2019 County Championship

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

Source:

Division One

Team promoted from Division Two in 2018

Team

Primary home ground

Other grounds

Coach

Captain

Overseas player

Essex

County Ground, Chelmsford

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Division Two

Team relegated from Division One in 2018

Team

Primary home ground

Other grounds

Coach

Captain

Overseas player

Derbyshire

County Ground, Derby

Queen's Park, Chesterfield

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.

Standings

Teams receive 16 points for a win, 8 for a tie and 5 for a draw. Bonus points may be scored during the first 110 overs of each team's first innings.

Statistics

Division One

Highest score by a team: Kent − 585/7d vs Warwickshire
Lowest score by a team : Kent − 40 all out vs Essex
Top score by an individual: Dom Sibley − 244 vs Kent
Best bowling figures by an individual: Kyle Abbott − 9/40 vs Somerset

Most runs

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Division Two

Highest score by a team: Northamptonshire − 750 all out vs Glamorgan
Lowest score by a team : Middlesex − 75 all out vs Sussex
Top score by an individual: Dane Vilas − 266 vs Glamorgan
Best bowling figures by an individual: Ollie Robinson − 8/34 vs Middlesex

Most runs

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

Source: ESPNcricinfo