1998 County Championship

English cricket tournament April 2022 17 April 20 September 1998 First-class cricket League system Leicestershire 3 England and Wales Cricket Board 18 153 John Crawley, (Lancashire) 1,681 Courtney Walsh, (Gloucestershire) 106 1997 1997 County Championship 1999 1999 County Championship The 1998 Britannic Assurance County Championship was the 99th officially organised running of the County Championship. Leicestershire won the title,Engel Matthew Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004 141st 493-494 John Wisden & Company Ltd 0-947766-83-9http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=oxfshlib&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=IF501266807&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Alan Lee Leicestershire united in triumph London 21 September 1998 The Times and were the first undefeated Champion since Hampshire in 1973.Engel Matthew Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 136th 1998 559 Leicestershire in 1998 The Championship was sponsored by Britannic Assurance for the fifteenth and last time.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/1999/aug/20/cricket7 That's out: the sponsors who walked The Guardian 20 August 1999 16 September 2025 Table 16 points for a win 8 points to each team for a tie 8 points to team still batting in a match in which scores finish level 3 points for a draw Bonus points awarded in first 120 overs of first innings Batting: 200 runs – 1 point 250 runs – 2 points 300 runs – 3 points 350 runs – 4 points Bowling: 3 or 4 wickets – 1 point, 5 or 6 wickets – 2 points 7 or 8 wickets – 3 points 9 or 10 wickets – 4 points No bonus points awarded in a match starting with less than 8 hours' play remaining. A one-innings match is played, with the winner gaining 12 points. Position determined by points gained. If equal, then decided by the following tiebreakers in order:Engel Matthew Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1999 136th 436-438 Brittanic Assurance County Championship, 1998 Most wins Fewest losses Most points in head-to-head contests Most wickets taken over whole season Most runs scored over whole season TeamPWLDBat Batting pointsBowl Bowling pointsPts1 Leicestershire17110647512922Lancashire17111530562773 Yorkshire1793547632694 Gloucestershire17115123652675Surrey17105238572616Hampshire1765627612027Sussex1767430632018Warwickshire17 68335602009Somerset17674305419210Derbyshire17 674285519111Kent17557185917812"morewickets" Glamorgan finished ahead of Worcestershire by virtue of having taken more wickets over the whole season.Glamorgan17467365517613"morewickets"Worcestershire17467325917614Durham17395306515815Northamptonshire 174583152146Northamptonshire lost 25 points for preparing a pitch deemed unsuitable for first-class cricket16Nottinghamshire173104206014017Middlesex17296285213018Essex17 21141658118 Notable events May 23–24: Northamptonshire's second innings total of 712 against Glamorgan at Northampton was the highest second-innings total in English first-class cricket, surpassing Cambridge University's 703 for 9 against Sussex in 1890.Engel Matthew Wisden Cricketer's Almanack 1999 593-594 136th Northamptonshire in 1998 Malachy Loye's 322 during this innings was the highest innings played by any batsman during a second innings in English first-class cricket, surpassing Emrys Davies' 287 for Glamorgan against Gloucestershire in 1939. June 21: Andrew Flintoff of Lancashire takes 38 runsThis includes four runs for two no-balls off an over by Surrey's Alex Tudor, breaking the English first-class record of 36 by Garfield Sobers from 1968.Engel Matthew 1999 Lancashire in 1998 Wisden Cricketer's Almanack 553 136th Notes References Category:1998 in English cricket Category:County Championship seasons