County Championship 2023
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LV= County Championship 2023: Full squads, Fixtures & Preview: All you need to know
The County Championship 2023 begins on 6th April and will be played on either side of the Men's Ashes.
18 teams will contest in the 123rd edition of the County Championship with 10 sides in Division One and eight in Division Two.
Each county will play 14 LV= Insurance County Championship matches, with seven home and seven away games.
After the 2022 season, Gloucestershire and Yorkshire were relegated from Division One, while Middlesex and Nottinghamshire were promoted from Division Two.
This is how the two divisions stand:
Division One
Hampshire, Nottinghamshire, Lancashire, Surrey, Somerset, Warwickshire, Middlesex, Essex, Kent, Northamptonshire
Top Tournament Stats: LV= County Championship 2023 Division 1
Division Two
Sussex, Durham, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Derbyshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire, Leicestershire
Top Tournament Stats: LV= County Championship 2023 Division 2
Each county is allowed to play a maximum of two overseas players per match and there have been some eye-catching signings made. Not least that of Hasan Ali, Shan Masood, Ajinkya Rahane, Daryl Mitchell, Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne.
Counties will be awarded 16 points for a win and five points for a draw. Bonus points can also be scored for making runs and taking wickets. In line with the Bazball theory of making red-ball cricket more fast-paced and entertaining, the points awarded to each team in a draw would be reduced from eight to five.
Squads
Essex - Tom Westley, Nick Browne, Sir Alastair Cook, Samuel Cook, James Porter, Shane Snater, Paul Walter, Matt Critchley, Simon Harmer (South Africa), Doug Bracewell (New Zealand - County Championship, until the end of July), Daniel Sams (Australia - Vitality Blast)
Kent - Oliver Robinson, Jordan Cox, Jack Leaning, Sam Billings, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Marcus O'Riordan, Nathan Gilchrist, Hamidullah Qadri, Matthew Quinn, Tawanda Muyeye, Heino Kuhn, Joe Denly, Fred Klaassen, Grant Stewart, Ben Compton, Matt Quinn, Joey Evison, Michael Hogan, George Linde (South Africa), Arshdeep Singh (India - five County Championship matches June-July), Kane Richardson (Australia - Vitality Blast)
Hampshire - Joe Weatherley, Ian Holland, Liam Dawson, Keith Barker, Bradley Wheal, Mason Crane, Felix Organ, Scott Currie, Nick Gubbins, Ross Whiteley, Ben Brown, Kyle Abbott (South Africa), Mohammad Abbas (Pakistan), Benny Howell, Kyle Abbott (South Africa), , Ben McDermott (Australia - Vitality Blast), Nathan Ellis (Australia - Vitality Blast)
Somerset - Tom Lammonby, Tom Abell, George Bartlett, Lewis Goldsworthy, Steven Davies, Josh Davey, Roelof van der Merwe, Craig Overton, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sean Dickson, Shoaib Bashir (Berkshire), Peter Siddle (Australia - County Championship and Vitality Blast, until the end of July), Cameron Bancroft (Australia - County Championship, until May 17), Matt Henry (New Zealand - County Championship and Vitality Blast, May 11 until the end of July)
Northamptonshire - Ricardo Vasconcelos, Luke Procter, Rob Keogh, Saif Zaib, Adam Rossington, Tom Taylor, Gareth Berg, Simon Kerrigan, Ben Sanderson, David Willey, Lewis McManus, Ollie Sale, Hassan Azad, Sam Whiteman (Australia - County Championship and One-Day Cup, until the end of August), Chris Tremain (Australia - County Championship, three games in April), Lance Morris (Australia - County Championship, three games in May), Chris Lynn (Australia - Vitality Blast), AJ Tye (Australia - Vitality Blast)
Gloucestershire - Chris Dent, Tom Lace, Miles Hammond, Tom Smith, Matt Taylor, Josh Shaw, James Bracey, Goodman, George Scott, Ajeet Dale, Marchant de Lange, Paul van Meekeren, Marcus Harris (Australia), Zafar Gohar (Pakistan)
Warwickshire - Will Rhodes, Henry Brookes, Michael Burgess, Oliver Hannon-Dalby, Sam Hain, Liam Norwell, Robert Yates, Alex Davies, Jacob Bethell, Manraj Johal, Moeen Ali, Ed Barnard, Chris Rushworth, Hassan Ali (Pakistan - until the end of July), Glenn Maxwell (Australia - Vitality Blast)
Surrey - Rory Burns, Jamie Smith, Ollie Pope, Jordan Clark, Reece Topley, Amar Virdi, Jamie Overton, Matt Dunn, Gus Atkinson, Daniel Moriarty, Chris Jordan, Cameron Steel, Dan Worrall, Dom Sibley, Kemar Roach (West Indies - first six rounds of County Championship), Sean Abbott (Australia - County Championship and Vitality Blast, until the end of July), Tom Latham (New Zealand - County Championship, five games across June and July), Sunil Narine (West Indies - Vitality Blast)
Yorkshire - Adam Lyth, Harry Brook, Harry Duke, Dominic Bess, Jordan Thompson, Ben Coad, Jonathan Tattersall, Mathew Pillans, Will Fraine, George Hill, Matthew Fisher, Andrew Gale, Matt Milnes, Ben Mike, Jafer Chohan (South Asian Cricket Academy), Shan Masood (Pakistan), Neil Wagner (New Zealand - first 10 County Championship matches), David Wiese (Namibia - Vitality Blast)
Lancashire - Keaton Jennings, Luke Wells, Josh Bohannon, Liam Livingstone, Steven Croft, Luke Wood, Tom Bailey, Danny Lamb, Phil Salt, James Anderson, Dane Vilas (South Africa), Daryl Mitchell (New Zealand), Colin de Grandhomme (New Zealand)
Glamorgan - David Lloyd, Billy Root, Kiran Carlson, Chris Cooke, Daniel Douthwaite, Michael Neser, Andrew Salter, Timm van der Gugten, Eddie Byrom, James Harris, Sam Northeast, Colin Ingram (South Africa), Marnus Labuschagne (Australia), Michael Neser (Australia), Harry Podmore (Kent), Zain-ul-Hassan (South Asian Cricket Academy)
Durham - Alex Lees, Cameron Bancroft, Scott Borthwick, Jack Burnham, Ben Raine, Paul Coughlin, Liam Trevaskis, David Bedingham (South Africa), Ollie Robinson, Nathan Sowter, Brandon Glover, Bas de Leede, Matthew Kuhnemann (Australia), Tristan Stubbs (South Africa - Vitality Blast)
Worcestershire - Jake Libby, Jack Haynes, Brett D'Oliveira, Riki Wessels, Ben Cox, Joe Leach, Josh Tongue, Dillon Pennington, Ed Barnard, Taylor Cornall, Ben Gibbon, Ed Pollock, Adam Hose, Matthew Waite, Azhar Ali (Pakistan), Michael Bracewell (New Zealand - Vitality Blast), Mitchell Santner (New Zealand - Vitality Blast)
Leicestershire - Samuel Evans, Colin Ackermann, Lewis Hill, Rishi Patel, Harry Swindells, Chris Wright, Edward Barnes, Gavin Griffiths, Callum Parkinson, Harry Dearden, Roman Walker, Tom Scriven, Wiaan Mulder (South Africa), Peter Handscomb (Australia - County Championship, April and May), Ajinkya Rahane (India - County Championship and One-Day Cup, June onwards), Naveen-ul-Haq (Afghanistan - Vitality Blast), Sol Budinger, Matt Salisbury
Derbyshire - Billy Godleman, Brooke Guest, Wayne Madsen, Leus du Plooy, Ben Aitchison, Samuel Conners, Dustin Melton, Anuj Dal, Alex Thomson, Suranga Lakmal (Sri Lanka), Haider Ali (Pakistan), Zak Chappell, Matthew Lamb, Mark Watt
Middlesex - Sam Robson, Jack Davies, Robbie White, Martin Andersson, Blake Cullen, John Simpson, Ethan Bamber, Tim Murtagh, James Harris, Thilan Walallawita, Toby Roland-Jones, Tom Helm, Mark Stoneman, Pieter Malan (South Africa), Ryan Higgins
Sussex - Tom Haines, Stiaan van Zyl, Tom Clark, Delray Rawlins, Ollie Robinson, George Garton, Jack Carson, JP Sarro, Jamie Atkins, Sean Hunt, Alastair Orr, Henry Crocombe, Will Beer, Fynn Hudson-Prentice, Steven Finn, Tom Alsop, Steve Smith (Australia - three County Championship games in May), Cheteshwar Pujara (India), Shadab Khan (Pakistan - Vitality Blast), Nathan McAndrew (Australia - April to July, County Championship and Vitality Blast)
Nottinghamshire - Ben Slater, Haseeb Hameed, Ben Duckett, Joe Clarke, Lyndon James, Steven Mullaney, Tom Moores, Liam Patterson-White, Luke Fletcher, Olly Stone, Tom Loten, Dane Paterson (South Africa), Colin Munro (New Zealand - Vitality Blast), Shaheen Shah Afridi (Pakistan - Vitality Blast)
Fixtures
*Local Time
April 6 – April 9
Division One
Hampshire v Nottinghamshire (Southampton) – 11 amLancashire v Surrey (Old Trafford) – 11 amSomerset v Warwickshire (Taunton) – 11 amMiddlesex v Essex (Lord’s) – 11 amKent v Northamptonshire (Canterbury) – 11am
Division Two
Sussex v Durham (Hove) – 11 amGlamorgan v Gloucestershire (Cardiff) – 11 amDerbyshire v Worcestershire (Derby) – 11 amYorkshire v Leicestershire (Headingley) – 11 am
April 13 – April 16
Division One
Warwickshire v Kent (Edgbaston) – 11 amSurrey v Hampshire (The Oval) – 11 amNottinghamshire v Somerset (Nottingham) – 11 amEssex v Lancashire (Chelmsford) – 11 amNorthamptonshire v Middlesex (Northampton) – 11 am
Division Two
Gloucestershire v Yorkshire (Bristol) – 11 amDurham v Worcestershire (Chester-le-Street) – 11 amLeicestershire v Derbyshire (Leicester) – 11 am
April 20 – April 23
Division One
Middlesex v Nottinghamshire (Lord’s) – 11 amSomerset v Lancashire (Taunton) – 11 amNorthamptonshire v Hampshire (Northampton) – 11 amKent v Essex (Canterbury) – 11 am
Division Two
Worcestershire v Gloucestershire (Worcester) – 11 amGlamorgan v Durham (Cardiff) – 11 amSussex v Yorkshire (Hove) – 11am
April 27 – April 30
Division One
Middlesex v Kent (Lord’s) – 11 amWarwickshire v Surrey (Edgbaston) – 11 am
Division Two
Durham v Derbyshire (Chester-le-Street) – 11 amGloucestershire v Sussex (Bristol) – 11 amLeicestershire v Glamorgan (Leicester) – 11 am
May 4 – May 7
Division One
Hampshire v Warwickshire (Southampton) – 11 amNottinghamshire v Lancashire (Nottingham) – 11 amSomerset v Northamptonshire (Taunton) – 11 amEssex v Surrey (Chelmsford) – 11 am
Division Two
Worcestershire v Sussex (Worcester) – 11 amDerbyshire v Leicestershire (Derby) – 11 amYorkshire v Glamorgan (Headingley) – 11 am
May 11 – May 14
Division One
Warwickshire v Essex (Edgbaston) – 11 amLancashire v Somerset (Old Trafford) – 11 amSurrey v Middlesex (The Oval) – 11 amNorthamptonshire v Nottinghamshire (Northampton) – 11 amKent v Hampshire (Canterbury) – 11 am
Division Two
Durham v Yorkshire (Chester-le-Street) – 11 amDerbyshire v Gloucestershire (Derby) – 11 amGlamorgan v Worcestershire (Cardiff) – 11 amLeicestershire v Sussex (Leicester) – 11am
May 18 – May 21
Division One
Hampshire v Northamptonshire (Southampton) – 11 amSurrey v Kent (The Oval) – 11 amMiddlesex v Somerset (Lord’s) – 11 amNottinghamshire v Essex (Nottingham) – 11 am
Division Two
Worcestershire v Leicestershire (Worcester) – 11 amSussex v Glamorgan (Hove) – 11 amGloucestershire v Durham (Bristol) – 11 am
June 11 – June 14
Division One
Lancashire v Hampshire (Southport) – 11 amEssex v Somerset (Chelmsford) – 11 amNottinghamshire v Warwickshire (Nottingham) – 11 amKent v Surrey (Canterbury) – 11 am
Division Two
Durham v Glamorgan (Chester-le-Street) – 11 amGloucestershire v Leicestershire (Bristol) – 11 amDerbyshire v Yorkshire (Chesterfield) – 11 amSussex v Worcestershire (Hove) – 11 am
June 25 – June 28
Division One
Hampshire v Middlesex (Southampton) – 11 amNorthamptonshire v Kent (Northampton) – 11 amSurrey v Lancashire (The Oval) – 11 amEssex v Warwickshire (Chelmsford) – 11 amSomerset v Nottinghamshire (Somerset) – 11 am
Division Two
Glamorgan v Sussex (Cardiff) – 11 amYorkshire v Gloucestershire (Headingley) – 11 amWorcestershire v Derbyshire (Worcester) – 11 amLeicestershire v Durham (Leicester) – 11 am
July 10 – July 13
Division One
Surrey v Nottinghamshire (The Oval) – 11 amMiddlesex v Northamptonshire (Northwood) – 11 amKent v Warwickshire (Canterbury) – 11 amSomerset v Hampshire (Taunton) – 11 amLancashire v Essex (Blackpool) – 11 am
Division Two
Glamorgan v Leicestershire (Cardiff) – 11 amSussex v Derbyshire (Hove) – 11 amWorcestershire v Yorkshire (Worcester) – 11 amDurham v Gloucestershire (Chester-le-Street) – 11 am
July 19 – July 22
Division One
Warwickshire v Lancashire (Edgbaston) – 11 amNottinghamshire v Hampshire (Nottingham) – 11 amMiddlesex v Surrey (Lord’s) – 11 amEssex v Kent (Chelmsford) – 11 amNorthamptonshire v Somerset (Northampton) – 11 am
Division Two
Yorkshire v Sussex (Headingley) – 11 amDerbyshire v Durham (TBC) – 11 amLeicestershire v Worcestershire- (Oakham) – 11 am
July 20 – July 23
Division Two
Gloucestershire v Glamorgan (Cheltenham) – 11 am
July 25 – July 28
Division One
Hampshire v Essex (Southampton) – 11 amWarwickshire v Middlesex (Edgbaston) – 11 amLancashire v Northamptonshire (Old Trafford) – 11 amNottinghamshire v Kent (Nottingham) – 11 amSomerset v Surrey (Taunton) – 11 am
Division Two
Derbyshire v Glamorgan (Derby) – 11 amYorkshire v Durham (Scarborough) – 11 am
July 26 – July 29
Division One
Gloucestershire v Worcestershire (Cheltenham) – 11 am
September 3 – September 6
Division One
Hampshire v Somerset (Southampton) – 11 amSurrey v Warwickshire (The Oval) – 11 amNorthamptonshire v Lancashire (Northampton) – 11 amEssex v Middlesex (Chelmsford) – 11 am
Division Two
Durham v Sussex (Chester-le-Street) – 11 amWorcestershire v Glamorgan (Worcester) – 11 amYorkshire v Derbyshire (Scarborough) – 11 amLeicestershire v Gloucestershire (Leicester) – 11 am
September 10 – September 13
Division One
Kent v Nottinghamshire (Canterbury) – 11 amWarwickshire v Northamptonshire (Edgbaston) – 11 amLancashire v Middlesex (Old Trafford) – 11 am
Division Two
Glamorgan v Yorkshire (Cardiff) – 11 amSussex v Leicestershire (Hove) – 11 amGloucestershire v Derbyshire (Bristol) – 11 am
September 19 – September 22
Division One
Surrey v Northamptonshire (The Oval) – 11 amMiddlesex v Warwickshire (Lord’s) – 11 amLancashire v Nottinghamshire (Old Trafford) – 11 amEssex v Hampshire (Chelmsford) – 11 amSomerset v Kent (Taunton) – 11 am
Division Two
Derbyshire v Sussex (Derby) – 11 amWorcestershire v Durham (Worcester) – 11 amLeicestershire v Yorkshire (Leicester) – 11 am
September 26 – September 29
Division One
Warwickshire v Somerset (Edgbaston) – 11 amNottinghamshire v Middlesex (Nottingham) – 11 amHampshire v Surrey (Southampton) – 11 amKent v Lancashire (Canterbury) – 11 amNorthamptonshire v Essex (Northampton) – 11 am
Division Two
Durham v Leicestershire (Chester-le-Street) – 11 amGlamorgan v Derbyshire (Cardiff) – 11 amSussex v Gloucestershire (Hove) – 11 amYorkshire v Worcestershire (Headingley) – 11 am
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