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The last two of those came in big pressure circumstances too, as his unbeaten second-innings 107 against Worcestershire set up the win they needed to reach Lord's. Handed his first-class debut in the opening round against Glamorgan, the left-hander scored 459 runs at an average of 51 in his side's run to the Bob Willis Trophy final, which included three centuries.
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One player who took full advantage of the limited opportunities to score runs in four-day cricket last summer was Somerset opening batsman Tom Lammonby. Leach will return for another summer with Somerset, while Bess has made a permanent move north to try to secure more game time with Yorkshire. There's also the chance for spinners Jack Leach and Dom Bess to settle back into county action after contrasting winters. James Anderson and Stuart Broad will no doubt both feature for Lancashire and Nottinghamshire respectively in the early rounds, but expect their workloads to be closely monitored. Ollie Pope will also be itching for some valuable time at the crease.ĭan Lawrence, not currently on a central contract, has a chance to build on the promise he showed in both Sri Lanka and India, as he returns to Essex's middle order.
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Rory Burns will also be keen to make an impression, not just as Surrey captain but also to put himself back in the frame after he was dropped during the series in India. Stuart Broad will be looking to fire for Nottinghamshire in the first half of the season While the England and Wales Cricket Board has yet to confirm the full availability of those on central contracts, also back in the county ranks will be openers Zak Crawley at Kent and Dom Sibley at Warwickshire. Root will definitely play in Yorkshire's opening two fixtures, according to coach Andrew Gale, and is also expected to feature in a few more before the first Test against New Zealand. With England not returning to Test match action until 2 June, the back-to-back nature of the first nine rounds of the County Championship will work in several players' favour.Ī number of names will be plying their trade in the Indian Premier League, but the red-ball specialists will have their chance to reacclimatise after a winter touring the sub-continent.Įngland captain Joe Root is expected to line up for the first time in a first-class fixture against his younger brother Billy as Yorkshire take on Glamorgan. Group 3: Kent, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Northamptonshire, Glamorgan, Sussex.
Group 2: Somerset, Hampshire, Surrey, Gloucestershire, Middlesex, Leicestershire. Group 1: Essex, Warwickshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Worcestershire, Durham. The three groups were seeded based on performances over the past couple of seasons County Championship groups The remaining 12 teams that do not go into Division One will move into Divisions Two and Three, in which teams will play another four matches. The top two teams in Division One will contest the five-day Bob Willis Trophy final at Lord's, starting on 27 September. The competition takes a break for The Hundred and One-Day Cup until 30 August, when the top two teams in each group will go through to a second group stage called Division One, carrying over the points from the matches played against each other.ĭivision One's six teams play a further four matches against those they have not already met, with the side that finishes top of Division One crowned 2021 County Championship winners. The 18 first-class counties will be split into three groups of six, a change from the eight-side Division One and 10-team Division Two in place when the County Championship was last played in 2019.Įach county will then play 10 four-day games in the group stage - five home and five away - with the final round in mid-July. County-by-county guide from the commentators.BBC Sport takes a closer look at how the 2021 campaign is going to work and some of the players to look out for.