2018 County Championship
Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
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Cricket format | First-class cricket (4 days) |
Tournament format(s) | League system |
Champions | Surrey |
Participants | 18 |
Most runs | Div 1: Rory Burns (1,359) Div 2: Ian Bell (1,027) |
Most wickets | Div 1: Tom Bailey (64) Div 2: Matt Henry (75) |
The 2018 County Championship, known as the 2018 Specsavers County Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the 119th cricket County Championship season. As in 2017, Division One has eight teams and Division Two has ten teams, with two teams relegated and two promoted at the end of the season.[1]
The first round of matches began on 13 April and the final round of matches were scheduled to end on 27 September. Most of the matches of the Championship were played as day matches, although each team played one day-night match during the season.[2][3][4]
In September 2018, the match between Somerset and Lancashire at Taunton finished as a tie. It was the first tie in a County Championship game since 2003,[5] Somerset's first tied match since 1939 and Lancashire's first since 1952.[6] By winning their game against Worcestershire between the 10th and 13 September, Surrey took an unassailable lead at the top of Division One, making them champions.[7]
Teams
[edit]The 2018 Championship was divided into two divisions, Division One with eight teams and Division Two with 10. Teams in both divisions played a total of 14 games, with all Division One teams playing each other twice, while Division Two teams played five others twice and four once.
Division One
[edit]Team promoted from Division Two in 2017
Division Two
[edit]Team relegated from Division One in 2017
Results
[edit]Fixtures for the 2018 County Championship were announced on 29 November 2017, with the previous season's champions Essex beginning the defence of their title against Yorkshire at Headingley.[12]
In total, 56 matches were played in Division One, with 70 played in Division Two.
Division One
[edit]April
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13–16 April 2018
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Yorkshire (H)
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Match abandoned
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13–16 April 2018
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Hampshire (H)
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Hampshire won by 196 runs
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13–16 April 2018
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Lancashire (H)
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Nottinghamshire won by 6 wickets
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20–22 April 2018
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Essex (H)
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Essex won by 31 runs
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20–22 April 2018
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Somerset (H)
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Somerset won by 83 runs
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20–23 April 2018
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Surrey (H)
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Surrey won by 139 runs
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20–23 April 2018
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Yorkshire (H)
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Yorkshire won by 164 runs
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27–30 April 2018
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Hampshire (H)
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Match drawn
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27–30 April 2018
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Lancashire (H)
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Match drawn
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27–30 April 2018
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Somerset (H)
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Somerset won by 118 runs
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27–30 April 2018
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Worcestershire (H)
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Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 41 runs
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May
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4–6 May 2018
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Essex (H)
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Yorkshire won by 91 runs
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4–7 May 2018
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Lancashire (H)
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Match drawn
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4–7 May 2018
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Nottinghamshire (H)
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Nottinghamshire won by 203 runs
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4–7 May 2018
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Surrey (H)
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Match drawn
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11–13 May 2018
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Nottinghamshire (H)
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Lancashire won by an innings and 67 runs
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11–14 May 2018
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Somerset (H)
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Match drawn
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11–14 May 2018
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Surrey (H)
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Surrey won by an innings and 17 runs
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11–13 May 2018
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v
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Worcestershire (H)
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Essex won by 32 runs
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June
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9–11 June 2018
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Hampshire (H)
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Surrey won by an innings and 58 runs
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9–11 June 2018
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Lancashire (H)
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Essex won by 5 wickets
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9–12 June 2018
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Somerset (H)
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Somerset won by 6 wickets
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20–23 June 2018
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Essex (H)
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Nottinghamshire won by 301 runs
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20–22 June 2018
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Surrey (H)
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Surrey won by an innings and 69 runs
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20–23 June 2018
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Worcestershire (H)
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Worcestershire won by 202 runs
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20–23 June 2018 (D/N)
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Hampshire (H)
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Match drawn
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25–28 June 2018
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Yorkshire (H)
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Surrey won by 7 wickets
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25–28 June 2018
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Lancashire (H)
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Match drawn
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25–28 June 2018 (D/N)
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Essex (H)
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Match drawn
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25–28 June 2018 (D/N)
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Nottinghamshire (H)
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Match drawn
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July
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22–24 July 2018
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v
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Lancashire (H)
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Yorkshire won by 118 runs
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22–24 July 2018
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Nottinghamshire (H)
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Surrey won by an innings and 183 runs
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22–25 July 2018
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Worcestershire (H)
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Somerset won by 141 runs
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August
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19–22 August 2018
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Hampshire (H)
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Hampshire won by 270 runs
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19–22 August 2018
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Somerset (H)
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Somerset won by 45 runs
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19–22 August 2018
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Yorkshire (H)
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Worcestershire won by an innings and 186 runs
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19–22 August 2018 (D/N)
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Surrey (H)
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Surrey won by 6 runs
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29 August–1 September 2018
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Essex (H)
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Essex won by an innings and 52 runs
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29–31 August 2018
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v
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Lancashire (H)
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Lancashire won by 4 wickets
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29–31 August 2018
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Surrey (H)
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Surrey won by an innings and 125 runs
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29 August–1 September 2018
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Yorkshire (H)
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Somerset won by 224 runs
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September
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4–6 September 2018
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Essex (H)
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Surrey won by 10 wickets
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4–7 September 2018
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Nottinghamshire (H)
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v
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Match drawn
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4–5 September 2018
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v
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Somerset (H)
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Match tied
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4–6 September 2018
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v
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Worcestershire (H)
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Hampshire won by 114 runs
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10–11 September 2018
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Hampshire (H)
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Hampshire won by 6 wickets
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10–13 September 2018
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Nottinghamshire (H)
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Essex won by 8 wickets
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10–13 September 2018
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Worcestershire (H)
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Surrey won by 3 wickets
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10–13 September 2018
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Yorkshire (H)
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Yorkshire won by 95 runs
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18–20 September 2018
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v
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Essex (H)
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Essex won by an innings and 129 runs
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18–21 September 2018
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v
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Somerset (H)
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Match drawn
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18–21 September 2018
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Yorkshire (H)
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v
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Match drawn
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24–26 September 2018
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Hampshire (H)
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Lancashire won by 8 wickets
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24–26 September 2018
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Nottinghamshire (H)
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Somerset won by an innings and 146 runs
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24–27 September 2018
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Surrey (H)
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Essex won by 1 wicket
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24–26 September 2018
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Worcestershire (H)
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Yorkshire won by 7 wickets
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Division Two
[edit]April
[edit]
13–15 April 2018
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Middlesex (H)
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v
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Middlesex won by 160 runs
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13–16 April 2018
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Kent (H)
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v
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Gloucestershire won by 5 wickets
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13–16 April 2018
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Warwickshire (H)
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Match drawn
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20–22 April 2018
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Northamptonshire (H)
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v
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Warwickshire won by an innings and 48 runs
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20–23 April 2018
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Derbyshire (H)
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Derbyshire won by 101 runs
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20–23 April 2018
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Gloucestershire (H)
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v
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Glamorgan won by 6 wickets
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20–23 April 2018
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v
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Leicestershire (H)
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Match drawn
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20–21 April 2018
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Durham (H)
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v
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Kent won by 9 wickets
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27–30 April 2018
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Middlesex (H)
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v
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Match drawn
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27–30 April 2018
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Northamptonshire (H)
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v
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Match abandoned
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27–30 April 2018
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Sussex (H)
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v
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Match drawn
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27–30 April 2018
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Leicestershire (H)
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v
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Match drawn
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May
[edit]
3–6 May 2018
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v
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Warwickshire (H)
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Warwickshire won by 8 wickets
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4–7 May 2018
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v
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Durham (H)
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Durham won by 46 runs
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4–6 May 2018
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Glamorgan (H)
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v
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Kent won by 6 wickets
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4–7 May 2018
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v
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Sussex (H)
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Sussex won by 3 wickets
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11–13 May 2018
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Kent (H)
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v
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Kent won by 58 runs
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11–13 May 2018
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v
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Warwickshire (H)
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Warwickshire won by 6 wickets
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11–14 May 2018
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Middlesex (H)
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v
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Match drawn
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11–14 May 2018
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Derbyshire (H)
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v
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Match drawn
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11–13 May 2018
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Leicestershire (H)
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v
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Leicestershire won by 3 runs
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June
[edit]
9–11 June 2018
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Northamptonshire (H)
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v
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Leicestershire won by 6 wickets
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9–12 June 2018
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v
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Gloucestershire (H)
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Match drawn
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9–12 June 2018
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v
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Warwickshire (H)
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Warwickshire won by 4 wickets
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9–12 June 2018
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Durham (H)
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v
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Durham won by 95 runs
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20–23 June 2018
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Kent (H)
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v
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Kent won by 73 runs
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20–23 June 2018
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Leicestershire (H)
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v
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Middlesex won by 1 wicket
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20–22 June 2018
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Sussex (H)
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v
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Sussex won by an innings and 64 runs
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20–23 June 2018
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Glamorgan (H)
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v
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Match drawn
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20–22 June 2018 (D/N)
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Northamptonshire (H)
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v
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Northamptonshire won by 10 wickets
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25–28 June 2018
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v
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Glamorgan (H)
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Northamptonshire won by 233 runs
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25–27 June 2018 (D/N)
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Derbyshire (H)
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v
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Leicestershire won by 6 wickets
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25–28 June 2018 (D/N)
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v
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Durham (H)
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Warwickshire won by 86 runs
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25–27 June 2018 (D/N)
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Kent (H)
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v
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Kent won by 342 runs
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July
[edit]
16–19 July 2018
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v
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Gloucestershire (H)
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Sussex won by 28 runs
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22–25 July 2018
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Derbyshire (H)
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v
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Derbyshire won by 39 runs
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22–25 July 2018
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Gloucestershire (H)
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v
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Gloucestershire won by 41 runs
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22–24 July 2018
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Kent (H)
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v
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Leicestershire won by 10 wickets
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22–24 July 2018
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Middlesex (H)
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v
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Middlesex won by 18 runs
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22–24 July 2018 (D/N)
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Sussex (H)
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v
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Sussex won by an innings and 154 runs
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August
[edit]
19–21 August 2018
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Glamorgan (H)
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Durham won by an innings and 30 runs
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19–22 August 2018
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Sussex (H)
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v
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Sussex won by 243 runs
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19–21 August 2018
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Leicestershire (H)
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Kent won by 8 wickets
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19–20 August 2018
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Warwickshire (H)
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Warwickshire won by an innings and 47 runs
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19–22 August 2018
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Northamptonshire (H)
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v
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Middlesex won by 31 runs
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29 August–1 September 2018
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v
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Derbyshire (H)
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Kent won by 6 wickets
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29–30 August 2018
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Durham (H)
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v
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Northamptonshire won by 7 wickets
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29–31 August 2018
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Glamorgan (H)
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v
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Warwickshire won by an innings and 35 runs
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29 August–1 September 2018
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Gloucestershire (H)
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v
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Gloucestershire won by 328 runs
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29–31 August 2018
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Middlesex (H)
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v
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Middlesex won by 55 runs
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September
[edit]
4–6 September 2018
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Derbyshire (H)
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v
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Derbyshire won by 169 runs
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4–7 September 2018
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Gloucestershire (H)
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v
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Match drawn
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4–7 September 2018
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Kent (H)
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v
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Kent won by 102 runs
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4–6 September 2018
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Sussex (H)
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v
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Sussex won by 274 runs
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4–7 September 2018
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Warwickshire (H)
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v
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Match drawn
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10–12 September 2018
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Durham (H)
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v
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Durham won by 186 runs
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10–13 September 2018
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Glamorgan (H)
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v
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Gloucestershire won by 9 wickets
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10–12 September 2018
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Leicestershire (H)
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v
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Warwickshire won by an innings and 104 runs
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10–12 September 2018
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Middlesex (H)
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v
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Kent won by 3 wickets
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10–13 September 2018
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Northamptonshire (H)
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v
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Derbyshire won by 1 wicket
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18–21 September 2018
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Gloucestershire (H)
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v
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Match drawn
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18–20 September 2018
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v
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Kent (H)
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Kent won by an innings and 172 runs
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18–19 September 2018
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Leicestershire (H)
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v
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Leicestershire won by an innings and 194 runs
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18–21 September 2018
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Middlesex (H)
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v
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Middlesex won by 117 runs
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18–21 September 2018
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v
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Sussex (H)
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Match drawn
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24–26 September 2018
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Derbyshire (H)
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v
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Gloucestershire won by 2 wickets
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24–26 September 2018
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v
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Durham (H)
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Middlesex won by 57 runs
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24–26 September 2018
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Glamorgan (H)
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v
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Glamorgan won by 132 runs
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24–25 September 2018
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v
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Northamptonshire (H)
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Northamptonshire won by 6 wickets
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24–26 September 2018
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v
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Warwickshire (H)
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Warwickshire won by an innings and 34 runs
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Standings
[edit]Teams receive 16 points for a win, 8 for a tie and 5 for a draw. Bonus points (a maximum of 5 batting points and 3 bowling points) may be scored during the first 110 overs of each team's first innings.
Division One[edit]
Source: CricInfo[13]
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Division Two[edit]
Source: CricInfo[14]
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Statistics
[edit]Division One
[edit]This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2018) |
- Highest score by a team: Surrey − 592 all out (119.3 overs) vs Nottinghamshire (22−25 July)
- Lowest score by a team: Yorkshire − 50 all out (18.4 overs) vs Essex (4−6 May)
- Top score by an individual: Dane Vilas (Lancashire − 235* (363) vs Somerset (4−7 May)
- Best bowling figures by an individual: Jack Leach (Somerset) − 8/85 (48 overs) vs Essex (19−22 August)
Most runs
[edit]Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
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Rory Burns | Surrey | 14 | 22 | 1,359 | 64.71 | 193 | 4 | 7 |
James Hildreth | Somerset | 14 | 26 | 1,089 | 45.37 | 184 | 3 | 6 |
Ollie Pope | Surrey | 13 | 16 | 986 | 70.42 | 158* | 4 | 1 |
James Vince | Hampshire | 14 | 25 | 962 | 40.08 | 201* | 3 | 2 |
Daryl Mitchell | Worcestershire | 14 | 26 | 957 | 36.80 | 178 | 4 | 1 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[15]
Most wickets
[edit]Players | Team | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5w | 10w |
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Tom Bailey | Lancashire | 14 | 439.4 | 64 | 19.65 | 5/53 | 1 | 0 |
Morné Morkel | Surrey | 10 | 315.4 | 59 | 14.32 | 6/57 | 4 | 0 |
Jamie Porter | Essex | 13 | 432.3 | 58 | 24.63 | 7/41 | 3 | 1 |
Graham Onions | Lancashire | 12 | 379.3 | 57 | 21.77 | 6/55 | 2 | 0 |
Simon Harmer | Essex | 13 | 526.2 | 57 | 24.45 | 6/87 | 3 | 0 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[16]
Division Two
[edit]This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2018) |
- Highest score by a team: Kent − 582/9d (160.4 overs) vs Gloucestershire (9−12 June)
- Lowest score by a team: Middlesex − 56 all out (24 overs) vs Kent (25−27 June)
- Top score by an individual: Chris Dent (Gloucestershire) − 214* (290) vs Leicestershire (29 August−1 September)
- Best bowling figures by an individual: Brett Hutton (Northamptonshire) − 8/57 (18.5 overs) vs Gloucestershire (20−22 June)
Most runs
[edit]Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ian Bell | Warwickshire | 14 | 23 | 1,027 | 54.05 | 204 | 5 | 2 |
Wayne Madsen | Derbyshire | 14 | 27 | 1,016 | 37.62 | 144 | 2 | 7 |
Will Rhodes | Warwickshire | 14 | 23 | 972 | 44.18 | 137 | 4 | 4 |
Jonathan Trott | Warwickshire | 14 | 23 | 935 | 46.75 | 170* | 2 | 6 |
Ben Brown | Sussex | 14 | 24 | 912 | 43.42 | 116 | 1 | 7 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[17]
Most wickets
[edit]Players | Team | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5w | 10w |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Matt Henry | Kent | 11 | 382.4 | 75 | 15.48 | 7/42 | 5 | 3 |
Ollie Robinson | Sussex | 14 | 485.0 | 74 | 18.66 | 7/58 | 4 | 1 |
James Harris | Middlesex | 12 | 384.5 | 61 | 20.54 | 7/83 | 3 | 0 |
Ben Sanderson | Northamptonshire | 13 | 422.0 | 60 | 16.70 | 5/16 | 2 | 0 |
Chris Rushworth | Durham | 12 | 386.4 | 60 | 20.01 | 8/51 | 3 | 1 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo[18]
References
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- ^ "Schedule- 2018 County Championship Division One". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ^ "Schedule- 2018 County Championship Division Two". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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- ^ "County Championship: Lancashire bowl out Somerset for 77 to tie at Taunton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ "Keshav Maharaj takes 11 wickets as spin decides dramatic tie". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ "Specsavers County Championship Division One at Worcester, Sep 10-13 2018 | Match Report | ESPNCricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ "Steyn signs county contract with Hampshire". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
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- ^ "Aiden Markram signs for Durham ahead of 2018 season". Cricbuzz. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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- ^ "County Championship: Champions Essex to start 2018 season at Headingley". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ Specsavers County Championship Division One Table - 2018, CricInfo.
- ^ Specsavers County Championship Division Two Table - 2018, CricInfo.
- ^ "MOST RUNS - SPECSAVERS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION ONE, 2018". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "MOST WICKETS - SPECSAVERS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION ONE, 2018". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "MOST RUNS - SPECSAVERS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION TWO, 2018". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "MOST WICKETS - SPECSAVERS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION TWO, 2018". ESPNcricinfo.