2006 County Championship

English cricket tournament

Cricket tournament

2006 County ChampionshipAdministrator(s)| England and Wales Cricket Board

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Cricket format| First-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament format(s)| League system
Champions| Sussex (2nd title)
Participants| 18
Matches| 144
Most runs| Mark Ramprakash

(2,211 for Surrey)[1]
Most wickets| Mushtaq Ahmed

(102 for Sussex)[2]

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2007 ->

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 sides from Division 1 are relegated.

Teams in the County Championship 2006:

| Division One | Division Two

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

## Points system[edit]

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.

## Division One[edit]

### Standings[edit]

| Team
| Pld
| W
| L
| Tie
| D
| Aban
| Bat
| Bowl
| Deduct
| Pts
| Promoted / Relegated

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1  |  Sussex | 16  | 9  | 2  | 0  | 5  | 0  | 49  | 47  | 0  | 242 | Winners of Championship
2  |  Lancashire | 16  | 6  | 1  | 0  | 9  | 0  | 58  | 46  | 0  | 224
3  |  Hampshire | 16  | 6  | 3  | 0  | 7  | 0  | 48  | 48  | 1  | 207
4  |  Warwickshire | 16  | 6  | 5  | 0  | 5  | 0  | 42  | 43  | 0  | 189
5  |  Kent | 16  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 8  | 0  | 43  | 44  | 0  | 175
6  |  Yorkshire | 16  | 3  | 6  | 0  | 7  | 0  | 43  | 41  | 0  | 154
7  |  Durham | 16  | 4  | 8  | 0  | 4  | 0  | 39  | 43  | 0.5  | 153.5
8  |  Nottinghamshire | 16  | 4  | 7  | 0  | 5  | 0  | 40  | 37  | 0  | 153 | Relegated to
Championship Division 2
9  |  Middlesex | 16  | 1  | 7  | 0  | 8  | 0  | 47  | 42  | 1.5  | 133.5

Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd 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[edit]

### Standings[edit]

| Team
| Pld
| W
| L
| Tie
| D
| Aban
| Bat
| Bowl
| Deduct
| Pts
| Promoted / Relegated

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1  |  Surrey | 16  | 10  | 2  | 0  | 4  | 0  | 62  | 44  | 0  | 262 | Promoted to
Championship Division 1
2  |  Worcestershire | 16  | 8  | 4  | 0  | 4  | 0  | 58  | 43  | 0  | 229
3  |  Essex | 16  | 7  | 4  | 0  | 5  | 0  | 62  | 40  | 0  | 220
4  |  Leicestershire | 16  | 5  | 4  | 0  | 7  | 0  | 47  | 41  | 0.5  | 185.5
5  |  Derbyshire | 16  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 8  | 0  | 51  | 41  | 1.5  | 178.5
6  |  Northamptonshire | 16  | 3  | 5  | 0  | 8  | 0  | 52  | 37  | 0  | 163
7  |  Gloucestershire | 16  | 3  | 6  | 0  | 7  | 0  | 51  | 36  | 1.5  | 155.5
8  |  Glamorgan | 16  | 2  | 7  | 0  | 7  | 0  | 51  | 41  | 1.5  | 146.5
9  |  Somerset | 16  | 3  | 9  | 0  | 4  | 0  | 43  | 40  | 1  | 140

Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd matches won; 3rd 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

## Records[edit]

| 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:[1]
| 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 | Andrew 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:[2]

## See also[edit]

* 2006 English cricket season

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Batting and Fielding in Liverpool Victoria County Championship 2006 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
2. ^ a b "Bowling in Liverpool Victoria County Championship 2006 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
3. ^ a b "Liverpool Victoria County Championship 2006 Points Table". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 22 September 2009.

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