County championship

England W won by 27 runs. United won by 2 wickets with 0 balls remaining. Afghanistan won by 57 runs.

England W won by 27 runs. United won by 2 wickets with 0 balls remaining. Afghanistan won by 57 runs. Bangladesh won by 4 wickets with 58 balls remaining. RCB Women won by 8 wickets with 3 balls remaining. Auckland won by 41 runs. Wellington won by an innings and 42 runs.

County championship

Inter- county cricket matches have been played since the early 18th century, involving teams that are representative of the historic counties of England and Wales. Since the late 19th century, there have been two county championship competitions played at different levels: the County Championship , a first-class competition which involves eighteen first-class county clubs among which seventeen are English and one is from Wales; and the National Counties Championship , which involves nineteen English county clubs and one club that represents several Welsh counties. County cricket started in the eighteenth century, the earliest known inter-county match being played in , though an official County Championship was not instituted until Inter-county cricket was popular throughout the 18th century, although the best teams, such as Kent in the s or Hampshire in the days of the famous Hambledon Club , were usually acknowledged as such by being matched against All-England. There was, however, often a crossover between town and county with some strong local clubs tending at times to represent a whole county. Examples are London , which often played against county teams and was in some respects almost a county club in itself; Slindon , which was for a few years in the s effectively representative of Sussex as a county; Dartford , sometimes representative of Kent; and the Hambledon Club , certainly representative of Hampshire and also perhaps of Sussex. One of the best county teams in the late 18th century was Berkshire , which no longer has first-class status. All matches prior to were scheduled for three days, normally of a nominal six hours each plus intervals, but often with the first two days lengthened by up to an hour and the final day shortened, so that teams with fixtures elsewhere on the following day could travel at sensible hours. The exception to this was the season, when there was an experiment with two-day matches played over longer hours, up to nine o'clock in the evening in mid-summer. This experiment was not repeated. From to some matches were played over four days. From onward, all matches have been scheduled for four days. The eighteen first-class counties are the top league cricket teams. They are named after historic English counties and include one Welsh county.

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It became an official title in The competition consists of eighteen clubs named after and representing historic counties, seventeen from England and one from Wales. The earliest known inter-county match was played in Until , the concept of an unofficial county championship existed whereby various claims would be made by or on behalf of a particular club as the "Champion County", an archaic term which now has the specific meaning of a claimant for the unofficial title prior to In contrast, the term "County Champions" applies in common parlance to a team that has won the official title. The most usual means of claiming the unofficial title was by popular or press acclaim. In the majority of cases, the claim or proclamation was retrospective, often by cricket writers using reverse analysis via a study of known results.

Ireland chose to field. Day 3 - Vidarbha need runs. Match Over. Match starts in 2 hrs 19 mins. Match starts in 4 hrs 19 mins. Day 2 - Tasmania need runs. Day 2 - West Aust lead by runs. Day 2 - NSW lead by 78 runs.

County championship

Ireland chose to field. Day 3 - Vidarbha need runs. Match Over. Match starts in 2 hrs 19 mins. Match starts in 4 hrs 19 mins. Day 2 - Tasmania need runs. Day 2 - West Aust lead by runs. Day 2 - NSW lead by 78 runs.

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Year: Premier Trophy. Nottinghamshire v. English Cricket Board. Lancashire won by an innings and runs. Kyle Abbott. As it was agreed to abide by the views of the majority, this decision was accepted as final. These statements indicate that inter-county matches had been played for many years previously and that there was keen rivalry with each team seeking ascendancy. Plunket Shield. County Championship seasons. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.

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Schedule Report Series. The exception to this was the season, when there was an experiment with two-day matches played over longer hours, up to nine o'clock in the evening in mid-summer. The Huntingdonshire club are academy level. Hidden categories: Webarchive template wayback links Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Articles needing additional references from July All articles needing additional references Wikipedia articles in need of updating from July All Wikipedia articles in need of updating Articles with multiple maintenance issues EngvarB from July Use dmy dates from July Hampshire dampen Surrey celebrations with rapid final-day victory Four wickets fall inside half-an-hour's play as County Champions end campaign with defeat. A team represents the counties of Wales other than Glamorgan. Yorkshire have won the most County Championships with 32 outright titles and one shared. More details Hampshire deducted three points by CDC for a below-average pitch in their match against Essex. Every county has experienced both divisions at some stage. The games are limited to 20 overs per side, and the emphasis is on fast action. Steve Patterson retires from first-class cricket following final match for Yorkshire Club stalwart was to be released at end of season, at the age of An important year was , when player qualification rules came into force, requiring players to choose at the start of each season whether they would play for the county of their birth or their county of residence. Webber acknowledges the difficulties posed from to by varying programmes with some county clubs playing many more matches than others. The eighteen first-class counties are the top league cricket teams. Kent, which had a celebrated team at the time, has long been acknowledged as a champion county in most seasons of the s but in other years there is no clear-cut contender.