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2007 County Championship

English cricket tournament

Field	Value
administrator	England and Wales Cricket Board
image	LV County chapionship 2006 to 2014.jpg
cricket format	First-class cricket (4 days)
tournament format	League system
champions	Sussex
count	3
participants	18
matches	144
most runs	Mark Ramprakash (2,026 for Surrey)
most wickets	Mushtaq Ahmed (90 for Sussex)
previous_year	2006
previous_tournament	2006 County Championship
next_year	2008
next_tournament	2008 County Championship

The 2007 County Championship season, known as the LV County Championship for sponsorship reasons, was contested through two divisions: Division One and Division Two. Each team plays all the others in their division both home and away. The top two teams from Division Two were promoted to the first division for 2008, while the bottom two teams from Division 1 were relegated.

Teams in the County Championship 2007:

Division One	Division Two
Durham	Derbyshire
Hampshire	Essex
Kent	Glamorgan
Lancashire	Gloucestershire
Surrey	Leicestershire
Sussex	Middlesex
Warwickshire	Northamptonshire
Worcestershire	Nottinghamshire
Yorkshire	Somerset

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Team promoted from Division Two
Team relegated from Division One

Standings

Fourteen points were awarded for each win, four points were awarded for a draw or abandonment. Defeats scored no points. Teams were awarded bonus points during the first 130 overs of their first innings; one bowling point for every three wickets taken (up to three points available), and one batting point gained when teams reached 200, 250, 300, 350 and 400 runs (up to five points available).

Division One

Team	Pld	W	T	L	D	A	Bat	Bwl	Adj	Pts
1	Sussex	16	7	0	3	5	1	37	43	0
2	Durham	16	7	0	5	4	0	38	47	–1½
3	Lancashire	16	5	0	2	8	1	40	44	0
4	Surrey	16	5	0	4	6	1	41	40	–1
5	Hampshire	16	5	0	3	8	0	32	43	0
6	Yorkshire	16	4	0	4	8	0	49	38	0
7	Kent	16	3	0	5	7	1	43	36	0
8	Warwickshire	16	2	0	5	9	0	40	38	0
9	Worcestershire	16	1	0	8	5	2	18	35	0
	Source:

Division Two

Team	Pld	W	T	L	D	A	Bat	Bwl	Adj	Pts
1	Somerset	16	10	0	1	5	0	65	41	0
2	Nottinghamshire	16	6	0	3	7	0	60	43	–½
3	Middlesex	16	6	0	2	8	0	35	43	–1½
4	Essex	16	6	0	4	6	0	40	36	–2
5	Northamptonshire	16	5	0	5	6	0	44	38	0
6	Derbyshire	16	3	0	5	8	0	30	44	–1
7	Gloucestershire	16	3	0	5	8	0	32	37	–3½
8	Leicestershire	16	2	0	8	5	1	32	35	–4
9	Glamorgan	16	1	0	9	5	1	26	37	–8½
	Source:

Leading averages

Most runs	Aggregate	Average	Player
2,026	101.30	Mark Ramprakash	Surrey
1,384	55.36	David Sales	Northamptonshire
1,329	66.45	Michael Di Venuto	Durham
1,315	62.61	Marcus Trescothick	Somerset
1,284	75.52	Simon Katich	Derbyshire
Source:

Most wickets	Aggregate	Average	Player
90	25.66	Mushtaq Ahmed	Sussex
80	20.75	Ottis Gibson	Durham
74	22.20	Danish Kaneria	Essex
70	24.14	Andy Caddick	Somerset
62	24.67	Charl Willoughby	Somerset
Source:

References

"Batting and Fielding in LV County Championship 2007 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive.
"Bowling in LV County Championship 2007 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive.
"LV County Championship 2007 Points Table". CricketArchive.

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