Can some explain the English County Cricket system to me?
BTW that is the official first class county championship, as well as that there are 3 one day competitions. There is a one day league organised along the same lines as the county championship (with the addition of Scotland who play in the second division). Each team has one 50 over innings. Glamorgan are this season’s one day champions. As well as this there is the extremely popular 20-20 game, organised in 3 regional leagues with the top 8 teams meeting in the quarter finals. Four progress to the finals day in which the semis and the finals are all played in a single day at one ground (this year Edgbaston). In this each team has one innings of 20 overs. The champions of this are Leicestershire. There is also the C&G cup, a knockout tournament similar to the FA cup which also includes minor counties (places like Devon). These games are single innings 50 over matches and Gloucestershire are the champions. I hope that clears some of it up.
