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2004 County Championship

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2004 County Championship
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsWarwickshire (6th title)
Participants18
Matches144
Most runsBrad Hodge
(1,548 for Leicestershire)[1]
Most wicketsMushtaq Ahmed
(82 for Sussex)[2]
2003
2005

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

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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
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Team promoted from Division Two
Team relegated from Division One

Points system

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  • 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

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Standings

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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: [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

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Standings

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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 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 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: [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

Results summary

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Division One

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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

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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 Rob Key Kent
1,269 50.76 Ed Smith Kent
Source:[1]
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 Andy Caddick Somerset
53 27.64 David Harrison Glamorgan
Source:[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Batting and Fielding in Frizzell County Championship 2004 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Bowling in Frizzell County Championship 2004 (Ordered by Average)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Frizzell County Championship 2004 Points Table". Cricket Archive. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.