Follow UsIt is that time of year when all eyes are on English cricket and the talents coming out of domestic cricket — the County Championship 2025. The 126-team competition kicks off on April 4, with defending champions Surrey taking on challengers Essex at Chelmsford.
The 125th edition of the tournament has 10 teams in Division One, with Sussex and Yorkshire being the two teams promoted from last year. Meanwhile, Kent and Lancashire, who were part of Division One, have been demoted after they suffered relegation last year.
Sam Billings (Kent), Ashton Turner (Lancashire), Jos Buttler* (Lancashire), Kane Williamson (Middlesex), Jamie Smith (Surrey), Ollie Pope (Surrey), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Harry Brook (Yorkshire)
*Subject to availability
Surrey are currently the defending champions, having previously won in 2022 and 2023. Hampshire were very close but fell off the radar towards the end, finishing second.
Derbyshire
Caleb Jewell, David Lloyd, Harry Came, Mitchell Wagstaff, Ross Whiteley, Wayne Madsen, Alex Thomson, Anuj Dal, Luis Reece, Martin Andersson, Samit Patel, Yusuf Bin Naeem, Aneurin Donald, Brooke Guest, Ben Aitchison, Blair Tickner, Harry Moore, Jack Morley, Nick Potts, Pat Brown, Zak Chappell
Essex
Charlie Allison, Dean Elgar, Nick Browne, Robin Das, Jamal Richards, Luc Benkenstein, Matt Critchley, Noah Thain, Paul Walter, Shardul Thakur*, Tom Westley, Adam Rossington, Jordan Cox, Michael Pepper, Jamie Porter, Sam Cook, Shane Snater, Simon Harmer
*Thakur has pulled out of the County Championship due to his IPL contract with LSG
Kent
Ben Compton, Daniel Bell-Drummond, Jack Leaning, Joe Denly, Tawanda Muyeye, Zak Crawley, Ekansh Singh, Grant Stewart, Jaydn Denly, Joey Evison, Marcus O'Riordan, Chris Benjamin, Harry Finch, Sam Billings, Fred Klaassen, George Garrett, Jaskaran Singh, Kashif Ali, Keith Dudgeon, Matt Parkinson, Matt Quinn, Michael Cohen, Nathan Gilchrist, Wes Agar
Lancashire
Ashton Turner, Harry Singh, Josh Bohannon, Keaton Jennings, Keshana Fonseka, Marcus Harris, Michael Jones, Rocky Flintoff, George Balderson, Liam Livingstone, Luke Wells, Tom Aspinwall, George Bell, Jos Buttler, Matthew Hurst, Phil Salt, Anderson Phillip, Charlie Barnard, Jack Blatherwick, James Anderson, Joshua Boyden, Luke Wood, Mitchell Stanley, Ollie Sutton, Saqib Mahmood, Tom Bailey, Tom Hartley, Will Williams
Middlesex
Aaryan Sawant, Ben Geddes, Joshua De Caires, Kane Williamson, Leus du Plooy, Max Holden, Sam Robson, Luke Hollman, Nathan Fernandes, Ryan Higgins, Sebastian Morgan, Jack Davies, Joe Cracknell, Stephen Eskinazi, Blake Cullen, Dane Paterson, Henry Brookes, Ishaan Kaushal, Josh Little, Naavya Sharma, Noah Cornwell, Toby Roland-Jones, Tom Helm, Zafar Gohar
Surrey
Cameron Steel, Dominic Sibley, Jason Roy, Josh Blake, Laurie Evans, Ollie Pope, Rory Burns, Ryan Patel, Dan Lawrence, Jamie Overton, Jordan Clark, Nathan Smith, Ollie Sykes, Sam Curran, Thomas Lawes, Tom Curran, Tom Ealham, Will Jacks, Ben Foakes, Jamie Smith, Chris Jordan, Daniel Worrall, Gus Atkinson, James Taylor, Kemar Roach, Matt Dunn, Matthew Fisher, Nathan Barnwell, Reece Topley, Seb Stuart-Reckling, Yousef Majid
Yorkshire
Adam Lyth, Dawid Malan, Harry Brook, James Wharton, Joe Root, Matthew Revis, William Luxton, George Hill, Jawad Akhtar, Jordan Thompson, Will Sutherland, Yash Vagadia, Finlay Bean, Harry Duke, Jonathan Tattersall, Jonny Bairstow, Noah Kelly, Adil Rashid, Alexander Wade, Ben Coad, Ben Sears, Benjamin Cliff, Daniel Moriarty, Dom Bess, Jack White, Jafer Chohan, Jordan Buckingham, Matt Milnes, Will O'Rourke
*Other squads are to be announced
Most of the County Championship 2025 matches will be live-streamed on the respective county’s YouTube Channel.
Unfortunately, there will be no broadcast of the County Championship 2025 in India. However, you can follow all County Championship 2025 scores right here on Cricket.com.
If you were wondering when your favourite county is playing, here’s the full schedule of County Championship 2025.
It also has the timings in IST next to the match.
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