2007 County Championship

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short description Template:Template other The 2007 County Championship season, known as the LV 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 two teams from Division Two were promoted to the first division for 2008, while the bottom two sides from Division 1 were relegated.

Teams in the County Championship 2007:

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

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).

Division One

	Team	Pld	W	T	L	D	A	Bat	Bwl	Adj	Pts
1	Sussex	16	7	0	3	5	1	37	43	0	202
2	Durham	16	7	0	5	4	0	38	47	–1½	197½
3	Lancashire	16	5	0	2	8	1	40	44	0	190
4	Surrey	16	5	0	4	6	1	41	40	–1	178
5	Hampshire	16	5	0	3	8	0	32	43	0	177
6	Yorkshire	16	4	0	4	8	0	49	38	0	175
7	Kent	16	3	0	5	7	1	43	36	0	153
8	Warwickshire	16	2	0	5	9	0	40	38	0	139
9	Worcestershire	16	1	0	8	5	2	18	35	0	95
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Division Two

	Team	Pld	W	T	L	D	A	Bat	Bwl	Adj	Pts
1	Somerset	16	10	0	1	5	0	65	41	0	266
2	Nottinghamshire	16	6	0	3	7	0	60	43	–½	214½
3	Middlesex	16	6	0	2	8	0	35	43	–1½	192½
4	Essex	16	6	0	4	6	0	40	36	–2	182
5	Northamptonshire	16	5	0	5	6	0	44	38	0	176
6	Derbyshire	16	3	0	5	8	0	30	44	–1	147
7	Gloucestershire	16	3	0	5	8	0	32	37	–3½	139½
8	Leicestershire	16	2	0	8	5	1	32	35	–4	115
9	Glamorgan	16	1	0	9	5	1	26	37	–8½	92½
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Leading averages

Most runs Aggregate Average Player County 2,026 101.30 Mark Ramprakash Surrey 1,384 55.36 David Sales Northamptonshire 1,329 66.45 Michael Di Venuto Durham 1,315 62.61 Marcus Trescothick Somerset 1,284 75.52 Simon Katich Derbyshire Source:

Most wickets Aggregate Average Player County 90 25.66 Mushtaq Ahmed Sussex 80 20.75 Ottis Gibson Durham 74 22.20 Danish Kaneria Essex 70 24.14 Andy Caddick Somerset 62 24.67 Charl Willoughby Somerset Source: