How many relegated from county championship

The seedings for the County Championship are based on performances in the Bob Willis Trophy and the County Championship. Sussex were handed the maximum possible point fine after Mitch Claydon was found guilty of ball-tampering.

However, with that punishment applied retroactively to the Bob Willis Trophy , and therefore affecting little except their seeding, they may feel they have got off lightly. Essex won the title to add to their growing haul of recent trophies, which includes the Division Two crown, the County Championship, and the T20 Blast trophy. You must be logged in to post a comment. Have Your Say Cancel reply You must be logged in to post a comment. Please update your billing details here to continue enjoying your access to the most informative and considered journalism in the UK.

Accessibility Links Skip to content. Menu Close. Log in Subscribe. Elizabeth Ammon. Wednesday September 15 , 5. These comments are now closed. Analysis and opinion from the BBC's cricket correspondent. Get latest scores and headlines sent straight to your phone, sign-up to our newsletter and learn where to find us on online.

How to get into cricket - the thrill of the big hit, the rush of taking the catch, the skill of bowling. It's time to get into cricket. Comments Join the conversation. To use comments you will need to have JavaScript enabled. Comment posted by Calmdowneveryone, at 26 Sep Calmdowneveryone. Need to stop this nonsense of the county championship only being played in spring and autumn. Average bowlers take wickets and look better than they are and good batsmen hardly ever get a chance to build a good length innings on a good pitch.

Makes the league tables a lottery. Unlucky Lancs and Worcester, from a Yorkie. Could have easily been us. Comment posted by Dobby, at 26 Sep Dobby. Very sad to see my old county go down but I believe the ECB's one day oriented schedule does not help as games in the NW are played with more moisture around and the ball moves about more and batsmen subsequently lose confidence. Oh but then I almost forgot that the ECB are trying to kill proper cricket.

Comment posted by Mick63, at 26 Sep Mick It's usually the weather that blights the northern counties' chances. Can't blame the weather this year. It was all very close, and someone had to miss out. As a Yorkshireman, I'm obviously happy that we scraped through but I will miss the Roses games next year. Good luck Lancs. Let's hope we're not swapping places!! I am still struggling to understand that despite being located in an area with such a high level of club cricket, that Lancs CCC always struggles to find batsmen.

This inability to post decent totals is nothing new; it's been going on for years. However importing Kolpaks and dissatisfied players from other clubs is not the answer. Better scouting needed? Got to question the points system though, how can a team with the most bowling points get relegated? I know Lancs batting has been poor, but why not equal bowling and batting points 5 bowling points available for example.

Good luck Lancs next season. Comment posted by gs, at 26 Sep gs As a Notts fan I have to admit Notts are incredibly lucky not to be relegated, the second half of the season has seen some of the worst performances I've ever seen. I feel sorry for Worcs who have had many injuries but still fought hard and their T20 success is popular across the county circuit. Comment posted by Tom, at 26 Sep Tom. Don't worry, it could be worse, you could be a Glamorgan fan like me! When Glamorgan are bad, we look like a Sunday XI whose only talent was dancing on a pub table at 4 in the morning the night before a game Comment posted by Mike, at 26 Sep Mike.

Refreshing to read sensible comments from true fans on this HYS rather than the usual antagonistic comments we often get. Come back to D1 soon Lancs.

We need the Roses matches. Comment posted by Pierres28, at 26 Sep Pierres To be honest all teams batting has been woeful, my team Hants have not hit over in the last 3 CC games. What do you expect when you play 3 CC games in April and 3 in Sept?

Batting is a nightmare in those conditions, then you play all that Mickey mouse cricket when the sun is out, Hants won the ODI cup at a canter scoring buckets of runs, its not rocket science? Gutted that we've been relegated but we deserved it.