2002 County Championship

The 2002 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 2003, while the bottom three sides from Division 1 are relegated.

2002 County Championship
Administrator(s)England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament format(s)League system
ChampionsSurrey (18th title)
Participants18
Matches played144
Most runsIan Ward
(1,708 for Surrey)[1]
Most wicketsKevin Dean
(80 for Derbyshire)[2]

Teams

Division One

     Team promoted from Division Two

Team Primary home ground Other grounds Captain
Hampshire Rose Bowl, Southampton Robin Smith
Kent St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells
Mote Park, Maidstone
David Fulton
Lancashire Old Trafford, Manchester Trafalgar Road Ground, Southport Warren Hegg
Leicestershire Grace Road, Leicester Vince Wells
Somerset County Ground, Taunton Recreation Ground, Bath Jamie Cox
Surrey The Oval, London Woodbridge Road, Guildford Adam Hollioake
Sussex County Ground, Hove Arundel Castle Cricket Ground, Arundel Chris Adams
Warwickshire Edgbaston, Birmingham Mike Powell
Yorkshire Headingley, Leeds North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough Darren Lehmann

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 Feethams, Darlington Jonathan Lewis
Essex County Ground, Chelmsford Valentines Park, Ilford
Southchurch Park, Southend-on-Sea
Castle Park Cricket Ground, Colchester
Ronnie Irani
Glamorgan Sophia Gardens, Cardiff St Helen's, Swansea
Colwyn Bay Cricket Club Ground
Steve James
Gloucestershire County Ground, Bristol Archdeacon Meadow, Gloucester
College Ground, Cheltenham
Mark Alleyne
Middlesex Lord's, London John Walker's Ground, Southgate Angus Fraser
Northamptonshire County Ground, Northampton Michael Hussey
Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge, Nottingham Jason Gallian
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]

Division One

Hampshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Somerset Surrey Sussex Warwickshire Yorkshire
Hampshire Hampshire
8 wickets
Lancashire
111 runs
Leicestershire
inns & 9 runs
Hampshire
4 wickets
Surrey
123 runs
Match drawn Match drawn Yorkshire
7 wickets
Kent Match drawn Kent
6 wickets
Match drawn Kent
153 runs
Surrey
2 wickets
Kent
4 wickets
Match drawn Kent
4 wickets
Lancashire Match drawn Kent
6 wickets
Lancashire
1 wicket
Lancashire
336 runs
Match drawn Match drawn Match drawn Yorkshire
150 runs
Leicestershire Match drawn Kent
6 wickets
Match drawn Leicestershire
inns & 18 runs
Surrey
7 wickets
Leicestershire
8 wickets
Leicestershire
7 wickets
Leicestershire
5 wickets
Somerset Match drawn Match drawn Lancashire
8 wickets
Match drawn Match drawn Sussex
inns & 1 run
Match drawn Somerset
7 wickets
Surrey Surrey
inns & 60 runs
Surrey
9 wickets
Surrey
3 wickets
Surrey
483 runs
Match drawn Surrey
10 wickets
Warwickshire
31 runs
Surrey
6 wickets
Sussex Match drawn Match drawn Lancashire
8 wickets
Match drawn Match drawn Sussex
4 wickets
Warwickshire
3 wickets
Match drawn
Warwickshire Match drawn Warwickshire
10 wickets
Lancashire
6 wickets
Warwickshire
144 runs
Warwickshire
88 runs
Match drawn Warwickshire
208 runs
Warwickshire
6 wickets
Yorkshire Match drawn Kent
8 wickets
Match drawn Match drawn Match drawn Surrey
inns & 168 runs
Sussex
inns & 94 runs
Match drawn
Home team won Visiting team won Match drawn


Division Two

Derbyshire Durham Essex Glamorgan Gloucestershire Middlesex Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire Worcestershire
Derbyshire Derbyshire
2 runs
Essex
140 runs
Derbyshire
9 wickets
Match drawn Middlesex
73 runs
Derbyshire
8 wickets
Match drawn Worcestershire
9 wickets
Durham Durham
89 runs
Essex
10 wickets
Glamorgan
10 wickets
Match drawn Middlesex
10 wickets
Northamptonshire
7 wickets
Nottinghamshire
8 wickets
Match drawn
Essex Essex
6 wickets
Essex
4 wickets
Match drawn Match drawn Essex
6 wickets
Essex
9 wickets
Essex
7 wickets
Worcestershire
8 wickets
Glamorgan Derbyshire
163 runs
Glamorgan
5 wickets
Glamorgan
8 wickets
Match drawn Middlesex
8 wickets
Match drawn Match drawn Match drawn
Gloucestershire Match drawn Gloucestershire
10 wickets
Essex
3 wickets
Glamorgan
2 wickets
Match drawn Match drawn Gloucestershire
7 wickets
Worcestershire
304 runs
Middlesex Derbyshire
204 runs
Match drawn Match drawn Match drawn Middlesex
5 wickets
Match drawn Middlesex
inns & 31 runs
Match drawn
Northamptonshire Derbyshire
177 runs
Northamptonshire
1 wicket
Essex
4 wickets
Northamptonshire
8 wickets
Northamptonshire
inns & 59 runs
Middlesex
inns & 2 runs
Northamptonshire
6 wickets
Match drawn
Nottinghamshire Derbyshire
4 wickets
Match drawn Nottinghamshire
7 wickets
Nottinghamshire
7 wickets
Nottinghamshire
inns & 84 runs
Nottinghamshire
inns & 73 runs
Nottinghamshire
7 wickets
Nottinghamshire
114 runs
Worcestershire Worcestershire
1 wicket
Worcestershire
inns & 308 runs
Essex
5 wickets
Glamorgan
110 runs
Worcestershire
206 runs
Middlesex
6 wickets
Worcestershire
8 wickets
Match drawn
Home team won Visiting team won Match drawn


Results in full

Division One

April

May

June

July

August

September

Division Two

April

May

June

July

August

September

Statistics

Division One

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Ian Ward Surrey1629170865.69168*77
Nick Knight Warwickshire1019152095.00255*55
Ed Smith Kent1631123342.5115428
Stuart Law Lancashire1526121652.8621826
Ali Brown Surrey1626121150.4518853
Source:[6]

Most wickets

Player Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 5W
Martin Saggers Kent15547.37921.546/396
Amjad Khan Kent164856331.806/524
Devon Malcolm Leicestershire16477.56030.437/764
Glen Chapple Lancashire16539.35429.516/303
Peter Martin Lancashire124525321.245/541
Source:[7]

Division Two

Most runs

Player Team Matches Innings Runs Average HS 100s 50s
Michael Di Venuto Derbyshire1528153861.5223047
Craig Spearman Gloucestershire1632138849.57180*56
Michael Hussey Northamptonshire1221137972.57310*53
Darren Robinson Essex1631128942.9617545
Graeme Hick Worcestershire1628126252.58315*36
Source:[8]

Most wickets

Player Team Matches Overs Wickets Average BBI 5W
Kevin Dean Derbyshire165788024.027/423
Andrew Harris Nottinghamshire13392.46322.397/543
Kabir Ali Worcestershire15497.56026.565/324
Dominic Cork Derbyshire8323.15716.686/515
Alamgir Sheriyar Worcestershire16555.25730.086/714
Source:[9]

See also

References

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