2002 County Championship Explained

Administrator:	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket Format:	First-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament Format:	League system
Champions:	Surrey
Count:	18
Participants:	18
Matches:	144
Most Runs:	Ian Ward (1,708 for Surrey)^[1]
Most Wickets:	Kevin Dean (80 for Derbyshire)^[2]
Previous Year:	2001
Previous Tournament:	2001 County Championship
Next Year:	2003
Next Tournament:	2003 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.

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

Division Two

Results in full

Division One

September

Division Two

September

Statistics

Division One

Most runs

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Ian Ward		16	29	1708	65.69		7	7
Nick Knight		10	19	1520	95.00		5	5
Ed Smith		16	31	1233	42.51	154	2	8
Stuart Law		15	26	1216	52.86	218	2	6
Ali Brown		16	26	1211	50.45	188	5	3
Source:^[4]

Most wickets

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Martin Saggers		15	547.3	79	21.54	6/39	6
Amjad Khan		16	485	63	31.80	6/52	4
Devon Malcolm		16	477.5	60	30.43	7/76	4
Glen Chapple		16	539.3	54	29.51	6/30	3
Peter Martin		12	452	53	21.24	5/54	1
Source:^[5]

Division Two

Most runs

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Michael Di Venuto		15	28	1538	61.52	230	4	7
Craig Spearman		16	32	1388	49.57		5	6
Michael Hussey		12	21	1379	72.57		5	3
Darren Robinson		16	31	1289	42.96	175	4	5
Graeme Hick		16	28	1262	52.58		3	6
Source:^[6]

Most wickets

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Kevin Dean		16	578	80	24.02	7/42	3
Andrew Harris		13	392.4	63	22.39	7/54	3
Kabir Ali		15	497.5	60	26.56	5/32	4
Dominic Cork		8	323.1	57	16.68	6/51	5
Alamgir Sheriyar		16	555.2	57	30.08	6/71	4
Source:^[7]

See also

• 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
• 2002 Benson & Hedges Cup
• 2002 Norwich Union League

Notes and References

1. Web site: subscription . Batting and Fielding in Frizzell County Championship 2002 (Ordered by Average). CricketArchive. 18 May 2011.
2. Web site: subscription . Bowling in Frizzell County Championship 2002 (Ordered by Average). CricketArchive. 18 May 2011.
3. Web site: Frizzell County Championship Final Division Two Table, 2002 . ESPN cricinfo . 10 August 2014.
4. Web site: Frizzell County Championship Division One, 2002 Batting – Most Runs. ESPNcricinfo. 10 August 2015.
5. Web site: Frizzell County Championship Division One, 2002 Bowling – Most Wickets. ESPNcricinfo. 10 August 2015.
6. Web site: Frizzell County Championship Division Two, 2002 Batting – Most Runs. ESPNcricinfo. 10 August 2015.
7. Web site: Frizzell County Championship Division Two, 2002 Bowling – Most Wickets. ESPNcricinfo. 10 August 2015.