2009 County Championship

The 2009 County Championship season, known as the LV County Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the 110th County Championship season. It was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team played all the others in their division both home and away. The top two teams from Division Two were promoted to the first division for the 2010 season, while the bottom two sides from Division 1 were relegated.

2009 County Championship

Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	First-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament format(s)	League system
Champions	Durham (2nd title)
Participants	18
Matches	144
Most runs	Marcus Trescothick (1,817 for Somerset)
Most wickets	Danish Kaneria (75 for Essex)

Durham County Cricket Club won the Championship for the second consecutive season. Worcestershire and Sussex were relegated from Division One, with Kent and Essex promoted in their place.

Teams

Division One Division Two Durham Derbyshire Hampshire Essex Lancashire Glamorgan Nottinghamshire Gloucestershire Somerset Kent Sussex Leicestershire Warwickshire Middlesex Worcestershire Northamptonshire Yorkshire Surrey

Icon Team promoted from Division Two Team relegated from Division One

Standings

Fourteen points were awarded for each win, four points were awarded for a draw or abandonment. Defeats scored no points. Teams were awarded bonus points during the first 130 overs of their first innings; one bowling point for every three wickets taken (up to three points available), and one batting point gained when teams reached 200, 250, 300, 350 and 400 runs (up to five points available).

• Pos = Position, Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, D = Draws, T = Ties, A = Abandonments, Bat = Batting points, Bowl = Bowling points, Pen = Penalty points, Pts = Points.

Division One

Team	Pld	W	L	D	T	A	Bat	Bwl	Adj	Pts
Durham (C)	16	8	0	8	0	0	49	48	–1	240
Nottinghamshire	16	4	2	10	0	0	56	41	0	193
Somerset	16	3	1	12	0	0	50	43	–1	182
Lancashire	16	4	2	10	0	0	35	44	0	175
Warwickshire	16	3	3	10	0	0	54	38	0	174
Hampshire	16	3	3	10	0	0	50	40	–3	169
Yorkshire	16	2	2	12	0	0	46	44	0	166
Sussex (R)	16	2	6	8	0	0	45	39	–1	143
Worcestershire (R)	16	0	10	6	0	0	30	40	0	94
Source:. Last updated 28 September 2009. Adjustments: Hampshire deducted 3 points for a slow over-rate in their match against Worcestershire. Durham deducted 1 point for a slow over-rate in their match against Sussex. Somerset deducted 1 point for a slow over-rate in their match against Durham. Sussex deducted 1 point for a slow over-rate in their match against Worcestershire.

Division Two

Team	Pld	W	T	L	D	A	Bat	Bwl	Adj	Pts
Kent (P)	16	8	0	3	5	0	43	44	0	219
Essex (P)	16	6	0	3	7	0	40	43	–1	194
Northamptonshire	16	6	0	4	6	0	40	45	0	193
Gloucestershire	16	6	0	6	4	0	39	46	0	185
Glamorgan	16	2	0	2	12	0	56	43	0	175
Derbyshire	16	2	0	3	11	0	55	45	0	172
Surrey	16	1	0	4	11	0	54	36	0	148
Middlesex	16	2	0	7	7	0	43	41	0	140
Leicestershire	16	2	0	3	11	0	31	35	0	138
Source:. Last updated 28 September 2009. Adjustments: Essex deducted 1 point for a slow over-rate in their match against Middlesex.

External links

• Cricinfo