2024 County Championship
Dates5 April 2024 – 29 September 2024
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament format(s)League system
Participants18
Matches126

The 2024 County Championship is the 124th cricket County Championship season in England and Wales.[1][2] As in 2023, Division One had ten teams and Division Two had eight teams.The season will start on 5 April and finish on 29 September 2024.[3][4][5] Surrey are the defending champions.[6][7][8]

Teams

The teams were split based on the finishing positions in the 2023 season. The following teams took part in the County Championship:

Division One teams

Team Primary home ground Captain Coach
Durham Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street England Scott Borthwick Australia Ryan Campbell
Essex County Ground, Chelmsford England Tom Westley England Anthony McGrath
Hampshire Rose Bowl, Southampton England James Vince South Africa Adi Birrell
Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury England Daniel Bell-Drummond England Matt Walker
Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester England Keaton Jennings England Glen Chapple
Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham England Haseeb Hameed England Peter Moores
Somerset County Ground, Taunton England Jason Kerr
Surrey The Oval, London England Rory Burns England Gareth Batty
Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham England Mark Robinson
Worcestershire New Road, Worcester England Brett D'Oliveira England Alan Richardson

  Team promoted from Division Two in 2023

Division Two teams

Team Primary home ground Captain Coach
Derbyshire County Ground, Derby South Africa Mickey Arthur
Glamorgan Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Gloucestershire County Ground, Bristol South Africa Graeme van Buuren South Africa Dale Benkenstein
Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester England Lewis Hill England Paul Nixon
Middlesex Lord's, London England Toby Roland-Jones England Richard Johnson
Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton England Luke Procter England John Sadler
Sussex County Ground, Hove England Paul Farbrace
Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds Pakistan Shan Masood Barbados Ottis Gibson

  Team relegated from Division One in 2023

Division One

12–15 April 2024
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12–15 April 2024
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26–29 April 2024
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30 June–3 July 2024
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30 June–3 July 2024
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22–25 August 2024
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22–25 August 2024
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29 August–1 September 2024
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29 August–1 September 2024
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29 August–1 September 2024
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29 August–1 September 2024
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9–12 September 2024
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17–20 September 2024
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17–20 September 2024
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26–29 September 2024
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26–29 September 2024
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Division Two

5–8 April 2024
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19–22 April 2024
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24–27 May 2024
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23–26 June 2024
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30 June–3 July 2024
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TBC
29 August–1 September 2024
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29 August–1 September 2024
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29 August–1 September 2024
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9–12 September 2024
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9–12 September 2024
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17–20 September 2024
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17–20 September 2024
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26–29 September 2024
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References

  1. ↑ "Domestic Cricket Fixture for 2024". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "County Championship 2024 fixtures". ecb.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "County Championship 2024 Champions Surrey to start season against Lancashire". skysports.com. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "LV= County Championship 2024 fixtures". skysports.com. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "ECB defends 'Super September' as 2024 County fixtures put season climax in spotlight". ESPN CricInfo. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Surrey retain County Championship title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "Hybrid pitches to be used for first time in 2024 County Championship season". theguardian.com. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "County Championship 2024 fixtures". ecb.co.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
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