The 2024 County Championship (referred to as the Vitality County Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 124th County Championshipcricket season in England and Wales.[1] As in 2023, Division One had ten teams and Division Two had eight teams. The season began on 5 April and ended on 29 September 2024.[2][3][4]Surrey won the title with one match remaining,[5] repeating their success in 2022 and 2023.[6][7] They were the first team to become champions in three successive years since Yorkshire in 1966–68,[8] having last achieved this feat themselves in 1958.[9]
Overview
For the 2024 season, the number of points for a draw was increased from five to eight, as was the case from 2019 to 2022.[10][11] The use of hybrid pitches[a] was permitted for the first time, despite previous concerns that they do not deteriorate enough during a four-day match and are therefore suitable only for limited overs cricket.[10] On 29 August, however, the game between Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire at Bristol had to be abandoned on the first day after the surface produced uneven bounce, resulting in two Northamptonshire batters being injured.[12][13]
Following a trial during the 2023 County Championship, when the traditional English Dukesball was replaced for two rounds by the less bowler-friendly Australian Kookaburra, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) decided that four rounds of the 2024 season would be played with the latter. The motivation behind this was to develop bowlers with the skills to compete at an international level, give spinners more of a role at the beginning of the season, and encourage batters to score quickly.[16]
After the Kookaburra had been used during the first two rounds of the 2024 season, England men's team director Rob Key hailed the experiment a success. Spin bowlers contributed 37% (1035.4 overs) of deliveries in the opening two rounds, compared with 17% (767.3 overs) in 2023, and took 135 (72 more) wickets. Batters hit as many double centuries as in whole of the previous season, and in the second round accumulated 10 scores of 150 or more, which was a record for a set of matches starting on the same day. However, all but one of the 19 games played in the opening two rounds ended in a draw.[17][18] In the second round, all matches were drawn for just the third time when all counties have played simultaneously,[19] and matches were criticised for being dull.[20] Key's comments themselves "caused something of a furore".[21]
Writing in Wisden Cricket Monthly, Laurence Booth noted that using the Kookaburra on spongy pitches during one of the UK's wettest springs was "like mixing oil with water – and expecting nectar", but pointed to the first-round performance of seam bowlerSam Cook in explaining Key's perspective.[22]Mike Selvey commented in The Cricketer that rather than resorting to the use of a "substandard ball", Key's objectives might better be achieved by requiring groundsmen to cut the grass shorter and use a hard roller on pitches, whilst also making some changes to the Dukes ball so that the seam would flatten more quickly.[23]
Across the four rounds played with the Kookaburra, statistics showed that seam bowlers achieved the best bowling average and strike rate at an average speed of 82–84 mph, compared to 76–79 mph with the Dukes ball, whilst spinners bowled around 50 per cent more deliveries.[24]
Teams
The teams were split based on the finishing positions in the 2023 season, with 10 teams in Division One and 8 in Division Two.
Division One sides played five teams both home and away, and four teams either home or away. All Division Two sides played each other home and away.[25] Teams were allowed to field a maximum of two overseas players in a match.[26]
No play was possible on day 1 and day 4 due to rain and a wet outfield. Only 3.3 overs of play were possible on day 3 due to safety concerns caused by high winds, rain and a wet outfield.
Jason Holder and Nathan Smith made their debuts for Worcestershire.[35]Rob Jones played his first Championship match for the county, having been a member of their One-Day Cup squad in 2023 whilst on loan from Lancashire.[35][36]
Kashif Ali (Worcestershire) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket, and a century in each innings for the first time[35][37]
Only 67.4 overs were possible on day 4 due to rain.
Matt Critchley hit a career-best score in Essex's first innings.[38]
In Kent's first innings, Shane Snater bowled Joe Denly for 16 runs to claim his 100th first-class wicket, and Nathan Gilchrist hit a career-best score of 41 (off 64 balls).[39]
Jordan Cox scored his first century for Essex in the club's second innings.[39]
In Kent's second innings, Jaydn Denly, making his first-class debut, contributed to a sixth-wicket stand of 51 (off 96 balls) with his uncle, Joe Denly.[40]
George Garrett hit a career-best score of 48 in Kent's first innings, whilst in their second, Matt Parkinson's score of 39 was his highest in first-class cricket. Two other Kent players, Arafat Bhuiyan and Jaskaran Singh, also hit career-best scores during the match.[50]
Nottinghamshire's unbroken second-innings partnership of 392 (from 112 overs) between Joe Clarke and Will Young broke the county's record of 367 for the third-wicket, set in 1903. Young finished with a career-best score of 174 not out (from 334 balls).[52]
Matthew Waite and Nathan Smith's second-innings partnership of 103 (off 173 balls) was Worcestershire's highest for the seventh wicket against Durham.[54]
Haseeb Hameed hit his maiden double-century in first-class cricket, breaking Nottinghamshire's 74-year-old record for the highest score by a player who carried their bat.[64]
Matthew Hurst (Lancashire) scored his maiden first-class century.[65]
Jamie Smith and Sean Abbott's first-innings partnership of 115 (off 110 balls) surpassed the previous Surrey record of 107 for the ninth wicket against Warwickshire, set in 1926 by Douglas Jardine and Ted Brooks.[66]
In Warwickshire's first innings, Ed Barnard and Michael Burgess broke the county's record for the seventh wicket against Essex, adding 209 runs in 352 deliveries.[68][69]
Hampshire recorded their biggest-ever win in the County Championship, and Surrey their worst defeat.[72][73]
Toby Albert (Hampshire) scored his maiden first-class century.[74] His partnership with Nick Gubbins of 201 runs (off 74.2 overs) was a club record for the second wicket against Surrey.[75]
Ben Brown (Hampshire) hit his highest first-class score.[72][73]
Luke Wells and Josh Bohannon's partnership of 312 was Lancashire's highest ever against Kent.[78]
On his Kent debut,[79] Charlie Stobo took his maiden Championship wicket,[80] and in the county's second innings, recorded his highest first-class score.[78]
James Vince and Ben Brown's partnership of 259 (off 408 balls) in Hampshire's first innings was the county's highest for the fourth wicket against Kent.[82]
Nottinghamshire won the toss and elected to field.
Durham's Daniel Hogg took a maiden five-wicket haul on his first-class debut,[88] whilst Ashton Turner scored a century in his first match for the county.[89]
Josh Boyden and 16-year-old Rocky Flintoff (Lancashire) both made their first-class debuts, with Flintoff becoming the youngest player to represent the county at this level.[91]
Indian batter Sai Sudharsan returned to Surrey for the first of two matches.[92]
Lancashire suffered successive innings defeats for the first time since 1907, with Hampshire winning by an innings for only the third time out of the 158 occasions on which the two sides had met in the competition since 1870.[97][98]
Robert Lord (Nottinghamshire) made his first-class debut.
In his Championship debut, Farhan Ahmed became the youngest first-class player in Nottinghamshire's history at the age of 16 years and 189 days, breaking a record which had stood for 177 years.[99] In Surrey's first innings, he then became the youngest player to take a five-wicket haul in a first-class match in England.[100][101] In their second, he also broke the record set by W. G. Grace in 1865 as the youngest player to take ten wickets in an English first-class match, which was one of the longest-standing in the domestic game.[102]
South African Kyle Verreynne (Nottinghamshire) made his Championship debut.[103]
Freddie McCann (Nottinghamshire) scored a maiden first-class century in his third innings.[103]
David Bedingham's individual score was the highest in Durham's first-class history, surpassing Martin Love's 2003 record by six runs. His fifth-wicket partnership with Colin Ackermann of 424 (from 97.8 overs) was also the county's highest for any wicket at first-class level.[107]
Matthew Potts returned career-best bowling figures in Lancashire's second innings, during which he dismissed three members of the opposing side in four balls.[108] His performance was the best of the season in either division.[109][110]
Bangladeshi Skakib Al Hasan made his Surrey debut, having been signed on a one-match deal.[114][115]
Appearing in only his second first-class game, Archie Vaughan took his maiden five-wicket haul in Surrey's first innings, then went on to record a maiden ten-wicket haul by taking five wickets in their second. He finished with match figures of 11/140.[116][117]
Lying second behind Surrey in the table, Somerset bowled out the visitors with less than five minutes of the match to spare,[118] registering what the Times described as "one of the greatest County Championship victories in their history".[116]
At the age of 16 years and 296 days, James Minto became the youngest first-class debutant in Durham's history.[122]
With this victory on 19 September, and Somerset's defeat by Lancashire the following day, Surrey were confirmed as champions for the third successive year.
Match drawn Grace Road, Leicester Umpires: Surendiran Shanmugam and Chris Watts
Leicestershire won the toss and elected to field.
Gloucestershire's first innings total was their highest ever in first-class cricket.[136]
The 316-run partnership between Cameron Bancroft and Ben Charlesworth, who scored his maiden century as a professional, was a record for the first wicket against Leicestershire by any side in first-class cricket.[137]
Ollie Robinson bowled the most expensive over in County Championship history where declaration bowling was not involved, conceding 43 runs (6, 6nb, 4, 6, 4, 6nb, 4, 6nb, 1) in Leicestershire's second innings.[142]
Louis Kimber (Leicestershire) reached his double century from only 100 balls, making it the fastest ever in the Championship, and the second fastest recorded in first-class cricket worldwide.[143] During the course of his innings, he also hit the most sixes (21) and scored the most runs in an over (the 43 off Robinson). His total of 243 was the highest in first-class cricket by a player batting at number eight,[144] and was described in Wisden Cricket Monthly as "one of the most extraordinary innings in Championship history".[145]
Rain limited play to 58 overs on day 1, and 35.1 overs on day 2.
James Wharton hit his maiden first-class century.[146] His partnership with Jonathan Tattersall of 241 runs (from 323 balls) broke the Yorkshire record for the sixth wicket against Derbyshire, which had stood since 1921.[147]
Marchant de Lange and Ajeet Dale shared the highest tenth-wicket partnership for Gloucestershire against Glamorgan, hitting 75 runs (off 73 balls) in the home side's first innings.[148]
James Bracey (Gloucestershire) become only the tenth player to hit a double century at the College Ground.[149]
When Jamie McIlroy was dismissed by Ajeet Dale with the final ball of the match, Glamorgan were just one run short of setting a new world record for highest successful run chase in first-class cricket.[150][151]
Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire, with whom he had signed for the remainder of the season.[155][156]
Harry Moore (Derbyshire) made his first-class debut, and took his maiden first-class wicket.[168]
Martin Andersson was on loan from Middlesex for the remainder of the season, having signed a two-year deal with Derbyshire to begin in 2025.[169]
In Northamptonshire's first innings, all seven bowlers used by Derbyshire (including Moore) took a wicket for only the second time in their history.[168]
Yuzvendra Chahal finished with career-best match figures of 9/99.[170]
Krish Patel and Fateh Singh (Northamptonshire) both made their first-class debuts.[177]
Yorkshire's first innings total was their second highest ever in first-class cricket.[178]
It was also the highest ever first-class total in a match at Headingley.[178]
James Wharton hit his first double century, surpassing his previous career-best score by 97 runs.[178]
In Northamptonshire's first innings, Ben Coad took his 300th first-class wicket.[177]
Matthew Fisher completed his last match as a Yorkshire player.[178]
Points: Yorkshire 16, Northamptonshire 9
Standings
Teams in both divisions played a total of 14 games, with seven home matches and seven away matches. There was a two-up, two-down promotion and relegation system.
Teams received 16 points for a win, and 8 for a draw or tie.[179][180] Bonus points could be earned during the first 110 overs of each team's first innings, with up to 5 for batting and 3 for bowling available.
If a match was abandoned without a ball being bowled, then each team was awarded 8 points. If abandoned once a game has started because the pitch was deemed to be unsafe, then the home side received no points. The away side were awarded 8 points plus whatever bonus points had accrued.[180]
^In a hybrid pitch, plastic is used to hold the grass roots together below ground level, allowing the wicket to be used three or four times without needing to be prepared again.[12]
^ abWisden distinguishes rounds by date, so that there are 15 rounds even though teams in each division play only 14 matches.[1] Here rounds are numbered according to how many matches have been played.
^Selvey, Mike (June 2024). "Leave Key's spin and compromise over the ball". The Cricketer. Vol. 104, no. 3. London. p. 21.
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^Scott, Neville (2 September 2024). "Ahmed, 16, eclipses WG Grace's record". The Times. No. 74503. London. p. 51. Retrieved 2 September 2024. (Online article, published a day earlier, has a different title).
^ abDean, Geoffrey (13 September 2024). "Vaughan rises to occasion as Somerset turn title tide". The Times. No. 74513. London. p. 59. Retrieved 13 September 2024. (Online article, published a day earlier, has a different title).
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