2006 County Championship

2006 County Championship

Dates	18 April – 23 September 2000
Administrator	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	First-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament format	League system
Champions	Sussex (2nd title)
Participants	18
Matches	144
Most runs	Mark Ramprakash (2,211 for Surrey)
Most wickets	Mushtaq Ahmed (102 for Sussex)

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

	Team	P	W	L	D	Bat	Bowl	Ded	Pts
1	Sussex	16	9	2	5	49	47	0	242
2	Lancashire	16	6	1	9	58	46	0	224
3	Hampshire	16	6	3	7	48	48	1	207
4	Warwickshire	16	6	5	5	42	43	0	189
5	Kent	16	4	4	8	43	44	0	175
6	Yorkshire	16	3	6	7	43	41	0	154
7	Durham	16	4	8	4	39	43	0.5	153.5
8	Nottinghamshire	16	4	7	5	40	37	0	153
9	Middlesex	16	1	7	8	47	42	1.5	133

	= Champions
	= Relegated

Division Two

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

	= 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 Gloucestershire Source:

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 Derbyshire Source:

See also

• 2006 English cricket season