2022 County Championship
| Administrator(s) | England and Wales Cricket Board |
|---|---|
| Cricket format | First-class cricket (4 days) |
| Tournament format(s) | League system |
| Participants | 18 |
The 2022 County Championship (referred to as the LV= Insurance County Championship for sponsorship reasons) is scheduled to be the 122nd cricket County Championship season in England and Wales. In October 2021, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced that the tournament return to the format of two divisions, with ten teams in Division One, and eight teams in Division Two.[1] The teams will be placed into the division they had qualified to following the result of the 2019 County Championship, after the 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
Teams
The teams were placed into the following groups:[3]
- Division One: Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Northamptonshire, Somerset, Surrey, Warwickshire, Yorkshire
- Division Two: Derbyshire, Durham, Glamorgan, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Nottinghamshire, Sussex, Worcestershire
References
- ^ "County Championship to return to two divisions from 2022". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "County Championship: Two-division structure to return from 2022 season". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "LV= Insurance County Championship returns to two divisions in 2022". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
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