored during the first 110 overs of each team's first innings.
Division One
Division Two
Statistics Division One
Highest score by a team: Kent − 585/7d (144.1 overs) vs Warwickshire (June 30−3 July) Lowest score by a team (completed innings): Kent − 40 all out (18.1 overs) vs Essex (18−20 August) Top score by an individual: Dom Sibley (Warwickshire) − 244 (491) vs Kent (Jun 30−3 July) Best bowling figures by an individual: Kyle Abbott (Hampshire) − 9/40 (18.4 overs) vs Somerset (16−19 September)
Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sDom SibleyWarwickshire1221132469.6824455Gary BallanceYorkshire132397546.4215953Sam NortheastHampshire132296951.0016935Alastair CookEssex142491345.6812517Daniel Bell-DrummondKent142689235.6816615 Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets Players Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 5w 10wSimon HarmerEssex14595.58318.288/98102Kyle AbbottHampshire13362.57115.739/4061Jeetan PatelWarwickshire14635.16426.758/3642Matt MilnesKent14386.45525.145/6820Darren StevensKent12403.05217.575/2051 Source: ESPNcricinfo
Division Two
Highest score by a team: Northamptonshire − 750 all out (227.3 overs) vs Glamorgan (11−14 April) Lowest score by a team (completed innings): Middlesex − 75 all out (21.4 overs) vs Sussex (18-20 August) Top score by an individual: Dane Vilas (Lancashire) − 266 (240) vs Glamorgan (18-20 August) Best bowling figures by an individual: Ollie Robinson (Sussex) − 8/34 (11 overs) vs Middlesex (18-20 August)
Most runs Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average 100s 50sHassan AzadLeicestershire1426118954.0413738Marnus LabuschagneGlamorgan1018111465.5218255Chris DentGloucestershire1424108747.2617644Dane VilasLancashire1417103679.6926627Billy GodlemanDerbyshire1426100838.7622742 Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets Players Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 5w 10wChris RushworthDurham14486.46918.426/3941Ollie RobinsonSussex11380.36316.448/3463Ben SandersonNorthamptonshire14448.26019.656/3731Ben RaineDurham14463.45421.836/2730Luis ReeceDerbyshire14371.05219.656/5830 Source: ESPNcricinfo
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