2001 County Championship Explained

The 2001 County Championship season, known as the CricInfo 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 2002, while the bottom three sides from Division 1 are relegated.

Teams

Division One

Team promoted from Division Two

Team	Primary home ground	Other grounds	Captain
Essex	County Ground, Chelmsford	Valentines Park, Ilford Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester	Nasser Hussain
Glamorgan	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff	St Helen's, Swansea Colwyn Bay Cricket Club Ground, Rhos on Sea	Steve James
Kent	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury	Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells Mote Park, Maidstone	Matthew Fleming
Lancashire	Old Trafford, Manchester	—	John Crawley
Leicestershire	Grace Road, Leicester	—	Vince Wells
Northamptonshire	County Ground, Northampton	—	David Ripley
Somerset	County Ground, Taunton	Recreation Ground, Bath	Jamie Cox
Surrey	The Oval, London	Woodbridge Road, Guildford	Adam Hollioake
Yorkshire	Headingley, Leeds	North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough	David Byas

Division Two

Team relegated from Division One

Team	Primary home ground	Other grounds	Captain
Derbyshire	County Ground, Derby	—	Dominic Cork
Durham	Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street	—	Jonathan Lewis
Gloucestershire	County Ground, Bristol	Archdeacon Meadow, Gloucester College Ground, Cheltenham	Mark Alleyne
Hampshire	Rose Bowl, Southampton	—	Robin Smith
Middlesex	Lord's, London	John Walker's Ground, Southgate	Angus Fraser
Nottinghamshire	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	—	Jason Gallian
Sussex	County Ground, Hove	Cricket Field Road Ground, Horsham Arundel Castle Cricket Ground, Arundel	Chris Adams
Warwickshire	Edgbaston, Birmingham	—	Mike Powell
Worcestershire	County Ground, New Road, Worcester	Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster	Graeme Hick

Standings

Teams receive 12 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.^{[3] [4]}

Division One

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Yorkshire (C)	16	9	3	0	4	0	50	45	0	219
	16	6	2	0	8	0	55	44	0	203
	16	4	3	0	9	0	48	44	1	175
	16	3	1	0	11	1	43	43	0.5	169.5
	16	5	6	0	5	0	38	47	0	165
	16	4	5	0	5	2	38	39	0	153
Northamptonshire (R)	16	2	5	0	9	0	52	36	0	148
Glamorgan (R)	16	2	5	0	8	1	36	37	0	133
Essex (R)	16	2	7	0	7	0	28	36	0	116
Source:.[5]

Division Two

width=150	Team	width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40
Sussex (C)	16	9	3	0	4	0	42	42	0	208
Hampshire (P)	16	7	2	0	7	0	34	44	0	192
Warwickshire (P)	16	5	1	0	10	0	46	40	0.25	185.75
Gloucestershire	16	5	5	0	6	0	46	43	0	173
Middlesex	16	4	3	0	9	0	46	42	0	172
Worcestershire	16	4	5	0	7	0	35	41	0.25	151.75
Nottinghamshire	16	3	7	0	6	0	44	38	0.75	141.25
Durham	16	3	6	0	7	0	32	44	0	140
Derbyshire	16	1	9	0	6	0	20	37	0.75	92.25
Source:

Results

Division One

Division Two

Statistics

Division One

Most runs

width=125	Player	width=125	Team	width=60	Matches	width=60	Innings	width=60	Runs	width=60	Average	width=60	HS	width=60	100s	width=60	50s
Michael Hussey		16	30	2055	79.03		5	9
David Fulton		16	24	1729	78.59		8	3
Darren Lehmann		13	19	1416	83.29	252	5	5
Stuart Law		13	23	1311	65.55	153	4	8
Russell Warren		16	27	1303	54.29	194	4	7
Source:[6]

Most wickets

width=125	Player	width=125	Team	width=60	Matches	width=60	Overs	width=60	Wickets	width=60	Average	width=60	BBI	width=60	5W
Martin Bicknell		15	541.5	72	21.36	7/60	3
Devon Malcolm		16	545.1	68	28.58	8/63	4
Martin Saggers		16	492.3	63	24.12	6/92	3
Richard Johnson		13	463.2	62	23.77	5/40	5
Steffan Jones		16	560	59	34.15	5/115	1
Source:[7]

Division Two

Most runs

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Murray Goodwin		16	30	1521	58.50		6	5
Richard Montgomerie		16	30	1461	47.51		7	4
Graeme Hick		16	26	1390	60.43	201	6	3
Martin Love		15	29	1364	50.51		1	13
Greg Blewett		16	30	1292	47.85		5	5
Source:[8]

Most wickets

width=125	Player	width=125	Team	width=60	Matches	width=60	Overs	width=60	Wickets	width=60	Average	width=60	BBI	width=60	5W
James Kirtley		16	566.3	75	23.32	6/34	5
Andy Bichel		16	555.5	66	27.33	6/44	4
Alamgir Sheriyar		14	472.3	65	23.60	6/88	3
Alan Mullally		12	427.3	57	18.36	8/90	5
Jason Lewry		15	489.1	57	25.70	7/42	3
Phil Tufnell		15	626.3	57	26.49	6/44	3
Source:[9]

See also

• 2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
• 2001 Benson & Hedges Cup
• 2001 Norwich Union League

Notes and References

1. Web site: subscription . Batting and Fielding in Cricinfo Championship 2001 (Ordered by Runs). CricketArchive. 11 June 2016.
2. Web site: subscription . Bowling in Cricinfo Championship 2001 (Ordered by Wickets). CricketArchive. 11 June 2016.
3. Web site: Cricinfo Championship Final Division One Table, 2001. ESPNcricinfo. 11 June 2016.
4. Web site: Cricinfo Championship Final Division Two Table, 2001. ESPNcricinfo. 11 June 2016.
5. Web site: subscription . Cricinfo Championship 2001 Points Table. CricketArchive. 11 June 2016.
6. Web site: 2001 CricInfo Championship Division One Batting - Most Runs. ESPNcricinfo. 11 June 2016.
7. Web site: CricInfo Championship Division One Bowling - Most Wickets. ESPNcricinfo. 11 June 2016.
8. Web site: CricInfo Championship Division Two Batting - Most Runs. ESPNcricinfo. 11 June 2016.
9. Web site: CricInfo Championship Division Two Bowling - Most Wickets. ESPNcricinfo. 11 June 2016.