The 2025 County Championship, known for sponsorship reasons as the Rothesay County Championship 2025, was the 125th cricket County Championship season in England and Wales. As in 2024, Division One had ten teams and Division Two had eight teams. The season began on 4 April and ended on 27 September 2025. Surrey were the defending champions. Nottinghamshire won the title for the seventh time in the club's history and the first since 2010.
Teams The teams were split based on the finishing positions in the 2024 season. The following teams took part in the County Championship:
Division One teams TeamPrimary home groundCaptainCoachDurhamRiverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Alex Lees Ryan CampbellEssexCounty Ground, Chelmsford Tom Westley Chris SilverwoodHampshireRose Bowl, Southampton Ben BrownAdrian BirrellNottinghamshireTrent Bridge, Nottingham Haseeb Hameed Peter MooresSomersetCounty Ground, Taunton Lewis GregoryJason KerrSurreyThe Oval, London Rory Burns Gareth BattySussexCounty Ground, Hove John Simpson Paul FarbraceWarwickshireEdgbaston, Birmingham Alex Davies Ian WestwoodWorcestershireNew Road, Worcester Brett D'Oliveira Alan RichardsonYorkshireHeadingley, Leeds Jonny Bairstow Anthony McGrath Team promoted from Division Two in 2024
Division Two teams TeamPrimary home groundCaptainCoachDerbyshireCounty Ground, Derby Wayne Madsen Mickey ArthurGlamorganSophia Gardens, Cardiff Sam Northeast Richard DawsonGloucestershireCounty Ground, Bristol Cameron Bancroft Mark AlleyneKentSt Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Daniel Bell-Drummond Adam HollioakeLancashireOld Trafford, Manchester Keaton Jennings (until 13 May)Marcus Harris (interim until 11 September) James Anderson (stand-in) Dale Benkenstein (until 28 May)Steven Croft (interim)LeicestershireGrace Road, Leicester Peter Handscomb Alfonso ThomasMiddlesexLord's, LondonToby Roland-Jones (until 9 July)Leus du Plooy Richard Johnson (until 17 June)Dane Vilas (interim)NorthamptonshireCounty Ground, NorthamptonLuke Procter Darren Lehmann Team relegated from Division One in 2024
Division One April
May
June
July
September
Division Two April
May
June
July
September
Standings Division One
Division Two
Statistics Division One +Most runs Runs Player Team1,274Dom SibleySurrey1,258Haseeb HameedNottinghamshire1,173Adam LythYorkshire1,086John SimpsonSussex1,060Jake LibbyWorcestershire
+Most wickets Wickets Player Team 58Tom TaylorWorcestershire56Kyle AbbottHampshire52Jack LeachSomerset51George HillYorkshire49Jamie PorterEssex
Division Two +Most runs Runs Player Team1,425Saif ZaibNorthamptonshire1,386Ben ComptonKent1,158Wayne MadsenDerbyshire1,076Colin IngramGlamorgan1,074Luke WellsLancashire
+Most wickets Wickets Player Team 50Luis ReeceDerbyshire45Toby Roland-JonesMiddlesex42Ryan HigginsMiddlesex40Ajeet Singh DaleGloucestershireGeorge BaldersonLancashire
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