"for Sussex in the early 2000s. Mushtaq was part of the Pakistan team which won the 1992 Cricket World Cup, and five years later, he was named as one of the ""Wisden"" Cricketers of the Year. During his time with Sussex, he was the leading wicket-taker in the County Championship for five successive seasons, and helped the county win the competition in 2003, 2006 and 2007. Mushtaq Ahmed made his first-class cricket debut in January 1987, at the age of 16. Playing for Multan, he claimed four wickets in the second innings of the match against Sukkur. He claimed his"
"leading wicket taker. Bill Ashdown holds the record for the highest score for the county with 332 runs against Essex in 1934. He is one of only two men to have scored a triple-century for Kent, with two to his name, the other being Sean Dickson who scored 318 against Northants in 2017. Tich Freeman is the county's leading wicket taker with 3,340 wickets. Freeman took more than 150 wickets for the county 14 times and holds the record for the most wickets in a season. Fellow spin bowler Colin Blythe has the best bowling figures in Kent's history taking"
"The traditional Minor counties, plus Huntingdonshire and the ""cricket boards"" of the 18 first-class counties, as well as a Channel Islands team. The 2002 competition, which was won by the Warwickshire Cricket Board, remains the only time a non-Minor county has won the competition. This format was discontinued after 2002 and the competition is again a purely Minor counties affair. The most successful Counties are Devon and Norfolk, who have won the competition five times. The current champion is Berkshire who defeated Lincolnshire in the 2017 final by four wickets at Wormsley Park in Buckinghamshire. ""Updated 14 April 2018"" MCCA"
"of the County Championship. Spurway remained in the team for the start of the 2007 season, as the team were enjoying a current upturn in their fortunes. The lower-order batsman, who was the preferred wicket-keeper over team-mate Carl Gazzard, continued to pull in impressive performances in the lower-order, none more so than when he was halted in the middle of a run towards his first half-century on 44* in a record-setting Somerset innings of 850-7 declared in April 2007. However, Craig Kieswetter became Somerset's first-choice wicketkeeper after some impressive performances in the one-day side. The club now maintains a policy"
"a first-class county. Heino Kuhn's score of 117 was the second century made on the ground in List A cricket, beating Neil Dexter's score of 101 scored against Somerset in 2008, and Darren Stevens' 6/25 was the second five-wicket haul taken on the ground, Martin Saggers having taken 5/51 in 2004 against the touring West Indians. Kuhn went on to score a second hundred two days later against Gloucestershire, making 113 while Joe Denly scored 109 not out to post the fourth century on the ground in List A cricket. The two batsmen set a new record for any wicket"
"in 1895, the wooden spoon for finishing bottom has been 'won' by the teams shown in the table below. Lancashire, Middlesex, and Surrey have never finished bottom. Leicestershire have shared last place twice, with Hampshire and Somerset. Records can be found at Cricket Archive – County Championship Records. A team has scored 800 or more runs in the County Championship on seven occasions, with Yorkshire holding the record for the highest score of 887 all out against Warwickshire in 1896. County Championship The County Championship, currently known as the Specsavers County Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the domestic first-class cricket"
"would have become the first bowler ever to take all ten for the county. Khan has played the Royal Challengers as well as Mumbai Indians before he was picked for the Delhi Daredevils in the 2015 auction. He has captained the Daredevils in 2016 and 2017. In 2017 season, Zaheer became the 10th bowler in the history and 8th Indian bowler, to pick 100 wickets in Indian Premier League. At the age of 38, he is the oldest player to achieve this feat. Zaheer was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. He"
"the county between 2005 and 2006 against Wiltshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. His brother Mark played first-class cricket for Sussex and Derbyshire, as well as List A cricket for the Sussex Cricket Board. Additionally, he also represented Buckinghamshire in Minor Counties cricket. His other brother Keith played first-class cricket for Sussex, Matabeleland and Glamorgan. He also played List A cricket for Wales Minor Counties. Jonathan Newell Jonathan James Newell (born 30 September 1978) is a former English cricketer. Newell was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Crawley, Sussex. Newell represented the Sussex Cricket Board in"
"Test players and former county cricket players as its professionals. Former players for the team include the Australian all-rounder George Tribe, the county spinners Albert Rhodes and John McMahon, former Lancashire captain Ken Grieves, the West Indies Test player Derick Parry, the Zimbabwean Kevin Curran and the Indian bowler Chetan Sharma. Its most recent Test player to act as a professional was Paul Wiseman, the New Zealand off-spin bowler in 2005. The record wicket-taker in a single season was Tribe, whose 148 wickets in 1949 were a record at the time for the Central Lancashire League (equalled in the same"
"in 2000 with Lancashire in the first division. They won the 2011 County Championship, closing a gap of 77 years since the club's last outright title in 1934. In 1895, Archie MacLaren scored 424 in an innings for Lancashire, which remains the highest score by an Englishman in first-class cricket. Johnny Briggs, whose career lasted from 1879 to 1900, was the first player to score 10,000 runs and take 1,000 wickets for Lancashire. Ernest Tyldesley, younger brother of Johnny Tyldesley, is the club's leading run-scorer with 34,222 runs in 573 matches for Lancashire between 1909 and 1936. Fast bowler Brian"
"the country's leading wicket taker, with 142 wickets from his 24 matches. Unfortunately for Somerset, Bastard was only able to play in four of the county's six matches, and of the other bowlers, the best bowling average was the 25.85 managed by Bill Roe, who took only seven wickets. Charles Winter, who took the next highest total of wickets, only managed to claim 15 in his 6 appearances. Batting was the strongest aspect of Somerset's play, but the club lacked the strength-in-depth of other county teams. Herbie Hewett, playing his second season of first-class cricket, finished with the highest batting"
"the competition against a county side for two years. Captain William Porterfield anchored the innings with 69 runs. The Ireland cricket team is the cricket team representing all Ireland (i.e. both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). Dublin-born batsman Ed Joyce has played with some success as part of Ireland's ICC Trophy team and is now a key member of the Sussex side in England's County Championship; he also previously captained Middlesex in the 2004 season. He has also played for England. Talented batsman Eoin Morgan who earlier represented Ireland in tournaments including the ICC World Cup and the"
"to date. He ended the season with 67 wickets at an average of 24.76, to end the season as the leading wicket-taker in the County Championship, and becoming the first Hampshire cricketer to do so since Malcolm Marshall in 1982. His 8/46 against Somerset were also the best figures by a Hampshire since Peter Hartley's 8/65 in 1999. He won his Hampshire cap during this season, and was named the county's Player of the Year. His performances in 2008, coupled with being injury free, cemented his place as a regular for Hampshire in County Championship matches. In the 2009 County"
"the County Championship for the first time since 1950 when they shared the title. Luke Procter Luke Anthony Procter (born 24 June 1988) is an English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who plays for Northamptonshire. Born in Oldham, Greater Manchester, Procter played for Cumberland in the Minor Counties Trophy in 2007. He first represented Lancashire in the Second XI Championship in 2006, made his List A debut in September 2009, against Warwickshire, opening the batting with Tom Smith, Procter scored 2 runs and suffered a broken thumb. Procter graduated from Lancashire's cricket academy, and after"
"Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1994. He died in Canford Magna, Dorset in September 2007 at the age of 83, survived by his two children, his wife having predeceased him. Derek Shackleton Derek Shackleton (12 August 1924 – 28 September 2007) was a Hampshire and England bowler. He took over 100 wickets in 20 consecutive seasons of first-class cricket, but only played in seven Tests for England. As of 2007, he has the seventh-highest tally of first-class wickets, and the most first-class wickets of any player who began his career after World War II. He holds the record for the"
"scorer and has made the most appearances for the County in first-class cricket whilst Hardinge, who at the time also played football for Newcastle United, is second on both lists. James Seymour, who played in all 22 Championship matches during the season, is the fourth leading run scorer in the County's history and has made the third most appearances for Kent. The side also included Jack Mason, who captained the side in the one game Marsham did not play, and Cuthbert Burnup, both past county captains as well as Arthur Day, who went on to be one of the Cricketers"
"English county sides, and he signed for Sussex County Cricket Club for the 1999 season. He scored 1,133 runs for Derbyshire in 2005 but it was not enough to prevent relegation. Di Venuto has made the switch to Durham in readiness for the 2007 season, having served Derbyshire for eight years. Upon his first County Championship appearance for Durham in April 2007, Di Venuto carried his bat as the number one batsman throughout Durham's first innings. Di Venuto repeated this feat just three weeks later, scoring a double-century against Kent. In August 2009 Di Venuto hit his highest score of"
"James Vince James Michael Vince (born 14 March 1991) is an English cricketer who is the captain for Hampshire County Cricket Club. He was educated at Warminster School in Wiltshire, where he was a student from 2001-2007 before leaving to pursue a career as a professional cricketer. He is also a very talented footballer who played for Reading Academy for 3 years before playing for Trowbridge Town F.C. at 16. He is a right-handed middle-order batsman who is a right-arm medium pace bowler. He also opens for Hampshire in T20 games. As of November 2018 Vince holds the record for"
"Cheshire County Premier League title in 2010, 2011 and 2012, and regularly host Cheshire Minor County cricket matches. Midway through the 2017 season, bowler Jimmy Warrington became the first player in the history of the Cheshire County Premier League to take 500 wickets. In 2012, the under-13s team finished third out of 1800 entries in the ECB National Championship. The daily ""Sentinel"", the weekly ""Nantwich Chronicle"" and ""Crewe and Nantwich Guardian"", and the monthly ""Dabber"" newspapers all cover the town. Radio stations covering the Nantwich area include BBC Radio Stoke, Silk 106.9 from Macclesfield, Signal 1 and Signal 2 from"
"County Cricket Club batsman John Cartledge (1855–1907). Coincidentally, Cartledge's only Test match appearance was cut short by Burton Joyce-born Alfred Shaw (1842–1907) in 1878; Shaw was an eminent Victorian cricketer known for his captaincy of England in four Test matches on the all-professional tour of Australia (1881–82). Media figures include Hollywood film producer Jack Kitchin (1901–1983), ballet critic Peter Williams (1914–1995), Sherrie Hewson (born 1950), known for her frequent performances in the soap opera ""Coronation Street"", and Matthew Horne (born 1978), an actor and comedian best known for his leading role in the sitcom ""Gavin & Stacey"". Other figures of"
"in a seventh-place finish, although the team finished the season strongly and ended with 4 victories. The team regularly featured a number of young players and the bowling was impressive. Matt Coles took 67 championship wickets in 14 matches on his return to the county (and 100 wickets across all formats), while veteran all-rounder Darren Stevens again made a significant contribution with the ball. In addition, young seam bowlers including Calum Haggett and Ivan Thomas impressed throughout the season and were rewarded with contract extensions while Matt Hunn broke into the side after taking his first five wicket haul against"
"when he was appointed the high performance manager of Sri Lanka Cricket. Former Kent and England spin bowler Min Patel took over the running of the academy on an interim basis following Willis' departure before becoming Second XI coach in January 2017, with former Shropshire wicket-keeper Jason Weaver taking over the role as high performance director, the two jobs replacing Willis' former role. Kent have won the County Championship seven times, including one shared title. Four of their wins came in the years before World War I between 1906 and 1913, Ted Dillon captaining the side to three of their"
"Johnny Briggs (cricketer) Johnny Briggs (3 October 1862 – 11 January 1902) was an English left arm spin bowler who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club between 1879 and 1900 and remains the second-highest wicket-taker in the county's history after Brian Statham. In the early days of Test cricket, Briggs was one of the most successful bowlers, proving deadly whenever wickets were affected by rain, whilst both for his county and country his batting – though at times too careless – was very useful. He was the first bowler in Test cricket to take 100 wickets, and held the record"
"County Cricket Club in England's domestic competitions. Wilson played for Ireland in the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup and has been playing for Surrey's first team since 2008. He made his Irish ODI debut against India on 23 June 2007 at Stormont. In a match against Leicestershire in August 2010, Wilson scored his maiden first-class century, beating his previous best score of 62. His 125 runs came from 235 balls while batting at number six. It has been harder work securing a county starting berth, as he has been tried in different top-order positions without consistent success, but Surrey have persisted"
"innings as England lost the match by eight wickets. Gareth Batty Gareth Jon Batty (born 13 October 1977) is an English cricketer who played all three formats of the game. More specifically a spin-bowler, Batty was the captain of Surrey County Cricket Club between 2015 and 2017. He is the younger brother of former Yorkshire and Somerset off-spinner Jeremy Batty. Batty was educated at Bingley Grammar School, a Voluntary Aided state school in Bingley, West Yorkshire. Batty began his county career with his native Yorkshire, after playing for England Under 19's, making his County Championship debut in 1997. Due to"
"century high score of 108 against Nottinghamshire in his debut 1956 season. Semmence was the youngest Sussex player to score a century for the county, a record which remains to this day. Semmence later played Minor Counties Championship cricket for Northumberland from 1973 to 1974, making 24 appearances. He played a single Minor Counties Championship match for Cambridgeshire in 1976 against Bedfordshire. Semmence is the current president of Worthing Cricket Club and has previously coached youth cricket for Rajasthan in India. Derek Semmence Derek John Semmence (born 20 April 1938) is a former English cricketer. Semmence was a right-handed batsman"
"Ray Price taking two wickets each. Nottinghamshire (20pts) beat Kent (3pts) by 214 runs Nottinghamshire won the County Championship title with a victory over Kent, thanks to an overnight declaration from their opponents, two big innings from Jason Gallian and a second-innings six-wicket-haul from Andrew Harris. Nottinghamshire knew that 12 points, i.e. a draw and the maximum amount of bonus points, would secure the title, and their batting set about making 400 with ease. Darren Bicknell and Gallian opened the batting for the visitors, and they were together for nearly three hours, sharing an opening stand of 157. Simon Cook"
"won their third consecutive County Championship, Verity took 190 wickets at an average of 13.43 to be fifth in the national averages; in eight matches he took 10 or more wickets, and achieved five wickets in an innings 18 times. In seven consecutive innings, he secured a total of 50 wickets, becoming only the third player to achieve this feat in first-class cricket. He also scored over 600 runs in the season, his highest aggregate to date, including three fifties – his first in English first-class cricket. Verity represented the Players against the Gentlemen and played in the first two"
"in all formats for Hampshire, he has played to date 124 first-class matches for the county, scoring over 7,000 runs and taking 355 catches behind the stumps, making him one of Hampshire's most successful wicket-keeper batsman. Up to the 2010 County Championship, Pothas had scored over 800 first-class runs in every season with Hampshire, besides the 2002 and 2007 seasons. Injury put paid to him recording over 800 first-class runs in the 2010 County Championship. Since making his debut for Hampshire, he has been at the forefront of one of the county's most successful periods, winning the 2005 Cheltenham &"
"more than 1,000 first-class runs over the course of two seasons, in 2003 when he won the County Championship with Sussex, and 2004, when his 1,158 runs, including 201 not out against Loughborough UCCE, was enough to be top-scorer for Sussex that season. In 2005 he made fewer runs, with 874, but also became Sussex's first choice wicket-keeper again after having shared duties with Tim Ambrose in the two previous seasons. He has won the County Championship three times (2003, 2006 and 2007) although in 2007 he did not take part as much as before due to his England duties."
"40 wickets @ 11.42 The leading wicket taker was Glenn McGrath, playing for Worcestershire, who took 80 @ 13.21 2000 English cricket season The 2000 cricket season was the 101st in which the County Championship has been an official competition. Surrey in first-class cricket and Gloucestershire in limited overs cricket were the dominant teams. The West Indies toured England to compete in a test series which England won 3-1. Zimbabwe also played their first test series on English soil losing 1-0. England played five Test matches against West Indies following two against Zimbabwe. Michael Bevan topped the averages with 1124"
"end of the 2009 season and currently works as a personal trainer in Bath, Somerset. Tom Stayt Thomas Patrick Stayt (born 20 January 1986) is an English cricketer. Stayt is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire and later undertook further education at Exeter University. One of the first graduates of the Gloucestershire cricket academy, where he spent four years, Stayt made his debut for Gloucestershire in a first-class match against Middlesex in the 2007 County Championship, claiming his maiden first-class wicket in the match when he dismissed Andrew Strauss. He made two further"
"Middlesex to 54/9. The following day he scored his maiden first-class century, making 103 runs from 71 balls, the fastest County Championship century of the season, setting a Kent record for the highest score made by a number 10 batsman. Stewart and Ivan Thomas put on a century partnership for the last wicket, Thomas contributing only one run, equalling the lowest contribution made by a batsman to a 100 run partnership. Grant Stewart (cricketer) Grant Stewart (born 19 February 1994) is an Australian born professional cricketer who plays for Kent County Cricket Club. He made his first-class cricket debut for"