2004 County Championship

2004 County Championship

Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	First-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Warwickshire (6th title)
Participants	18
Matches	144
Most runs	Brad Hodge (1,548 for Leicestershire)
Most wickets	Mushtaq Ahmed (82 for Sussex)

The 2004 County Championship season, known as the Frizzell 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. The top three teams from Division Two were promoted to the first division for 2005, while the bottom three sides from Division 1 are relegated.

Teams

Teams in the County Championship 2004:

Division One Division Two Gloucestershire Derbyshire Kent Durham Lancashire Essex Middlesex Glamorgan Northamptonshire Hampshire Surrey Leicestershire Sussex Nottinghamshire Warwickshire Somerset Worcestershire Yorkshire

Icon Team promoted from Division Two Team relegated from Division One

Points system

• 12 points for a win
• 6 points for a tie
• 4 points for a draw
• 4 points for an abandoned game
• A maximum of 5 batting bonus points and 3 bowling bonus points

Division One

Standings

P	Team	Pld	W	L	Tie	D	Aban	Bat	Bowl	Deduct	Pts	Promoted / Relegated
1	Warwickshire	16	5	0	0	11	0	65	43	0	222	Winners of Championship
2	Kent	16	7	3	0	6	0	43	41	0	206
3	Surrey	16	5	5	0	6	0	60	42	0.5	195.5
4	Middlesex	16	4	4	0	8	0	48	43	0	179
5	Sussex	16	4	5	0	7	0	46	42	0	172
6	Gloucestershire	16	3	3	0	10	0	49	41	0	172
7	Worcestershire	16	3	6	0	7	0	51	40	0	161	Relegated to Championship Division 2
8	Lancashire	16	2	4	0	10	0	44	44	2	154
9	Northamptonshire	16	1	4	0	11	0	35	41	0	134

Source:
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd matches won; 3^rd fewest defeats
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; D = Matches drawn; Aban = Matches abandoned; Deduct = Points deducted; Pts = Points

Division Two

Standings

P	Team	Pld	W	L	Tie	D	Aban	Bat	Bowl	Deduct	Pts	Promoted / Relegated
1	Nottinghamshire	16	9	2	0	5	0	66	40	0	252	Promoted to Championship Division 1
2	Hampshire	16	9	2	0	5	0	42	40	0	228
3	Glamorgan	16	5	2	0	9	0	48	44	1.5	196.5
4	Somerset	16	4	5	0	7	0	47	44	0	175
5	Essex	16	3	6	0	7	0	50	45	0	165
6	Leicestershire	16	4	5	0	7	0	39	42	1.5	163.5
7	Yorkshire	16	3	4	0	9	0	44	40	0	162
8	Derbyshire	16	1	6	0	9	0	36	40	0	126
9	Durham	16	2	8	0	6	0	28	41	2.5	118.5

Source:
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd matches won; 3^rd fewest defeats
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; D = Matches drawn; Aban = Matches abandoned; Deduct = Points deducted; Pts = Points

Results summary

Division One

	Gloucestershire	Kent	Lancashire	Middlesex	Northamptonshire	Surrey	Sussex	Warwickshire	Worcestershire
Gloucestershire		16–19 Apr Kent 7 wickets	21-24 Jul Match drawn	9-12 Jun Gloucs 10 wickets	12-15 May Match drawn	2-4 Jun Gloucs 6 wickets	9-12 Sep Match drawn	19-22 Aug Match drawn	28-31 Jul Worcs 5 wickets
Kent	7-10 May Match drawn		2-5 Jun Kent 7 wickets	16-18 Sep Kent inns & 49 runs	3-6 Sep Kent 194 runs	18-21 Aug Match drawn	3-6 Aug Kent 236 runs	23-26 Jun Match drawn	21-24 Apr Kent 5 wickets
Lancashire	16-19 Sep Match drawn	24-27 Aug Match drawn		25–28 May Match drawn	26–29 Jun Match drawn	2-4 Sep Surrey 147 runs	9-11 Jun Sussex 8 wickets	28-31 Jul Match drawn	12-14 May Lancashire 219 runs
Middlesex	3-6 Aug Match drawn	28-31 Jul Middlesex 119 runs	7-10 May Match drawn		9-12 Sep Match drawn	21-24 Apr Middlesex 6 wickets	10-13 Aug Sussex 143 runs	2-5 Jun Warwicks inns & 8 runs	18–21 Jun Match drawn
Northamptonshire	24-27 Aug Match drawn	19-22 May Kent 145 runs	16-19 Apr Match drawn	18–21 Aug Match drawn		29 Jul - 1 Aug Northamptonshire 6 wickets	7-10 May Match drawn	16-19 Sep Match drawn	2-5 Jun Worcestershire 9 wickets
Surrey	18-21 Jun Match drawn	25–28 May Surrey 7 wickets	11-13 Aug Surrey inns & 55 runs	19-22 May Match drawn	28 Apr - 1 May Match drawn		16-19 Apr Match drawn	21-24 Jul Warwickshire 7 wickets	3-6 Aug Surrey 68 runs
Sussex	23-25 Jun Gloucs 9 wickets	23-26 Jul Sussex inns & 45 runs	21–23 Apr Lancashire 10 wickets	4-6 Sep Middlesex 5 wickets	25–28 May Match drawn	16-19 Sep Surrey 37 runs		19-22 May Match drawn	19-22 Aug Sussex 7 wickets
Warwickshire	28 Apr – 1 May Match drawn	11-14 Aug Match drawn	18–21 Jun Match drawn	16-19 Apr Match drawn	9-12 Jun Warwicks 8 wickets	12-15 May Warwicks 7 wickets	24-27 Aug Match drawn		25-27 May Warwickshire 9 wickets
Worcestershire	18-21 May Worcesters inns & 86 runs	9-12 Jun Match drawn	9-12 Sep Match drawn	22-25 Jul Middlesex 6 wickets	11-14 Aug Match drawn	23–26 Jun Match drawn	28 Apr – 1 May Match drawn	31 Aug – 3 Sep Match drawn

Home team won

Visiting team won

Match drawn

Records

Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 1,548 61.92 Brad Hodge Leicestershire 1,498 71.33 Ian Bell Warwickshire 1,451 60.45 Mark Ramprakash Surrey 1,424 56.96 Craig Spearman Gloucestershire 1,411 52.25 Will Jefferson Essex 1,365 59.34 Usman Afzaal Northamptonshire 1,349 56.20 Graeme Hick Worcestershire 1,280 53.33 Owais Shah Middlesex 1,274 79.62 Robert Key Kent 1,269 50.76 Ed Smith Kent Source:

Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 82 27.14 Mushtaq Ahmed Sussex 72 25.68 Gary Keedy Lancashire 63 25.53 Danish Kaneria Essex 60 24.08 Otis Gibson Leicestershire 60 26.51 Johann Louw Northamptonshire 57 25.26 Jon Lewis Gloucestershire 56 18.67 Dimitri Mascarenhas Hampshire 56 34.55 Robert Croft Glamorgan 56 35.59 Andrew Caddick Somerset 53 27.64 David Harrison Glamorgan Source:

See also

• 2004 English cricket season
• 2004 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
• 2004 Totesport League
• 2004 Twenty20 Cup