2007 English cricket season

2007 (2007) English cricket season
County Championship
Champions	Sussex
Runners-up	Durham
Most runs	Mark Ramprakash (2,026)
Most wickets	Mushtaq Ahmed (90)
Friends Provident Trophy
Champions	Durham Dynamos
Runners-up	Hampshire Hawks
Most runs	Phil Mustard (484)
Most wickets	Ottis Gibson (22)
NatWest Pro40
Champions	Worcestershire Royals
Runners-up	Nottinghamshire Outlaws
Most runs	Phil Mustard (409)
Most wickets	Tim Murtagh (22)
Twenty20 Cup
Champions	Kent Spitfires
Runners-up	Gloucestershire Gladiators
Most runs	Luke Wright (346)
Most wickets	Chris Schofield (17)
PCA Player of the Year
	Ottis Gibson
Wisden Cricketers of the Year
	Ian Bell; Shivnarine Chanderpaul; Ottis Gibson; Zaheer Khan; Ryan Sidebottom
	← 2006 2008 →

The 2007 English cricket season was the 108th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. It began on Saturday 14 April 2007 with the match between MCC and the 2006 county champions Sussex at Lord's. Sussex went on to win the County Championship.

The West Indies toured England to compete in the Wisden Trophy test series which England won 3-0 and India defeated England 1–0 in the Pataudi Trophy.^[1]

Roll of honour

Test series

England v West Indies: 4 Tests – England won 3–0.
England v India: 3 Tests – India won 1–0.

ODI series

England v West Indies: 3 ODI's – West Indies won 2–1.
England v India: 7 ODI's – England won 4–3.

Twenty20 Internationals

England v West Indies: 2-match series tied 1–1.

County Championship

Champions: Sussex
Division Two winners: Somerset

Friends Provident Trophy

Winners: Durham – Runners-up: Hampshire

Pro40 (National League)

Division One winners: Worcestershire
Division Two winners: Durham

Twenty20 Cup

Winners: Kent – Runners-up: Gloucestershire

Minor Counties Championship

Winners: Cheshire – Runners-up: Northumberland

MCCA Knockout Trophy

Winners: Suffolk – Runners-up: Cheshire

Second XI Championship

Winners: Sussex

Second XI Trophy

Winners: Middlesex 2nd XI – Runners-up: Somerset 2nd XI

Middlesex won by 1 run.

Wisden Cricketers of the Year

Ian Bell, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ottis Gibson, Ryan Sidebottom, Zaheer Khan

Test series

West Indies tour

India tour

Domestic competition tables

County Championship

Division One

P	Team	Pld	W	L	D	Aban	Bat	Bowl	Deduct	Pts	Promoted / Relegated
1	Sussex	16	7	3	5	1	37	43	0	202
2	Durham	16	7	5	4	0	38	47	1.5	197.5
3	Lancashire	16	5	2	8	1	40	44	0	190
4	Surrey	16	5	4	6	1	41	40	1	178
5	Hampshire	16	5	3	8	0	32	43	0	177
6	Yorkshire	16	4	4	8	0	49	38	0	175
7	Kent	16	3	5	7	1	43	36	0	153
8	Warwickshire	16	2	5	9	0	40	35	0	139	Relegated to Championship Division 2
9	Worcestershire	16	1	8	5	2	18	35	0	95	Relegated to Championship Division 2

Last updated: 22 September 2007
Source: https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/LV_County_Championship_2007.html
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd matches won; 3^rd fewest defeats
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; D = Matches drawn; Aban = Matches abandoned; Deduct = Points deducted; Pts = Points
Division Two

P	Team	Pld	W	L	D	Aban	Bat	Bowl	Deduct	Pts	Promoted / Relegated
1	Somerset	16	10	1	5	0	65	41	0	266	Promoted to Championship Division 1
2	Nottinghamshire	16	6	3	7	0	60	43	0.5	214.5	Promoted to Championship Division 1
3	Middlesex	16	6	2	8	0	35	43	1.5	192.5
4	Essex	16	6	4	6	0	40	36	2	182
5	Northamptonshire	16	5	5	6	0	44	38	0	176
6	Derbyshire	16	3	5	8	0	30	44	1	147
7	Gloucestershire	16	3	5	8	0	32	37	3.5	139.5
8	Leicestershire	16	2	8	5	1	32	35	4	115
9	Glamorgan	16	1	9	5	1	26	37	8.5	92.5

Last updated: 22 September 2007
Source: https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/LV_County_Championship_2007.html
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd matches won; 3^rd fewest defeats
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; D = Matches drawn; Aban = Matches abandoned; Deduct = Points deducted; Pts = Points

NatWest Pro40

Friends Provident Trophy

Friends Provident Trophy Tables

North Conference

P	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Aban	Pts	Net Run Rate
1	Durham	9	7	2	0	0	14	0.87
2	Warwickshire	9	6	1	0	2	14	0.71
3	Nottinghamshire	9	6	2	0	1	13	0.80
4	Worcestershire	9	4	3	2	0	10	0.21
5	Yorkshire	9	4	3	1	1	10	0.09
6	Leicestershire	9	4	3	0	2	10	-0.31
7	Lancashire	9	3	5	0	1	7	-0.63
8	Derbyshire	9	2	6	0	1	5	-0.25
9	Northamptonshire	9	1	6	0	2	4	-0.73
10	Scotland	9	1	7	1	0	3	-1.05

Source: https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/Friends_Provident_Trophy_2007.html
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd matches won; 3^rd net run rate
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; NR = No result in matches started; Aban = Matches abandoned; Pts = Points; NRR = Net Run Rate

South Conference

P	Team	Pld	W	L	Tie	NR	Aban	Pts	Net Run Rate
1	Hampshire	9	6	1	1	0	1	14	0.32
2	Essex	9	6	2	0	0	1	13	1.05
3	Gloucestershire	9	6	2	0	0	1	13	0.13
4	Kent	9	5	3	0	0	1	11	0.89
5	Surrey	9	4	3	0	0	2	10	0.78
6	Somerset	9	4	3	1	0	1	10	0.20
7	Middlesex	9	3	5	0	0	1	7	-0.38
8	Sussex	9	2	5	0	1	1	6	-0.69
9	Glamorgan	9	0	6	0	1	2	3	-1.42
10	Ireland	9	0	6	0	0	3	3	-1.79

Source: https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/Friends_Provident_Trophy_2007.html
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd matches won; 3^rd net run rate
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; NR = No result in matches started; Aban = Matches abandoned; Pts = Points; NRR = Net Run Rate

Twenty20 Cup

Twenty20 Cup – Group Tables

North Division

P	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Aban	Pts	Net Run Rate
1	Nottinghamshire	8	4	1	0	3	11	0.88
2	Lancashire	8	3	1	0	4	10	0.86
3	Yorkshire	8	4	3	0	1	9	-0.05
4	Leicestershire	8	2	1	2	3	9	-0.14
5	Durham	8	1	4	1	2	5	-0.58
6	Derbyshire	8	0	4	1	3	4	-1.10

Source: https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/Twenty20_Cup_2007.html
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd matches won; 3^rd net run rate
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; NR = No result in matches started; Aban = Matches abandoned; Pts = Points; NRR = Net Run Rate

Mid/West/Wales Division

P	Team	Pld	W	L	Aban	Pts	Net Run Rate
1	Warwickshire	8	5	2	1	11	0.23
2	Gloucestershire	8	4	2	2	10	0.99
3	Worcestershire	8	3	2	3	9	-0.59
4	Northamptonshire	8	2	3	3	7	0.06
5	Somerset	8	3	5	0	6	-0.21
6	Glamorgan	8	1	4	3	5	-0.66

Source: https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/Twenty20_Cup_2007.html
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd matches won; 3^rd net run rate
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; NR = No result in matches started; Aban = Matches abandoned; Pts = Points; NRR = Net Run Rate

South Division

P	Team	Pld	W	L	Tie	NR	Aban	Pts	Net Run Rate
1	Sussex	8	5	2	0	0	1	11	0.18
2	Kent	8	4	2	1	1	0	10	0.32
3	Surrey	8	4	4	0	0	0	8	0.81
4	Essex	8	3	4	0	1	0	7	-0.37
5	Middlesex	8	2	3	0	1	2	7	-0.20
6	Hampshire	8	1	4	1	1	1	5	-1.12

Source: https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/Twenty20_Cup_2007.html
Rules for classification: 1^st points; 2^nd matches won; 3^rd net run rate
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; L = Matches lost; Tie = Matches tied; NR = No result in matches started; Aban = Matches abandoned; Pts = Points; NRR = Net Run Rate

Twenty20 Cup – Finals Day

Semi-finals

4 August 2007
scorecard

Lancashire 148/6	v	Gloucestershire 152/2
Steven Croft 33 Mark Hardinges 2/16 (4)		Craig Spearman 86 Muttiah Muralitharan 1/21 (4)

Gloucestershire won by 8 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Jeremy Lloyds and Peter Willey
Player of the match: Craig Spearman

4 August 2007
scorecard

Sussex 140	v	Kent 141/5
Murray Goodwin (38) Lasith Malinga 3/30 (3.4)		Rob Key (68*) Michael Yardy 1/9 (2)

Kent won by 5 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Nigel Llong and Neil Mallender
Player of the match: Rob Key

Final

4 August 2007
scorecard

Gloucestershire 146/8	v	Kent 147/6
Hamish Marshall (65) Ryan McLaren 3/22 (4) inc. hat-trick		Matt Walker (45) Mark Hardinges 2/24 (4)

Kent won by 4 wickets
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Neil Mallender and Peter Willey
Player of the match: Ryan McLaren

References

^ "Tests". ESPNcricinfo.

External links

Cricinfo – England Domestic 2007

Annual reviews

Playfair Cricket Annual 2008
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2008

[1] "Tests". ESPNcricinfo.

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